When they were appointed to London in 1937, he obtained a job at International Headquarters as office boy to General Evangeline Booth, daughter of The Salvation Army's founder.
In the event, Bantock died, and Ray Steadman-Allen joined the Music Editorial Department of The Salvation Army.
He wrote a book called Colour and Texture in the Brass Band Score which was published by The Salvation Army.
First published in 1980, this volume has been reprinted due to continued demand from composers, arrangers, and university music departments alike.
As well as completing his Doctorate in Music, Ray Steadman-Allen held several honorary fellowships, was the President of the National College of Music, Vice President of the National Association of Brass Band Conductors and patron of the London Musicological Research Society.