Members' newsletters
Members of the Friends of the Museum of Army Music receive a twice-yearly newsletter. Called The Kneller Hall Trumpeter, it carries the latest news of the museum and its collections and also features historical articles and photos related to British Army music.
The last two editions of ‘The Trumpeter’ covered the following topics:
The last two editions of ‘The Trumpeter’ covered the following topics:
Spring 2022 Issue No. 12
Front cover: The editor's and Major Paul Collis-Smith's notes on the future of the Museum and a picture of Major Collis-Smith
Page 1 & 2: The Incorporated Society of Musicians Report 1922 and pictures of the Kneller Hall Strings and a captured WW1 blackened brass instrument
Pages 3 & 4: The story of Bandmaster George Plummer continued
Page 5: Pictures of the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) featuring its captured French Eagle
Page 6: Three generations of Bandmasters in the Wood family
Page 7: The Royal Tournament 1971
Page 8: Recruiting 1914 - from an interview with the then 2nd Lt. John Mackenzie Rogan
Page 9: Discography - The Kneller Hall Band at 78rpm
Page 10: Pictures of the disbanded Irish Regiments' bands
Back cover: Programme of a Kneller Hall concert on 2nd October 1924
Spring 2022 Issue No. 12
Front cover: The editor's and Major Paul Collis-Smith's notes on the future of the Museum and a picture of Major Collis-Smith
Page 1 & 2: The Incorporated Society of Musicians Report 1922 and pictures of the Kneller Hall Strings and a captured WW1 blackened brass instrument
Pages 3 & 4: The story of Bandmaster George Plummer continued
Page 5: Pictures of the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) featuring its captured French Eagle
Page 6: Three generations of Bandmasters in the Wood family
Page 7: The Royal Tournament 1971
Page 8: Recruiting 1914 - from an interview with the then 2nd Lt. John Mackenzie Rogan
Page 9: Discography - The Kneller Hall Band at 78rpm
Page 10: Pictures of the disbanded Irish Regiments' bands
Back cover: Programme of a Kneller Hall concert on 2nd October 1924
Winter 2020/21 Issue No. 11
Front cover: The editor's notes and a picture of the Kneller Hall Trumpeters
Page 1: The Queen's Beasts - the museum's models of heraldic statues from 1953, and Cuttings from 1965
Page 2: Pictures of Public Duties in London from 1963, 1968 and 1970
Pages 3 & 4: A listing of the Regimental Marches of British Infantry Regiments post-amalgamations
Pages 5 & 6 Biography of Lt Col Trevor Le Mare Sharpe LVO, OBE, and a list of his compositions
Pages 7, 8 & 9: An extract from the story of Bandmaster George Plummer describing his sufferings as a Japanese POW
Page 10: The Band of the Royal Army Service Corps
Back cover: Two early pictures of the Kneller Hall Band on the bandstand
