Corporate Open DS/UK/1885 British Army; HM Band of the Life Guards; 1795-; British Army Band HM Band of the Life Guards British Army 1795- British Army Band H. M Band of the Life Guards

Music Group; Military Band, Army The first record of the establishment of the Band was about 1795, and later in the Royal United services Journal for June 1831, referring to The Mounted Band of The Life Guards, it says, "After saluting and marching past the King, 'God Save the King' was played on the Russian Chromatic Trumpets..." these being the instruments used by the Band at that time. The trumpets had only one valve and were the forerunner of the three valve trumpet in use today. Traditionally a trumpeter from within the Band is on duty 24 hours a day to sound the same calls that were played when the regiment was first formed. Every person in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is expected to know the calls and the times they are sounded. From 1820 to 1905 the Band was under the direction of Bandmasters (Warrant Officers). From 1905 the Senior Bandmaster of the three Household Cavalry Regiments, C.W.H Hall, was commissioned Lieutenant to the Second Regiment of Life Guards and was their first Director of Music. He retired in 1922 when the 1st and 2nd Life Guards were amalgamated and was followed by: 1922 - 1926 Lieutenant H E Eldridge 1959 - 1970 Major W G Jackson 1926 - 1931 Lieutenant W G Gibson 1931 - 1938 Lieutenant S S Smith 1938 - 1959 Lt. Col A Lemoine 1959 - 1970 Major W G Jackson 1970 - 1984 Major A J Richards 1984 - 1989 Major J C McColl 1989 - 1997 Major C J Reeves 1997 - 2002 Major M J Torrent 2002 - 2005 Major D W Cresswell 2005 - 2008 Major R Pennington 2008 - June 2011 Captain K L Davies 2011 - present - Captain P Wilman 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 RAHSkeyte 9/20/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 8bec637b-2802-4496-aa7e-685c1c8b3e61