[2] The first time the City of Glasgow Pipe Band entered the World Championships in 1914 it won second place.
[4] Ferguson was a prolific composer, and wrote tunes such as the 2/4 marches "Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band" and "The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering.
"[4] After Ferguson was injured in an accident, Hamish McColl, a longstanding member of the band, took over as pipe major.
[2] After 18 months, McColl was succeeded by John Findlay Nicoll, who led the band to first place at the Worlds in 1932, 1933 and 1934.
[2] Nicoll resigned due to ill-health in 1950 and was succeeded by Alexander Macleod, a pupil of Ferguson.