Today, the band has been reduced to volunteer status but officially maintains an establishment of eight paid military musicians on its rolls.

At Hill 67, pipers were assigned to each of the four rifle companies and played the battalion into their first combat action in Normandy - the only time in the war they were permitted to do so.

The Pipes and Drums continued their role of support to regimental functions, recruiting, and after the reorganizations of Unification of the three services in 1968, became a separate unit of the Canadian Forces.

The Pipes and Drums' membership declined in the 1970s, as military service became increasingly unpopular due to the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

Officially a lodger unit in the garrison at Mewata Armouries, the band was assigned offices and a large practice room on the second floor.

In the mid-1990s, official funding as a separate unit was cut to military pipe bands throughout Canada, as the end of the Cold War caused a major reassessment of defence spending in NATO countries.

The drummers switched to Government tartan [7] in 1929 to reflect the regiment's alliance with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

After 1945, the overseas battalion was disbanded, and the one-battalion regiment reverted to having just one band, clad in Government tartan.