[3] On 12 January 1991, all 19 members of the band led by bandmaster WO1 Clarke were deployed to a transit camp in Saudi Arabia where they joined a unit of the Royal Marines in Operation Desert Storm.

On 19 January the band undertook a twelve-hour move towards the border with Iraq to reinforce the 32 Field Hospital, a unit consisting of 600 military personnel of the British Armed Forces.

[10] During the celebrations, the band performed a "beating retreat" in an event hosted by the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.

The pipers uniform consists of a saffron kilt, a bottle-green "Prince Charlie" jacket, cape and caubeen.

When playing the On such occasions, at a time generally given by the Sergeant-Major, the Band would make a pause, during which all ranks would give a 'Connaught Yell!