The 'Colonel Bogey March' played by The Band of the Royal Irish Regiment. My video shows the Band of the Royal Irish Regiment performing the Colonel Bogey March. This event took place at Bangor Castle, County Down on 9th May 2025 as part of the events to mark Victory in Europe Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration. The "Colonel Bogey March" was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for

MOVIE: The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957 STARRING: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins PLOT: British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it. | The Fabulous Fifties