7th ROYAL FUSILIERS THE CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT

SGT MAJORS REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJORS

BANDMASTERS, BAND SERGEANTS, DRUM MAJORS SERGEANT DRUMMERS

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BACON, Sgt Major William DCM 883 1st Bn Crimean War 1854-56 Born Chesterfield, Derbyshire – Enlisted at Manchester 4.1.1836 – age 20 – a collier Sgt Major 27.9.1854 : Gunshot wound left shoulder at the Redan. DCM + £20 gratuity : Discharged December 1855

BAXTER , Sgt Major Owen 132 Born Birmingham 1834 (alias Leonard Owen) Enlisted 47th Regt 6.11.1855 Transferred to 1/7th. RF 1.6.1857 : Sgt Major 1.6.1862 – 25.7.1866 Re-enlisted 65th Regt 8.10.1866 – 16.3.1877 : Sgt Instructor 2/Durham RVC 1877-1882 Indian GS medal ‘Umbeyla 1863’

BELL, Sgt Major Joseph 1215 1st Bn : Born Woolwich Enlisted Dublin 5.7.1838 age 19 – a painter Sgt Major 1.2.1856 Crimea Medal + Alma/Inkerman/Sebastopol /French War Medal/ Legion d’Honneur /LSGC Discharged 7.9.1860 : Served in Garrison Military Police Portsmouth c. 1878 : Died 1901

BELL, Edward Inkerman Sgt Major Commissioned Lt & Qmr 2nd Bn 15.1.1895 Retired 14.3.1908 Born 16.1.1855 Died 1927

BRIGHT, Regimental Sgt Major Arthur Ernest 4543 WO1 from Grenadier Guards Commissioned 4/Royal Scots

BRIGHT, Sgt Major Arthur Edward Henry MC DCM Born 5.11.1874 20y 322d in the ranks Sgt Major 7th.Bn 23.8.1914 S/8327 7th. (Extra SR) Bn DCM 1916 Commissioned 31.10.1917 4/East Surrey Regt. Order of St. Anne

BUCKEE, Regimental Sgt Major James RF Depot : Born 22.12.1886 In Ranks 22y 332 days : WO2 5y 266 days : Sgt Major 12.7.1921

CANNING, Regimental Sgt Major Albert 15550 10th (I) Bn 1914-1919 : Joined from Special Branch Royal bodyguard : Fist Chief Constable from Special Branch

CARTER, Sgt Major William 18y 152 days in the ranks Lt & Qmr 4.8.1898 Capt & Qmr 6.4.1913 Retired 1.11.1917 Born 27.9.1862

CHRISTER, Regimental Sgt Major Albert Edward 4061 Enlisted RMLI 1889 Transferred to 2RF 1891 : Served South Africa / Tibet LSGC 1.7.1908 MSM 22.2.1919 Discharged 9.7.1910 15th Bn Royal Fusiliers 26.10.1914 ; 1.9.1916 52nd Bn Rifle Brigade 1917-18 Died 1950

CLARKE, Sgt Major Edward 2580 1st Bn 13y 322 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 9y 348 days Tibet Medal & Clasp LSGC 1904 Hon Lieut & Qmr 3rd Bn 10.9.1910 Born Norfolk 1868

COATH, Regimental Sgt Major Percy Adams 5600 1st Bn Served Tibet – Medal : RSM depot LSGC 1.1.1917 Died 1933

COLE, Regimental Sgt Major G. 644268 1st Bn LSGC 1930

COOPER, Regimental Sgt Major Herbert MC 4391 2nd Bn 25.3.1908 15y 197 days in the ranks : LSGC 1.1.1911 : Born 9.1.1874 :

CROSS, Regimental Sgt Major Clement Frederick 4316 4th Bn 11y 107 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 6y 296 days LSGC 1.1.1911 Hon Lieut & Qmr 4th Bn 10.9.1910

DOCKERILL, Sgt Major Henry Born Essex Enlisted 2/RF 6.10.1874 age 20 Sgt Major 11.4.1889 Retired 4.10.1899

EDWARDS, Regimental Sgt Major Herbert 3rd Bn 28.1.1914 : 16y 310 days in the ranks : Born 24.9.1878

FLACK, Regimental Sgt Major Henry (Harry) Albert MC Born 15.4.1887 In the ranks 9y 225 days : WO2 361 days RSM 22.3.1916 1/RF 6446009 1st Bn LSGC 1924-25

FOWLER, Sgt Major John 2803 Born 1830 Enlisted 1846 : Sgt Major 1868 Crimea + Alma/Inkerman/Sebastopol : Wounded 22.3.1855 : LSGC 1868 Died 1919

FRANKLIN, Sgt Major Henry Commissioned Lieut & Qmr 14.7.1883Retired Captain Born 2.12.1845

GARDINER, Sgt Major H R Retired 1.3.1895

GOWING, Sgt Major Timothy 3387 1st Bn : Born Norwich Enlisted 28.4.1854 age 19 – a shoemaker Served Crimea – wounded twice at the Redan 5.9.1855 / NWF Umbeyla 1863/LSGC 1863: Sgt Major 27.6.1866 – 2.9.1869 – reduced to Private by Court Martial : Joined 1/5th Fusiliers 24.12.1869: Garrison Sgt Major un-attached list India 1.4.1872 : MSM Discharged 22.2.1876 : Died 3.2.1908

GREENHILL, Regimental Sgt Major George Frederick 6448533 4th Bn ‘Iraq’ LSGC 1928

GUN, Sgt Major - : Medal of Merit (Gold) MGSM

HARDING, Edwin Sgt Major 3527 3rd Bn 10.12.1903 14 y 260 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 10y 49 days LSGC 1.7.1907 Hon Lieut & Qmr 4th Bn 28.1.1914

HARRIS, Sergeant Major Henry Enlisted 21.7.1865 from Oxfordshire Militia age 18 49/832 later 1134 1st Bn. Sgt Major 24.5.1882 – 10.8.1886 LSGC 1888 – became a Yeoman Warder Tower of London

HARRIS, Sergeant Major John 49/368 Born Newton Abbott Devonshire 1832 Enlisted 2nd Bn 2.11.1857 from Coldstream Guards : Sgt Major 2/7th 7.4.1869 – 17.10.1873 transferred to 1/7th. 18.10.1873 – 18.12.1873 Discharged : Crimea + Clasp Sebastopol LSGC 1870-71

HARTY, Sergeant Major Patrick 1221 Born Wandsworth : Enlisted 21.2.1884 age 19 : selected to join newly raised 4th Bn as Sgt Major on formation 1898 : LSGC 1.7.1902 / Coronation Medal 1902: Discharged 17.11.1903 “Insane, worn out from doing his duty” Died 28.3.1906

HAWKINS, Sgt Major Edward Born Somerset Enlisted grenadier Guards 9.11.1878 age 24 Permanent Staff 6th (M) Bn RF LSGC 1901 Coronation Medal 1902 Retired 7.11.1904

HOLMES, Sgt Major George William Born Ceylon : Enlisted 15th Regt 3.6.1863 age 14 Sgt Major 2/Gloucester Regt unattached list 26.9.1889 : Served Afghan War 1779-80 : LSGC 1.1.1883 Volunteered for 1/RF Sgt Major 30.9.1893 Retired 17.4.1895

HUBAND, Regimental Sgt Major Frank OBE MC DCM Born 9.6.1885 In ranks 11y 151 days : Sgt Major 1.10.1914 2/RF 6446609 LSGC 1923 Quartermaster & Lieut 1/N Staffs Regt 1924 OBE 1924

JOHNSON, Sgt Major Died of sickness at Martinique 2.3.1809 : Transferred to 1st from 2nd Bn RF and had served in Ireland and Copenhagen. Promoted to Sgt Major 25.1.1809

JOHNSTONE, Sgt Major William Medal of Merit 2.3.1809 Commissioned Ensign 57th (W) Middx Regt

JONES, Regimental Sgt Major H A 14028 LSGC 1.1.1919 MSM 15.3.1919

KEY, Regimental Sgt Major Frederick W. MC 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers 1914-18 Enlisted 1883 age 13y. Served Egypt 1882-85 Retired Colour Sgt 4th Bn. Re-engaged WO1 13RF : MC 1917 Died 1933

MANLEY, Regimental Sgt Major George Henry : Enlisted 1st Bn 27.11.1896 No 5571 Orderly Room Clerk 1904 : Orderly Room Sgt 1908 : Colour Sgt 1908 Quarter Master Sgt 1911 : RQMS 1RF 26.1.1914 Tibet Medal + Clasp 5th Bn 21.8.1914 WO2 2.2.1915 : Depot 15.11.1919 LSGC / MSM 22.2.1919 : Discharged 5.3.1920

MARSTON, Sgt Major George Allen 1390/1026 1/7th Born Portsmouth Hants Enlisted 20.3.1867 age 18 – a clerk : Sgt Major 14.7.1883 Retired 19.10.1888 : Died 15.2.1939

MAULE, Regimental Sgt Major Ernest Albert Foster Born Pemroke : Enlisted 15.7.1886 No 2666 – a clerk : LSGC 1905 : Discharged 30.9.1912 MSM 22.1.1919 : MID 13.8.1918 : Re enlisted 21.9.1914 – 19.8.1919 Married Rebecca C Hunt

METCALFE, Regimental Sgt Major Harry Francis MBE DCM MSM 2nd Bn 14y 306 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 8y 172 days LSGC 1902 / MSM / MBE 1919 Hon Lieut & Qmr 25.3.1908 Born 3.12.1864 son of Capt Timothy Metcalfe, Royal Fusiliers

MOLE, Sgt Major Gilbert 632 Born 1826 Northumberland : Enlisted Coldstream Guards 26.8.1845 age 19 Served Crimea : Sgt 1852-3 Reduced to Private for desertion and branded with ‘D’ : Promoted Cpl 1855 Transferred to 2/7 RF 2.12.1857 Promoted Sgt Major 28.3.1862 Discharged 22.3.1869. Permanent Staff 4th Bn The Yorkshire Regt. c.1883

MOSS, Regimental Sgt Major William 11y 176 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 13y 10days. Lieut & Qmr 24.2.1912 Retired 1.9.1919 Born 22.6.1869

NAGLE, Sgt Major William John Hatson Commissioned Lt & Qmr 6.4.1898 & 6.4.1913 Retired 1.7.1918 :Born 28.2.1866

NEALON, Regimental Sgt Major John 5th (SR) Bn (Depot) Born London : Enlisted 25.11.1885 age 18 : Sgt Major 3rd Bn RF 1.4.1905 Posted to Permanent Staff 5RF 28.5.1905 : Discharged 31.12.1910 : LSGC 1.4.1904 : became a messenger at the House of Lords. Died 1946

NEWBERRY, Regimental Sgt Major Robert Amos 433/1984 Enlisted 16.6.1885 age 18 – a groom : To Pension 1897 – Joined Permanent Staff as C-Sgt I-O-M 1903-1908 : Re-enlisted 10.9.1914 Sgt Major 12th Bn RF later Depot then 14th Bn RF :B.E.F. 1915-16 LSGC 1.1.1915 RSM RE Inland Waterways 27.1.1918-19

OLD, Sgt Major William 49/1275 Born Cornwall : Enlisted 1/7th 14.3.1877 age 20 – a clerk : Sgt Major 3rd (Militia) Bn 28.7.1889 : Served South Africa with 5th (Militia) Bn No.3198 Queen’s South Africa Medal + Cape Colony/Orange Free State/ South Africa 1901/South Africa 1902 : WO1 1.4.1904 : LSGC 1.4.1895 To Permanent Staff 5th Bn : Retired 1.4.1905

PENMAN, Sgt Major Michael Born Cork : North Cork Rifles Militia : 76th Regt 1860-62 : 1/7th RF 24.12.1862 age 18 – a cooper : Sgt Major 1.3.1873 Retired 24.5.1882

PERKINS, Regimental Sgt Major Reginald James DCM 10th.(Stokebroker’s) Bn Royal Fusiliers 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards 1884-1897 Served Egypt 1882-85 Medal ‘Suakin 1885’ Enlisted 10th (Stockbroker’s) Bn RF from National Reserve 29.8.1914 age 44 – a catering manager B.E.F. 10.7.1915-31.3.1920 Regimental Sgt Major 27.3.1919 : DCM 3.6.1919: Medaille d’Honneur : MID 30.12.1918 Discharged 20.4.1920

RICKARD, Regimental Sgt Major Alfred John Hon Lieut & Qmr 4.9.1914 : 26y 291 days in the ranks Born 16.12.1872 – son of SM Thomas Rickard

RICKARD, Sgt Major Thomas 308 2nd Bn – 2nd Afghan War/Canada 1866/LSGC 1878/ MSM/ Empress of India Medal 1877 Father-In-Law to RSM H F Metcalfe DCM

ROWE, Sgt Major George 297 1st Bn Born Bristol Enlisted 17.10.1857 age 20 – a cabinet maker : Sgt Major 23.3.1870 : LSGC 1875-6 To 4th Royal South Middx Militia 1.3.1876-17.10.1878 Discharged 17.10.18978

RUMBLE, Regimental Sgt Major Frederick DCM K1 / K74 22nd (Kensington) Bn Royal Fusiliers Later 14946 Machine Gun Corps

RUNCORN, Regimental Sgt Major Fredererick DCM MM RVM MSM L/14236 / 6448537 1st Bn and 24th Bn. DCM 1.1.1919 MM MSM 2.10.1946 RVM 1966 Divisional Sgt Major Yeoman of the Guard : GSM ‘IRAQ’

SAMPHIRE, Sgt Major Joseph 1004 7th (Militia) Bn Born Hampshire Enlisted 1st Bn RF 22.9.1871 age 14 Posted to 5th (Militia) BN RF Permanent Staff 8.4.1885 : Sgt Major 7th Bn 1.1.1890 LSGC 1889 MSM 1905 Retired 22.5.1907

SAUNDERS, Sgt Major Henry Edward 4164 16.1.1895 LSGC 1.7.1902 MSM

SHALLEY, or SHELLEY Sgt Major William 857/3551 Born Winchester Enlisted 1/7th 18.8.1854 age 14 : Drum Major 1.2.1871-17.4.1873 To 4th Royal South Middx Militia – Sgt – 5.2.1878 – Sgt Major 27.9.1882 Retired 1.1.1890 : India GS Medal 1854-95 ‘Umbeyla’ LSGC 1877 Joined Yeoman of The Guard Father of Bandmaster Thomas George Shelley

SHARPE, Sgt Major James LSGC 1834

SHARPINGTON, Regimental Sgt Major Frederick DCM 4911 Born 6.1.1876 1st Bn 10.11.1909 15y 277 days in the ranks :LSGC 1.7.1912

SIMPSON, Sgt Major William 4th (Militia) Bn RF c.1885

SMITH, Sgt Major George Henry 1726 3rd Bn Born Surrey Enlisted 1/RF 20.4.1885 age 18 – a barman : Sgt Major 5.9.1900 from 4th Bn : Retired 10.12.1903 Died 1.1.1940

SMITH, Regimental Sgt Major P J 14314 10th (I) Bn Royal Fusiliers

SUTTON, Sgt Major Frank 16y 3d in the ranks 2y 157d Warrant Officer Sgt Major 3rd Bn 1.4.1898 Hon Lieut & Qmr 7th (M)Bn RF 5.9.1900 Captain & Qmr 7th (M) Bn RF 1911 Served Egypt 1882-85/South Africa 1901-02 Mentioned In Despatches

TARDREW, Regimental Sgt Major George GS/99199 10th (I) Bn Royal Fusiliers late 2nd County of London Yeomanry TF

THOMPSON, Regimental Sgt Major William Alexander 5th (SR) Bn 1.1.1911 Retired 1.10.1914

THRIFT, Regimental Sgt Major William 13595 2nd Bn DCM 28.3.1918 LSGC MSM 1919

TYLER, Regimental Sgt Major Ernest William 5336 4th Bn 10.9.1910 LSGC 1.1.1914 Hon Lieut & Qmr 4th Bn Died Baghdad 25.2.1920

WARRENER, Sgt Major John 1st Bn 5.4.1892 Born 23.4.1859 Commissioned Lieut & Qmr 7.3.1900 OBE 1919

WATTS, Sgt Major John 2428 1st Bn LSGC 1868-69

WAY Regimental Sgt Major John Henry 6234 6th Bn Born Battersea Enlisted Tottenham Lived Dover LSGC 1.7.1916 MSM 1917 Died Ireland 23.2.1919 : Carrickfergus (Victoria) Cemetery Husband of Elizabeth C Way of Dover

WEEDON, Regimental Sgt Major Herbert DCM MSM Born Holborn Middx. Enlisted 4.10.1893 age 18: Colour Sgt 7th Bn RF 4.11.1909 : LSGC 1.4.1912 : WOII 29.1.1915 : Posted to 3/3rd London Regt CSM 4.4.1916 : 2/3rd London RSM 2.5.1917 : RSM 3rd London Regt 30.1.1918 DCM 17.4.1918 “For Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His fine courage, determination and untiring zeal and devotion to duty had a most beneficial effect on all ranks with him.” MSM 19.8.1924: Queen’s South Africa medal + Cape Colony/Orange Free state/Transvaal/Tugela Heights/Relief of Ladysmith/ KSA

WILLIAMS, Sgt Major John Frederick 3834 6th Bn 22.5.1907 Hon Lieut & Qmr 25.8.1914 15y 344 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 7y 95 days : LSGC 1.7.1909 Born 22.11.1872

WINFIELD, Sgt Major John Royal London Militia (later 4th Bn RF) Born Derby 1843 Enlisted 82nd Regt 27.5.1859 age 18. Transferred to Royal London Militia 11.5.1875 Discharged 7.11.1878

BANDMASTERS – BAND SERGEANTS AND SGT DRUMMERS - SCHOOLMASTER

Note: From 1881 to 1928 Drum Majors were officially described as Sgt Drummers

Bell, Sgt. Drummer Walter DCM 3rd London Regiment TF 1368/250174 3rd.Bn. DCM LG 3.9.1919 “For Conspicuous good work and gallantry on many occasions under heavy fire. The standard of efficiency of those under him has always been of the highest. During the fighting in March 1918 he displayed great gallantry when in charge of the drummers who were used as a platoon to hold the village of Noreuil. Dur-ing the recent battles the drummers having been used as carrying parties for SAA and rations, his courage and determination had a great effect on the men under his command.” TFEM 1913 : Re-enlisted 15.3.1921 – 13.3.1929

BRIEN, Sgt Drummer Albert James 3746 Born Dublin Enlisted 2RF 27.1.1891 age 14 Posted to 7th Bn 21.11.1912 Appointed Sgt Drummer 21.11.1912 : Posted to 5th Bn RF 5.6.1919 : To Depot 15.11.1919 : Served South Africa 1899-1902 : Queen’s Medal + Cape Colony/Orange Free State/Transvaal/ Tugela Heights/Relief of Ladysmith/Kings Medal : Delhi Durbar Medal 1911: LSGC 1909 : MSM 18.1.1919 Served B.E.F. 22.7.1916-1.5.1919 Discharged 31.1.1920

BULGIN, Drum Major William Henry Enlisted 11th Middx RVC later 3rd Volunteer Bn Royal Fusiliers c.1880Volunteer Long Service Medal 1900 TFEM 1913 Bar 1927 2nd Bar 1933 Served B.E.F. 1915-19 : Re-enlisted 4.5.1920 Sgt Drummer – 1929-38 Discharged dead.

BURNS, Drum Major Daniel Born Hant’s 1858 10691st Bn LSGC 1.1.1890

CARTER, Sgt Drummer J W 11360 LSGC 1.7.1907

CARR, Drum Major Daniel 3548 Born Cork, Ireland Enlisted 1/RF 3.8.1854 age 14 Drum Major 2.9.1873 Discharged 4.3.1879 : To 3rd Bn The Wiltshire Regt Drum Major 5.3.1879 – 4.3.1889 LSGC : Indian GS Medal 1854-95 ‘Umbeyla 1863’

CLEARY, Band Sgt William : 111 : Born Limerick, Ireland : Enlisted 1st Foot 25.4.1836 age 13 years. Served Crimea : To 2/RF 1.6.1858 : Band Master Sgt 1.10.1862 Discharged 22.3.1870 LSGC 1869-70 Joined Yeoman of the Guard

COLEMAN, Bandmaster Frederick James Born London Enlisted 3rd Bn Rifle Brigade 11.10.1866 age 14 Bugle Major 16.12.1877 : Transferred as Bandmaster to 49th Brigade 25.11.1880 and to 2nd Bn RF Appointed Bandmaster 1.7.1881 LSGC 1.7.1902 Retired 26.11.1907

COOMBS, Band Sgt James Born Fulham Middx. Enlisted 12.7.1893 age 15 – Band Sgt 1/RF 29.9.1903 Discharged 7.9.1911 : LSGC 1.1.1912

COSTELLO, Sgt Drummer Richard Born Gibraltar Enlisted 19.6.1877 age 14 – Sgt Drummer 2/RF 16.3.1891 : Sgt Drummer 7th Bn RF 3.8.1901 Discharged 21.4.1904 Served Afghanistan 1878-79-80 : South Africa 1899-1902 Queen’s South Africa Medal + Cape Colony/Orange Free State/Transvaal/Tugela Heights/Relief of Ladysmith/Kings South Africa Medal : LSGC 1897 Re-enlisted 29th (Reserve) Bn RF Sgt Drummer 8.11.1915 – 31.8.1916

DONES, Drum Major William LSGC 1866-67

DOWLING, Band Sgt David Edward Born Dorset Enlisted 1st Bn 13.11.1897 L/5832 Discharged on termination of engagement 20.3.1919 : re-enlisted 22.9.1919 age 36 Posted 5th Bn 1.10.1921 : Discharged from 3rd Bn 19.7.1922 : Served B.E.F. 12.9.14 – 19.2.1919 LSGC 1.1.1917

EARNSHAW, Sgt Drummer S. 2194 3rd Bn LSGC 1.1.1889

FORD, Band Sgt Thomas 2652 2nd Bn 2nd Afghan War Died of Disease 3.8.1880

GOODALL, Band Sgt Richard Born Hant’s. 1842 : 3505 Band Sgt 1/RF 1871 Indian General Service Medal 1854-95 ‘Umbeyla 1863’

GRIMES, Drum Major James Regt’l No.4 Born Halifax Nova Scotia Enlisted RF 11.2.1805 at New Providence, West Indies age 10y 8m Drum Major 23.10.1830 – 16.5.1837 LSGC 1837 Served Denmark/West Indies/America/Peninsular/ France and Mediterranean Military General Service Medal + Vittoria/Pyrenees/Nivelle/Nive/Orthes/Toulouse LSGC 1837

GROVES, Sgt Drummer Alfred Stephen James 3rd Bn RF LSGC 1.1.1917

HULL, Bandmaster Henry MM 1st Bn LSGC 1929

HYNES, Drum Major Michael 1029 Born Chatham Kent 1836 Enlisted Royal London Militia (later 4th Bn RF) 28.12.1885 formerly 31st Regt served Crimea 1855 and China 1860 : 58th Regt 1864 : 38th Regt 1873: Yeoman of the Guard 1885 : QV Jubilee Medals 1887 and 1897 EVIIR Coronation Medal 1902 : Died 1906

KEEFE, Bandmaster William Henry L.R.A.M. Born Cork, Ireland Enlisted 20.4.1887 age 14 Appointed Bandmaster 1.4.1898 Posted to 3rd Bn RF 26.5.1898 : Depot 18.1.1915 Kneller Hall 1910 : LSGC 1905 : B.E.F. 3rd Bn 4.1.-13.6.1919 Discharged 21.10.1919

KEEPS, Bandmaster W.H. 2851 3rd Bn LSGC 1.7.1905 10y 346 days in the ranks. Born 20.10.1872

LEDSOM, Band Sgt John Medal of Merit (Gold) / Bandmaster 1816 : Commissioned Quartermaster 1826 Military Knight of Windsor 1847-1855 Died age 77 years.

LOWE, Drum Major William 2391 Born Dublin Enlisted 1.5.1847 age 14y : Served Crimea Alma/Inkerman /Sebastopol : Indian GS Medal 1854-95 ‘Umbeyla 1863 / LSGC 1869-70 Drum Major 18.2.1863 : reverted to Sgt : Discharged 12.6.1871

MARK, Sgt Drummer Robert G. L/6670 3rd Bn LSGC 1.1.1917

McKEALE, Drum Major William Born Chatham Kent : Enlisted 25.2.1837 age 13y Drum Major 9.1.1854 – 9.5.1855 Reduced to private : Discharged 6.6.1862 Served Crimea- Medal + Alma/Inkerman/Sebastopol + Turkish Medal

MERRIOTT, Drum Major Charles 184 2nd Bn. LSGC 1880 Died of Disease Afghanistan 15.2.1881

MILLMAN, Bandmaster Frederick 3215 1st Bn 17.4.1889 LSGC 1.1.1890 Retired 2.5.1902

MORAN, Bandmaster Thomas Born Ireland 1837 Bandmaster 1st Bn 1871 LSGC 1879

PERRETT, Band Sgt Thomas 341 Born Slough, Bucks. Enlisted 1st Bn RF 16.6.1882 Tower of London age 14 – a servant :Band Sgt 12.4.1893 LSGC 1901 : Discharged 14.6.1903

PUNCHARD, Sgt Drummer George Albert 5778 Born Tower of London Enlisted 2nd Bn RF 5.8.1897 age 15y : Sgt Drummer 2RF 5.8.1909 Reverted to Sgt 9.5.1912 : Delhi Durbar 1911 medal LSGC 1916 Discharged CQMS 4RF 3.5.1919

ROBERTS, Sgt Drummer George Kirkman 6443 Born Hounslow Enlisted 7th Bn RF 14.3.1904 age 28 formerly Royal Berkshire Regiment Enlisted 3.2.1890 age 14 later 3rd Bn RF 21.6.1898 – 22.7.1901 then to Regimental Staff Band Grenadier Guards 1892-2.3.1904 : 7th Bn RF 14.3.190 4– 13.3.1907 and Acting Bandmaster 6th Bn RF 9.2.1906 – 23.2.1912 to Pension : LSGC 1.7.1908

SANDERS, Sgt Drummer Charles 6325 LSGC 1.1.1907

SHELLEY, Bandmaster George Thomas 5395 7th Bn 7.9.1910 Hon Lieut & Qmr 25.8.1914 22y 147 days in the ranks Warrant Officer 3y 252 days LSGC 1.7.1907 Born 13.4.1874

SHEPPARD, Sgt Drummer Richard Henry 3140 Born Brentford Enlisted 2RF 21.11.1888 age 14 Served South Africa Queen’s South Africa Medal + Cape Colony /Tugela Heights/Relief of Ladysmith (bullet wound in wrist ) : Sgt drummer 6th Bn RF 15.2.1904 : Sgt Drummer 7th Bn RF 28.6.1908 Discharged 20.11.1912 LSGC 1.1.1908

SHERWOOD, Band Sgt 5239270 1st. Bn LSGC 1927

SUTTON, Sgt Drummer Stanley George 6446360 1st Bn. Medal of the Order of the British Empire ‘The Grange’ Ireland 8.11.1920 ; LG 7.2.1921 and 15.3.1921

TAYLOR, Sgt Drummer 4RF 1900

TEALE, Sgt Drummer Harry 4618 Born Millwall Middx. Enlisted 1st Bn RF 27.4.1881 age 15 : Sgt drummer 23.3.1895 Discharged 2.1.1903 to live in Australia

VICKERS, Bandmaster James 13051 / 644622 2nd Bn Appointed 26.11.1907 15y 115 days in the ranks : Born 3.3.1877: LSGC 1.1.1911 + Bar 1925

WADE, Sgt Drummer John Albert L/6837 3rd Bn 1911

WALLACE, Bandmaster Arthur Leonard 13591 Born Sheffield, Yorkshire : Enlisted 2nd Bn York & Lancs Regt 30.5.1893 age 15: Bandmaster 1st Bn 23.1.1909 Discharged 29.5.1914 LSGC 1.1.1912

WEARN, Band Sgt William Edward 903 Born Portsmouth Enlisted 1/RF 19.5.1871 age 14 : LSGC 1.10.1889 : Re-enlisted 25.5.1903 No. 4658 Permanent Staff 5th Bn RF Sgt Drummer 1.4.1904 Discharged 30.4.1905 Died 7.3.1939

WESTON, Sgt Drummer Arthur Louis 4986 Born Paddington Middx. Enlisted 24.4.1894 age 18 Sgt Drummer 4RF 29.9.1908 : Depot 1.5.1916 Discharged 15.5.1916 : Served B.E.F. 13.8.1914-30.4.1916

WOOD, Bandmaster Frederick Lewis 1st Bn. Appointed 30.5.1914: Bandmaster Kneller Hall 1914 7y 184 in the ranks : Born 27.9.1886

WRIGHT, Edward Bandmaster 8266 4th Bn Appointed 9.5.1900 14y 258 days in the ranks : LSGC 1.7.1904 Born 24.12.1871

BYRNE, Schoolmaster Thomas Patrick Born Roscommon, Ireland Enlisted Corps of Schoolmasters 30.6.188 age 22 – a schoolmaster Posted to 1st Bn RF 3.11.1898 – 1.4.1904 Posted to 2nd Bn 29.12.1904 – 24.11.1906 1st Class Schoolmaster – Warrant Officer 1 Shorncliffe 7.5.1909 Silver Medal for Long Service & Good Conduct 1.7.1907 Discharged Medically Unfit 15.10.1912 Married Mary McArdle 11.1.1899 Issue Charles J Byrne 5.4.1900 / Mary J Byrne 9.11.1901 / Thomas P J Byrne 25.11.1905