Regimental Band


	DERR

1st Bn Duke of Edinburghs Royal Regiment

(Berkshire and Wiltshire)

Regimental Band

Bandmasters of the 1st Bn Duke of Edinburghs Royal Regiment

Bandmaster HAILE

Bandmaster HIBBS

Bandmaster BORLASE

Bandmaster NOTHER

Bandmaster HATTON

THE FARMER'S BOY

Tape picture The Farmers boy

SIDE A	SIDE B
Hand across the sea	The China Dragon
Country Gardens	Lord Wellingtons March
Free an' Easy	Four Quicksteps
Dance of the Imps	Moorside
Festive	Dashing White Sergeant The Wiltshire The Farmers Boy Rule Britannia

The above music tape was produced in 1987 under Bandmaster W.O. 1 K HATTON FTCL,ARCM BBCM and by the kind permission of the Commanding Officer at that time Lt Col SWJ SAUNDERS

The Player's	The Instrument
Bandsman CRAWFORD	Flute
Bandsman MINTON	Eb Clarinet
W.O. 1 NOTHER (Past Bandmaster)	Oboe
Sgt BORDESSA	Bb Clarinets
Bandsman BURNEY
Bandsman REED
Bandsman HEBRON	Alto Saxophone
Sgt GRANT	Tenor Saxophone
Bandsman ENDEAN	Horns
Bandsman JONES
C/Sgt WAREING	Cornets/trumpets
Sgt FINLEY
Cpl DUNFORD
Cpl CRAIG
Bandsman HOARE
L/Cpl COSTEMA	Trombones
L/Cpl BRINKWORTH
L/Cpl THOMAS
Bandsman HUTCHINSON	Euphonium
W.O. 2 MERRITT	Tubas
L/Cpl WILSON
Cpl O'NEILL	Percussion
L/Cpl COSTEMA	Bass Guitar

DERR CONCERT BAND

D.E.R.R. Regimental Concert Band

DERR FANFARE

D.E.R.R. Band Fanfare section

DERR BAND INTERLUDE SECTION

D.E.R.R. Band Interlude section

DERR BAVARIAN BAND

D.E.R.R. Bavarian Band

D.E.R.R. Band Uniform 1987

DERR BAND

D.E.R.R. Band Group

Farmersboys Band under attack, Brussels, 1979

A Bandsman of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment inspects the damage after the I.R.A. Bomb blast in Brussels 1979.
PROVO'S BLAST ARMY BAND Read the newspaper headlines on Wednesday 29th August 1979. The I.R.A. continued their Murder campaign with a bomb attack on 24 British Army bandsmen yesterday. Their violence spread to Brussels where an explosion wrecked the stage on which the band of the 1st Battalion Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment was about to give a concert. It was only luck that saved the bandsmen. They had just left the temporary stage in the city's Grand Place to put on their red dress uniforms when the bomb went off. The stage was wrecked and their instruments left in a mangled mess, but only two of the soldiers were slightly hurt. Eight tourists waiting to hear the band play as part of the Brussels Millennium celebrations also had minor injuries. Within minutes of the blast, a man rang the office of Pierre Halterman, Mayor of Brussels, saying the I.R.A. were responsible.

A damaged 1st Bn DERR band instrument at Brussels. (Is there any Ex DERR Bandsman out there who can tell this mere Ex Infantryman what this is)	Damaged 1st Bn DERR band Drums from the bombing in Brussels

Damaged drum kit belonging to the band 1st Bn DERR after the bombing in Brussels.

NOTE

More work is taking place on this page. If anybody can assist with a better image of Bandmaster HAILE, please contact Mac

Also if any Bandsman who was present at the bombing at Brussels can get in contact we would appreciate it.

Acknowledgements

The Web team would like to thank the Regimental Museum Curator Lt Col (Rtd) David CHILTON for his assistance with this page.