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The Regiment
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The Pipes & Drums:
The origin of the Pipes & Drums goes back to 1947. In the early post-war years, the Commanding Officer, LCol S. C. McLennan appointed two officers to investigate the formation of a regimental band. One of these officers, Captain William Manson had been a long time member of the “Brandon Boys Pipe Band.” Captain Manson, like many of the band’s first members had long outgrown the nomenclature of “boy,” and knew that many former members would be eager to play in a senior pipe band. Recruiting these “old boys” proved to be an easy task. Within days 26th Field RCA had a regimental band. On 21 March 1949, Ottawa officially granted permission for the band’s formation and 26th Field RCA became the first and only regiment in the British Commonwealth to have a Pipe & Drum Band.
Under the leadership of Pipe Major Bill McWilliams, the band soon acquired another distinction. In 1950, the band was “kitted out” in the Gordon Tartan. With the official permission of His Majesty King George VI, this was the first time that any band other than the Gordon Highlanders was granted the authority to wear this historic tartan.
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