22nd (Cheshire) Regiment Association

Band & Drums Branch

2nd Battalion Bandmasters

Charles Thesiger Hurst

18 May 1880 – 17 August 1893

Arthur John Stretton MVO

2 August 1893 – 24 March 1896

Became the longest ever serving Director of Music at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall (25 March 1896 – 21 September 1921) achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is noted as being one of the most important military musicians ever.

William John Applin

26 March 1896 – 31 January 1903

Albert Graves

1 February 1903 – 23 March 1919

The 2^nd Battalion Band won the Band Competition at Aldershot in 1904 scoring 162 out of a possible 200.

Thomas Underhill

25 May 1919 – 16 May 1939

Ernest Percival Martin

17 May 1939 – 19 August 1945

Walter James Adams

20 August 1945 – 12 November 1947

The only person to serve as Bandmaster in the both the 1^st and 2^nd Battalion Regimental Bands. He also re-arranged the Regimental Music, circa 1947, which is still in use today

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