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Colonel Bogey Alford, Kenneth J.
Colonel Bogey by: Kenneth J. Alford (Frederick J. Ricketts)
Original Copyright: 1914 By: Boosey & Hawkes
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Alfo
rd, K
enne
th J
. (Fr
eder
ick
Jose
ph
Ric
ketts
)
DO
B:
Febr
uary
21,
188
1 (L
ondo
n, E
ngla
nd)
D
OD
: M
ay 1
5, 1
945
(Rei
gate
, Eng
land
)
Ken
neth
Jos
eph
Alfo
rd is
a p
seud
onym
take
n by
Maj
or F
rede
rick
Jose
ph R
icke
tts.
As
a co
mpo
ser,
he w
as b
est k
now
n fo
r his
mar
ches
, th
e m
ost f
amou
s of
whi
ch w
as C
olon
el B
ogey
. B
ritis
h of
ficer
s of
the
day
wer
e no
t enc
oura
ged
to p
ursu
e in
tere
sts
outs
ide
the
Arm
y so
, as
a Li
eute
nant
, he
publ
ishe
d w
orks
und
er a
pse
udon
ym.
The
first
nam
e,
“Ken
neth
,” w
as th
at o
f his
eld
est s
on, a
nd th
e su
rnam
e, “A
lford
,” w
as
his
mot
her’s
mai
den
nam
e.
He
join
ed th
e R
oyal
Iris
h R
egim
ent a
s a
mus
icia
n in
189
5 an
d w
as c
omm
issi
oned
into
the
Roy
al
Mar
ines
as
a di
rect
or o
f mus
ic in
192
7. H
e re
tired
in 1
944
with
the
rank
of M
ajor
. R
icke
tts/A
lford
is
know
n as
“The
Brit
ish
Mar
ch K
ing.
”1
C
olon
el B
ogey
(mar
ch) w
as p
ublis
hed
in 1
914
by H
awke
s an
d S
on.
The
com
pose
r is
said
to h
ave
hear
d th
e op
enin
g 2
note
mot
ive
whi
stle
d as
a s
igna
l whi
le h
e w
as s
trolli
ng o
n a
golf
cour
se in
S
cotla
nd o
ne d
ay. T
he id
ea s
tuck
in h
is m
ind
and
the
mar
ch, “
Col
onel
Bog
ey” r
esul
ted
with
the
golfi
ng te
rm in
its
title
. W
WI s
oldi
ers
sang
the
mel
ody
with
baw
dy w
ords
muc
h to
the
dism
ay o
f the
co
mpo
ser,
even
thou
gh h
e un
ders
tood
its
valu
e as
a m
oral
e bu
ilder
.
The
mar
ch p
laye
d a
prom
inen
t rol
e as
a m
ajor
mus
ical
them
e in
the
mov
ie, “
Brid
ge O
ver t
he R
iver
K
wai
.” C
olon
el B
ogey
is a
per
enni
al fa
vorit
e of
ban
ds a
nd a
udie
nces
.
Pro
gram
not
e re
sear
ched
by
Mar
cus
L. N
eim
an
Med
ina,
Ohi
o
Add
ition
al in
form
atio
n on
eith
er th
e co
mpo
ser o
r com
posi
tion
wou
ld b
e w
elco
med
. P
leas
e se
nd
info
rmat
ion
to
mar
cusn
eim
an@
zoom
inte
rnet
.net
1 h
ttp://
en.w
ikip
edia
.org
/wik
i/Ken
neth
_Alfo
rd
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