tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post5657757152958072050..comments2023-07-21T09:57:04.715-05:00Comments on Rustmeister's Alehouse: RIP Piper BillRustmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16706110699686013722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-3567926334783993622010-08-24T14:02:04.381-05:002010-08-24T14:02:04.381-05:00He met Lord Lovat while he doing his commando trai...<i>He met Lord Lovat while he doing his commando training at Achnacarry, north of Fort William. Lovat, the hereditary chief of the Clan Fraser, offered him a job as his batman, but Millin turned this down and Lovat agreed instead to take him on as his personal piper.<br /><br />The War Office had banned pipers from leading soldiers into battle after losses in the Great War had proved too great. “Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303605281610604835.post-14278604387137758542010-08-21T09:11:30.148-05:002010-08-21T09:11:30.148-05:00Wow. "Great big brass ones" does not se...Wow. "Great big brass ones" does not seem to cut it in this case.Linogehttp://www.wallsofthecity.netnoreply@blogger.com