The Rifles - The Band and Bugles

The Band and Bugles

The Rifles maintains a single regular regimental band, the Band and Bugles of The Rifles. This was formed by renaming the Band and Bugles of the Light Division, which in itself was an amalgamation of four separate bands:

• The Corunna Band of the Light Infantry
• The Salamanca Band of the Light Infantry
• The Peninsula Band of the Royal Green Jackets
• The Normandy Band of the Royal Green Jackets

In addition, the two TA Battalions maintain their own bands:

• The Salamanca Band of the Rifles - 6th Battalion (formerly the Band of the Rifle Volunteers)
• The Waterloo Band of the Rifles - 7th Battalion (formerly the Band of the Royal Rifle Volunteers)

There are also a number of Cadet Force Bands including The Silver Bugles Band of the Somerset Cadet Battalion (The Rifles) Army Cadet Force, The Corunna Band & Bugles of Oxfordshire (The Rifles) Army Cadet Force and The Borneo band of Durham Army Cadet Force, as well as the Peninsula Band and Bugles of the Cornwall Army Cadet Force Battalion (The Rifles) and the Wiltshire Army Cadet Force trowbridge Band and Bugles. More recently E (The Rifles) Company (Yorkshire N&W) ACF have formed a Bugle & Drum section - Minden Bugles & Drums. Bands also exist in Combined Cadet Forces including the Band and Bugles of The Thomas Hardye School, and The Band and Drums of Adams' Grammar School CCF. For a number of years from just after the Second World war until the early 80's Kings College Taunton in Taunton Somerset had a Combined Cadet Force Drum and Bugle Corps with the CCF associated with the Somerset Light Infantry. In the period 1968-1970, the Drum & Bugle Corps had a particularly active period beating retreat in place such as Honiton Barracks (then home of one of the Light Infantry Battalions), in Ottery St Mary, in Sidmouth and in Taunton itself where for two years it was given permission to form up and then marched from Kings Taunton to the St Mary Magdalenr Church in the centre of Taunton Town centre to participate in the Annual Remembrance day services where it was one of the bands that let the parade. The Drum & Bugle corps consisted of 12 side drummers, two Tenor Drums, A Bass Drum, a Cymbals player and 12 Buglers.