Ross & Cromarty Roots | Robert Hill.

Picture No:	5921
Courtesy of:	Roddie Macpherson
Year:	2009
Graveyard	Rosskeen

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Robert Hill.

In/memory of/ROBERT HILL/pipe major/late Argyll and Sutherland/Highlanders/died 17th July 1977/beloved husband of/VIOLET MARY/["recent"]/dearly loved parents/and grandparents.

Picture Added on 16 March 2009.

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My grandfather.Personal piper to Prince Philip.....
Added by Simon Trunley on 01 June 2014.

Was my old Pipe Major from the mid 60s in London ....great character larger than life

Added by Bill Wright on 14 October 2014.

Could anyone tell me in which year he was born?
Aad Boode, Livingston
Added by Aad Boode on 30 October 2014.

Scotlands People say he was 73 when he died
Added by Roy Bremner on 31 October 2014.

Robert Henry Hill b30/7/1903 Castle Stables Invergordon
Added by Roy Bremner on 02 November 2014.

Thank you, Roy.
Added by Aad Boode on 03 November 2014.

He was Pipe Major in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from 1938 till 1948. In 1960 he became P/M of the 257 General Hospital RAMC; till what year was he their P/M?
Added by Aad Boode on 15 June 2016.

Ask his son or one of his daughters when he was born. I think around 1905.
Are you the same Bill Wright who went to Oz? I think he left about late 60's.
Added by Philip Henderson on 18 February 2017.

Yes I am the Bill Wright who went to Australia in 1966
Added by Bill Wright on 22 July 2017.

Hi, Aad. Just a nitpicking point here. If my memory serves (and it may not), the RAMC unit in question was the 57th General Hospital until the TA was reorganized in 1967, at which point it became the 257th General Hospital within the T&AVR. Bob Hill was P/M until at least the late 1960s, but I'm afraid I don't know just when he returned to Scotland. Anyway, I hope this helps a little.
Added by Phil Rose on 24 April 2018.

Hi Phil, that is correct. I only recently found that out. I now have Robert Henry Hill listed as P/M of 57 (Middlesex) General Hospital 1960-1967 and of 257 (Eastern) General Hospital 1967-1968; he was succeeded by Gordon K. Speirs 1968-1969.
Added by Aad Boode on 25 April 2018.

Robert Hill led Tullylagan Pipe Band, Co.Trrone, Northern Ireland to several North of Ireland Bands Association senior wins in Belfast in the 1930's

Added by on 14 March 2023.

My father passed away recently and I found some photos of the 57th (Middlesex) General Hospital Pipe Band. Clearly showing P.M Robert Hill. My Dad, Fraser Diesch, was in the band.
Added by Andrew Diesch on 27 August 2023.