The School Dormitories
On Arrival at the School the first Dorm, which would be your Home for the First Year was called Clyde,
C Company. This always remained as the Rookie Company Dorm.
After a Year you would be Posted to your New Company. There were three Companies, A. B. D.
I dont know how the System worked as to which Dorm you were allocated, suffice to say I was very happy
where I ended up and that was A Coy.The rivalry was at a Boiling Point between the three Companies
all the time.
Your Company was the Elite and you strived very hard to make it the Best. You were on a Learning Curve and it
could be rather difficult at times. There were umpteen things one had to learn, and, you were, in a very short time
expected to be very proficient at them. Cleaning Shoes, Darning Socks, Laying a Bed out for Inspection, cleaning
and sweeping your own Bed Space, to name but a few. Spit and Polish? the Guards were nothing compared to
this lot.
I tell a lie the Scots Guards were a hellavu lot easier because of all I learned at Q.V.S.
Life was hard and could be brutal at times, we were turfed out doors during Dinner Break no matter what the
weather. I remember on a few occasions suffering a cold and trying to wrap myself around a hot radiator before
being shown the door.
I would also like to point out that both my Tutors in the Guards were ex QVS Boys.
At the Guards Piping School Pirbright was Pipe Sgt Kenneth ( Curly ) Roe. BEM and
at the 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipe Major John S. ( Gabby ) Roe. BEM. John Roe
was Pipe Major 1st Bn. from 1949 till Retirement in 1965.
He was a first class Tutor and a Master at Setting up a Band. Excellent with Reeds. In Malaya
we depleted our supply of Pipe Reeds he went into the Jungle, found some suitable cane and
proceeded to make some Reeds for the Band.
They turned out rather good, the sound wasnt bad for a DIY Job.
The reason I have given you this wee speel is a lead up to telling you that I have Ten Tunes Named after the Ten
Dormitories, and the reason for that is that the Dorm Names are no Longer used as they now use a House System.
They call it moving with the Times. I dont want to see the Auld Names disappear hence the Pipe Tunes. I cant right
now place them as Companies but will slot them around later and pair them as they should be.
Each Tunes has the Title ' The Boys From ........ '
The Boys From Abercrombie 
The Boys From Baird
The Boys From Clyde
The Boys From Cochrane
The Boys From Duncan
The Boys From Hopetoun
The Boys From Lyndoch
The Boys From Moore
The Boys From Napier
The Boys From Wauchope
