Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (382 Piper P. McKay, 5/R. Hdrs.), good very fine £100-140

Philip McKay enlisted in the 5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) prior to the outbreak of the Great War. Served with the battalion as a Piper. With the 1/5th Battalion Royal Highlanders, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 November 1914. The battalion went into the line opposite Neuve Chapelle. In the field, Pipers were generally employed as stretcher-bearers, messengers and observers. McKay attained the rank of Sergeant and on 12 October 1917 he was transferred to the Labour Corps. In addition to the above, he was entitled to the 1914 Star trio of medals. Listed in ‘The Pipes of War’. With copied m.i.c. and notes.