The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band (Sponsored by St Kilda) is a grade one pipe band based in the city of Lisburn, Northern Ireland and named in honor of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. The band was formed shortly after the end of World War II by young Northern Irish war veterans. Field Marshal Montgomery have won grade one World Pipe Band Championships in the years 1992, 1993, 2002, 2004 and 2006. The present Pipe Major is Richard Parkes MBE and the Leading Drummer is Keith Orr. The membership of the band is drawn from all over Ireland and the UK, as well as from the United States and Canada. A Pipe band is a traditional Scottish musical group consisting of bagpipes and drums. ... Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish Highland pipe band or pipes and drums. ... A Pipe band is a traditional Scottish musical group consisting of bagpipes and drums. ... A Pipe band is a traditional Scottish musical group consisting of bagpipes and drums. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Languages English (De facto) 3, Irish, Ulster Scots 4 Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area  - Total Ranked 4th... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976) was a British Army officer, often referred to as Monty. He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in World War II, and... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Commanders Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler Hideki Tojo Benito Mussolini Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military... A Pipe band is a traditional Scottish musical group consisting of bagpipes and drums. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish Highland pipe band or pipes and drums. ...

The band are regular winners of the World Pipe Band Championships and considered to be one of the so-called "big three", the three bands considered to be the best in the world who between them have taken the top three places at the Worlds for a number of years.

Discography

• Debut
• Live In Concert (1997)
• Unplugged (2002)

External link

• Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band