Never before had a serving bandmaster or director of music attained this rank.įor 20 years Lt-Col Rogan was the senior director of music of the Brigade of Guards, and he was responsible for the massed bands of the Brigade at the funeral of Queen Victoria, the coronation of King George V. Mr Rogan was the first bandmaster in the Brigade of Guards to be granted a Substantive commission, being promoted to the rank of 2 nd Lieutenant in 1904 after passing through all the various ranks he retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel. During the First World War he made three tours of battle areas and later took the Guards Massed Bands through Italy.
He was selected and transferred in 1895 to the Coldstream Guards with whom he reached the zenith of his career, twice taking the band to Canada. At cricket he played in the Regimental eleven and he was also an above average shot. Finding the Band under strength, mainly due to discharges, he enlisted men from the ranks and boys from home and the Sanawar School and trained them all to a high standard of perfection. In May 1882 he was appointed Bandmaster of the 2 nd Queen's then serving at Peshawar. Obviously making his mark, he was appointed Acting Sergeant Major of the Establishment. He was destined to become a legend in the sphere of military music.Īfter serving with the 11 th Foot at home, in South Africa and India, Rogan, then a Drum-Major, was sent to Kneller Hall in January 1880 to qualify as a Bandmaster. 1832 Boy John M Rogan, aged 15 years, 2 nd Battalion (North Devon) Regiment of Foot. He joined the Army on February 4 th 1867 as No. Lieutenant Colonel John Mackenzie Rogan CVO. So it will be appropriate to start with one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of them all. First to come under our consideration are Regimental Bandmasters many of whom, like Field Marshals, were distinguished holders of the baton. So it might be as well to look at some of them, particularly in our Bands and Drums. Band Drums & Music | Some Band & Drum personalities Band and Drums Music Some Band & Drum personalitiesĪll Regiments in their time produce certain outstanding officers and men, 'characters', is the word commonly applied, and both The Queen's and The Surreys have certainly not been lacking in that respect.
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