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A Corps of Drums in the modern British Army is lead by a Drum Major and consists of side-drummers, a bass drummer, a cymbalist and flute players. Although they often march together, the Corps of Drums is not part of the Band. The Bandsmen are full-time musicians, but Drummers are operational soldiers often deployed as members of a machine gun platoon. Highland Regiments have had Drums and Pipes instead of a Corps of Drums since Victorian times. Nowadays, many units with Scottish or Irish connections have Drummers and Pipers.
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| Royal Marines Buglers at the front of their Band - Falklands 25th Anniversary Parade |
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| The Corps of Drums of The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment on The Mall |
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| Guards Corps of Drums play on The Mall returning from The Trooping of The Colour |
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| Scots Guards Pipers in winter greatcoats on The Mall |
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| Pipes of the Irish Regiments on Whitehall |
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| Pipers of The Scots Guards at a rehearsal for The Trooping of the Colour |
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| The Corps of Drums of The Honourable Artillery Company marching behind the Band |
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| The Corps of Drums of The Welsh Guards leaving Priory Court, St. James's Palace |
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| Drummers of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (now the 2nd Battn., The Mercian Regt.) |
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