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Royal Artillery Mounted Band

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The Royal Artillery Mounted Band is a British military band consisting of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, and military unit, founded in 1886, and in existence until 1984, representing the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Horse Artillery, and augmenting the Royal Artillery Band at royal and state occasions. [1]

58 relations: Aldershot, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Band of the Coldstream Guards, Band of the Scots Guards, Battle of Bannockburn, Battle of St. Quentin (1557), British Army, British Army of the Rhine, Bugle, Busby, Chester, Cold War, Crimean War, Dorset, Dortmund, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Rutland, English Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, George II of Great Britain, Green Park, Guildhall, London, Henry George Farmer, Honourable Artillery Company, Household Cavalry, Household Division, Hussar, Kenneth J. Alford, Khaki, King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, Kneller Hall, Larkhill, Lillibullero, London, Military band, Poole, Queen Victoria, Queen's Hall, River Thames, Royal Artillery, Royal Artillery Band, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal School of Artillery, Rudyard Kipling, Seven Years' War, Shako, The British Grenadiers, ..., Timpani, Tuba, Turin, United Kingdom, War Office, Water Music, William III of the Netherlands, Woolwich. Expand index (8 more) »

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England.

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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006, from when it became a single battalion in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

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Band of the Coldstream Guards

The Band of the Coldstream Guards is one of the oldest and best known bands in the British Army, having been officially formed on 16 May 1785 under the command of Major C F Eley, reflecting the fact that the Coldstream Guards regiment is the second oldest of the guards regiments.

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Band of the Scots Guards

The Band of the Scots Guards is one of five bands in the Foot Guards Regiments in the Household Division which primarily guards the British monarch.

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Battle of Bannockburn

The Battle of Bannockburn (Blàr Allt nam Bànag or Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich) 24 June 1314 was a significant Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, and a landmark in Scottish history.

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Battle of St. Quentin (1557)

The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was fought at Saint-Quentin in Picardy, during the Italian War of 1551–1559.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Army of the Rhine

There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR).

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Bugle

The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, having no valves or other pitch-altering devices.

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Busby

Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ("fur shako") or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Dortmund

Dortmund (Düörpm:; Tremonia) is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Duke of Cambridge

Duke of Cambridge, one of several royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom, is a hereditary title of specific rank of nobility in the British Royal Family.

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Duke of Rutland

Duke of Rutland is a title in the Peerage of England, derived from Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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George II of Great Britain

George II (George Augustus; Georg II.; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

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Green Park

The Green Park, usually known without the article simply as Green Park, is one of the Royal Parks of London.

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Guildhall, London

Guildhall is a Grade I-listed building in the City of London, England.

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Henry George Farmer

The British musicologist and Arabist, Henry George Farmer (17 January 1882 – 20 December 1965) studied under Thomas Hunter Weir, Professor of Oriental Languages at University of Glasgow.

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Honourable Artillery Company

The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII and is considered one of the oldest military organisations in the world.

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Household Cavalry

The Household Cavalry (HCav) is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).

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Household Division

Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the head of state.

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Hussar

A hussar was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Eastern and Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries, originally Hungarian.

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Kenneth J. Alford

Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band.

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Khaki

Khaki (Canada and) is a color, a light shade of yellow-brown.

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King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich.

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Kneller Hall

Kneller Hall is a mansion in Whitton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Larkhill

Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England.

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Lillibullero

"Lillibullero" (also spelled Lillibulero, Lilliburlero) is a march that became popular in England at the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Military band

A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces.

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Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queen's Hall

The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.

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Royal Artillery Band

The Royal Artillery Band is a British military band (and former symphony orchestra) originating in 1557, but granted official status in 1762.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands and artistic performance teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the capital of Scotland.

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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; pronounced phonetically as "Reemee" with stress on the first syllable) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.

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Royal Field Artillery

The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry.

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Royal Horse Artillery

The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) of the British Army.

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Royal School of Artillery

The Royal School of Artillery (RSA), formerly the School of Instruction for Royal Horse and Field Artillery (Larkhill), is the principal training establishment for artillery warfare in the British Army.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12 was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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Shako

A shako is a tall, cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, and sometimes tapered at the top.

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The British Grenadiers

"The British Grenadiers" is a traditional marching song of British and Canadian military units whose badge of identification features a grenade, the tune of which dates from the 17th century.

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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War Office

The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.

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Water Music

The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel.

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William III of the Netherlands

William III (Dutch: Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk; English: William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Mounted_Band

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