trumpet major

Trumpet Majors were first appointed to the establishment in 1811.

She was once a trumpet major at the Juilliard School.

Oddly enough, I love The Trumpet Major (alone among his novels).

So impatient was he to attack that he ordered his duty trumpeter, Trumpet Major Joy, to sound the charge - but nothing happened.

Right:The Trumpet Major (1880).

The Life and character of Harry Rowe, trumpet major and high-sheriff's trumpeter for the county of York.

Below:Programme for The Trumpet Major, adapted by A.H.

Thomas Hardy used the Manor as Oxwell Hall in "The Trumpet Major".

Scorey was promoted to the rank of sergeant and trumpet major shortly before his 11-year term of enlistment ended, and he re-enlisted in December 1909.

Our set text was The Trumpet Major, and we had to paraphrse the whole novel - or I had to - maybe it was a punishment.

The VC citation refers to Hugh Crawford as being a Trumpet Major, but he was not promoted to that rank until 1 December 1855.

The State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry are conducted by Trumpet Major Grant Sewell-Jones, Band of The Blues and Royals.

Thomas Hardy's novel provided the source of Alun Hoddinott's opera The Trumpet Major, with libretto by Myfanwy Piper, first performed in Manchester on 1 April 1981.

It is mentioned in Thomas Hardy's "Trumpet Major" and is said to be a representation (323 feet high and 280 feet long) of George III on horseback, made by soldiers who were camped near Weymouth in 1815.

The heroine, Anne Garland, is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the trumpet major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Bob, a flighty sailor; and Festus Derriman, the cowardly nephew of the local squire.

Trumpet Major is an appointment in British Army cavalry regiments or the Royal Horse Artillery, held by a Sergeant (or Corporal of Horse in the Household Cavalry) or a more senior non-commissioned officer or Warrant Officer.

In the 18th century a water mill was built on the river, rebuilt in 1802; it featured in Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet Major; he also wrote a poem "At the Railway Station, Upway", which most likely relates to Upwey station.

An attempt to attack before his men were in perfect alignment was contrary to every precept that the officers had learnt back in England, and it was only when the dressing had been completed to his satisfaction did Scarlett order his trumpeter, Trumpet Major Monks, to sound the charge.