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The Band of the Grenadier Guards is the military band of the Grenadier Guards, which is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised between 1660 with first a drum and 1665, when a fife was added.
The following text may date back to the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1713), since it refers to the grenadiers throwing grenades and the men wearing "caps and pouches" (i.e. the tall grenadier caps, [10] worn by these elite troops, and the heavy satchel [11] in which grenades were carried) and "loupèd clothes" – coats with broad bands of 'lace' across the chest that distinguished early ...
The 1st Foot Guards Band was known as the Duke of York's Band and the 3rd Foot Guards band was known as the Duke of Gloucester's Band. [6] In 1854, during the Crimean War , a parade in Scutari (nowadays Turkey ), to celebrate the Queen Victoria 's birthday was held, during which twenty British Army bands performed the national anthem .
The massed bands during the Beating Retreat in 2008. The Beating Retreat is a massive gathering of the band's of the Household Division on Horse Guards Parade.It is based on a 16th-century military ceremony in England that was first used to recall nearby patrolling units to their castle.
The band provides musical support to the Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment alongside the Traditional Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Regiment and the Rifles' Guards Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (both formations staffed by veterans and reservists), due to the few number of military bands in active service in the Dutch Army, moreover it is ...
The Canadian Grenadier Guards Band (sometimes referred to as His Majesty's Canadian Grenadier Guards Band) was a Canadian military band that was active for more than 60 years during the 20th century. In addition to performing for military events, the band had an active concert schedule which brought them to performance venues throughout North ...
The 5 regiments of the Foot Guards have their own regimental marches, that are each performed by their respective regimental bands. The following is a list of the notable Regimental Marches for military regiments of the British Army. In addition, all regiments have additional pieces for slow marches, marches for mounted parades and pipe marches.
Serving the Guards in musical support, the few numbers of military bands in service, are the Royal Military Band "Johan Willem Friso" and the Traditional Grenadier Bugle Band of the Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment (Grenadiers) and the Veterans Fanfare band and Bugles and Fanfare orchestra of the Grenadiers