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Royal Warks Bugler
I just wondered the significance of all the cording worn by my Uncle Alf in the first photo.
Served in France, wounded. He is seen carrying a bugle but has a drummers badge on his arm. |
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The regiment's Drummers were the buglers.
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All other types of infantry had a corps of drums, whose members were required to be competent also with bugle and fife (military flute). They wore as their badge a drum, but as with the light infantry the days routine was sounded by the bugle. From just after the 2nd Boer War festooned dress cords were worn at the shoulder and breast to mark out the drummers and buglers. |
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The New Armies ['Kitchener's Army'] were not Established for 'music' of any kind: no Corps of Drums / Bugles, no Band.
That is not to say that such music did not sometimes appear .......... ways and means. |
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They were formed for the duration of hostilities only. No need for sounding barracks routine in a trench. Nor were there Sunday bandstand sessions to entertain and impress the public with the musical prowess of their local regiment. The ‘music’ came from the morning and evening hate. It’s a comparison of apples and pears.
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