The Queen's Own Highlanders
(Seaforth and Camerons)

Seaforth Highlanders raised
1778

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders raised
1793

amalgamated to form The Queen's Own Highlanders
1961

amalgamated to form The Highlanders
1994

Bandmasters of The Queen's Own Highlanders

Bandmasters of 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

182?-1854 RICKS.

1854-1865 RICKS, Seaton.

1865-1871 MURDOCK, John James Brocklebank.

1871-1875 MURDOCK, Charles Frederick.

1875-1895 MAXWELL, Henry Albert.

1895-1896 WILLE, William.

1896-1912 MARSH, George.

1912-1928 GRAYSON, George William Edward, LRAM ARCM psm.

1928-1933 HESPE, George William, LRAM ARCM.

1933-1939 BAKER, Edward, ARCM.

1939-1947 KEELING, Donald, LRAM ARCM.

1947-1953 BRUNSDEN, Arthur, MBE ARCM.

1953-1961 HENDERSON, Albert George.

Bandmasters of 2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders

1868-1875 McELENEY, A.

1875-1887 BUNCH, James Alexander.

1887-1897 McCHESNEY, Francis.

1897-1902 BIRKHEAD, Christopher.

1902-1912 FOWLES, James.

1912-1923 WILTSHIRE, Thomas Bevan Frederick.

1923-1932 WEBBER, Stanley Thomas, ARCM.

1932-1947 BRUNSDEN, Arthur, MBE ARCM.

Bandmasters of 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1837-1844 SCHOTT, Adam J.

1844-1859 McLAREN, James.

1859-1866 Bandmaster(s) not known

1866-1869 WHITE, Robert.

1869-1872 FROME, James.

1872-1885 McDONALD, James.

1885-1903 WAKELIN, Richard Bailey Baxter.

1903-1907 SAUNDERS, Charles Obediah.

1907-1920 ABBOTT, William Henry.

1920-1932 JONES, David William LRAM ARCM psm.

1932-1943 POPE, Douglas Alexander, OBE FRCM psm.

1943-1955 START, Douglas Vernon, ARCM.

1955-1957 BUCK, Clarence Henry.

1957-1961 BABBS, Walter.

Bandmasters of 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1898-1921 FISHER, Henry.

1921-1922 WINTERS, Robert.

1922-1938 GRIGGS, Charles William, MBE.

1938-1947 WEBSTER, Victor Ernest, MBE ARCM.

Bandmasters Of The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)

1961-1963 BABBS, Walter, LRAM ARCM.

1963-1970 LANGTON, Barry Victor.

1970-1977 MALLAS, Peter, ARCM.

1977-1982 COMPSON, Gary Michael.

1982-1987 JARVIS, Guy Westron Coombe, LTCL ARCM.

1987-1994 WHITTINGHAM, Terence W, LTCL.