Bandmaster
and Bandsman
Most Band Masters were European and many trained at the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall, which was established in 1857. If they trained at Kneller Hall then there is a good chance their records are there. To find out if there are any records, you need to contact the Archivist at the address below.
- Archivist
- Royal Military School of Music Museum
- Kneller Hall,
- Kneller Road,
- Whitton,
- Twickenham,
- Middlesex,
- TW2 7DU
Related articles
External links
- Royal Military School of Music Army.mod.uk including
- Bandmaster worldmilitarybands.com
- A Short Introduction to the History of Military Music International Military Music Society UK
- Kuhlmey/Wardley/Wheeler Family from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com). Includes details of Gustav Kuhlmey, whose employments included Bandmaster of the 29th Punjab Native Infantry
- Part of a thread about James Denman 1791-1849 who was a British Army Bandmaster with the Coldstream Guards. His father also was in British Army bands and eventually received a British Army pension. This thread gives an indication of the type of information which may be found. Coldstream Guards Band Forum
- Percy Sylvester George O'Donnell (scroll down) joined the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in India on 9th October 1905 as their Bandmaster with the rank of Sgt. In 1911 the Band of the Black Watch was one of the participating bands at the Delhi Durbar commemoration of the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. He left India in August 1914. George Pollen’s website.