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Apr 29, 1913 Died on 27 Sep 1970 (aged 57)
military band leader
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About C. H. Jaeger
- Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Harry "Jiggs" Jaeger, OBE (29 April 1913 – 27 September 1970) was a British military band leader.Jaeger was born in Elham, Kent, 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.
- During World War II, he served in Italy, Greece and Austria, as the bandmaster of the 4th Hussars.He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 November 1968.
- At that time he was Senior Director of Music in the Brigade of Guards, a post he had held since 1949.He was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).He died in Richmond upon Thames, aged 57.
