COALBURN SILVER BAND PROVIDE MUSIC AT HISTORIC COMMEMORATION OF THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES
Last Sunday 11th May 2008 Coalburn Silver Band was both honoured and delighted to provide the music at the final commemoration event for the Cameronian regiment.
The Cameronian regiment was formed on the banks of the Douglas Water on the 14th May 1689 by Lord Angus. The regiment went on to fight in the American War of Independence and Imperial campaigns throughout the world.
In 1881 The Cameronians were amalgamated with the 90th Perthshire light Infantry to form The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The new regiment fought in the South African Wars and raised 27 battalions during the First World War. In the Second World War, ten battalions saw action in France, the Middle East, Burma and Northwest Europe.
The regiment paraded for the last time in Douglas on the 14 May 1968, 279 years to the day from its raising. This commemorative event was the last ever staged by the organisation and marks 40 years from the disbandment.
Coalburn Silver Band led by their conductor Gareth Bowman played a lovely programme as a large number of guests assembled in glorious sunshine at Douglas. Music included Hine e Hine, Mid All the Traffic, Fanfare and Flourishes, Punchinello and Skirl.
The band then played at a short commemoration service accompanying the congregation to the 23rd Psalm (Crimond). Finishing with the Regimental march ‘Within a mile of Edinburgh Town’
The band are pictured at the event in Douglas.