David J. Marshall

Director of Music for the Coldstream Guards from 1990-1999. David Marshall, ARMC LTCL BBCM psm, was born in Bodmin in 1944 and began piano lessons at the age of 8. In 1960 he enlisted in his county regiment, the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. During his military service, David progressed from principal cornet of his regimental band to Bandmaster of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forester's Regiment. This honor was followed by the appointment of Director of the Music with, in succession, the Royal Armoured Corps, the Royal Corps of Transport and finally the Coldstream Guards, with whom he undertook tours of North America, Japan and Australia. He retired in 1999 with the rank of Major after 40 years of army service.