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Major Roger Swift tells us how a young man, who trained as an engineer actually spent fifty-three years as an Army musician, leading some of its premier bands and being a part of the force’s triumphs and tragedies. Roger remembers how music could say “We’re sorry’’ and how he found out that the monarch has a sharp eye for a uniform.
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Roger Swift
Major Roger Swift offered to be interrogated for a second time when the pupils from Chase Bridge School came to visit Kneller Hall. He regaled them with a wonderful account which had many in the room in tears. Best wishes Roger.
