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Today, the sole 64-strong Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry, created in 2014 with the merger of the by now two surviving bands and thus is the largest of all the bands in the regular Army proper, maintains the long heritage and traditions of the mounted band in the United Kingdom, with the band sporting two drumhorses and mounted fanfare ...
Army Air Corps – Recce Flight (Quick); Thievish Magpie (based on La gazza ladra) (Slow) Special Reconnaissance Regiment - Argus; Royal Army Chaplains' Department – Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) Royal Logistic Corps – On Parade (Quick); Lion, Sword and Crown (Slow) Royal Army Medical Service – Here's a Health unto His Majesty
The Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry is a British Army band which ceremonially serves the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR). The HCMR Band is the largest symphonic wind band in the British Army. It is one of the bands of the Royal Corps of Army Music (RCAM) and is currently based at Hyde Park Barracks and Combermere Barracks. [1]
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The Romford Drum & Trumpet Corps is a youth band in a military band style, based in the London Borough of Havering.As one of the oldest independent youth marching bands in the country, it has a proud history, with performances throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.
It supports the British Army and the Brigade of Gurkhas in ceremonial settings, pass off parades, concerts and many other musical support tasks. It is a directly reporting unit of Regional Bands HQ (RBANDS) under London District, which sponsors the promotion of British military music. It is one of two 'Light Pace' regular wind bands in the ...
In 2019, the Corps of Army Music was restructured with a number of bands being co-located and re-named. [5] In a process of 'Military Music Optimization', the regular Army band laydown was adjusted to enable several smaller bands to train and perform as larger bands for more significant Army events: 'Co-locating 11 of the smaller bands in three major garrisons and Sandhurst has increased the ...
The Band of the Royal Armoured Corps was a mounted band of the Royal Corps of Army Music within the British Army. Although one of the newest bands their traditions go back can be traced to before 1939. Following the 2020 reorganisation of the RCAMUS, the band was disbanded, forming an element of the new British Army Band Catterick.