Musikkåren är placerad i Hull och är den enda militära musikkåren i East Ridings, Yorkshire.
Den primära rollen är att ansvara för stöd som 'moral component to fighting power’ till en skiftande publik i både militära och civila sammanhang . Förutom framträdanden runt om i världen under de senaste åren är de även flitigt engagerade på hemorten.
Musikkårens historia sträcker sig från 1938 när St Andrews Prize Silver Band of Hull var i en ekonomisk kris och saknade sponsorer. Musikkårens ledare, Mr William Wildbore och en affärsbekantskap, Mr H Butterworth, som också var officer i ’Territorial Army’, diskuterade möjligheten att musikkåren skulle kunna samverka med ’Territorial Army’. Efter finansiellt stöd från dess officierare, fick musikkåren möjlighet att reparera sina dåliga instrument och graderades samtidigt upp från ’Company of the Royal Army Service Corps’ och fick titeln ’50th (Northumbrian) Column Terrirorial Army Band’.
I början av andra världskriget, september 1939, följde musikkåren förbandet till Frankrike. Tillsammans med regementet evakuerades bandet från stränderna. Eftersom de inte kunde ta med sig instrumenten, begravde de dessa i sanden i hopp om att kunna hämta dessa vid ett senare tillfälle.
Efter det att musikkåren återkom till England, reformerades bandet och förflyttades till Dorset och Somerset området. På grund av de saknade instrumenten som var kvar i Frankrike, upplöstes musikkåren. Kort efter att musikkåren flyttade till Middle East, kunde man köpa nya instrument med bidrag från ’The Divisional Commander and Officers’.
1951 sökte Captain Sam Williams RASC (musikkårens chef) nya musikanter och volontärer och de rekryterades från tre musikkårer i Hull, “The Queens Own Yorkshire Yeomanry”, “3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire” samt “The Royal Corps of Transport”. Efter denna nyrekrytering fick musikkåren behålla sin status och kunde flytta till dess nuvarande lokalisering, ”Londesborough Barracks”.
1994 reformerades musikkåren igen och kom då att tillhöra ’The New Royal Logistic Corps’ och musikkåren fick då sitt nuvarande namn ”The Band of 150th (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers)”.
Musikkåren har rönt stora framgångar både hemma i England och utomlands. Dessa har accentuerats på senare tid då musikkåren gjort bejublade framträdanden för guvernören i Gibraltar på hans residens, figurativ marsch på hangarfartyget HMS Illustrious och framträdandet i samband med Skid-VM i Vitryssland.
The band of the 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) uppträder på uppdrag av The Commanding Officer, Lietenant Colonel J C Connelly RLC.
The Band of the 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) is based in Hull and is the only military wind band serving in the East Ridings of Yorkshire.
Their primary role is to provide musical support as the ‘morale component to fighting power’ to a diverse audience of both military and civilian sponsors. As well as performing across the world stage in recent years they are equally proud to serve their local community.
The history of the band started in 1938 when the St. Andrews Prize Silver Band of Hull was in financial difficulty and lacked sponsorship. Their Band Leader, Mr William Wildbore and a business acquaintance, Mr H Butterworth, who was also an Officer in the Territorial Army, discussed the possibility of the Band’s integration within the Territorial Army. After securing financial support from its officers for the repair of musical instruments, the band was established from ranks of the Companies of the Royal Army Service Corps and given the title of 50th (Northumbrian) Column Territorial Army Band.
At the beginning of World War II, September 1939, the Band led the unit prior to moving to the concentration areas and in January 1940, the Band and instruments accompanied the unit to France. Along with their regiment the band were evacuated from the beaches and as they couldn’t take their instruments with them, they buried them in the sand in the hope of recovering them at a later date.
On return to the UK, the unit reformed and was relocated in the Dorset and Somerset area and due to the lack of instruments that were left in France the band was dispersed but shortly after the unit was moved to the Middle East and the Band’s instruments were replaced with donations from the Divisional Commander and Officers.
In 1951 the Band President, Captain Sam Williams RASC, mounted a recruiting drive for musicians and volunteers were found from the three bands in Hull, The Queens Own Yorkshire Yeomanry, 3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire and The Royal Corps of Transport to warrant an application being made for an ‘official’ establishment and in 1967 the unit was permitted to retain its band and moved to its current location of Londesborough Barracks.
In 1994 the Regiment was once again reformed and re-badged to form the new Royal Logistic Corps and the Band became The Band of 150th (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers).
The Band have established their reputation both at home in the UK and overseas with recent and memorable performances for the Governor of Gibraltar at his residence, a marching display on the aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious and at the Skiing Championships in Bavaria.
The Band of The 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) appear by kind permission of the Commanding Officer,
Lieutenant Colonel J C Connelly RLC