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Photograph of nine members of the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Dance band, posing for the image with their instruments in a hall at Colchester Barracks, 1931-35 (c). They are wearing their Bandsmen uniform with distinctive shoulder wings and sit or stand in front of music stands with banners with a large ‘M’ on the front. Their instruments include saxophones, clarinets, trumpets, a double base, banjo and piano. The 2nd Battalion spent four years quartered at Colchester Garrison from December 1931 to November 1935. Image taken by Oscar Way, Royal Studio, Colchester. Some of the men are named such as Pat Hathaway and Paddy Hayes. From a collection of 60 photographs relating to the service of Bandsman Louis Isaac Rayner, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, 1920s/30s. Photos are taken of band members, travelling, local people and culture in places India, Sudan, France and the UK.