– In 1882, the Deputy Adjutant General Royal Marines requested that the Bandmaster of each Royal Marine Division (Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham) submit an arrangement for a new regimental march for the corps, if possible based on a naval song. Jacob Kappey, the Bandmaster of the Chatham Division, submitted an arrangement of "A Life on the Ocean Wave", a ballad by Henry Russell, with an eight bar trio from "The Sea" by Sigismund Neukomm. It was authorised for use as the regimental quick march of the Corps of Royal Marines in 1882. It was re-arranged by Major Ricketts in 1944. Unpublished works Classical and Operatic Arrangements Mephistofeles (Boito) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) Capriccio Italien (Tschaikovsky) Carmen (Bizet) Madam Butterfly (Puccini) Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns) Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach) 4th Movement, Symphony in E Minor 'From the New World' (Dvorak) Rigoletto (Verdi) Faust (Gounod) Trumpet Voluntary and Air (Clarke) Festival March from Tannhauser (Wagner) Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) Il Trovatore (Verdi) Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) Lohengrin (Wagner) Symphony Pathetique, 2 Movements (Tschaikovsky) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt) Minuet in G (Schubert) Aida (Verdi) Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Largo (Handel) Miscellaneous Works August Bank Holiday 1914 (Alford) Bill the Bosun from the 'Drowsy Dustman Suite' (F. White arr. Alford)) For Service Overseas – March (Ricketts) Ancient Scottish Melodies (traditional arr. Alford) Negro Melodies (traditional arr. Alford) Nursery Rhymes and Carols (traditional arr. Alford) Old English Airs (traditional arr. Alford) Ceremonial March on Purcell's Works (Purcell arr. Alford) Londonderry Air – Saxophone Quartet (traditional arr. Alford) Old English Air – Saxophone Quartet (traditional arr. Alford) Air on the G String – Saxophone Quartet (J.S. Bach arr. Alford) Bonnie Wee Thing – Cornet Solo (Alford) Walt Disney's Silly Symphony (various composers arr. Alford) Fantasia for Dunedin, New Zealand (Alford) References General references The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders 1799 - 1927, Brigadier A E J Cavendish, CMG http://www.theargylls.co.uk/bandmasters.php http://military-bands.co.uk/argyll.html Trendell, John, Colonel Bogey to the Fore, a biography of Kenneth J. Alford (1991) External links MIDI sequences of Alford marches for band 1881 births 1945 deaths 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century British musicians 20th-century English composers Brass band composers British military musicians Concert band composers Deaths from cancer in England English bandleaders English male composers English music arrangers March musicians Military music composers Military personnel from London Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) soldiers Royal Marines officers Royal Marines personnel of World War II