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Corps of Army Music
 
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How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
1994.09.01 Corps of Army Music
formed with HQ at Twickenham, Mx., to oversee the permanently-based 29 Army bands formed in 1993-94 by reduction of the previous 69 regimental bands, which used to change stations with their battalions:
2006 Band of the Royal Irish Regiment disbanded; six new bands formed by amalgamation: The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band [RAC] formed by amalgamation of The Band of the Dragoon Guards and the Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band; The Light Cavalry Band [RAC] formed by amalgamation of The Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons and The Band of the Royal Lancers; The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland formed by amalgamation of The Lowland Band and The Highland Band; The Minden Band of the Queen's Division formed by amalgamation of its two bands (Minden and Normandy); The Band of the King's Division formed by amalgamation of its two bands ( Waterloo and Normandy); The Band of the Prince of Wales's Division at Tidworth formed by amalgamation of its two bands (Clive and Lucknow)
crown The Corps of Army Music (Army site)
pip Corps of Army Music (REME Band site)
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Bands of the British Army (The Heritage of Military Bands of the World)

crown Bands of the Household Division (Army site)
   
HQ and Depot:
  Kneller Hall, Twickenham, Mx.
   
Bands:
see individual regiments and corps and divisions for their bands
Educational Establishments:
crown Royal Military School of Music (Kneller Hall), Twickenham, Middlesex (Army site) [1857-present]

Note: battle honours are not awarded to this corps.

 
Note: this corps does not carry Colours.
   
Badges: construction sign
Uniform: construction sign
shoulder title: CAMUS
   
   
     
   
[none]
Colonel Commandant:
1999.06.01 Lt-Gen. Anthony Malcolm Douglas Palmer, CB, CBE
2005.10.01 Maj-Gen. Timothy Nicholas Tyler
vc [no external sites have been found]
 
Motto: construction sign
Nicknames: construction sign
Anniversaries: construction sign
Freedoms: [none]
Marches: construction sign
Musicians: construction sign
Mascot: construction sign
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:
   
[none]
 
 
swords [no external sites have been found]
   
   
monument Royal Military School of Music Museum, Twickenham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Royal Military School of Music Museum, Twickenham (Simonides listing)
   
   
Regtal Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Skilton, Wendy. British military band uniforms. Vol. 1, Cavalry regiments. Earl Shilton, Leics. : Midland Publishing, 1992. ISBN 185780060
book Skilton, Wendy. British military band uniforms. Vol. 2, The Household Division. Earl Shilton, Leics. : Midland Publishing, 1992. ISBN 185780079
book Turner, Gordon; and Turner, Alwyn W. The history of British military bands. Vol. 1, Cavalry and corps, including The Parachute Regiment, The Brigade of Gurkhas. Staplehurst, Kent : Spellmount, 1994. ISBN 1873376014 [includes CD]
book Turner, Gordon; and Turner, Alwyn W. The history of British military bands. Vol. 2, Guards and infantry, including the Guards Division, the Scottish Division, the Queen's Division. Staplehurst, Kent : Spellmount, 1996. ISBN 1873376081 [includes CD]
book Turner, Gordon; and Turner, Alwyn W. The history of British military bands. Vol. 3, Infantry and Irish, including The King's Division, The Prince of Wales's Division, The Light Division, the disbanded Irish regiments. Staplehurst, Kent : Spellmount, 1997. ISBN 1873376286 [includes CD]
Short Histories:
book Bands of the British Army. Wallingford, Sx. : Grenadier Publishing, 2004 (Regiment ; Issue 61)