Lieutenant Colonel Roger Tomlinson traces his life’s journey for us; going from the schoolboy fascinated by a Guards band on parade, through the musician learning all the instruments, to, as the Army’s principal Director of Music, being tasked with probably the most painful decision an army musician might have to take.

Roger Tomlinson

Lieutenant Colonel Roger Tomlinson shares stories of a horse that wouldn’t canter, choppers coming the wrong way, and the sound of a bullet whistling past at close range.

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