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The oldest military band in the British military is the Royal Artillery Band, which traces its origins back to 1557 at the Battle of St. Quentin. [2] King Charles II of England studied French Army music during the reign of King Louis XIV of France.
In the 17th century New England colonial militia units were usually referred to as "train bands" or, sometimes, "trained bands". [3] Typically, each town would elect three officers to lead its train band with the ranks of captain, lieutenant and ensign. As the populations of towns varied widely, larger towns usually had more than one train band.
The Westminster Trained Bands were a part-time military force established in 1572, recruited from residents of the City of Westminster. As part of the larger London Trained Bands , they were periodically embodied for home defence, such as during the 1588 Spanish Armada campaign.
His death in 1685 was so significant for the band that until the Second World War, the Bass Drummer (known officially as The Regimental Timebeater), wore a black armband in mourning of the king's death. [2] The march The British Grenadiers was introduced to British audiences in the late 17th century. [3]
"The British Grenadiers", performed during the Trooping the Colour 2017 " The British Grenadiers " is a traditional marching song of British and Commonwealth military units whose badge of identification features a grenade, the tune of which dates from the 17th century.
The Royal Artillery Band is also the British Army's only band whose members wear gold belts and gold crossbelts (all other bands wear white, where a crossbelt forms part of the uniform, apart from the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Royal Corps of Signals and now amalgamated Royal Corps of Transport who wear a crossbelt containing a high ...
The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s. Britain’s brass bands ‘older than thought ...
With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th Century. Later, King Charles I attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. [1] [21] [22] The Dorset Trained Bands of 1638 consisted of 2140 men, 1444 armed with muskets and 696 ...