Since 9/11, tens of thousands of Drum soldiers have seen two or three, sometimes even four tours of duty.
The bassist Percy Heath may be gone, but his masterly siblings, the saxophonist Jimmy and the drummer Albert, soldier on.
Every morning in 1768, he and Abigail, to their intense annoyance, were woken by the sounds of fife and drum, the soldiers making a great show in Brattle Square, in front of their house.
The guitarist Steve Jones and the drummer Paul Cook soldiered on and recorded "No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer By Ronald Biggs)" in Brazil with Biggs, a member of the Great Train Robbery gang on the run.
The speeches end, and to the sound of booming drums the soldiers march past the stage.
Two women arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder soldier Drummer Rigby have been released without charge, Scotland Yard also said today.
They pointed out that it came against the backdrop of the alleged murder of a soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, on a London street.
Decisions to proscribe the organisations are understood to be unrelated to the murder of soldier Drummer Lee Rigby near Woolwich barracks in south-east London in May.
The previously unseen home movies show the young soldier drumming in full military regalia in Windsor and dancing at a wedding.
1.00pm BST The family of murdered soldier Drummer Lee Rigby have been speaking at a press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at Bury, Greater Manchester.
Fears that Muslim communities across the country are facing a sustained wave of attacks and intimidation have intensified after it emerged that almost 200 Islamophobic incidents had been reported since the murder of British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, last week.
