Bagpipes blown up in battle in 1915. Handwritten label "Set of Bag Pipes / Carried by Piper Angus Morrison 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) when he was killed at the Battle of Festubert on 21 May 1915. The Bag Pipes were picked up by Pipe Major McLeod". The pipes were made by Robert G. Lawrie. The bag cover is of the Seaforth tartan. 29468 Piper Angus Morrison enlisted in the 16th Battalion, CEF (Canadian Scottish) on 22 September 1914 in Valcartier. He had joined the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in 1910. He departed with the 16th for France on 9 February 1915. On 18 May 1915, he was playing for his comrades while advancing at the Battle of Festubert when he was mortally wounded at close range by an artillery shell which landed to his front - right. He died of wounds on 22 May 1915 and is buried in France. CEF Service file attached. 28556 Pipe Major Donald Louden MacLeod enlisted in the 16th Battalion, CEF (Canadian Scottish) on 22 September 1914 in Valcartier from the 72nd Regiment. He had joined the 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in 1910. MacLeod had previously served in Paget's Horse (19th Battalion, The Imperial Yeomanry) and the 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry for 18 months during the Boer War. He was the Pipe Major of the 16th Battalion from 1914-1915. Sgt MacLeod arrived in France on 9 February 1915 and stayed there until wounded on 29 October 1915. He was promoted to Sergeant on 14 October 1914. He served in Reserve Units in England from 30 October 1915 until 13 August 1917. He served as an Acting Staff Sergent from 26 June 1916 until 13 August 1917. He was at the Canadian Record Office (C.R.O.), London, from 14 August 1917 until he was discharged in British Isles on 21 October 1919. CEF service file attached.