Written by pipe major John Macdonald in 1848 for the occasion of the 79th reg.of foot , the Cameron Highlanders leaving a tour in Gibraltar.. Gib.was considered a hardship posting. The tune was written to boost their spirits on the March down to the ship.Scottish tune for a Scots regiment,
I made a blog post on that question a while back if you want an in depth answer. If not the Coldstream Guards are arguably slightly older than the Grenadiers but the Grenadiers are more senior. samsflags.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-is-oldest-regiment-in-british-army.html
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Was UDR active during the mornings of working days? UDR part time soldiers usually had their (hard) job in daylight and It has been said that VCP and patrols occurred only at nights
Och talk about yer Kings Guards, Scots Greys an all, sing about the kilties and the gallant forty twa, and every other regiment in the Queens command. But the South Down Militia are the terror of the land!!!
Hmmm. Sure, it's the Regimental Quick March of the Grens . . . but . . . . why the two, three-pace rolls and not the long-established Foot Guards five-pace roll to start?
The present regt 'The Rifles' are actually a group of 'Redcoat' regts, wearing a KRRC uniform. There were only 2 rifle regts, The KRRC and the Rifle Brigade. They wore rifle green uniforms, not Redcoats. The present regt should more accurately be named the Royal Redcoats.
I am not quite sure where you got that information from. But lets take a wee while to dissect it. Certainly there were regiments in the linage of the Rifles who wore 'redcoats' however that does not mean they only and always wore redcoats. The 1st battalion of The Rifles was formed from an amalgamation of 1st bn Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, and the 1st Battalion Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment whoes lineage is in the regiments of the line but both converted to the light infantry structure before amalgamation. It is not true there were only two rifle regiments but even if it were both those regiments are in the lineage of the current regiment. The 2nd and 4th battalions are formed from the 2nd and 1st battalion of the Royal Green Jackets (a clue as to what uniform their ancestors wore) who's lineage includes both the KRRC and the Rifle Brigade. The 3rd and 5th battalions were formed from the 2nd and 1st battalions of the Light Infantry who's lineage includes Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the Durham Light Infantry, all of whom granted might have wore red coats when first raised in the 17th and early 19th centuries but had adopted Rifles traditions or at least aspects of it well before their amalgamation into the Light Infantry. In addition the Army Reserve battalions the 6th and 7th battalions were formed from the Rifle Volunteers and Royal Rifle Volunteers respectfully. So the Rifles' heritage is principally that of green jacket regiments. Point of note the Rifles are not the only Rifle Regiment in the army (the Royal Gurkha Rifles for example) and likewise are not the only regiment who's full dress uniform is rifle green (the Royal Irish Regiment full dress is rifle green despite only one of their four antecedent regiments being a rifles regiment).
The music is a quick march. The term quick march refers to the tempo and use of the music. Idont know what you were thinking of. It is the regimental quick march of the Grenadier Guards hence the name of the video .
@@Sammy1234568910 I came across this term 'quick march' in my reading (The Bleak House by Charles Dickens) and searched online to see what it looks like. Oxford Dictionary of English defines 'quick march' as 'a brisk military march.' Didn't see any animated movements in these videos. I guess I was mistaken about this.
@@lh4265 Not entirely mistaken. Historically music was used to communicate orders on a battle field hence why this type of music is called a quick march, because it communicated the order for soldiers to march briskly there are also slow marches. In The Bleak House Phil Squod is whistling so in that case it is a reference to music. In the British Army each regiment has its own individual quick march music which can be seen in this clip (note the music changes when the representatives of different regiments march past) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u7Sm1-bdixs.html
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Sconnie Panda not entirely true they were amalgamated, not quite the same thing, the regiment's lineage continues. As to Fijins they voluntarily joined our army to serve our country, a good example to anyone wishing to settle in the UK.
They are not Fijins...they are Fijians...and they are not from Scotland. The Regiment's 'lineage' can't...by definition...continue, simply because it has been totally derailed...trashed...and changed... so that lineage has ended. An ex Brigadier pal of mine tells me that soon that the name and any references to 'Black Watch' will be dropped too. In common with very many aspects of life in the mis named 'united kingdom'...it has become a tragic joke.
using or not using the name is not quite how linage works. For example there is no reference in the modern British Army's order of battle to the Queen Dowager's Regiment however the linage of that regiment continues in the form of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, in fact if linage was just about names then the Royal Irish Regiment would be in a rather confusing place as it bears the same name of a regiment that was disbanded (Royal Irish Regiment (18th Foot)) in 1922, but has no connection to it in terms of linage (which is the linage of the (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th Regiments of Foot and the Ulster Defence Regiment). Do not mistake linage for regimental culture or tradition they are not always the same thing, although often when regiments are amalgamated (very rarely do you get disbandment these days of an entire regiment) they try to retain parts of those traditions in the new identity. Simply put you can't change linage because you can't change history. Now if the linage plays any part in identity of a regiment is a different topic. I would say often it does but not always the linage of the Royal Welsh for example includes historic English regiments (specifically the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot). I know Fijians are not from Scotland but enlistment in the Army is open to Commonwealth citizens and many serve throughout the army, and so what, all soldiers in the British army risk their lives for the UK and deserve the nation's respect regardless of where they were born.
It was W Battery Royal Artillery (now part of 46 Talavera Bty RA) that repulsed the Russian attack and held the centre of the Allied line after the Turks fled their positions. The Argyles were sent to provide support for the Battery but the intensity of the artillery duel with the Russians forced the Commanding Officer to order his battalion to take cover in a fold in the ground. When the Russian cavalry were sent to out flank the Battery and destroy it the Scotts found themselves unable to form a square "to receive Cavalry" The Russians fearing a trap failed to push home their attack as the British simply didn't face cavalry "in line"! If you look at the famous paining of the incident you will see the Battery in one corner of the painting. The Battery was awarded a "mention in despatches" for their work that day and of course the famous command to save the Guns given to the Light Brigade was to charge the Turkish redoubts lost in the surprise attack. W Bty had sent men forward to spike the Turkish guns but were driven off before they could disable all of the guns; which were then being carted away by the Russians! The rest is history as they say!
