The Rev. George Beale was inducted in 1898. He served the Kirk and the community well and he was well loved by all who knew him. He took part in local activities and committee. This band, which is now known as the Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band, is the oldest civilian Pipe Band in the World.

In 1931, when the Free Kirk in Torphichen united with the Auld Kirk in Torphichen, the Rev. George Beale retired.

Rev. John Duns of the Free Kirk was succeeded in 1846 by the Rev. Robert MacMorran, who was succeeded in 1868 by the Rev. William Young. In 1871, William Jeffrey arrived and he was succeeded by the Rev. A. F. Murray and at an unknown date, the Rev. James Stewart followed and, again at an unknown date, there came, the Rev. James Baikie.

We now come to a very important period in the life of the Kirk and the community in Torphichen. The Rev. Patrick Hugh Robson MacKay M.B.E., Ch.St.J., Ph.D., became minister of the Free Kirk. This was the year 1927. He served the Free Kirk in Torphichen until 1931. The rest of the Free Kirk in Scotland had already reunited with the Church of Scotland in 1929, but as usual, Torphichen has its own way of doing things and the reunion here did not take place until 1931. On this date, the Rev. MacKay became minister of Torphichen Parish Kirk.