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