Well done, the Fusiliers. My grandad was a fusilier....Royal Scots Fusiliers...gallipoli veteran, and Afghanistan 1919....not the regiment as known today of course, but still a fusiler....and was one all his life. Thoroughly decent man.
I was part of the last Colours parade at Warminster in 1993. The Duke of Kent turned up for that one as well, a good bloke. Paraded on the sports field in the pissing rain.
Unbelievable, years after the British Army stopped training men the Slow March the RRF do it brilliantly! And what’s more their steadiness whilst performing this tricky drill is above praise. Indeed, worthy of a Queen’s Birthday Parade. Well done all Fusiliers!
Angus Kirk. Thank you Angus. I thought I had read that only the Foot Guards were taught the Slow March these days, but that was obviously wrong from what you say.
Antony Dean I went through training in 2010 for royal Anglian been in ever since never been taught slow march I think it only gets taught if you are on ceremonial duties
I did my basic at Bassingbourn, Summer of 1971, there was no slow marching in the training then, I had to learn it at South Bks Gibraltar when I joined the 1st Btn, I was taught by (then) Cpl Les Longstaff RIP, He made sure we could do it properly!
Absolutely correct Sir! Still, they make a fine sight and make me feel very proud. (I was a "white hackled" 1Bn Royal Fusilier [City of London Rgt] and was on the very last march through the City before the creation of the amalgamated Royal Regiment in '68) Once a Fusilier... always a Fusilier.
@@MartinAHLoyd My grandad was Ist Bn City of London Regt. He was killed on the first day of the battle of Arras and has no known grave. My poor mum never got to see her dad she was born two months after he was killed. My nan was awarded a near poverty widows pension and took in washing to survive. I served with the 1st Bn Queens Regt.
Infantry Battalions who in olden times had served at sea on Foreign Ops i.e. like when this very Battalion (when1st Btn, 5th Regt of Foot, yes, we can trace it back that far, it's on those new colours as a Battle Honour) took St Lucia from the French, properly known as the battle of Morne de La Vierge in September 1778. Only ten British Infantry Regiments have been awarded the privilege of including Rule Britannia as one of their marches.
Brought a tear (of Pride) to my eyes, I have to say the Btn was smarter and snappier in this Parade than any of the Trooping's of the Colour in London in a good few years. We out guard the Guards!, seriously though, Thanks Dennis for uploading this, my heart is full of pride for the Btn, it's obviously in good hands nowadays, although, we old sweats will always think we did it better, it's just not the case! Well Done First Fusiliers, I raise a glass to you all.
Regimental pride is a good thing though I don't see the point of comparing a brigade size parade with a battalion size parade let alone making judgment on who done it better.
At 8:05 it's like that scene from The Crown when Prince Philip was talking to the African man with the medals and saying "I've got that medal, I've got that one too!"
The implication being that the Prince hasn't seen real military service himself. Philip served in the Royal Navy during WWII protecting convoys in the Indian and Mediterranean Oceans. He also was involved in the Allied Invasion of Sicily. I'd say that was considerably more military experience than the African chap he was inspecting on parade.
Drill spot on apart from that little hiccup in the last minute of the video. Marching on grass is never easy, but has to be even harder in shoes than in boots. When did that change come about?
Wearing of the beret absolute disgrace like the PWRR totally against the dress regs, and why was there a Sgt at the inspections not wearing a Red Sash?
Was posted to 1 RNF LAD REME in Jan 68. Proud to have taken part in the amalgamation parade, but sad to see 1 RNF pass into history. Stayed with the battalion until the return from Gibraltar in 73, and was often called an ‘honourable Geordie’, partly because I could manage a passable Geordie accent. Thoroughly enjoyed my tour with the battalion and will never forget, when as duty LCpl for HQ Coy, I was summoned (by bugle!) to the Sgt’s Mess by the RSM (Bob Forest) and ordered to drink, along with members of a Canadian sister regiment (PPCLI?) who were visiting. Great days.
I'm ex Scots guards and I remember the battalion getting a new queen's colour in 1987, it was a proud moment and we all got a certificate but I've lost mine over the years. Good show though lads.
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That may be so, but it used to be even bigger. Now only one battalion, when there used to be three. Those three were reduced from four regiments at the end of the 60s. When the buffoons in Westminster binned 2RRF it was the most fully recruited infantry battalion in the British Army, with an excellent operational record.
It doesn't mean anything. The size of an army is also proportional to a country's population and the Canadian population is relatively small. Most regiments in the Canadian Army ORBAT are reserve regiments and reserve units are rarely up to battalion strength including those in the UK and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. The point is to maintain the establishments and training standards in case there's a significant war the regiments would recruit or conscript to full battalion strength. Nowadays Canadian reserve units are basically feeder establishments to provide manpower to the regular force for deployments and considering RCR and PPCLI already have multiple battalions there's no points for all our reserve units to be huge.
YES VERY GOOD PARADE LIKE THE ROYAL IRISH GET INTO THE SWAGGER YOULL BE MAKING THE GUARDS REGIMENTS JEALOUS THAT PARADE IS GOING DOWN HILL FAST WILLIAM
Been doing it for years! Public duties in 1975 and 1RRF took over from Scots Guards. The Brigade Major, Guards Brigade, was extremely ticked off that 1RRF turnout and bearing was better than the Guards. Apparently quite a few 'lost their name' and had some extra drill to smarten them up. :)
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All Fusilier Regiments mostly wear Beret & Hackles, so it’s the correct Headdress. That’s what makes Fusiliers unique. I was a Fusilier myself and wore the White Hackle.
@@alvindurochermtl A Tam O’Shanter or Caubeen is a form of Headdress that is a Beret, and a Hackle is worn. As the Scots Fusiliers & Irish Fusilier Regiments no longer exist, then your post is irrelevant and it’s you who is wrong. The RHF ( 2 Scots ) wear a Tam O’Shanter with a White Hackle. The Royal Irish Regiment wear a Caubeen with a Green Hackle. Both are Berets.
@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 Rubbish. What do you mean by it's a form of beret. A beret is a beret and either something is a beret or it isn't. Beret is French and shares nothing of the origin, cut, colour, pattern, and shape of the TOS and Caubeen. If you want to make things up just to fit your narrative you might as well say the helmet is a form of beret. By the way, the word unique literally means one of a kind. If your regt isn't the only unit that wears a beret with a hackle, don't say it's unique to the fusiliers.
@@alvindurochermtl Oh my, I think you need to do some research on this as you don’t seem to understand the generalisation of the word Beret. You didn’t even know that the two Regiments The Scots Fusiliers and Irish Fusiliers you mentioned no longer existed so that says enough regarding your knowledge of the Topic. I’ve made nothing up either, both headdress are a form of Beret, it’s quite simple to understand, although you seem to be struggling with this. I think it’s time for you to troll elsewhere and maybe educate yourself, then you might have validation in what you say. Next……..
There are some quiet fat soldiers there ?? Would not be allowed in my day !! Actually watching the march past I saw more than I first thought ??? Is there not fitness requirements ??
There was plenty of fat fuckers in The Lancashire Fusiliers in the 1960s and that was before McDonalds and KFC in the UK, I don’t know what years you are talking about, what’s with the negatives remarks, you No Mark !
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These lads may not be a Guards Battalion but my God their slow march is almost perfect.
Well done, the Fusiliers. My grandad was a fusilier....Royal Scots Fusiliers...gallipoli veteran, and Afghanistan 1919....not the regiment as known today of course, but still a fusiler....and was one all his life. Thoroughly decent man.
I was part of the last Colours parade at Warminster in 1993. The Duke of Kent turned up for that one as well, a good bloke. Paraded on the sports field in the pissing rain.
Unbelievable, years after the British Army stopped training men the Slow March the RRF do it brilliantly! And what’s more their steadiness whilst performing this tricky drill is above praise. Indeed, worthy of a Queen’s Birthday Parade. Well done all Fusiliers!
The British Army has never stopped training any soldier the Slow March. Its in the Basic Training
Angus Kirk. Thank you Angus. I thought I had read that only the Foot Guards were taught the Slow March these days, but that was obviously wrong from what you say.
Antony Dean I went through training in 2010 for royal Anglian been in ever since never been taught slow march I think it only gets taught if you are on ceremonial duties
I did my basic at Bassingbourn, Summer of 1971, there was no slow marching in the training then, I had to learn it at South Bks Gibraltar when I joined the 1st Btn, I was taught by (then) Cpl Les Longstaff RIP, He made sure we could do it properly!
@Stanly Stud 😂😂😂
I remember when badges were worn above the left eye!
Absolutely correct Sir! Still, they make a fine sight and make me feel very proud. (I was a "white hackled" 1Bn Royal Fusilier [City of London Rgt] and was on the very last march through the City before the creation of the amalgamated Royal Regiment in '68) Once a Fusilier... always a Fusilier.
@@MartinAHLoyd My grandad was Ist Bn City of London Regt. He was killed on the first day of the battle of Arras and has no known grave. My poor mum never got to see her dad she was born two months after he was killed. My nan was awarded a near poverty widows pension and took in washing to survive.
I served with the 1st Bn Queens Regt.
They still are...
@@williamwilson5577 😭
@@williamwilson5577 why did you join the army after all that?
My old regiment 1 RRF - X company 1970s good memories.
Likewise.
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Forgot to say - 6 Platoon.
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Strange to hear an Army Battalion marching to Rule Britannia when I'm used to seeing it being done by the Navy.
Infantry Battalions who in olden times had served at sea on Foreign Ops i.e. like when this very Battalion (when1st Btn, 5th Regt of Foot, yes, we can trace it back that far, it's on those new colours as a Battle Honour) took St Lucia from the French, properly known as the battle of Morne de La Vierge in September 1778. Only ten British Infantry Regiments have been awarded the privilege of including Rule Britannia as one of their marches.
It’s all about lineage.🇦🇺👍
Royal Anglians have it as their Regimental Quick March, I believe.
@@normdunbar2943 You're still around then - the Queen's bad bargain?
It's the Regiment's slow march. The quick march is The British Grenadiers.
Now that's what I call a slow march.
Brought a tear (of Pride) to my eyes, I have to say the Btn was smarter and snappier in this Parade than any of the Trooping's of the Colour in London in a good few years. We out guard the Guards!, seriously though, Thanks Dennis for uploading this, my heart is full of pride for the Btn, it's obviously in good hands nowadays, although, we old sweats will always think we did it better, it's just not the case!
Well Done First Fusiliers, I raise a glass to you all.
Your Having a Laugh Keep taking the pills
Regimental pride is a good thing though I don't see the point of comparing a brigade size parade with a battalion size parade let alone making judgment on who done it better.
Well done to the Fusiliers, from a Royal Welch Fusilierer 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Love the kid at 2:25 singing the star wars imperial march song
God Save The Queen. Long Live The Queen.
Yeah..
Thanks.
God save the King!
The ‘flourish’ using sword on eyes right is particularly challenging..!
Once a Fusilier always a Fusilier "Rule Britannia" God Save The Queen.
Outstanding.
God save the King Long Live the King
Great video Dennis, sad that we are now so few.
Well done the Fusiliers, this is still a good method for the measure of the quality of a Battalion.
At 8:05 it's like that scene from The Crown when Prince Philip was talking to the African man with the medals and saying "I've got that medal, I've got that one too!"
The implication being that the Prince hasn't seen real military service himself. Philip served in the Royal Navy during WWII protecting convoys in the Indian and Mediterranean Oceans. He also was involved in the Allied Invasion of Sicily. I'd say that was considerably more military experience than the African chap he was inspecting on parade.
It's not prince Philip it's the Duke of Kent.
@@kevinadamson5768 I know, but I'm referencing the similarity of the visual scene to a scene in a show. Not that the Duke of Kent looks like Philip...
That's the whitest African I've seen, must be a Saffa
Fresh eyes to old stuff. Good stuff.
For Majesty and for Country.
Amazing 😊
Outstanding!
Drill spot on apart from that little hiccup in the last minute of the video. Marching on grass is never easy, but has to be even harder in shoes than in boots. When did that change come about?
Wearing of the beret absolute disgrace like the PWRR totally against the dress regs, and why was there a Sgt at the inspections not wearing a Red Sash?
Sorry whgcate the berets not reg and what does the red sash mean?
Was posted to 1 RNF LAD REME in Jan 68. Proud to have taken part in the amalgamation parade, but sad to see 1 RNF pass into history. Stayed with the battalion until the return from Gibraltar in 73, and was often called an ‘honourable Geordie’, partly because I could manage a passable Geordie accent. Thoroughly enjoyed my tour with the battalion and will never forget, when as duty LCpl for HQ Coy, I was summoned (by bugle!) to the Sgt’s Mess by the RSM (Bob Forest) and ordered to drink, along with members of a Canadian sister regiment (PPCLI?) who were visiting. Great days.
I'm ex Scots guards and I remember the battalion getting a new queen's colour in 1987, it was a proud moment and we all got a certificate but I've lost mine over the years. Good show though lads.
Proud to have been attached to the Battalion.
HRH The Duke of Kent---my goodness!--He just about made it along the line! Too much Gin in later life I guess?
Hello! “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean!” Yank March! 🇺🇸
Absolutely fantastic to see. Cheers 👍🇬🇧🏆
Two questions, why the difference in uniforms, brown and black and also why the preacher not in army uniform
No.1 Dress (Dress Blues)
No.2 Dress (Temperate Parade Uniform)
Why are some of these soldiers carrying wood axes?
Never seen this before.
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They are sappers
Who is the Royal taking part in this change of colors? I don't recogize him. A beautful day to be on parade! Thanks.
Duke of Kent. He is Colonel Of The Regiment, the Queen's cousin. Good bloke, he visits the regiment whenever he can. He even came out to Iraq in 06
Standard of berets need sorting...half of them are over their ears
By God the RRF is bigger than most regiments in the Canadian Army.
That may be so, but it used to be even bigger. Now only one battalion, when there used to be three. Those three were reduced from four regiments at the end of the 60s. When the buffoons in Westminster binned 2RRF it was the most fully recruited infantry battalion in the British Army, with an excellent operational record.
@@Banshee135 Was the "thinking" that with only 1 Battalion, the Regiment would "wither on the vine", enabling the MOD to bin them?
@@danielw5850 2 battalions- 1 regular, 1 reserve
@@Joe-fe4xi Thanks for the clarification, Joseph.
It doesn't mean anything. The size of an army is also proportional to a country's population and the Canadian population is relatively small. Most regiments in the Canadian Army ORBAT are reserve regiments and reserve units are rarely up to battalion strength including those in the UK and elsewhere in the Commonwealth. The point is to maintain the establishments and training standards in case there's a significant war the regiments would recruit or conscript to full battalion strength. Nowadays Canadian reserve units are basically feeder establishments to provide manpower to the regular force for deployments and considering RCR and PPCLI already have multiple battalions there's no points for all our reserve units to be huge.
un hand that child. how dear someone make that child cry hahahahah
May 16 1811. Nothing con stop the 7th / 23
Seems as though everyone is wearing white gloves nowadays. How come?
Clean hands and a pure heart.
Should it be only officers?
Very sobering thoughts. Greeting to the Fusiliers. From Fort Worth Texas. 21:17
YES VERY GOOD PARADE LIKE THE ROYAL IRISH GET INTO THE SWAGGER YOULL BE MAKING THE GUARDS REGIMENTS JEALOUS THAT PARADE IS GOING DOWN HILL FAST WILLIAM
Been doing it for years! Public duties in 1975 and 1RRF took over from Scots Guards. The Brigade Major, Guards Brigade, was extremely ticked off that 1RRF turnout and bearing was better than the Guards. Apparently quite a few 'lost their name' and had some extra drill to smarten them up. :)
And one inch above the eye
Old old Duke is a Grenadier so he won't miss a trick.
No he’s not. He’s a Cavalryman and served in The Royal Scots Greys.
@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 always thought he was a Grenadier.
Is the music dubbed over?
Great show lads!
Who is the Royal person?
HRH The Duke of Kent
@@fod1855 The one who's father was killed in operational flying in WW2?
what does the wreath on the colours signavie
St.Georges Day roses.
TOOK MY WIFE & KIDS TO A MILITARY TATTOO AT TIDWORTH ARENA OVER 40 YEARS AGO - SHAME ABOUT THE CAPS
good to hear you Bill
Rule Britannia.
Spendid.
Hongkonger will be in the file not soon.
OooOOoOo Hong Kongeese, you're too late to contribute to Brexit, but maybe you can help with Scottish Independence, that and all that jazz with Northern Ireland. Remember, if you don't get your way, please smash up the British parliament. I support your freedom and independence. Btw, I'm Chinese, and I agree, Hong Kongeese aren't Chinese, and they should be forced to go back to Britain.
whats this musoc
0:01 What's the name of this song?
I think it’s soldiers of the queen
solenidades como esta são o que são porque não deram um trono para Jesus contudo deram uma cruz .
Cuidado humanos Ele carregou.
Who was that
não sou único nem o primeiro nem o último Jesus Cristo o É.!
Fusiliers need a better head dress for Number 2s
All Fusilier Regiments mostly wear Beret & Hackles, so it’s the correct Headdress.
That’s what makes Fusiliers unique.
I was a Fusilier myself and wore the White Hackle.
@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 Wrong. Scots Fusiliers and Highland Fusiliers didn't wear berets. Same with Irish Fusiliers.
@@alvindurochermtl A Tam O’Shanter or Caubeen is a form of Headdress that is a Beret, and a Hackle is worn.
As the Scots Fusiliers & Irish Fusilier Regiments no longer exist, then your post is irrelevant and it’s you who is wrong.
The RHF ( 2 Scots ) wear a Tam O’Shanter with a White Hackle.
The Royal Irish Regiment wear a Caubeen with a Green Hackle.
Both are Berets.
@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 Rubbish. What do you mean by it's a form of beret. A beret is a beret and either something is a beret or it isn't. Beret is French and shares nothing of the origin, cut, colour, pattern, and shape of the TOS and Caubeen. If you want to make things up just to fit your narrative you might as well say the helmet is a form of beret. By the way, the word unique literally means one of a kind. If your regt isn't the only unit that wears a beret with a hackle, don't say it's unique to the fusiliers.
@@alvindurochermtl Oh my, I think you need to do some research on this as you don’t seem to understand the generalisation of the word Beret.
You didn’t even know that the two Regiments The Scots Fusiliers and Irish Fusiliers you mentioned no longer existed so that says enough regarding your knowledge of the Topic.
I’ve made nothing up either, both headdress are a form of Beret, it’s quite simple to understand, although you seem to be struggling with this.
I think it’s time for you to troll elsewhere and maybe educate yourself, then you might have validation in what you say.
Next……..
What’s the name of the tune at 26:13?
Thanks
scottnyc the march is called "Marching On".
@@delvinrodriguez3341 Thank you
@@scottnyc6572 Np mate glad I could help!
British Nationalism
There are some quiet fat soldiers there ?? Would not be allowed in my day !! Actually watching the march past I saw more than I first thought ??? Is there not fitness requirements ??
It's the English proper way to hold tea cup and for officers how to serve crumpet's
There was plenty of fat fuckers in The Lancashire Fusiliers in the 1960s and that was before McDonalds and KFC in the UK, I don’t know what years you are talking about, what’s with the negatives remarks, you No Mark !
Sloppy drill