The Light Division

The Light Infantry
· Regimental bands
· 1st Battalion
· 2nd Battalion
· 3rd Battalion
· 4th Battalion

Royal Green Jackets
· Regimental bands
· 1st Battalion
· 2nd Battalion
· 3rd Battalion

Band Histories

1824-18?? THOMPSON, William.

18??-1865 Von WINKEER, Sgt.

1865-1866 OERTELL, George.

1866-1867 MURRAY, Edward Thomas.

1867-1868 HARE, Edward C F ARAM.

1868-1888 GREEN, Albert.

1888-1905 LE GROVE, John.

1905-1910 SIMPSON, Henry William MBE.

1910-1926 MOSS, Frederick George.

1926-1946 RAISON, Charles Edwin MBE ARCM.

1947 CRAIG, George A ARCM.

1947-1957 BALSHAW, Harry.

1957-1958 FIRTH, Frank Geoffrey.

1958-1968 OFFORD, John.

Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (105th Foot)

1868-1872 FLANERS, John.

1872-1874 RICHARDS, (or RICHARDSON) Charles.

1874-1881 BATTERSHALL, George Thomas.

1881-1888 LE GROVE, John.

1888-1902 WILSON, Alexander Alfred.

1902-1911 ARNOLD, Walter.

1911-1924 MOON, Charles Samuel.

1924-1934 SPANHOLTZ, Charles.

1934-1942 MARTIN, John Christopher James ARCM.

1942-1947 BEARE, Cyril Thomas ARCM.

Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion, the Light Infantry

1968 OFFORD, John.

1969-1974 CADWALLADER, Michael Edgar.

1974-1982 SIMMONDS, John E.

1982-1984 LEEMING, Arthur Spencer.

1984-1985 BURTON, Dennis ARCM psm.