History
The band received the first British bandmaster in 1835 called Charles Godfry, as previously most bandmasters had been foreign, such as the first who was German.
The Coldstream Guards Band was one of the very first British army bands to make a recording before World War I.
On 18 June 1944 over one hundred twenty people were killed in the chapel at Wellington Barracks when a German flying bomb hit the chapel. The director of the band was included in those killed, prompting Captain Douglas Alexander Pope to be appointed.
In 1960, the band started a new tradition, to tour from coast to coast of the United States of America and Canada. This tradition still takes place.
In 1985, during the band's two hundredth anniversary year, the Coldstream Guards kicked off the Live Aid conecrt at Wembley Stadium, performing "God Save The Queen"
The band is currently based at Wellington Barracks in St. James's London along with all of the other guards bands
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