Person Open DS/UK/13949 Baglin; Lyndon (fl.1950s); British euphonium player and conductor Baglin Lyndon fl.1950s British euphonium player and conductor Male (cisgender) Berry Hill, Forest of Dean, England (born)

British Music | Euphonium, Conductor, brass band White No known disability No known religious affiliation Unknown Lyndon Baglin first joined Lydbrook Band as a cornet player in 1949. He stayed with the band until 1960. In 1961, he was invited to become the solo euphonium of the CWS Manchester Band under Alex Mortimer and during the following year, the band became national champion and Lyndon became the champion soloist of Great Britain. He was one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Factories and in 1963 he came back south and again played with Lydbrook Band before moving north to play with Black Dyke Mills Band, moving on to Brighouse and Rastrick Band in 1968. That year it became champion band of Great Britain, world champion and won BBC Band of the Year. Lyndon returned south where he was instrumental in the success of the Stanshawe Band in Bristol, later known as Sun Life Stanshawe Band - in 1990 it became British Open champion. Lyndon’s conducting career saw him accept the position of musical director of Lydbrook Band in 1979. Then a Third Section band, Lyndon said at the first AGM he was going to make Lydbrook a Championship Section band and eight years later, he achieved it. In 1970 he was awarded the Insignia of Honour at the Royal Albert Hall and in 2018, he was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to brass band music. http://www.britishbandsman.com/news/2117/lyndon-baglin-honoured-for-seven-decades-of-service (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 3/17/2014 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 6/3/2025 da5c539f-d8dc-4b8c-8d1e-afe3af012c53