Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band

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The Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band was a grade one pipe band based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

History

The band can trace its origins back to 1882, after the Lord Provost's Committee suggested in February of the same year that a police band be formed.[1] The band was not a pipe band at this time, but did however contain pipers.[1]

The earliest known performance by the band was held on 2 June 1883 when the "Edinburgh City Police Pipers" played a number of sets at Waverly Market.[1]

The police band was deemed too expensive for the force to run due to the large number of musicians and became a town band instead.[1] Around 1900, the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band was formed, led by Pipe Major Norman Graham.[1]

When Graham died in 1910, Pipe Sergeant Hugh Calder took over the leadership of the band. It was under Calder that the band was to win its first major competition. In 1919 the band won the Argyle shield at the Cowal Games, equivalent to the World Pipe Band Championships as they are known today.[2]

On 30 November 2012, the decision to disband the pipe band was taken, due to a lack of members. It was dissolved on 31 March 2013, to coincide with the formation of a new single police force in Scotland.[3]

Pipe Majors

as Edinburgh City Police Pipers

  • Constable A. Findlay (1883-1890)
  • Constable Alexander Hamilton (1890-?)

as Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band

  • Norman Graham (1900-1910)
  • Hugh Calder (1910-1920)
  • Alexander Henderson (1920-1923)
  • Alexander Henry (1923-?)
  • William Sunderland (?-1930)
  • Hance T. Gates (1930-1941)
  • Duncan R. Cameron (1941-1949)
  • Donald Shaw Ramsay BEM (1949-1957)
  • John D. Burgess (1957-1958)
  • Iain MacLeod (1959-1975)

as Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band

  • Iain MacLeod (1975-1976)
  • Harry McNulty (1976-1982)
  • Colin Forbes (1982-1984)
  • George Lumsden (1984-1988)
  • Duncan Smith (1988-?)
  • Constable Les Watson
  • Constable Kenny McBride (?-1999)
  • Colin MacLellan (1999-2004)
  • Keith Dawes (2004-2006)
  • David Barnes (2007-2009)
  • Ian Duncan (2009-2011)
  • Neil Hall (2011-2012)
  • Constable John Fraser (2013)

Leading Drummers

as Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band

  • Alex McGregor
  • James Catherwood (1941-1951)
  • George (Geordie) Pryde (1951-1957)
  • Robert (Bob) Montgomery (1958-1969)
  • Alex Duthart (1969-1970)
  • Robert (Bob) Montgomery (1970-1974)

as Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band

  • Ian Watt (1975)
  • Michael Dow (1976-1977)
  • Robert (Bob) Montgomery (1977-1985)
  • Bryan Butler (1985-?)
  • Alan Kenny (?-1988)
  • Arthur Cook (1988-1995)
  • Constable Stewart Gardiner (1995-1999)
  • Arthur Cook (1999-2011)
  • Jake Jørgensen (2011-2013)

Discography

as Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band

  • Princes Street Parade (1956)
  • Pipes and Drums of the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band (1957)
  • The Pipes and Drums of Scotland, No. 2 (1959)
  • March of The Pipers (1962)
  • The Piper's Parade (1967)
  • Champions of The World (1971)
  • Revisited - Pipe Major Iain McLeod's Selection (2016)

as Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band

  • Centennial (1990)

References

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