16th Battalion (The Canadian Scottish Regiment) Pipes and Drums Band, Original Pipe Band, Valcartier, 1914. (Left to Right): Pipers: Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, Ronald MacDonald, Donald MacDonald, George Birnie, George Inglis, G. (Dunky) Ross, Cpl. Jim Groat Cpl. John Parks. Drummers: Harold Harkness, Mac McCreadie, Mattocks, Westall, Westall, Sutton. Pipers: James Richardson, Allan MacNab, Angus Morrison, Hugh Macdonald, Charlie Wilson, J. Thomson, Alex MacGillivary, McKenna, Drum Major James Graham. The 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion was organized at Valcartier under Camp Order 241 of 2 September 1914 and was composed of recruits from Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hamilton. The battalion was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.E. Leckie. The battalion embarked at Quebec on 30 September 1914 aboard ANDANIA, disembarking in England on 14 October 1914. Its strength was 47 officers, 1111 other ranks. The battalion arrived in France on 7 February 1915, becoming part of the 1st Canadian Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade.