The Jolly Die-Hards - British Army Song

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Regimental song of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, later the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own). Written by in the 1860s by the regiment’s bandmaster, C. Moore.

Performed by Raymond Crooke.


Images:

Battle of Albuera, 1811 by James Jenkins.

The Battle of Albuera, 1811
'Marshal Beresford gained a glorious victory over the French army commanded by Marshal Soult on May 16th 1811 near Albuera' by an unknown artist

'Steady the Drums and Fifes!' by Elizabeth Thompson (later Lady Butler). It depicts the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Albuera in 1811 during the Peninsular War.

Soldiers of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 1855, during the Crimean War.

The 57th (West Middlesex Regiment) taking a Maori redoubt on the Katikara River, Taranaki, 1863 by an unknown artist.

Soldiers of the 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) marching in India c1914-1920.

Soldiers of 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) in Hong Kong, c1937.