The 'Colonel Bogey March' played by The Band of the Royal Irish Regiment. My video shows the Band of the Royal Irish Regiment performing the Colonel Bogey March. This event took place at Bangor Castle, County Down on 9th May 2025 as part of the events to mark Victory in Europe Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration. The "Colonel Bogey March" was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for

A captivating performance of the iconic "Colonel Bogey March" from the classic film *The Bridge on the River Kwai*. This stirring military march, originally composed in 1914 by British bandmaster Lieutenant F.J. Ricketts (under the pseudonym Kenneth J. Alford), draws its name from golf terminology where "bogey" refers to an imaginary standard opponent—one stroke over par. Inspired by a golfer's whistle on a Scottish course, the piece gained worldwide fame when featured in the 1957 Academy Award-