Good film,Thank you,but pardon my confusion,i thought Grenadiers had a white plume,yet here they wear a red band which to me is Coldstream.Thanks in anticipation..Very smart lads,hope they all are still in.
Being an exJock guardsman I like watching these videos, I passed out in 1986 at the guards depot and it's fair to say it was a lot tougher then, but not taking anything away from these lads the drill and turnout was first class, a lot better than a lot of other recent videos I've seen. Still a proud day for the young guardsmen and their families and I wish them all the best in their careers.
Very interesting to see a number of the lads praying eith bowed heads and saying Amen. One doesn't think of a lot of Brits being prayerful anymore. Especially young men. Good for them. God Bless them all.🙏🙏🙏
Excellent parade but cannot help thinking the D.I's have an easy time of it with such a tiny platoon to train. When I passed out in 1958 (RAF National Service) we were an intake of 300 , now that was a Parade.
I passed off in 1975 at Catterick Royal Armoured Corps. Much different army then and much different standard of dress for the families but think it’s more down to the way people dress now rather than financial . Same in churches restaurants etc. But the main focus should be on the lads passing off who done well in all respects
I joined January 1966, still alive and kicking out well, I like to attend March parades, my slow March really gets noticed, but hey, that’s a Coldstreamer for you , lol.
I hear people can't wait to get off this site now. It's a shame really as for the last few decades it was the best site in Towyn. Unfortunately,with Lyons taking it over,like Abbeyfford and a few others along the coast,people are selling up and leaving in their droves. Empty pitches everywhere allegedly. Massive price hikes in pitch fees is what people are saying.
A very fine turnout, congratulations to all. It reminds me of my parade in 1966 in NZ. No matter where in the free world we are, we all rely on fine young soldiers like these to keep us all free to live our lives peacefully. God bless you all.
Brings back memories when I passed out December 76 at the Junior Leader Regiment, Bovington. We had drill instructors from the Coldstream and Welsh Guards so I know what these guy's have gone through. Good luck with your careers.
Had to laugh when at the beginning I heard their drill Sargent say to them about their mummies and daddies were there to see them,😂😂😂😂 I can remember my passing out parade in 1974
Great video. I am curious.... why did the reviewing officer not wear medals? On a formal parade such as this, where those on parade were wearing medals, he was wearing ribbons only. Seems strangely incongruous. Any ideas why? Not a criticism, just curiosity.
Well done to you all! Wishing you good luck in your chosen career! From a daughter of the Regiment (my dad, brother, uncle, cousin, grandfather and great uncle all served in the Coldstream Guards! ) Nulli Secundus!
Nulli Secundus indeed , my unit 4 Battalion The Royal New South Wales Regiment, was raised from the St George Regiment the Australian Rifles who shared this motto.
They would have had a once over by the training staff before coming on parade and it is the norm for the senior officer too inspect and chat to the soldiers passing out too begin their career with their respective regiment
@@raymondsawyer8626 In my day (back in dark ages ) - the inspecting officer would normally ask “and where are you from” assume after recent events this would now be deemed non-PC 🤔🤫?
Takes me back to when I was 18 and did just this sort of parade before being sent of to face the Chinese. I would have missed none of it and good luck to these smart and articulate young men here today. They certainly look the part, well done all of you and good luck!
I'm absolutely staggered at how few there are, is this down to recruitment failure, dropouts or so few young people just not interested? There's only about 2 dozen of them.
