The Dagenham Girl Pipers are a female bagpipe marching band based in Dagenham, Greater London. The band was formed in by a Congregational minister, Rev Joseph Waddington Graves, in 1930, turning professional three years later, and have toured internationally. The girls were initially taught in secret by Scottish Pipe Major Douglas Scott-Taylor who, it is said, thought teaching women would damage his reputation. During a pre-war performance in Germany, Hitler was heard to remark: "I wish I had a band like that."