Lance Bombardier Megan Beveridge

Lance Bombardier Megan Beveridge is a member of 19th Regiment Royal Artillery, The Scottish Gunners. She was the first female and, at 21-years old, was the youngest person ever to pass the Army’s Pipe Majors course. She was also the first female soldier¹ to be selected for the prestigious role of Lone Piper at our Show. 

Lance Bombardier Beveridge started learning to play the bagpipes when she was 9-years old, after her older sister decided to give them up. She continued to play in the cadets and when she joined the army at age 16. Beveridge currently serves as a Junior Non-Commissioned Officer within The Royal Regiment of Artillery and works in the logistical section of her current unit, where she supports coordinating the resupply requirements for the day-to-day running of the Regiment. In her spare time, she continues to play the pipes and travels with the Regiment’s Pipes and Drums.  
 
Her big moment came in 2016 when she was named to the prestigious role of the Lone Piper at our Tunes of Glory Show. Becoming the second ever female lone piper, after Officer Cadet Elaine Marnoch, a reserve soldier from Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps, in 1977. Beveridge played the lament 'Sleep Dearie Sleep' on the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle to an 8,800-strong audience. At the time, she said she was less nervous about her performance than she was about performing the Gaelic Toast beforehand, which involves drinking a Quaich (Scottish drinking cup) of whisky. 

¹the first female lone pipe was Officer Cadet Elaine Marnoch, a reserve soldier from Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps, in 1977. 

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