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.
Old American Army veteran here, this showed up randomly on my feed and I really enjoyed it. Congratulations to these young men and their families, hope they got some Christmas leave before moving on to their Regiments.
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.
Not many things about our country make me proud theses days. THIS ABSOLUTELY DOES ! How wonderful for the families of theses wonderful people ! It gives me hope in our country ! God bless everyone of you, you are the best of the best !
Passed out 43 years to the day on the same parade ground, then, it belonged to 11 Sig Rgt which gave me my best friend to this day, enjoy guys, you’ll have good times and bad,but you will always have friends! 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Passed off that very square 32 1/2 years ago, albeit, we where the Royal Corps of Signals and this was our regimental home. Good on them and may they enjoy the Army like I did.
I’m not military or know much about the military, but the man in the black uniform seemed to have kind words for all of the graduates. I saw lots of smiles
I remember my passing out parade in 1978 at the guards depot. we all got our Christmas leave, got home a few days after the parade. then most of us who passed out got a recall back to the depot to take part in the oil tanker strike that was supposed to happen over Christmas. we were going to ride shot gun in the tankers.
Very smartly done! I've never heard Christmas music played during an inspection of the troops before. It was a real treat! Cheers from a retired US Army veteran.
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.🙏🙏🙏
Would you join these days for all the crap they have to endure. More money stacking shelves at Asda. Like most jobs these days hard to recruit. Just let them have their day without being negative.
@@markevans6973 you contradict yourself, I said how much recruitment had gone down, you agreed but said I was being negative, recruitment has gone down because people don't want to join anymore and the armed forces have shrunk a lot since 1971.
I saw my son pass out as a jnr guardsman, in Harrogate and then passed out as a Scots guard at catterick , and he served a further 6 years, both pass outs were brilliant
A proud moment for them after all their effort and for their families, made me think of the many march out parades I was privileged to be a member of, as both student and staff , the drill and format just the same in the Antibes. Well done lads.
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.
Great parade reminded me of mine, not with the Guards, was an Engineer was great to know I was done and on my way for Trades Training best 36 years I spent
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.
Did you watch the video? England, really! Amongst the Guardsmen on parade I saw members of the Irish Guards, the Welsh Guards, the Scots Guards and the Coldstream Guards (raised in Coldstream in the Scottish borders). English exceptionalism has no place in the British Army!
@@Phlegmwahn coldstream foot guards regiment was formed in 1650 at Berwick Northumberland by George monck 1st duke of Albemarle dates back to the English civil war !!!
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 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.
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 remember when I passed out at Catterick thought it wasn't Guards Company we couldn't see the man in the rank in front of us due to the fog all we could hear was the words of command and the band. It was the best day of my life even better than when my RSM welcomed me into the Warrent Officers and Sgts mess
I never realised that different regiments did their initial training together, which I like, commoradrerie?. And proper full-on inspection from the CO. You blokes are good!
Unfortunately the quality of kit we get isn’t great and how the forage cap was is how it got given to him which the co understood. He just said it needed exchanging he wasn’t to fussed as is wasn’t fault of the guards as himself
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
Interesting seeing the different traditions by unit. The Grenadiers tend to say their name as the officer approaches, while the other don't for instance.
Grenadiers never use the word yes and will use any other suitable word instead. I was jock guards and we had some grenadiers attached to us in Canada, I thought our traditions were a bit crazy.
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.
I get what you are saying, but just remember not everyone is fortunate enough to to afford a new suit or have they had the same up bringing as you. Most people join the army to try and escape poverty and shithole council estates in the UK.
@@phucknuts.7065 Seriously. I joined the military in 1972 and people had a lot less back then. Nowadays, you can go into a supermarket and get a descent suit/dress etc real cheap. Nice to know you think those people attending this passout couldn't afford to dress descent on these soldiers special day.
@@1442GlennLane i was just thinking back to when i did training in 2001 and to my shock families of fellas couldn’t afford anything after lives of living off welfare. My family were suited and booted but we never judged.
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
I do not know why the Rifles came to the conclusion that taking out the stiffening from the front of their peaked caps is a good look, the caps look like muffins.
Symbolises the different guards regiments, Grenadiers with the Red band, the Irish with the green band, scots with the red and white chequered, the Coldstream with the white and the Welsh with the green black stripe.
True, compared to the other platoons passout the standard of drill has been superior, reminds me of the 1980s depot a bit. Best drill honestly was the present arms. Crisp and nicely done.
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.
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.
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 🤔🤫?
Why would a height restriction give a drop in standards. You're saying someone 5ft 10 is not as good as someone who is 6ft 2. You're a complete pleb, then I'm guessing putting a statement like that.
@@desmondhull5778 6ft2 and an ex Guardsman and served with some excellent guardsman who was small and definitely mighty. You touched no nerve. You just needed to be told you are a DISRESPECTFUL.
People commenting on how the families are dressed, just remember most people join the army to escape poverty and shitty drug infested council estates, and not all have had the same up brining as you. I joined the army in 2001 and people literally had to be shown how to shower because believe it or not some people had never had one. I was like wtf have I joined😂, but that is the reality of life for some people.
