'Rifle Green' is the colour of the dress uniform for the Canadian Army. It's actually a bit lighter and greener than the colour of the uniforms the soldiers are wearing in this video. It date back to Canada's pioneer days and was the traditional colour of the line infantry regiments.
This is the Guard Mounting ceremony at Wellington Barracks, near Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace where the troops will mount guard. Normally undertaken by Her Majesty's Foot Guards, units of the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and the Royal Air Force undertake these duties from time to time. Also, troops from the Commonwealth when in UK ( last example being Canada's PPCLI very recently ).
rowilliamson77 This particular regiment, formed as the result of a rethink of county infantry regiments and their rôles, are expert snipers and hiders in leaves, long grass, etc. They are expected to think on their feet and any suggestions even by the most junior must be taken seriously and considered properly. If asked who they are or what do they do, all including officers are expected to reply, “I am a Rifleman”. ‘Rifleman’ is also the most junior rank, equivalent to Private. The command ‘Attention’ is never given on parade because it is assumed their commitment is such that they are always paying maximum attention. They march, except with other units, at light infantry pace (Google) with their weapons carried in front at the high port. The Warrant Officer leading the band is called the Bugle Major.
The uniforms and traditions go back to the wars agin France and perhaps further. I served with the Greenjackets in Britain and they were excellent soldiers. I wish we had a bn of them here in the Australian Army.
I have never seen this dress before. Is it a lightweight No 1 dress and why the red band around the collar?. It looks black like the 60's RGJ uniform - back to the Black Mafia. It's good to see the expedient proper drill. Thanks for posting this.
It's the No.1 Dress Uniform for the Rifles. After the amalgamation in 2007, a lot of the uniform from the RGJ were carried over into the new regiment, but with a few tweaks. For example, the rank chevrons now have silver piping instead of gold, and of course the cap badge is a Bugle & Crown (although the old RJ style badge is used on the belt buckle and cross-belts). The No.1 Dress remained pretty much the same, but we now had red piping around the collar and black trousers instead of Rifle Green trousers (the jacket is still Rifle Green).
shaun byrne I'm ex-RGJ & Rifles. I left the Regs in 2010 (1RGJ/2Rifles, the unit in this video, was my old battalion) and went straight into one our TA battalions until 2014. So have seen the uniform changes as they happened. I have seen the video you mention and those uniforms are mostly the khaki No.2s. Yes, the jackets in this video do look very dark, but they are actually 'Rifle Green'. when the change-over happened (there was a grace period after the amalgamation to get uniforms altered), I remember having my existing jacket altered to have the red piping added and chevrons changed to the new silver outlined version. That was pretty much it. We did get new black trousers, which were exactly like mess dress ones. The Khaki No.2 dress is pretty much the same as the old RGJ. Slightly larger buttons and again the new chevrons and belt buckle. Scroll to the bottom of this link and you can download the Rifles Dress Regs which has plenty of photos of all the different uniforms in good colour: www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/rifles/ Swift&Bold mate!
Since the napolionic wars the rifles have worn green, different type of infantry regiment (mainly skirmishers traditionally) to that of other common british army regiments
The Rifles are an amalgamation of different Regiments of Light Infantry, such as The Green Howards, I might be wrong but i think each battalion kept it's different coloured uniforms?
The tunics are all in "Rifle Green" (Bottle Green) the trousers are black "Black & Green Finest Colours Ever Seen" Celer et Audax" They do look black in vid but my description 100% correct.
@@mally7381 You say bugle I will stick by what I was told by Veterans of the Ox & Bucks who were at Arnhem holding a bridgehead over the river Maas & a colour Sargent whilst doing my basic training & my Sargent Major whilst serving in the LRB 4th Bn RGJ
The Rifles still use the short step, an 18in pace. Many countries' light infantry, Carabiniers, Jagers, etc. do this. In Italy the Carabinieri seem to be even faster than the Rifles.
I'm Ex 2 RGJ, 1970/79, can anyone tell me why they killed the name of the Green Jackets??? and have they mixed heavy infantry like the D&D's into the rifles?