Winchester, S23 7AB

history of the bands



Past Bandmasters

 

Bandmasters of the 1st Battalion, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1863-1868 LAY, E H

1868-1872 CLARKE, John Power.

1872-1879 DOWDALL, H.

1879-1890 SANGWELL, Joseph.

1890-1905 LAMB, Albert.

1905-1907 SYLVESTER, Frederick William.

1907-1914 DUFFY, Thomas Michael.

1914-1926 SMITH, Edward.

1926-1938 PLATER, Denis James LRAM ARCM.

1938-1949 FELTHAM, Dudley Keith LRAM ARCM

1949-1958 KENNEY, Horatio Arthur LRAM ARCM psm.


Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

1845-1851 VAN MAANEN, J C.

1851?-1874 EMBURY, H.

1874-1881 EDWARDS, Henry.

1881-1885 RICHARDS, George.

1885-1887 BRENNEN, Charles Joseph.

1887-1912 BRADLEY, Francis.

1912-1925 NEVILLE, Nathaniel Richard Cyril.

1925-1943 PIPE, Henry Gilbert ARCM.

1943-1946 TAYLOR, Frank Edmund ARCM.

1946-1947 PENNELL, Sydney William ARCM.


Bandmasters of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets

1958-1960 KENNEY, Horatio Arthur LRAM ARCM psm.

1960-1965 SIMPSON, Basil Emslie.

1965-1968 HAYES, Frank ARCM.

1968-1974 McTOMNEY, John.

1974-1976 MATTHEWS, Frederick William.

1976-1984 LITTLE, David Gordon.


Bandmasters of the 1st Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps

1856-1871 EMANUEL, A ARAM.

1871-1884 RAINERI, Giacomo.

1884-1903 TYLER, Frederick.

1903-1922 BROWN, Thomas Conway.

1922-1930 DOBINSON, Harold Serjeant.

1930-1938 HIBBERT, Arthur LRAM ARCM psm.

1939-1947 BAKER, Stephen Alfred LRAM ARCM.

1947-1950 JARVIS, Albert William.

1950-1958 JEANES, Edward William LRAM ARCM psm.

 

Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps

1865-1871 WOODCOCK, William.

1871-1879 McBEATH, James H.

1879-1897 ANTONY, Christopher.

1897-1906 SAGE, James Henry.

1906-1927 DUNN, William James MVO MC psm.

1927-1938 McBAIN, David OBE HonRAM FGSM HonFTCL ARCM psm.

1938-1947 JARVIS, Albert William LRAM ARCM psm. Born 1909 died 1991.

1947-1951 disbanded

1951-1957 RODGERS, Reginald Frederick MBE ARCM.

1957 disbanded


Bandmasters of the 3rd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps

1864-1873 COLEMAN, J.

1873-1877 CLAPPE, A.

1877-1884 WALKER, Alfred.

1884-1899 CROFT, Edward.

1899-1901 ELSE, Edward James.

1901-1906 SLATTERY, James.

1906-1908 HARVEY, John James.

1908-1922 LOVELL, Henry Benjamin.

 

Bandmasters of the 4th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps

1874-1875 LIGHT, George.

1875-1883 DUNN, Osmond.

1883-1892 HEALY, Patrick.

1892-1900 HASSELL, Charles Hazard, OBE.

1900-1909 PARKES, Arthur.

1909-1912 GRINTER, Henry.

1912-1922 DOBINSON, Harold Serjeant (there is some doubt as to whether this second name is genuine).

 

Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets

1958-1961 JEANES, Edward W. (Ted)

1961-1964 SWANWICK, Stuart Kilner ARCM.

1964-1969 TONKS, Raymond.

1969-1975 BODEN, John Thomas.

1975-1982 DONALDSON, Christopher Robert.

1982-1984 ROAD-NIGHT, Peter Charles.


Bandmasters of the 1st Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

1842-1880 MILLER, William.

1880-1902 PEACHEY, William David.

1902-1920 BARRY, Charles Henry.

1920-1934 BETHELL, Ernest Archibald.

1934-1948 WEST, Charles Frederick.

1948-1952 BIRKIN, Oliver.

1952-1954 HART, George Dennis.

1954-1958 SNOWDON, David ARCM psm.



Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

1874-1887 CRAWLEY, Arthur P.

1887-1899 CONNOR, Thomas O.

1899-1906 WOOD, Robert.

1906-1911 SALTER, George Walter.

1911-1928 YOUNG, Samuel John.

1928-1945 HARDY, Geoffrey LRAM ARCM.

1945-1948 BIRKIN, Oliver MBE LRAM ARCM psm.

 

Bandmasters of the 3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

1878-1900 RICHARDSON, Edward James.

1900-1921 STEVENS, Richard Thomas.

1921-1922 PULLINGER, Arthur.

 

Bandmasters of the 4th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

1873-1893 QUINN, William Charles.

1893-1902 HARRIS, Frederick James.

1902 BARRY, Charles Henry.

1902-1913 BRADY, John.

1913-1919 BROWN, Walter Franklin.

1919-1922 YORKE, Stephen DCM.

 

Bandmasters of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets

1958-1964 SNOWDEN, David.

1964-1969 SKELTON, Bernard LRAM ARCM.

1969-1971 MUTLOW, Jack Cyril ARCM.

1971 DISBANDED

1972-1977 LEEMING, Arthur Spencer LGSM AmusLCM.

1977-1983 SEDDON, John LRAM ARCM BBCM FVCM.

1983-1984 HARDING, Ian.


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