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The Band of the Grenadier Guards marching outside Buckingham Palace. The military bands of the United Kingdom are musical units that serve for protocol and ceremonial duties as part of the British Armed Forces. They have been the basis and inspiration for many military bands in the former British Empire and the larger Commonwealth of Nations as ...
The British Forces Broadcasting Service ( BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces themselves. [3] It was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943.
Xander Rawlins. Alexander Rawlins is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and one half of the Indie Electronic duo LAIKIPIA, who in March 2017 released their first single "Hello Dreamer". His career started while he was a British army officer serving in Afghanistan.
BFBS Live Events (formerly Combined Services Entertainment ( CSE) until 2 March 2020 [1]) is the live entertainment arm of the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) (and prior to March 2020 the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC), a registered British charity). It is the official provider of live entertainment to the British Armed ...
In 2019, the Corps of Army Music was restructured with a number of bands being co-located and re-named. [5] In a process of 'Military Music Optimization', the regular Army band laydown was adjusted to enable several smaller bands to train and perform as larger bands for more significant Army events: 'Co-locating 11 of the smaller bands in three major garrisons and Sandhurst has increased the ...
The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) was a British registered charity.. Set up in 1982 from the merger of the Services Kinema Corporation (SKC) and the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) to "entertain and inform Britain's Armed Forces around the world", its activities included the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its radio and television operations, SSVC Cinemas ...
Domestically, the BBC's medium wave transmitters continued to broadcast only the Home Service until the start of 1940, when the lack of choice and of lighter programming for people serving in the British Armed Forces having been noted – some of the former regional frequencies (804 and 877 kHz) were given over to a new service known as the Forces Programme.
B. Band of the 43rd Royal Tank Regiment. Band of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment. Band of the Fusilier Volunteers. Band of the King's African Rifles. Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment. Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Band of the Royal Scots Greys. Band of the Royal Yeomanry.