Anyone knows what became of him? Was Junior Highland Bag Pipe champion in Scotland as a kid in the early 80's. Was in the 2REP, probably came from the British Army. In Djibouti he was the CO's favorite because of the pipes, which infuriated some of the officers who wanted him to roast in the cells for being a serial drunken banane.
He was a legend in my book after he bit the ear off of the regiments most hated Sergeant, a German named Bayard, my Chef de Groupe. Gus was beaten to an inch of his life for that by about 5 sergeants and didn't breath a word of complaint about it. I believe Jeffers and Parky were in that brawl as well and paid Gus a visit in hospital after they got out of nick. The NCO's that did it were charged and the German busted down to ‘deuxième pompe’ (second class) and sent to Calvi where a lot of his younger victims had become Corporals and welcomed him home (hahaha). You could not have the regimental piper hurt, said Colonel Champeau. The French love the Scots.
Gus was a super soldier in my book. I've never seen a man who could stay up all night and parade with a skin full of booze and then do PT better than most or shoot straight and true on the range. Legend. He took a bayonet to his pipes one day to spite the CO and did his time en taule with a smile.
He was a legend in my book after he bit the ear off of the regiments most hated Sergeant, a German named Bayard, my Chef de Groupe. Gus was beaten to an inch of his life for that by about 5 sergeants and didn't breath a word of complaint about it. I believe Jeffers and Parky were in that brawl as well and paid Gus a visit in hospital after they got out of nick. The NCO's that did it were charged and the German busted down to ‘deuxième pompe’ (second class) and sent to Calvi where a lot of his younger victims had become Corporals and welcomed him home (hahaha). You could not have the regimental piper hurt, said Colonel Champeau. The French love the Scots.
Gus was a super soldier in my book. I've never seen a man who could stay up all night and parade with a skin full of booze and then do PT better than most or shoot straight and true on the range. Legend. He took a bayonet to his pipes one day to spite the CO and did his time en taule with a smile.