Events - Event View

Follow the eventful and colourful journey of a lad from Scotland who became a ‘Boy’ Piper at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) to his arrival in Victoria, his strange death and his eventual burial in the Old Quadra Street Burying Ground (Pioneer Square). Victoria Genealogical Society (VGS) members will be left with unanswered questions on which you are encouraged to research.

John Azar and Roger McGuire are avid amateur military and social historians who volunteer at the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Regimental Museum. John is a long-time member of the Victoria Genealogical Society, the Old Cemeteries Society (OCS) where he conducts military and other history tours, and the Victoria Historical Society (VHS). Roger is the Pipe Major of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Pipe Band and a military music and ice hockey history buff.