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C. Jaeger


Lieutenant Colonel C H "Jiggs" Jaeger, OBE, Mus Bac, LRAM, ARCM, psm, Irish Guards (-1970), was a British military band leader.

Jiggs joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the age of 14. During World War II, he served in Italy, Greece and Austria, as the bandmaster of the 4th Hussars.

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 November 1968. At that time he was Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards, a post he had held since 1949.

He was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

He died on 27 September 1970.

Biography

  • Dean, Colin. Jiggs - A Biography of Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger OBE. Parapress. ISBN 978-1-898594-89-5. 
  • References

    C. H. Jaeger Wikipedia