Career
He is remembered as a composer for the bagpipes although only about twenty of his tunes survive. His most celebrated compositions include The Pap Of Glencoe, The Battle Of The Somme and Inverary Castle. In 1914 he became Pipe Major of the 8th Argyllshire Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served with them in France from 1915 to 1916 when he became ill as a result of trench conditions.
His bagpipes are now on display in The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum in Stirling Castle.
