{"id":1752,"date":"2018-01-20T18:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=1752"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:19:38","slug":"listing-of-band-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/welcome\/the-pipes-and-drums\/listing-of-band-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Listing of Band Members."},"content":{"rendered":"

Information below courtesy of George Willis. Any new information is welcome.<\/h3>\n
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Pipers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

* denotes Pipe Major at some stage<\/p>\n

Aarons, Sam 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Allsop, Stanley 1939-43<\/h4>\n

Arlow, Patrick 1944-48<\/h4>\n

Aspinall, William 2005-present<\/h4>\n

Barnard, John 1970s<\/h4>\n

Barr, Judy 2000<\/h4>\n

Beck 1939-46<\/h4>\n

Bewshear, Mick 1960s\/70s<\/h4>\n

*Blackwell 1930s<\/h4>\n

Briar, Ronnie 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Brightman, Tom 1939-45<\/h4>\n

*Brown, George, 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Brown, Joe 1990s<\/h4>\n

Brown, \u2018Mo\u2019 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Burns, Michael 1946-48<\/h4>\n

Burt, Chris 1970-95<\/h4>\n

Button, Len 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

Callaghan, Tom 1950-60<\/h4>\n

Carr, Ted 1930-1960<\/h4>\n

Carvell Andy 1914-18<\/h4>\n

*Clancey, Con 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Clare, Tom 1939-46<\/h4>\n

Coffee, Charlie 1940s<\/h4>\n

Conway, Tom 1915-18<\/h4>\n

Cotter, J 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Corkesh, 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Cornish, Bob 1960-75<\/h4>\n

Dempsey, Frank 1960-76<\/h4>\n

Diamond, Hughie 1970-96<\/h4>\n

Dennis, T 1950s<\/h4>\n

Dennis, B 1950s<\/h4>\n

Doyle, Sean 1976-84<\/h4>\n

Doughty, Peter 2004-2010<\/h4>\n

Dowling, Frank 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

Dullaghan, Jim 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

Duthoit, Joe 1944-47<\/h4>\n

*Evans, Archie 1933-63<\/h4>\n

Fallis, John 1994-98<\/h4>\n

Farrell, Joe 1972-86<\/h4>\n

Finn, Colin 1970\u2019s<\/h4>\n

Flook, Brian 1990s<\/h4>\n

Fogarty, Michael 1932-35<\/h4>\n

*Fogarty, Paddy \u2018Pa\u2019 1914-19,1932-35<\/h4>\n

Fogarty, Patrick 1930-35<\/h4>\n

Fox, Breda 1980s<\/h4>\n

*Franklin, Johnny 1928-85<\/h4>\n

*Franklin, Len 1937-43<\/h4>\n

Gardender, 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Gerary, George 1960s<\/h4>\n

Gibbons E.E 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Goodman, Terry 1997-present<\/h4>\n

Grant, Pat 1970-2000<\/h4>\n

Hall, Peter 1986 – present<\/h4>\n

Henning, F.S.\u201cMick\u201d 1932-42<\/h4>\n

Horder, Peter 1940-46<\/h4>\n

Hough, Frank 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Hough, Harry 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Hughes 1940-46<\/h4>\n

Hughes Bertie 1942-45<\/h4>\n

Hutchins, Len 1940-60<\/h4>\n

*Jackson 1939-46<\/h4>\n

Jacoby 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Jeffery, Alfred \u2018Jeff\u2019 1941-46<\/h4>\n

Jelly, Tom 1980s<\/h4>\n

Judd, Charlie 1932-39<\/h4>\n

Kavanagh 1950s<\/h4>\n

Kelly, Sean 1970s<\/h4>\n

Kerney, Adrian 1993-2001<\/h4>\n

Kennedy, 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Kerr, Patsy 1942-44<\/h4>\n

Kydd, Burt \u2018Captain\u2019 1980s<\/h4>\n

Kimber, Reg 1940-46<\/h4>\n

King, Gerry 1967-84<\/h4>\n

King,\u00a0 Terry 1967-84<\/h4>\n

Leddy, Albertt 1945-48<\/h4>\n

Learmonth, 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Lehmann,\u2018Mick\u2019 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Links, Maurice 1997-2001<\/h4>\n

Littlejohn, A 1930s<\/h4>\n

Littlejohn B 1930s<\/h4>\n

Lorhick, Bert 1960s<\/h4>\n

Lowrey, P 1939-44<\/h4>\n

Luckman, Eric 1972-76<\/h4>\n

MacDonald 1946-48<\/h4>\n

Mackesy, Roy \u2018Cowboy\u2019 1939-46<\/h4>\n

*Maloney, John 1908-20<\/h4>\n

Maguire, Michael 1980s<\/h4>\n

Maher, Mick<\/h4>\n

Marshal, Dick 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Marra, Tom<\/h4>\n

Mason, Philip 2000-present<\/h4>\n

Mason, Tommy 1945-47<\/h4>\n

McCombie, James\u00a0 1990-2003<\/h4>\n

McConnel, Bill 1970s<\/h4>\n

McGrath, Helen 1980s<\/h4>\n

McManus 1941-45<\/h4>\n

McMaster, Archie 1970-present<\/h4>\n

McKenna, Sean 1940-44<\/h4>\n

McMullen, Billy 1960s-90s<\/h4>\n

Mead, Ray 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Melia, John 1960\u2019s<\/h4>\n

Melia, Mick 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Messerchmitt, John 1960s<\/h4>\n

Milne, Timmy 1939-45<\/h4>\n

*Miller, Jim 1914-?<\/h4>\n

Modlock, Bill 1974-77<\/h4>\n

Moris, J 1990s<\/h4>\n

Mortimer, Bert 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Murphy, Dominic 1982-2003<\/h4>\n

Murphy, Joe 1980-99<\/h4>\n

Murphy, Seamus 1980s<\/h4>\n

Newcombe, George Piper \u2018F\u2019 1936-46*<\/h4>\n

Nicholson, Allan 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Nicholson, George 1940-42, 59 -70<\/h4>\n

Nolan, Martin 1990 – present<\/h4>\n

Nolan, Mick 1939-45<\/h4>\n

*O\u2019Brien, Pat 1939-98<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Brien, Joe 1946-49<\/h4>\n

*O\u2019Callaghan,\u2018Sandy\u20191930-45<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Callaghan, Tom 1939<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Connor, Kevin 1960s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Donnel, Bernie 1960s\/70s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Malley, Mick 1973-95<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Malley, Mick 1939-45<\/h4>\n

*O\u2019Sullivan, Kevin 1938-50<\/h4>\n

Purvis, Dave 1964-2001<\/h4>\n

Prout, Arthur 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Raun, 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Reeves, Bernie 1970s<\/h4>\n

Riley, George 1940-46<\/h4>\n

Riley, Jim 1960s<\/h4>\n

Rostant, Louisa 1997-2001<\/h4>\n

Rostant, Joanna 1997-2001<\/h4>\n

Ryan, 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Sands, Pat 1999-present<\/h4>\n

Sauk, Sam 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Savage, Alf 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Scully, Sean 1965-82<\/h4>\n

Shanahan, Brian guest piper<\/h4>\n

Shanahan, Eddie 1933-37<\/h4>\n

*Shanahan, Jackie 1938-1948<\/h4>\n

Shanahan, Michael guest piper *<\/h4>\n

Shanahan, Sean 1988-2004<\/h4>\n

Shanahan, Arthur \u2018Toddy\u2019 1938-42<\/h4>\n

Shield, \u2018Jock\u2019 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Smith, Brian 1966-present<\/h4>\n

Stanton, Colin 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Stevens, Phil 1970s<\/h4>\n

Stewart, John 1946\/47<\/h4>\n

*Starck, Albert 1907-18<\/h4>\n

Stranix, Johnny 1970s<\/h4>\n

Stumpo, Ben 1990s<\/h4>\n

Sullivan, Pat 1960-73<\/h4>\n

Tannel, Louis 1950s<\/h4>\n

*Taylor, R 1919<\/h4>\n

Thomas, 1929-45<\/h4>\n

Tucker, Dave 1980s & 90s<\/h4>\n

Turner, Sammy 1939-45<\/h4>\n

*Vaughan, Michael 1964-present<\/h4>\n

*Wallace, Jim \u2018Cookie\u2019 1962-72<\/h4>\n

Ward, Charles 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Wicks, 1940-41<\/h4>\n

Williams, Taffy 1941-46<\/h4>\n

Wilkie, Bruce 1980s<\/h4>\n

Willis, George 1939-49, 1977-2001<\/h4>\n

Willis, Leslie 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Wilson, Alex 2005-present<\/h4>\n

Woodley, Phil 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Woods, Harry 1914-39<\/h4>\n
\n

Drummers & Buglers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

** \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 denotes Drum Major\u00a0at some stage.<\/p>\n

*** \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 denotes Bugle Major at some stage.<\/p>\n

+ \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 denotes Dog Major or Dog Handler at some stage.<\/p>\n

Baines, Dickie 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Batey, Redford 1970s<\/h4>\n

Barnard, Jim 1959-79<\/h4>\n

Barnard, John 1971 guest<\/h4>\n

Barnett 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Bollington, John 1914-16<\/h4>\n

Boyd, John 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Burns, Ken \u2018Smokey Joe\u2019 1939-46<\/h4>\n

Buttons, 1935-43<\/h4>\n

Carter, H 1910-18<\/h4>\n

Cavan 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Chalcroft, Sean 2008-present<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Childs, 1939-45<\/h4>\n

***Chubb, Maurice 1939-46<\/h4>\n

***Clarke, Roy \u2018Nobby\u2019 1991-present<\/h4>\n

Clarke, Jim<\/h4>\n

Clarke. Lynn 1980s<\/h4>\n

Clarke, Maureen 1980s<\/h4>\n

Clisby 1942<\/h4>\n

Coles, D 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Cook, 1940s<\/h4>\n

Craig, Austin\u00a0 1960s<\/h4>\n

Course, Phil 1980s<\/h4>\n

Crowley, Mick 1982-92<\/h4>\n

Deacon, Peter<\/h4>\n

Dempsey, Sean 1979-95,2004-present<\/h4>\n

Dawes, Allan 1960s<\/h4>\n

+Downard, Alex 1999-2001<\/h4>\n

Downer, Bill \u2018Snouter\u2019 1935-42<\/h4>\n

Downer, \u2018Governor\u2019 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Duncan, E 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Dunkley, Joseph 1946-48<\/h4>\n

Dutriet, A 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Elliot, J 1914-18<\/h4>\n

+Evans, Norman 1950s<\/h4>\n

Fairservice, John 1942-1960<\/h4>\n

Faronfield, J 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Finn, Paul \u2018Mickey\u2019 1970s<\/h4>\n

Forest, Dominic 1970s<\/h4>\n

Foulis, Dave<\/h4>\n

***Furness, John 1962-71<\/h4>\n

Foley, J 1914-18<\/h4>\n

Gibson 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Goldsmith, Joe 1939-45 1947-50<\/h4>\n

Goulding \u2018Pluto\u2019 1939-42<\/h4>\n

Gibbons, George 1970s<\/h4>\n

Good-bear, J 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Grearson, 1945-47<\/h4>\n

Groves, Gordon 1968-72<\/h4>\n

***Groves, Mick 1939-57<\/h4>\n

Hambleton, Richard 1980s<\/h4>\n

Harbarrow, E 1914-19<\/h4>\n

+Halsey, Dennis 1960s & \u201970s<\/h4>\n

Harrington Bill ‘Flash’ 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Harris 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Harris, John 1960s & 70s<\/h4>\n

Hartley, Kevin 1970s<\/h4>\n

Hawksley, Rochelle 2004-present<\/h4>\n

Henchey, Don 2000-present<\/h4>\n

Hitchoock, Paddy 1950s<\/h4>\n

Hogg, Billy 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Homes, E 1914-19<\/h4>\n

House, R 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Hunt 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Jackson, Bill 1937-80<\/h4>\n

Jackson, George 1934-40<\/h4>\n

+Jackson, George 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Jefferies, Tom 1941<\/h4>\n

Kelly, Steve 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

Kelly, Terry 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

King, Barry 1980-94<\/h4>\n

King, George 1937-39<\/h4>\n

Kyne, Albie 1940-50<\/h4>\n

Leggatt 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Links, Maurice 1997-2001<\/h4>\n

MacKay 1946-48<\/h4>\n

Mackie 1941<\/h4>\n

Mason, Avril 2000 to present<\/h4>\n

Mason, Oliver 2000 to present<\/h4>\n

Matthews 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Mayle, Bert 1950s<\/h4>\n

McCarthy, Tim 1940-46,1980s<\/h4>\n

McCartney, Sam \u2018Scrumsie\u2019 1960s<\/h4>\n

McCourt Alex 1944-47<\/h4>\n

**McDonagh, Brendan 1991-2000<\/h4>\n

McGeary, Ron 1969-73<\/h4>\n

McMullen, John 1980s<\/h4>\n

**Metcalf, Tom 2000-03<\/h4>\n

***Metcalf, Vic 1942-46<\/h4>\n

Miller, Richard 1970s<\/h4>\n

Moore, Sammy 1966-70<\/h4>\n

Mullins,\u2018Sailor\u2019 1939-41<\/h4>\n

Mulqueen, Dennis 1970-2001<\/h4>\n

Murphy, David 1977-87<\/h4>\n

Nammock, Liam 1989-<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nicholls, Johnny 1950s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Connor, Pat 1980s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Connor Lee 1980s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Donnal, Mick 1960s<\/h4>\n

O’Grady ‘Bojer’ 1941<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Leary, John 1920s &1930s<\/h4>\n

O\u2019Neil, H 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Pender, G 1988<\/h4>\n

Plummer John 1970-2000<\/h4>\n

Popeye 1941\/2<\/h4>\n

***Powell, Jim 1970-93<\/h4>\n

Powell, Mike 1970-74<\/h4>\n

Powell, Tim 1980\u2019s<\/h4>\n

**&***Raper, Tom 2000-present<\/h4>\n

Redding, 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Ridler, Andy 1951-79<\/h4>\n

Riley, Harry \u2018Rasher\u2019 1941-46<\/h4>\n

Riley, Michael 1980s<\/h4>\n

Robinson, Eric 1941-45<\/h4>\n

+Roberts, Alan<\/h4>\n

Rogers, Paul 1980s<\/h4>\n

Russell, Bob 1960s & 70s<\/h4>\n

Sake, Sam 1941\/2<\/h4>\n

***Scarborough, A 1960s<\/h4>\n

Shannon, Ted 1960s<\/h4>\n

+Sheridan, Les 1986-present<\/h4>\n

***Smith, Gordon 1962-1980, 1993<\/h4>\n

Smith, Michael 1994-present<\/h4>\n

Stillwood, G 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Stumpo, Ben 1990s<\/h4>\n

Sturgeon, Bob 1970s<\/h4>\n

Sullivan, C 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Swain 1941-42<\/h4>\n

Sweeney, Francis 1939-45<\/h4>\n

***Thackery, Bert \u2018Tiger 1937-60<\/h4>\n

Taylor, Charlie 1939-41<\/h4>\n

Taylor, Ernie 1939-41<\/h4>\n

***Taylor, Fred 1939-45<\/h4>\n

Threadgold, E 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Trump, Harry 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Turner, A 1914-19<\/h4>\n

Tyler-Murphy, Susan 2008-present<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Vaughan, Catherine 1997-2000<\/h4>\n

+Varga, Mark 1997-present<\/h4>\n

Wallace, Bob 2000-present<\/h4>\n

Wallace, Sue 2001-present<\/h4>\n

Ware ‘Nunky’ 1940-45<\/h4>\n

Warren, Terry \u2018Bunny\u2019 1960s & 70s<\/h4>\n

Watts, Gary 2003-present<\/h4>\n

Welding, Ted 1997-present<\/h4>\n

Wilson, Don 1970s & 80s<\/h4>\n

Wragg, 1944-47<\/h4>\n

Wood, H 1914-19<\/h4>\n
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Information below courtesy of George Willis. Any new information is welcome. Pipers * denotes Pipe Major at some stage Aarons, Sam 1914-19 Allsop, Stanley 1939-43 Arlow, Patrick 1944-48 Aspinall, William 2005-present Barnard, John 1970s Barr, Judy 2000 Beck 1939-46 Bewshear, Mick 1960s\/70s *Blackwell 1930s Briar, Ronnie 1939-45 Brightman, Tom 1939-45 *Brown, George, 1940-45 Brown, Joe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":149,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6568,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1752\/revisions\/6568"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}