Welsh Guards Band

Welsh Guards Band
Background information
Also known as	Band of the Welsh Guards
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Website	Home of the Welsh Guards Band

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

Musicians currently in the band have secondary roles in the British Army as Chemical Decontamination Assistants, Medics and Drivers.

The band is based at Wellington barracks in St James's London.

The Regimental Quick March is the Rising of the Lark.

The Regimental Slow March is Men of Harlech,

The Welsh Guards Band was formed in 1915, the same year as the regiment. Unlike other Guards Bands such as that of the Grenadier Guards, the band consisted of 45 people, including a Warrant Officer at the time of its inception, with the instruments having been bought by funds provided by the City of Cardiff.

Because the Welsh Guards Band was formed hundreds of years after military music for ceremonial purpose first arose, high standards had already been set by other Guards ensembles. They first publicly performed proving their worth on March 1, 1916, when they Mounted the King's Guard.

The Welsh Guards Band started its touring career in 1917, early after its formation. In recent years tours have taken the band to European countries such as Belgium and Spain; North America, with tours to the United States and Canada, and a recent tour to Egypt took the band to northern Africa. The band's first commissioned Bandmaster; Lieutenant Harris; was gazetted on March 1, 1919, to the rank of Lieutenant, after serving with the band in his original position for nearly four years. He remained linked with the band until his retirement.

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