Gordon Highlanders Bicentenary Parade
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- The Bicentenary Parade of the Gordon Highlanders, celebrating 200 years of service. It is unfortunate that this parade took place shortly before the Regiment's amalgamation with the Queen's Own to form the Regiment we know as 'the Highlanders' which would futher amalgamate into the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the 4th Battalion. The parade includes the Drums and Pipes, the 1st Battalion, and Gordon Highlanders Association. A composite Military Band made up of members of of the Gordon Highlanders, Black Watch, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and Queens Own Highlanders was also on parade. Prince Charles, the Regiment's Colonel in Chief was the reviewing officer of the parade.
Affiliations include the Royal Victoria Regiment of Australia, the 48th Highlanders of Canada and the Cape Town Highlanders of South Africa, two of which still wear uniforms of the Gordon Highlanders.
My Grand Father was in the Gordon Highlanders during WW I . My Dads Father. A magnificent regiment. A proud history. Brings tears to my eyes.
My great Uncle Geordie Reid was a Gordon Highlander and when he passed, his wife Dorothy (now sadly also passed), bequeathed me his full kilt, shoes, etc.
In my twenty years or so of having the kilt, i've worn it three times.
What an incredible feeling wearing the Gordon Highlander tartan...
So privileged and honoured.
Truly wonderful regiment.
In 1965 I was attached to the Gordon High Landers as a rear link Radio Technician in Kalabakan Sabah Malaysia during the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia. I was then a member of the Malaysian Signals Regiment.
Wonderful! The Gordon Highlanders were so kind when they hosted me as an RAEC officer in their mess at their Barracks in Deilinghofen throughout 1983. The Adjutant taught me, along with other junior officers, Highland dancing, I learned how to appreciate the sound of the pipes and they sent me on a search for pinhead oatmeal to make Atholl Braose on my leave. Note that Col Chant-Semphill mentions each of his Jocks by name. The Gordons were great on parade but better still in the field. Bydand!
I was there with my Gordon Highlander veteran dad, who is now the only surviving 😊 veteran from D Day from the Gordon’s
Although The Gordon Highlanders no longer exist I know the heart will still be there. The Highlanders will continue to be a Regiment that I can be proud of. I wish all of you soldiers to come home safe from whatever war you are sent to.
My dad was there. He retired from the army 4 years ago so proud of him. He came home to me nice and safe every time he went away. My brother was only a 1 year old baby then lucky him for being there.
Love the slow haunting drums and pipes melody trooping the color.
Spent a year attached to the Gordon Highlanders with my Black Watch platoon in 1973, the Gordons treated us Very well, in fact better than our own regiment, that was my experience, A Very close family Regiment it was a pleasure to serve on active service with them.
GUYS GUYS GUYS.
At 3:07, the man standing behind Charles's right shoulder, dashing gentleman with the fine moustache, that's Lieutenant General Sir Peter Graham.
My Grandpa.
Go Grandpa!!
The company
How is your grandfather doing, my dad always speaks about him, especially when the museum was first opened, they worked together to get it open.
Fantastic parade of the pipes. It is so nice to see the royal hiney talk to the ranks. This parade brings me back to the days i was on parade with the Royal Canadian Regiment
My great uncle served with the Gordon Highlanders. He died due to injuries in battle in France in 1916.
Yes mine too 1915
This practice of amalgamating Regiments is despicable. An easy move for a money-grubbing politician who has no idea of what a Regiment is all about.
Sadly the reorganisation of the Scottish infantry regiments was unavoidable when you look at the demographics dispassionately.
The number of battalions based on our population was well above the same level as other parts of the UK. I believe all battalions were under strength due to recruiting difficulties - that didn't help either, although it was an issue across all the various UK territorial recruiting areas.
@Talorc MacAllan Childish insults won't change reality. Scotland does not have a big enough population base for the number of infantry battalions that are on your wish list - as evidenced by the significant number of Fijians serving in the ranks.
@Talorc MacAllan The Empire has long gone, accompanied by the second battalions of the two battalion regiments which were needed in rotation to defend or police it. Over many years since then the British Army has had to reduce in size again and many of the single battalion regiments have disappeared accordingly.
Especially when recruiting has been a major issue in recent times - all of the Scottish regiments were under strength, a few were seriously undermanned.
The Scottish regiments could not avoid this downsizing, along with English units.
Incidentally I have only ever voted SNP for the 50 years I have had the right, and also worked to help our local candidate become an MP in the past.
@Talorc MacAllan Sadly there is no cure for prejudice and ignorance,which you clearly have in spades. At least I'll save some electricity giving you a bodyswerve.
@Talorc MacAllan I can see Wallace's Monument and Stirling Castle from just up the road, I'm a Falkirk bairn by birth and my school was a stone's throw from the Bannockburn Rotunda.
You really are a star comedian turn !!!
The best Infantry in the world have come from these islands for 400 years.
Check your facts before being rude! The Gordon Highlanders were the only regiment in the army to express 'Drums and Pipes' in that order in recognition that drummers were originally enlisted before pipers in the army as essential signals/communication, pipers coming second. The Col. was spot on in his excellent commentary, as one would expect from a man of his status.
maxwellfan55 when I was little kid you could still read about the pipers and the drummers doing all the things that you were talking about and that they were wounded and even that never stopped them doing that what had to be done with all the signals with their backs leaning on big
Rocks to prop them up so they could still do their job and their was one story that the man got wounded again and still did not give up
THAT IS PROPER
@Alum davies,do ye speak of piper George findlater the v.c of the heights of dargai
My Great Granddad served with the Gordon Highlanders in both the Boer war and the northwest frontier. He later served as a sergeant major in a training battalion for WW1. My favorite photograph of all is of him in his full military garb standing to attention - what a warrior.
I love this video. I was there but had left the Gordons by then and studying at Aberdeen Uni.
I'm so Proud that the Greatest Brother in Law a Man could ever ask for, was a Gordon Highlander, I miss him so very much, for Lance, Bydand
I will always be a Gordon!
Wen I wos young, I was peacekeaper on Cypros and Gordons was there same time. I salute you. S/stg finnish navy!
Fantastic! And thank you, he's a wonderful man and certainly a much beloved member of the family. I feel lucky to be related to him!
Fantastic seeing this thats my brother the side drummer corporal winton, or as the lads would know his as Banffie, he is the one with the moustache, tho he was dead young there thats at 18:29 into the vid, proud sister here iv got lots Gordon Highlanders vids my self but could never get hold of this film so it first time iv seen it, playing good few of my faves Rowan Tree and Dark Island, thanks for posting
When the British Army was the British Army. The drill, deportment and dress is a lot sharper than today.
When you could get away with murder.
Lot of pointless BS back in the day & bullying Sgts
@@Stanly-Stud 246 here. When did you serve if ever? The standards of turn out and bearing today Is horrendous. I hardly think you served in the late 80’s
Well done Chantie and his fine Gordons. Nice to see "The Tashe" still blistering about as ever, and his son on parade too.
Some comical comments on here from some individuals who think they know what they are talking about when indeed they know feck all and are talking out of a hole in their ass. The Gordon Highlanders were formed in 1794 hence the video title "Bicentenary" and they fought in the Peninsula campaign and The Battle Of Waterloo during which they staged one of the most famous charges in the British army's history with the Scots Greys, not to mention the Duke of Wellington taking refuge in one of the Gordons square formations, described by Sir Winston Churchill himself as the finest Regiment in the world after witnessing them in action in the Boer war campaign.....a great fighting Highland Regiment with a proud history. BYDAND
4:52 Lance Corporal Darling? ....Now that's a Blackadder moment...with all due respect.
Respected and saluted another anniversary of 9/11 I was born October 14 1976 2 hundred yrs after the American revolutionary was, 1776-1976 October for facts God bless everyone
Three Darlings, all brothers, from Stonehaven, served with the Regiment. A fine family.
Very well done! Just wish the sound was tad bit better on my end of the speakers. Perhaps it is time I get new ones. Thank you for your presentation.
As a lad of 10 - 14 in Singapore . I can remember the Gordon Highlanders . I think they were based in Nee Soon , next to my School . My Jock school mates lived on Chip Bee Estate , i lived on Sussex Estate .
Ah yes, I do know that tune! She certainly deserved one!
My Da, a Lanarkshire man, was a Gordon in WW2 in Burma. How he was a Gordon is beyond me, he should have been a Cameronian (Scottish Rifles). He never spoke of it but was proud to be a “Cocky Wee Gordon”. He did his bit, now his country (Scotland) is toying with breaking up the country (U.K.) he served and fought for in the stinking Burmese jungle. You couldn’t make it up, you really couldn’t.
I worked back in the 1960's, in New York, with a fine man that served in the Gordon's in World War Two!
Agreed, A&SH. I had put a comment on about there being Queens Own Highlanders in the band too. Someone said I was talking crap..but at 11:06 there is the QOH PM, 11:12 a couple of QOH trumbones and then at 11:18 you can clearly see a QOH playing the symbols :) I took part in the parade as a member of 2nd Battalion
Splendid, found the sheet music by G. S. MacLellan. Thank you very much.
so proud of these lads ex Argyll and Gordon highlander
Not forgetting the the Camerons
Its when we see this we know we will always be a United Kingdom! The history is amazing! The people who fought to get this beautiful UK should be honoured! Because of them we dont have to go through what they went through, and still these young heroes defend and protect!
I wish that were true... Sadly brexiteers have destroyed our union
@@stephenhathaway269 Yeah, right. 'Independence' is as dead as a dog now.
Absolutely magnificent.
An observation - the loss,through amalgamation, of the Gordons, not forgetting the DERR , the RRW and other fine line battalions is one that our sadly reduced army can ill afford. The country as a whole may well have to pay the price one day.
A question - discounting recently amalgamated battalions, is this the last full parade of a line battalion recorded on film in its entirety?
Leighton Yeo Forgive my delay on replying. I am certain that there are still regiments of the line un-amalgamated which have since recorded full sized parades of one sort or another. The Guards Brigade for example contain 5 regiments of foot guards, all un-amalgamated. The Gibraltar Regiment, and Parachute Regiment also remain unamalgamated. And The Black Watch, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers didn't amalgamate until 2006. (Could we count the RAF Regiment and/or Royal Marines?)I have several videos of Guards parading into the 2000's, and I could probably dig out one by the Gibraltar Regiment, or the Scottish regiments before they amalgamated in 2006. I hope this partially answers your question.
KnightsbridgeStudios Thank you for your reply. I was specifically referring to regular infantry battalions of regiments directly descended from the county infantry regiments set up by the Cardwell and Haldane reforms of the Army. I'm afraid that I can't see that any of the examples you have cited could reasonably fit into this category - all of the line battalions existing in 1990 have been amalgamated. Efforts have been made to retain regional associations in the new battalions but I'm not sure that they can achieve the same spirit as formerly existed. It is common sense that following the end of the Cold War, the size of the regular Army should have been reduced. A concomitant reduction in infantry numbers necessarily follows. However, strongly recruited battalions such as the RRW might reasonably have expected to retain their own identity. This however is a mere sideshow to the crucial issue that a reduction of the Army to barely half its size in 1990 might be something that we shall all have to pay for, possibly very soon.
My grandfather was a Gordon Highlander! Unfortunately, I never met him!
I Like listing to the bagpipes and drums the marching in formating thankyou for alloing me here
Glory ... the Gordons FOREVER....
You gotta be a real man to wear a kilt!! I say that sincerely!
Right you are.. Trooped for the Queen Motherr and was one she took the time to speak to during the ceremonies..
Really? I kow Sir Peter through the Drums and Pipes and my work with SAAFA. A very carismatic man and a great inspiration for us all. You are a lucky to be related.
i feel like crying im a ex Grenadier Guard my respect to the lads Shame on the ass holes who disband a 200 years of history of great fighting men god bless them all do we forget lads like them gave us freedom we dont talk in german or nip thanks to them there fore farhers
andy gray That was properly eloquent
Not from the UK (From the United states, whatever you guys call 'em) but brilliant highlanders are dope
Anyone well versed in military piping and drumming knows that The Gordon Highlanders called them 'The Drums and Pipes', unique among regiments in the Commonwealth to do so.
Waterloo
Picton to Gordon "Get your bastards upon the crest, I`ll bring the rest of the Brigade up."
Gordon to Picton "Don`t hurry yourself Pic., my boys will hold them until you arrive"
Picton..............."Get forward damn your eyes"
There's lots of quotes like that:
At Dargai in 1897: "The...position must be taken at all costs. The Gordons will take it."
In South Africa in 1901when the survivors of a party of surrounded and hugely outnumbered Gordons were asked by the Boers why they had not surrendered: "Why, because we are Gordons."
It was originally called 'Trooping the Colours', but was renamed to 'the Highlander's Slow March,' so you could probably find it under both titles.
Incorrect. The Gordons have always been Drums and Pipes. In the order of battle the drummers come first. The Highlanders then carried on the tradition after the amalgamation.
I miss the regiments where the amalgamation didn't happen yet.
Who owns this video? My dad was a Gordon highlander and served with loads of people named in the video, would love to get this on dvd for him, thanks.
21:30 The Gordon Highlander's regimental march - Cock 'O the North
2013 ... Happy early 2013 birthday. Same as mine!
67 years behind schedule, I JUST found out about Lion Rampant, written by Robert Woollcombe (published in 1955). If you haven't read this book yet, DROP EVERYTHING AND READ IT. This nasty critic gives it a 100% (perfect) rating.
Only the Blackwatch or the Egyptians could give this a thumbs down.
My Grandfathers regiment, my uncle regiment, my cousins regiment, Scotland the Brave.
A very smart looking regiment. This was filmed in 1994, correct?
I retract my question. Duh Jeff.
sadly missed from the scottish division, total respect for the gordons a fine bunch oh men.
AMAZING!
Well done the Gordons!
whats all those medals for prince charles is wearing, hes never been in a battle
I would pay serious cash to get to drum major such a parade just once.
The 75th were the senior Regiment the 92nd Gordons the junior Regiment, dont forget the 75th.
Mint parade, mint commentry
Highly recommended: "With The Jocks, A Soldier's Struggle For Europe 1944-45," Peter White [1921-1985]; Sutton Publishing Ltd. [UK] (2001)
Charlie's weighed down tae the wan side wi aw they medals.What a warrior lol.
John, we know he dinna earn em. They were all just trinkets from his mum.
@@cactuswren9771. Love that comment.
Jock Tamson you must be as proud as Punch!
21:29
Does Wellington have nothing to offer me but these amazons ?
Does Amazon have nothing to offer me but these Wellingtons?
+KnightsbridgeStudios -please pardon any ignorance on my part; when was this actually filmed? It seems to be a while ago, but the film quality and its playback really do justice to this amazing event. The Commentary is excellent, as well as all the shots compiled for the Review. Thanks to any viewers whom left links to learn more about the Regiment. Really wonderful to watch.
@ dana-zoe gest
1994? Two hundredth anniversary.
The 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was first raised in 1794
The actual Gordon Highlanders regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 instigated under the Childers Reforms. The new two-battalion regiment was formed out of the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot-which became the 1st Battalion of the new regiment-and the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, which became the 2nd Battalion.
1994 was also the year of the amalgamation, with the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
This video makes me so proud to be a daughter of Alexander Smith Gordon.of Peterculter.Aberdeenshire.now.passed Nancy Lee Gordon Lynds.of Welland Ont. Canada.I have 8 children to help keep the blood line going.My mom.s great great grandparents are from Scotland.also.I did my share Eh.BADAND
Mein Gotte, so well done...
Did the Gordons not have their own band?
Sad, isn't it?
I don't know for sure, but I'm certain that due to financial cuts in the Army, the band dwindled away to almost nothing by the time of this parade.
The other bandsmen you see were probably 'on loan' from the Queen's Own Highlanders (with whom the Gordons amalgamated) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Any idea why the CSM at 2:50 didn't have a bayonet fixed. I can only assume that it's to do with the fact that in No2 dress Scottish Wo2s wear an empty sword frog.
Prince of Wales? Oh dearie me Colonel have you forgotten where you are. I also have grave doubts of the "Royal Standard" used.
Absolutely fantastic drill movements-typical of the Gordons
I tried posting a link to a pipe tune you may know... Mrs Alison Graham. Not many can say that their grandmother had a tune composed for them. For some reason the link wont work.
THIS IS A HIGHLAND REGIMENT
The Lads should have given the Royal Salute by showing there Asres to the Son of a Bitch.
it's all very well announcing the people who may have died in your regiment. did the prince of wales turn up at all their funerals? did he command them? was he there on the front line when they gave their lives?
Shame my father could not have been there (1st battalion of the Gordons Korea)
Mind you he would not have been best pleased to see Big Ears making out he is big sir dressed as a highlander as he inspects the lads.
Well done! Thanks for posting. I noticed the United Nations was given accolades, but I don't believe they mean shit concerning anything. That's just my opinion.
King Charles ...Restore the Gordons to their former Glory, After all they are yours
by right to command....after all they are the Gordons.
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Its a shame these fine Scottish regiments had to amalgamate. Two centuries of loyal service to the crown and a fighting prowess unequaled any where in the world.Devils in skirts. They must have put the fear of god in the enemy.
kevin adamson they bloody did
All of those stories there true aren’t they Lucknow and all that and I’d like to buy a reading book but They probably have banned them now the stupid b words
@Alexander Challis my great grandfather and his brother fought on the Somme with the Cameron Highlanders, both from County Durham, I joined the Scots guards and im English.
thanks mate i was so proud. ex argyll
I second that Roy
Does anybody know the tune at 15.45 the slow march for trooping the colour, I think its a brilliant and haunting melody???
The Garb of Old Gaul the Gordon's Slow March, it is also the slow March of Scots Guards that is why you hear at Trooping the Colour
Probably the Gordons' last parade before being amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Gordon Burns they never amalgamated with royal Regiment they amalgamated with the queens to form the highlanders .. then the highlanders became fourth batt royal regiment.
They never were, they formed the Highlanders consisting of the Cameron's Gordon's, and Seaforth and are now 4SCOTS royal highland regiment
@@Yeah95607 The Camerons and Seaforths having been amalgamated in a separate union 33 years prior to the Gordons joining.
It was the last GH parade in 1984 before amalgamation with the QOH to form The Highlanders. The Highlanders subsequently reformed as 4th Bn, RRS.
@ladylejean215 I think it was about 1995. It was just before the amalgamation in 1996.
What is the name of the Slow March at 13:35?
As a ex royal scots. Was proud to watch the Gordon's on parade. There is no pride in this new royal regiment of Scotland.
Yeah, no pride... apart from the lads in the Royal Regiment of Scotland in the 2000s and 2010s who undertook combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan of an intensity beyond anything your generations experienced
@@downlink5877 Had the chance to experience. They'd have delivered the goods if it had come to it.
a smarter marching army ye couldnt get
so proud of our lads
When was this?
Can anyone tell me the name of the slow march tune at approx 15.40?
Thanks.
did the Gordons fight in America during the war of 1812? Or were they two new at that time.
redbaroniii nope they didnt fight on america they were fighting against napoleon and his army
most Regiments in the 1800s had more the 2 or 3 Battalions some like the 95th rifles (green jackets) had 6 so some regiments could fought both in Spain and America.
Also due to army amalgamations some of today honers my belong to other regiments
but it dose look like they did not go to America.
The regiment was actually formed in 1794...
KnightsbridgeStudios Yes, as 100th Regiment of Foot, raised by
Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gordon,_4th_Duke_of_Gordon but later amalgamation with the 75th Regiment of Foot to become the 92nd Gordon Highlanders. Since 1994, 200 years later, the Gordon Highlanders now form part of the Royal Highland Regiment.
Gordon Burns All very true. I don't mean to be padantic, but I think you'll find the Gordons amalgamated with the Queens Own Highlanders (Camerons and Seaforths) in 1994 to form the 'Highlanders' which is now the 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. The 'Royal Highland Regiment' was the 'Black Watch', again, is now the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. Sooooo many amalgamations.Quite hard to keep on top of at times.
+KnightsbridgeStudios I bow to your clearly superior knowledge, sir. My interest is that my Grandfather was Major John Milner, 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders... During the Great War, he and his men were gassed in the trenches and he eventually (in the 1930s and 40s) went completely blind.
In deference of my Grandfather, I Wear the Glengarry Bonnet (with the Gordon crest), one week before and one week after Armistice Day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month! It is my way way of paying tribute to my Grandfather.
+Gordon Burns A marvelous way to honour your grandfather.
KnightsbridgeStudios
Thank you. A lovely sight to behold: one of the last gatherings of the Jocks! Alas, no longer, now part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
I wonder which year this was as Prince Charles was much younger than now .
Fight in Crimea?
Give me a man in a kilt, with a bayonet, and I will capture the Moon for ye!
If your no a Gordon yer nae use tae me, my late grandfather's regiment during ww2
And ye are nae mair , oh by the way Drum major Harper finished up in the Australian army and unfortunately died a few years ago in Brisbane , Duncan