On the 16th April 2013, the
Tyneside Scottish Association paraded at Kingston Park TAC for a ceremony to
entrust the Catto drum to 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery
(Volunteers).
The Drum was presented to the
Tyneside Scottish during a ceremony at 2/Lt Catto's grave in Erquinghem-Lys on
the 4th October 2012. It was handed over to Lt Col John Catto RA by Yves Holbeq
and the Somme Battlefield Pipe band. It was entrusted to Northumbria ACF for
safe return to Tyneside.
The ceremony to
return the Drum to the Tyneside Scottish was organised by 204 (Tyneside
Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers), and brought together serving
Battery members, Tyneside Scottish Assocation, and Tyneside Scottish Cadets.
Present at the ceremony was the President of the TSA, Colonel Tony Glenton, and
the Commanding Officer 101 (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery
(Volunteers). The Tyneside Scottish pipes and drums provided the musical
accompaniment.
After a journey that had taken 73 years, the Drum returned to Tyneside.
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| Battery Sergeant Major forms the parade up |
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| Battery Sergeant Major on parade |
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| Pipe band play Highland Cathederal |
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| Battery Sergeant Major and TSA on parade |
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| Telling the story of the Drum |
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| Handing over the Dum to the Battery Commander |
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The drum in its new display cabinet
President TSA CO 101 Regt. Myself BC 204 Bty. |
