Pipe-Major John Gillies MSM Group - Full-sized medals group; Queen's South Africa Medal, Bars: Belfast, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Dreifontein, Paardeburg, Modder River, Belmont, "9657 CorL J Gillies Scots Guards "stamped on rim -King's South Africa Medal, Bars 1901, 1902, 9657 SERJT J Gillies Scots Guards stamped on rim British War Medal, 129846 SJT: J Gillies 72.CAN INF stamped; Victory Medal, ditto on rim GVRI Silver Jubilee, unnamed Meritorious Service Medal, 129846 PIPER;SJT: J Gillies 72éCAN:INF: stamped on rim, British Regular Army Long Service &Good Conduct Medal. SJT: PIPER J Gillies SCOTS GUARDS stamped on rim Colonial Long Service Medal, BDMR (WO.CL.1) J GILLIES Sea HLDRS of C stamped on rim all in a 'Japanned' wooden box. Pipe Major John Gilles started his military career in the Scots Guards on 11 June 1892. He served in England and Ireland as well as in the South African War, 1899 - 1902. He left the British Army in 1912 and emigrated to Canada where he joined the 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. He enlisted in the 72nd Battalion in World War I and served as the Pipe Major for the duration of the war. He died at a regimental dinner in April, 1944.