Engineering student to play lament at Corporal Cirillo’s funeral
Computer science student Jazz Kersell will play the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders’ regimental lament at Tuesday’s funeral for Corporal Nathan Cirillo.
Kersell, a corporal with the Argylls, is one of 18 pipers with the 30-member Argyll Pipes and Drum band. He was chosen for the assignment because of the military tradition of assigning a piper who is most similar to the fallen soldier in rank and age.
“It’s going to be pretty overwhelming. I’ve played solo before at tattoos and funerals. But this is on a different scale entirely,” Kersell told the Hamilton Spectator.
The Argyll’s lament is called “Lochaber No More,” and was once banned for being too sad.
