Pipe Major
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) 1939-45
Sergeant Andrew “Andy” Anderson was serving with the 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums when the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders mobilized in September 1943 and was appointed Pipe Major of the band selected to go overseas. While the unit was stationed at Aldershot he completed the British Army Pipe Majors Course at Edinburgh Castle. He played the lament at virtually every burial of a Highlander killed in action from the landing at Pachino in 1943 until the VE Day, including the burial of his Commanding Officer, LCol Don MacKenzie.