Waterloo Trumpet recording

Utter coolness:

http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edis...WDPC-01-04.mp3

Trumpeter Landfrey's Charge of the Light Brigade
Played by: Trumpeter Landfrey
Recording date: August 2, 1890
Location: London, England
Record format: Edison brown wax cylinder (unissued)
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 39848
** Historical note: Landfrey was a bugler in the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava, October 25, 1854, of the Crimean War. On this recording Landfrey plays a trumpet that was used at the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815, of the Napoleonic Wars.

Nice find...it puts my Blue Ambersol recording of it to shame!

Very cool!

Wow!!! That is waaaaay TOO COOL! I wonder what regiment he was in? There were 5 regiments in the Light Brigade - 2 hussar, 2 LD and 1 lancer.

Rick, you get the gold star!!!!

Terry

My info shows he was in 17th Lancers and the trumpet at Waterloo was from the 1st Life Guards.

In any case hearing a recording of an actual trumpeter from Charge of the Light Brigade sounding the charge on a cavalry trumpet used at Waterloo is very cool.............