Army Cadet Band C Company 3rd Cadet Battallion East Surrey Regiment
Can you name any of the people in this photograph?
The group photograph was taken in the playground of Tweeddale School in July 1943. Gordon Jones was a member of the Army Cadet Band and he played the Eb Bass.He is in the front row 3rd from the left. The two officers in the front row are the Bandmaster on the left and the C.O.of the company Captain Fowler. All the instruments for the band were provided by the Captain and it must have cost him a small fortune.
The cornet player 3rd from the right in the second row was Norman Madden. He went on to join the Irish Guards and in the 1950's toured with the Irish Guards Band in Australia.
Other members were Denis Marchant 4th from left 2nd row, James Bubb 4th from the right 2nd row, both also cornet players and Ron Cawdell a trombone player who was in the front row 2nd from the right.
The other photo is of 17 year old Gordon standing at the rear of the back garden of 72 Wendling Road looking out over the air raid shelter in the garden of number 6 Whitby Road.
Gordon left the Cadets in 1944 to join the regular army and lost contact with the band.
Army Cadet Band July 1943
Donated by Gordon Jones
Cadet Gordon Jones 1944
Donated by Gordon Jones