One hundred years later, the 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada Pipes and Drums has been resurrected, with members coming from six different provinces and three countries with the common goal of honouring those who fought and played bagpipes and drums in The Great War.
Each member will be wearing an identity disk representing one of the original 42nd Bn Pipe Band members and will be dressed in period uniform from 1918.
The music repertoire has been selected from music which would have been played during the First World War and period rope tension drums have been rebuilt to complete the look and sound of a WW1 Pipe Band.
The 42nd Bn Pipes & Drums will be participating in the Menin Gate ceremony in Ypres, Belgium as well as attending the Vimy Ridge Memorial in France.
Here is some recaptured video footage of Mons in November 1918 supplied by M. Rodolphe Zinga of Mons..
