Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band perform their Grade 1 March, Strathspey & Reel at the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green.
Based in Northern Ireland and founded in 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery are one of the most successful pipe bands in the history of the competition. Now led by Pipe Major Matt Wilson, with Ben Duncan as Pipe Sergeant and William Glenholmes leading the drum corps, the band entered a new era following the retirement of long-serving Pipe Major Richard Parkes, under whose leadership FMM won 13 World Championship titles.
The 2026 season proved another highly successful one for the band. Field Marshal Montgomery won both the UK and European Championships, secured the overall Grade 1 Champion of Champions title, and also took the Champion of Champions award for drumming.
At the World Pipe Band Championships, FMM finished second overall behind Simon Fraser University. Their Saturday MSR placed third, while their consistent results across all four events kept them firmly in contention throughout the two-day championship.
Watch Field Marshal Montgomery’s MSR performance in full, streamed by TRADtv at the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships.
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