Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (TA)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="3a0d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Practical Pipers Society</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practical Pipers Society"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arbroath RBL"><U>Arbroath RBL</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alyth and District Pipe Band"><U>Alyth and District Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Argyllshire Gathering 1950"><U>Argyllshire Gathering 1950</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Auchterhouse Nov Juvenile"><U>Auchterhouse Nov Juvenile</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blairgowrie"><U>Blairgowrie</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Broughty Ferry Pipe Band"><U>Broughty Ferry Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bullionfield Papermill Pipe Band"><U>Bullionfield Papermill Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Camperdown Masonic Pipe Band"><U>Camperdown Masonic Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carnoustie and District Pipe Band"><U>Carnoustie and District Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City of Brechin"><U>City of Brechin</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="City of Dundee Prize P B"><U>City of Dundee Prize P B</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comrie Pipe Band"><U>Comrie Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dundee District Piping Society"><U>Dundee & District Piping Society</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dundee City Police Pipe Band"><U>Dundee City Police Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Forfar Burgh Pipe Band"><U>Forfar Burgh Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jute Industries"><U>Jute Industries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kirriemuir Pipe Band"><U>Kirriemuir Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe Band"><U>Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McLean Ladies Pipe Band"><U>McLean Ladies Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Macleod Pipe Band"><U>Macleod Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mains of Fintry Pipe Band"><U>Mains of Fintry Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National Cash Register P B"><U>National Cash Register P B</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perth and District Pipe Band"><U>Perth and District Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Salmond"><U>Salmond</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strathearn Pipe Band"><U>Strathearn Pipe Band</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tayforth Universities Officer Training C"><U>Tayforth Universities Officer Training Corps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vale of Atholl"><U>Vale of Atholl</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3rd YMCA Boys Brigade, Dundee"><U>3rd YMCA Boys Brigade, Dundee</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="6th/8th Dundee Boys Brigade"><U>6th/8th Dundee Boys Brigade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="15th Dundee B. B."><U>15th Dundee B. B.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="30th Dundee Boys Brigade"><U>30th Dundee Boys Brigade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="47th B. B."><U>47th B. B.</U></A>   |   <B>Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (TA)</B>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="4th/5th Black Watch"><U>4th/5th Black Watch</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Massed Bands"><U>Massed Bands</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bands Index"><U>Bands Index</U></A></div> <div> Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (TA)</div> <div> Unfortunately, I have little information on this band, but I do know that the late Thorfin Drever</div> <div> became their Pipe Major in November 1963.</div> <bR> <div> "Thor" was a founder member of the NCR Pipe Band and later in life he came into the Dundee (Tayside)</div> <div> Police Pipe Band as a Special Constable.  Always a great character, he was an essential part of the bands</div> <div> where was a member.</div> <bR> <div> I myself became his Police Pipe Major and was most appreciative of his support and quiet advice.</div> <bR> <div> On a visit to Dunkeld years ago, I visitied the museum in the square. There on a show case on the door</div> <div> was a photo of the Pipes and Drum of <I>The Scottish Horse</I> while marching through the town.  Who was the</div> <div> Pipe Sergeant?        Yep it was Thor!   They must have had a special Shetland Pony just for him.</div> <bR> <div> Thor later retired to his home ground in Aberfeldy where he became resident caretaker in the town hall.</div> <div> He died in Aberfeldy in 2006, after a short illness.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>