Talk:Corps of drums

On Band vs Corps of Drums
Ok, a few things which need clarifying over the issue of 'Corps of Drums in the British Army'.

- A Corps of Drums is a completely different thing to a Band in the army.

- It is redundant to list the examples of 'Corps of Drums of the Coldstream Guards 1st battalion' and 'The Duke of Wellington's regiment (which doesn't exist anymore anyway)' as every single infantry battalion in the army is supposed to have one, see the top of the article.

God Save Queen Elizabeth (talk)

General Infomation on what 'a' Corps of Drums actually is.
When the term Corps of Drums is used, it is refering to the individual sub unit, not a British army-wide instituation similar to the Logistic Corps or the Royal Corps of Signals.

As such, the term is used equivalent to how you would refer to any other sub unit. A rifle platoon is just that, you would not have 'history of british rifle platoon' as a subject header, rather you would have 'history of british rifle platoons'.

The confusion may arise in that Corps of Drums is both singular, to refer to the Corps of Drums of any given battalion and plural, to refer more than one Corps of Drums. "The Grenadier guards have a Corps of Drums." is correct, but so too is "The Coldstream Guards and the Irish Guards are bringing their Corps of Drums". —Preceding unsigned comment added by God Save Queen Elizabeth (talk • contribs) 10:14, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Drummer's Rank
In the early days of the army around the English Civil War, the rank of drummer was higher than a private. Indeed the 'Officers' of a regiment included not only the non-commissioned officers, but also the drummers. When and why did this change? Was it connected to drummers becoming younger drummer-boys? Were all drummers in the nineteenth-century drummerboys or were there adult drummers as well? If so, was there a difference in function (and maybe rank?) between adult drummers and drummer-boys?Paul J Williams (talk) 11:18, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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Abbreviations... & article purpose
Can anyone advise on the frequent use of abbreviations in this article? Are abbreviations like "RM", "RN", "RMLI", "HMMF", etc. common enough within this field to remain abbreviated as opposed to spelled out?

I'm also wondering if a separate article to Drum and bugle corps (modern) and Drum and bugle corps (classic) really makes sense. B3v3nt33n (talk) 00:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)