Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Harry "Jiggs" Jaeger, OBE (29 April 1913 – 27 September 1970) was a British military band leader. [1]
Jaeger was born in Elham, Kent, [2] the son of a German father, Heinrich Jaeger, and English mother, Mina Pickering. He joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the age of 14. [1] During World War II, he served in Italy, Greece and Austria, as the bandmaster of the 4th Hussars. [1]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 November 1968. [3] At that time he was Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards, [3] a post he had held since 1949. [1]
He was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). [1]
He died in Richmond upon Thames, aged 57. [2]
Bibliography
- Dean, Colin (April 2013). Jiggs - A Biography of Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger OBE. Parapress. ISBN 978-1-898594-89-5.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Jiggs Book". Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005
- ^ a b "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Harry "Jiggs" Jaeger, OBE (29 April 1913 – 27 September 1970) was a British military band leader. [1]
Jaeger was born in Elham, Kent, [2] the son of a German father, Heinrich Jaeger, and English mother, Mina Pickering. He joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the age of 14. [1] During World War II, he served in Italy, Greece and Austria, as the bandmaster of the 4th Hussars. [1]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 November 1968. [3] At that time he was Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards, [3] a post he had held since 1949. [1]
He was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). [1]
He died in Richmond upon Thames, aged 57. [2]
Bibliography
- Dean, Colin (April 2013). Jiggs - A Biography of Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger OBE. Parapress. ISBN 978-1-898594-89-5.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Jiggs Book". Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005
- ^ a b "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Lieutenant Colonel C H Jaeger". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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| This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1913 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Elham, Kent
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers
- 4th Queen's Own Hussars officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- British people of German descent
- Military personnel from Kent
- British military musicians
- British Army personnel stubs