Pipe Practice

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William Bruce Ellis Ranken
Born Edinburgh, 1881-1941

Pipe Practice, 1918

Oil on canvas
Presented by Mrs Ernest Thesiger, 1946
Museum Number 14-1946

These three pipers of the Scots Guards, are wearing 'undress' uniform - a kilt of Royal Stewart tartan and a white 'drill' jacket. As a foot guards regiment, it was only the pipers of the Scots Guards who were kilted.

Soldiers, who collected material on their foreign postings, helped to establish the Museum's permanent collection.