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French naval band from JEANNE D'ARC

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

Opening of the Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton, 1881

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Officially opened on 1 January 1881, the Fitzroy Bridge was Rockhampton's first bridge and until the Alexandra Railway Bridge was opened in 1899, it was the only bridge crossing the river. Prior to it being built, residents were ferried across the river on a steam ferryboat.[3] The official ceremony consisted of a procession walking across the bridge, the planting of memorial trees at the northern end and the bridge's designer, Frederick Byerley breaking a bottle of champagne on one of the pedestals at the southern end of the bridge where he "baptised" the structure, the Fitzroy Bridge.[4] Following the official opening, a large crowd gathered at the Criterion Hotel who proceeding to drink a number of toasts in honour of Rockhampton's new bridge.[5] Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroy_Bridge

Grenadier Guards Band perform at the Cenotaph, Sydney, on Remembrance Day, 11 November [i.e. 8 November] 1934 / photograph by Sam Hood

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
    The officer at the front was the Bandmaster. When on the march his position is taken by the Drum Major and the Bandmaster marched within the ranks. The tunics of the bandsmen had gold braid across the chest, cuffs and skirt (rear) until WWII, then the braid dissappeared from the bandsmen's tunics, except for the Drum Major who still has the gold braided tunic.
  • kevinmorgan2012 said:
    Guards Bands did not have a Bandmaster in those days, the officer is officially termed Director of Music. These days the Guards Bands have a Bandmaster (WO1 rank) who is 2nd in command, plus a Director of Music, usually a Major, or in the case of the Senior Director of Music, Guards Division, Lt. Colonel.
  • timg2003 said:
    Sorry GrenadierGuardsDmr but you are wrong. The officer in front of the band is a Director of Music,and state bands don't and never have had bandsmen. They are musicians. And despite the captions,the bearskin caps are not made from 'grizzly' bear but Canadian black bears.
  • timg2003 said:
    What I think is interesting,and something i never noticed before,is that the musicians have one type of cuff and the NCOs have the one worn these days,the 'winged' cuff.
  • GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
    @kevinmorgan2012 Yes you are correct that, as an officer, the picture must show the Director of Music, (then) Major George Miller. My mistake. However they did have Bandmasters in those days. All, or nearly all, the Directors of Music passed through the NCO ranks as Bandmasters before being commissioned and appointed as Directors of Music. @timg2003 The 1952 publication "The King's Guards" by Major Henry Legge-Bourke refers to Foot Guards musicians as "bandsmen" so I'm fairly sure that was the term used in 1934. My understanding is that the term "Musician" was introduced when female musicians were accepted into the bands, and I believe that was the 1980's. HOWEVER I am always happy to have my knowledge expanded on these issues. Rgds.