The Band Of The Life Guards

The Life Guards (LG) are the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals. Its band was formed in about 1795.

On ceremonial occasions the Life Guards wear a scarlet tunic, a metal cuirass and a matching helmet with a white plume worn bound on the top into an 'onion' shape; the exceptions to this are the regiment's trumpeters, who wear a red plume, and farriers, who wear blue tunics and have a black plume. In addition, the Life Guards wear their chin strap below their lower lip, as opposed to the Blues and Royals who wear it under their chin.

Directors of Music (post created 1905)
1905 - 1922 Lieutenant C.W.H Hall
1922 - 1926 Lieutenant H.E Eldridge
1926 - 1931 Lieutenant W.G Gibson
1931 - 1938 Lieutenant S.S Smith
1938 - 1959 Lt. Col Albert Lemoine
1959 - 1970 Major W.G Jackson
1970 - 1984 Major A.J Richards
1984 - 1989 Major J.C McColl
1989 - 1997 Major C.J. Reeves
1997 - 2002 Major M.J. Torrent
2002 - 2005 Major D.W. Cresswell
2005 - Present Captain R Pennington