The Household Cavalry left Windsor, specifically the Combermere Barracks, to Bulford in Wiltshire where they are working with the Royal Armoured in the fielding of the Ajax, the British Army’s new IFV. The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards took the position in Combermere after the Household’s departure. If you don’t know, the Household Cavalry serves as armoured reconnaissance as its operational branch and of course mounted ceremonial service at home.
I *LOVE* the old gent in the grey suit in the veterans company. He may need a cane, but he **will** by-God march at pace with his mates one more time. 'Pain is temporary, pride is forever.' I hope he, and the rest of the Household Cavalry, will accept the respects and regards from an old American cavalry corporal from half a world away.
Who makes these decisions. Windsor was a good second home for the Regiments. Not far from London. Convenient for Windsor Castle events, and excellent training location for horses and riders. No sense of tradition or history anymore
Nothing to do with history. It's the Tories selling off prime real estate to their rich public school cronies to develop and make £Bns from while the poor bloody squaddies get shoved into shit hole married quarters and pre WW2 barracks !!
I'm an American Civil War reenactor and US Army veteran. My unit marches in three parades a year [2 on Independence Day, one on Veterans (Armistice) Day]. I wear my modern decorations on my Civil War dress frock coat [see my pic at left] on Veterans Day only, but you can be by-God sure that the troops are in step and at proper intervals.
@Natewatl Well, by law, Confederate graves are 'graves of American soldiers' and protected as such. I could get into the whole 'the Civil War is more than you think it is' thing, but that's not really germane here. I myself have a Federal [Union or Yankee] impression. The unit I reenact with recreates the Regular Army regiment that garrisoned my home town, so that was a big attraction. But I respect the reasons why someone might portray a Confederate. What many people outside the reenacting hobby don't realize is that there are damned few racists in Civil War reenacting and the few there are know to keep their mouths shut. We don't put up with it, not ever. Spouting racist nonsense is cause enough to be expelled from a unit and banned by our association. Our goal is to educate and inform, not re-hash old complaints or re-open old wounds.
@@carlhicksjr8401 exactly several slave states fought on the Union side and most slaves were brought into the USA (and a whole lot also to the rest of the Americas) on Yankee New England ships and continued to do so as blockade runners even when the trade was outlawed by international treaty. Plenty of Northern folks fought for the Confederates and plenty of Southern folks fought for the Union. Too many folks that haven't really studied history like to spout off like they are history experts on matters they know little about. They should start with the Corwin Amendment to see a bigger picture of the complicated situation and tenuous position of their holier than thou attitude. Not to mention like in most wars many men were fighting as they had little choice as they were told to and when you got drafted or volunteered you obeyed orders or got hanged or shot for disobedience. Many on the Southern side also had good reason to fight to protect their homes and families as the Yankees were mostly the ones invading, raping, burning and pillaging the civilians of the South.
@@ssumrall70 There is plenty of blame to go 'round about the causes of the War, '70. I work very hard to go beyond the 'blue = good, gray = bad' narrative when I discuss the War with people. I make sure to convey that the causes of the War went far beyond just Slavery /Abolition, but I also point out that the Yankee North was every bit as racist as the Rebel South. I myself am in a Federal [Union] regiment for two very simple reasons: firstly, all my best reenacting friends are in it and I'm reenacting the regiment that garrisoned my home town prior to the war. I respect those who reenact the South and while I don't apologize for the Confederacy, I recognize and teach that the South had legitimate complaints about the Federal government. I'm a lifelong military historian, better than 40 years at it, and if there's one thing I've learned it is that the causes of a war are always a lot more complicated than the history books teach.
Oh dear they're not the guards!! But great all the same. Shame they're moving seemed the ideal location. There's so many changes to our fantastic armed services, not all for the best either. We've spent 100s of tears making up arguably the best army, navy, air force in the world. It'll be a shame to destroy them as we'll never get them back again.
Cmon folks, give em a break. They’re not used to marching on foot and marching with spurs on only makes things more difficult. During my Service, because of my height (196cm), I was nearly always the front right marker and I was told part of my job was to keep the officer informed of what was going on when marching, ie speed up, slow down etc
Gerald Fremont they ARE human beings? No one is denying that...but they are also SOLDIERS!! who need to learn the fucking basics again...shocking parade.
Actually marched down that street during my years in The Life Guards back in the '80s. The sound of the drum which you normally march to echoes something terrible due to the set-up of the surrounding buildings so they do have a hard time keeping in step. But yeah, it was an embarassment for us back then because we knew it at the time and we felt like raw recruits because of it.
The order came from the Officer at the front, most of them probably couldn't hear it. The order generally comes from a senior NCO at the rear of each group. Anyway, the horses usually do the marching bit, so the troopers are not used to it.
It is the corner turns through Windsor not easy to navigate without a short step in the column plus you will notice some are wear spurs very difficult to even walk
dude just imagine being stuck at windsor for 200 years. They must have missed out on a lot. Life must be so different back then. Glad they are finally allowed to be outside after 200 years.
Maybe that some of the CRITICS try riding a horse !! these are men who are cavalry !!! not foot soldiers.They are also armoured vehicle soldiers with a FANTASTIC HISTORY. They are the most senior Regiments in the British Army
This is my regiment the only reason they are not in time is due to the band being shocking with them being quite AF and the horses setting them out of time
But to be fair the Household Cavalry were never infantry, they are much more considered to be Transport or Light Armour, Anyway that's my understanding and i'm open to correction. Ex Coldstreamer
My GGF was a career soldier in the 1st Life Guards (Hyde Park Barracks) from 1901 to 1922. Was part of the BEF in WW1. Was listed as a marksman. By reading various War Diaries, he definitely was very much infantry. During the war, they were converted to Machine Gun Corps, and then went back to Household Cavalry after the war.
Don't know how they do it in the British Army but in my time in the US Army we practiced before a ceremony. Particularly if it was going to be in front of the public. If Company Commander had his company march like those later units in front of his Battalion Commander, let alone the public, that Captain could kiss his next Officer Evaluation Report goodbye along with his hopes of promotion.
Well, the Navy never professed to being 'military', their contempt for the Lobsterbacks was legendary. The Airforce also revels in not being 'military'.
Too many lads have been spending time with the wife and kids, reading a good book, learning the piano or going to the pictures instead of marching up and down the square.
All ranks of the Household Cavalry regiments are, by law and custom, considered 'gentlemen'. For example, there are no sergeants in those regiments because the word 'sergeant' derives from an Old French word for 'servant'. Those holding the sergeant pay grades in the regiments are referred to as 'Corporals of Horse'. As to the black suit, bowler, and umbrella, that is the traditional attire of a gentleman in the City of London. As gentlemen, veterans of the Household Cavalry regiments are encouraged to dress accordingly when they join the regiment for parades in the 'veterans company'. But as you can see, it's not a requirement. [And yeah, I had to ask about that myself and someone was kind enough to point me in the right direction]
I salute to you and respect you for keeping everyone safe. I hope you have the best in life, and also I’ve seen the training and it must be difficult, and also to keep in step with everyone whilst listening to commands and doing other moves plus you have to remember those moves. Salutations to you. 💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼
Oh good grief. They aren't on a parade ground. You all sound like the colour sergeant in Zulu whilst standing to, just before they attack: "Do your buttons up lad, where do you think you are?"
lots of comments on here about standards of drill, you have to remember the household division no longer has the numbers it had back in the good old days of the cold war. since the 2000s our troops are rotated more often than before going on so called peace keeping duties and no longer stay in one place for two years just doing guard duties at the royal palaces. when i was in i started in windsor in 1979 and all we did was castle guard then moved in to chelsea barracks in 1980 until 82 so we were very slick on the drill parade and shit at combat as we found out when we got to oxford barracks germany, but we soon got a grip of it.
I can tell you what the problem is the best of the British Army were told to leave starting in the 1990s they were the cream of every regiment and the result you are seeing today is due to the cutbacks over a long time
They do look like they’re out for a Sunday stroll in the park ,but what kind of drill can you expect from them when they leave the smartest part of the regiment in the barn ?
@@robinwallach3619 because of the sound bouncing around the buildings which makes it sh*t. Youll be surprised when you hear it yourself you will be out of sync.
You guys are being too hard on the troopers. If they are vacating then even the farriers are marching. The rhythm of the anvil is different than a marching pace.
Well, one problem I experienced in every parade I was in was dodging horse turds when there were horses in front of us. Even the circus recognized that and had workers with scoops following animals like horses, camels and especially elephants.
@@leonardroman6544 they were assigned new fighting vehicles so had to move on to elsewhere for training and use…as much as it breaks tradition, their main use overruled their ceremonial use
All ranks of the Household Cavalry regiments are, by law and custom, considered 'gentlemen'. For example, there are no sergeants in those regiments because the word 'sergeant' derives from an Old French word for 'servant'. Those holding the sergeant pay grades in the regiments are referred to as 'Corporals of Horse'. As to the black suit, bowler, and umbrella, that is the traditional attire of a gentleman in the City of London. As gentlemen, veterans of the Household Cavalry regiments are encouraged to dress accordingly when they join the regiment for parades in the 'veterans company'. But as you can see, it's not a requirement. [And yeah, I had to ask about that myself in a different video and someone was kind enough to point me in the right direction]
@ZebsFrend So the UK can elect parasites like Boris, Trump, Merkel at al? Yeah lot of good they do don't they? What you got against Freemasons anyway? Which Freemasons have done you harm?
Including Parliament. We have the same problem in the U.S. TheCongress is our biggest enemy. Where are all these unemployed soldiers going to? Your gigantic labor force which is b eing filled by Islamics?
This is what it is supposed to look like ua-cam.com/video/ecwHDXlWC14/v-deo.html - The First Battalion,Royal Anglians,In Norwich,22nd November 2007,on their return from Afghanistan.
So many of them out of step. Embarrassing. I was in a transport regiment and we could march better than that. Also it looked like they were wearing their long riding boots under their number 2s made look gammy legged.
And let me point out that for the last 20 years or so, the British and US militaries have had a lot more to do than worry about their parade marching skills. Fancy drill and ceremonies [or as the Brits call it, 'square-bashing'] is for peacetime armies. It's fair to criticize to a degree because this is the Guards Division, but let's all remember where most of these lads have been.
@Natewatl Well, I'm not a UK citizen and I don't know the ins-and-outs of the situation or the internal politics involved. I can't imagine any unit in the Guards Division suffering that kind of indignity without some kind of uproar, but that's just an outsider's view from half a world away. It's not for me to say whether there should or should not be a backlash of any form about the issue or how to solve the problem. This is a matter for the British people and HM's MoD to resolve. I can wish good luck and offer my respects to the troops, which I gladly do.
@Natewatl Huh. To my knowledge the menfolk of the House of Battenburg [ne' Windsor] have all served in HM's Forces. Prince Andrew of York, for example, spent the Falklands War bobbing for Exocets just off Hermes' hull. Not to mention Prince Harry's multiple tours in the Sandbox. Remember that his regiment the Blues and Royals. Even Charles [who I don't like very much] is a fully qualified fighter pilot AND bridge officer. I may not like the man, but I respect his achievements. I have no idea why the Household Cavalry left Windsor Castle, but I can't imagine that a direct order came from the Royal Household. And as I understand the succession [and I admit a quick look at wikipedia to be sure], the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is the legitimate claim. Both Hannover and Stuart died out in the principle lines and Victoria was confirmed by both the House of Lords and the Church of England. Which makes her descendants bulletproof against any lesser claims.
Only one of the Police horses had big feet, the white one. It's part draft.. The black horses that are usually used by this regiment can be any sort at all, except that they must be properly black - white blazes and socks permissible, the right height, and the right temperament. So they can be anything from hunter, to waler, to thoroughbred. and include a couple of light draft horses with big heavy heads, and feathered hooves. But the majority are rather similar to each other, having been bred in Ireland for the purpose. The three bay horses towards the end of the parade are the Queen's Cleveland Bays, so they have very similar conformation and tend to be very steady and less temperamental than the black horses. The Police horses can be any sort at all, and any colour, as long as they are big and docile, can tolerate bands, firecrackers, motorbikes and members of the public yelling abuse, waving banners and falling under their feet. There is film somewhere on UA-cam of a police horse at the front of a Band of the Guards, leaving Buckingham palace. The horse is doing an absolutely perfect Slow March; pausing his front hooves in just the right way so they hit the ground with the beat. It's beautiful. Similarly, when the Royal Artillery do a musical ride you see some of the horses gallop in perfect time with the music, and some just never seem to get it.
My thoughts exactly eheheh. They look quite smart, but It's slightly tricky to keep the pace while you do a turn on a slight slope. And it's cavalry, they aren't that accustomed to foot drill I guess.
Can't help pointing out it was the officers who lost step. It's very difficult to keep time when that happens. Maybe they should use the old army step correction routine - Sarn't major LEFT, LEFT, LEFT His wife and twenty children RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT In the marketplace he LEFT, LEFT, LEFT ....and so on. Anyone tries it will see that it gets you out of step every LEFT, then again every RIGHT!
Oh my, even the bloody horses were in better step, don't blame it on the steep hill or horse shit in front of you, you were giving Better shit that the horse . English Mik
Jesus wept that drill was shocking. I left the Royal Marines 18 years ago and I could still march better than that. If I could still get in my Blues of course.
The Household Cavalry left Windsor, specifically the Combermere Barracks, to Bulford in Wiltshire where they are working with the Royal Armoured in the fielding of the Ajax, the British Army’s new IFV. The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards took the position in Combermere after the Household’s departure.
If you don’t know, the Household Cavalry serves as armoured reconnaissance as its operational branch and of course mounted ceremonial service at home.
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We use to get changed for Guard at Combermere when Victoria Barracks was being redeveloped..
I *LOVE* the old gent in the grey suit in the veterans company. He may need a cane, but he **will** by-God march at pace with his mates one more time. 'Pain is temporary, pride is forever.'
I hope he, and the rest of the Household Cavalry, will accept the respects and regards from an old American cavalry corporal from half a world away.
and an MP!
@@mikeggg5671 Wow. Had no idea. The Honourable Gentleman should make a couple of points with his constituency for it then.
@@carlhicksjr8401 I meant military police. As in, seconding my cavalry brother. Red caps to you Brits
@@mikeggg5671 Hey, it was a legit mitsake ;)
ik hes been there for 200 years
Who makes these decisions. Windsor was a good second home for the Regiments. Not far from London. Convenient for Windsor Castle events, and excellent training location for horses and riders. No sense of tradition or history anymore
@freebeerfordworkers I read the Welsh Guards were moving in there.
Bean counters.
That’s because of the liberals
Nothing to do with history. It's the Tories selling off prime real estate to their rich public school cronies to develop and make £Bns from while the poor bloody squaddies get shoved into shit hole married quarters and pre WW2 barracks !!
WarriorPoet McKEE Combermere is not being sold off nor will be any time soon, The Welsh guards have moved in and are staying there permanently.
Absolutely pitiful.
The veterans march behind the formation. I love that tradition, something you'd never see in the US military...
I'm an American Civil War reenactor and US Army veteran. My unit marches in three parades a year [2 on Independence Day, one on Veterans (Armistice) Day]. I wear my modern decorations on my Civil War dress frock coat [see my pic at left] on Veterans Day only, but you can be by-God sure that the troops are in step and at proper intervals.
@Natewatl Well, by law, Confederate graves are 'graves of American soldiers' and protected as such.
I could get into the whole 'the Civil War is more than you think it is' thing, but that's not really germane here. I myself have a Federal [Union or Yankee] impression. The unit I reenact with recreates the Regular Army regiment that garrisoned my home town, so that was a big attraction. But I respect the reasons why someone might portray a Confederate. What many people outside the reenacting hobby don't realize is that there are damned few racists in Civil War reenacting and the few there are know to keep their mouths shut. We don't put up with it, not ever. Spouting racist nonsense is cause enough to be expelled from a unit and banned by our association. Our goal is to educate and inform, not re-hash old complaints or re-open old wounds.
Willysmb44 shows how much you know, we sure as hell encourage our veterans to march.
Watch the 82nd Airborne pass in review!
@@carlhicksjr8401 exactly several slave states fought on the Union side and most slaves were brought into the USA (and a whole lot also to the rest of the Americas) on Yankee New England ships and continued to do so as blockade runners even when the trade was outlawed by international treaty. Plenty of Northern folks fought for the Confederates and plenty of Southern folks fought for the Union. Too many folks that haven't really studied history like to spout off like they are history experts on matters they know little about. They should start with the Corwin Amendment to see a bigger picture of the complicated situation and tenuous position of their holier than thou attitude. Not to mention like in most wars many men were fighting as they had little choice as they were told to and when you got drafted or volunteered you obeyed orders or got hanged or shot for disobedience. Many on the Southern side also had good reason to fight to protect their homes and families as the Yankees were mostly the ones invading, raping, burning and pillaging the civilians of the South.
@@ssumrall70 There is plenty of blame to go 'round about the causes of the War, '70. I work very hard to go beyond the 'blue = good, gray = bad' narrative when I discuss the War with people. I make sure to convey that the causes of the War went far beyond just Slavery /Abolition, but I also point out that the Yankee North was every bit as racist as the Rebel South.
I myself am in a Federal [Union] regiment for two very simple reasons: firstly, all my best reenacting friends are in it and I'm reenacting the regiment that garrisoned my home town prior to the war. I respect those who reenact the South and while I don't apologize for the Confederacy, I recognize and teach that the South had legitimate complaints about the Federal government.
I'm a lifelong military historian, better than 40 years at it, and if there's one thing I've learned it is that the causes of a war are always a lot more complicated than the history books teach.
Feck me ! How many of them were out of step! Even one of the officers ! Counted at least 5.
Yeah, there was quite a few, never seen so many out-of-step before, looks like they couldn't be bothered...exactly what it was.😛
what the hell they been doing at windsor for 200 years if not practicing their fuckin marching!
The pensioners did a better job than the active servicemen... ;-)
WTF Household Cavalry Leave Windsor after 200 years
200 years and they still can't march in step. What have they been doing?
Great videos
Oh dear they're not the guards!! But great all the same. Shame they're moving seemed the ideal location. There's so many changes to our fantastic armed services, not all for the best either. We've spent 100s of tears making up arguably the best army, navy, air force in the world. It'll be a shame to destroy them as we'll never get them back again.
Cmon folks, give em a break. They’re not used to marching on foot and marching with spurs on only makes things more difficult. During my Service, because of my height (196cm), I was nearly always the front right marker and I was told part of my job was to keep the officer informed of what was going on when marching, ie speed up, slow down etc
did they get sacked ?
I love it when soldiers don't march in step ! It shows they are human beings and not the cannonfodder the elites treat them as.
Gerald Fremont they ARE human beings? No one is denying that...but they are also SOLDIERS!! who need to learn the fucking basics again...shocking parade.
Drill has gone down hill like a bowling ball on Everest.
The Producer
I agree.
The march is Bravura
Drill was ragged
i don't want ti have unkind thoughts, but yes it was ragged indeed!
sloppy marching. unacceptable.
Sevastopol is RIPE for PLUNDER
into the CONFLAGRATION goes
YELLOWBEARD the pirate
Hmm, as smart as they look several out of step.
Not their proudest moment, Fr D
Actually marched down that street during my years in The Life Guards back in the '80s. The sound of the drum which you normally march to echoes something terrible due to the set-up of the surrounding buildings so they do have a hard time keeping in step. But yeah, it was an embarassment for us back then because we knew it at the time and we felt like raw recruits because of it.
Spot on! Someone really should have been calling time on each block.
Lol
really how amazing thank you xx
Having to do a change arms all the time can be a bit problematic at times! You see one or two miss the step partway through the movement.
The order came from the Officer at the front, most of them probably couldn't hear it. The order generally comes from a senior NCO at the rear of each group. Anyway, the horses usually do the marching bit, so the troopers are not used to it.
They’re obviously not very used to marching. They are cavalry I suppose.
They haven't been outside for 200 years, what do you expect?
At least they took a reasonable sized stride when marching, unlike the heel to toe (9 inch) mincing stride of the Rifles!
Shots fired!
It is the corner turns through Windsor not easy to navigate without a short step in the column plus you will notice some are wear spurs very difficult to even walk
And that, folks, is why they call them "Riding Boots". Cos you clearly can't march in them !
Riding boots especially old leather one are a bitch to walk with... gives me cramps when I put mine on and had to walk with it....
they aren't wearing riding boots, they are wearing normal parade boots, the officers have the riding boots
in other words they just had abit of a bad day with it
dude just imagine being stuck at windsor for 200 years. They must have missed out on a lot. Life must be so different back then. Glad they are finally allowed to be outside after 200 years.
Couldn't they find the exit?
@Johnny Rep They had the one ring.
Yeah this probably makes a change from doing the dishes.
Could be worse, Mate! Imagine being stuck in the tower of London for 200 year
They look pretty good for 200 year old dudes
Maybe that some of the CRITICS try riding a horse !! these are men who are cavalry !!! not foot soldiers.They are also armoured vehicle soldiers with a FANTASTIC HISTORY. They are the most senior Regiments in the British Army
They are great regiments, no doubt about it; but the Coldstream might have something to say about seniority.
@@joebutterman3084 "Second to None"
@@MandyJMaddison And then there is the cheeky regiment that calls themselves "None"
This is my regiment the only reason they are not in time is due to the band being shocking with them being quite AF and the horses setting them out of time
Apocalypse HD but it sure does look like shit.
Excuses and snowflakes melt in the sun
Poor cavalry, used to marching on horses where the step doesn't matter.
But to be fair the Household Cavalry were never infantry, they are much more considered to be Transport or Light Armour, Anyway that's my understanding and i'm open to correction. Ex Coldstreamer
they were always a cavalry unit.
@@rhyshallett3202 Thanks Rhys
My GGF was a career soldier in the 1st Life Guards (Hyde Park Barracks) from 1901 to 1922. Was part of the BEF in WW1. Was listed as a marksman. By reading various War Diaries, he definitely was very much infantry. During the war, they were converted to Machine Gun Corps, and then went back to Household Cavalry after the war.
They are light armor unit recce and hit and run help out Royal tank reg.
Don't know how they do it in the British Army but in my time in the US Army we practiced before a ceremony. Particularly if it was going to be in front of the public. If Company Commander had his company march like those later units in front of his Battalion Commander, let alone the public, that Captain could kiss his next Officer Evaluation Report goodbye along with his hopes of promotion.
Still makes me proud to be British!
I reckon the GSM would have had kittens if he saw that. Almost as good as the Navy lads marching at Harry and Megan's wedding :D
Well, the Navy never professed to being 'military', their contempt for the Lobsterbacks was legendary. The Airforce also revels in not being 'military'.
Can’t even stay in step. I guess they haven’t marched in 200 years. 🤪
LOL. Not surprised that dismounted cavalrymen can't stay in step!
I would have expected the cavalry to have been mounted. Or in helicopters...
They are cavalry on the way to Calvery.
Too many lads have been spending time with the wife and kids, reading a good book, learning the piano or going to the pictures instead of marching up and down the square.
Bloody Army I dunno what it's comin' to!
@mcaddicts is that a Monty Python reference
3:22 Love the John Steed Bowler Hats and umbrella.
All ranks of the Household Cavalry regiments are, by law and custom, considered 'gentlemen'. For example, there are no sergeants in those regiments because the word 'sergeant' derives from an Old French word for 'servant'. Those holding the sergeant pay grades in the regiments are referred to as 'Corporals of Horse'. As to the black suit, bowler, and umbrella, that is the traditional attire of a gentleman in the City of London. As gentlemen, veterans of the Household Cavalry regiments are encouraged to dress accordingly when they join the regiment for parades in the 'veterans company'. But as you can see, it's not a requirement.
[And yeah, I had to ask about that myself and someone was kind enough to point me in the right direction]
some bloody awful marching
Donkey wallopers lose the step and fall apart on a change arms. 😂
As a Coldstreamer watching that, it warms the cockles of my heart 😂
I salute to you and respect you for keeping everyone safe. I hope you have the best in life, and also I’ve seen the training and it must be difficult, and also to keep in step with everyone whilst listening to commands and doing other moves plus you have to remember those moves. Salutations to you. 💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼💂🏼
donkey wallapers and the colie sheepshaggers lol. takes me back to the old days . retired welsh guards .
Armchair drill sergeant reporting for duty, sah!
Oh good grief. They aren't on a parade ground. You all sound like the colour sergeant in Zulu whilst standing to, just before they attack: "Do your buttons up lad, where do you think you are?"
The horses were the best part.
rubbish marching by the troopers on foot.
WHY were they leaving?
A lot of foot changing to keep instep, it’s always the officers who mess it up!!
thank you so much! Such an amazing video Congratulations Great Britain for the King's Coronation! ⭐🎉🎊👑👑👑🎶🎵
Beautiful horses.
Marching like sailors
Jenny Barnes don’t be so mean to the Navy! More like the RAF...
Yes the standard of marching has gone right down hill, once had the honour of leading the parade when the marching was as per Queens Regulations!
G Cairns Alright mate don’t go and judge all 120,000 soldiers’ marching of a few hundred
They are cavalry anyway
Should have had the band in the middle, too far away, especially when just a side drum beat.. From a Tankie.
What reg mate ?
Tick tick tick tick tick tock the drill is horrendous
Even the grey Shire is marching in time ❤️🇬🇧
Typical. Officers on the whole, havent a clue how to march.
lots of comments on here about standards of drill, you have to remember the household division no longer has the numbers it had back in the good old days of the cold war. since the 2000s our troops are rotated more often than before going on so called peace keeping duties and no longer stay in one place for two years just doing guard duties at the royal palaces. when i was in i started in windsor in 1979 and all we did was castle guard then moved in to chelsea barracks in 1980 until 82 so we were very slick on the drill parade and shit at combat as we found out when we got to oxford barracks germany, but we soon got a grip of it.
I can tell you what the problem is the best of the British Army were told to leave starting in the 1990s they were the cream of every regiment and the result you are seeing today is due to the cutbacks over a long time
What about the bandsmen being out of step ?
They do look like they’re out for a Sunday stroll in the park ,but what kind of drill can you expect from them when they leave the smartest part of the regiment in the barn ?
@@robinwallach3619 because of the sound bouncing around the buildings which makes it sh*t. Youll be surprised when you hear it yourself you will be out of sync.
Thanks for the reality check.
You guys are being too hard on the troopers. If they are vacating then even the farriers are marching. The rhythm of the anvil is different than a marching pace.
poor display, most not keeping in step, hands all over the place
a brave bunch of lads who served their country .;
Jesus I never knew an armoured regiment would be more worse at marching than an RLC driver regiment
At least the horses could march in step!
Their cavalry
Bles, the older gentleman .
Somethings you never forget ❤❤
You can tell they are calvary.... lots of them are out of step!
Well, one problem I experienced in every parade I was in was dodging horse turds when there were horses in front of us. Even the circus recognized that and had workers with scoops following animals like horses, camels and especially elephants.
Why are they leaving the castle?
@@leonardroman6544 they were assigned new fighting vehicles so had to move on to elsewhere for training and use…as much as it breaks tradition, their main use overruled their ceremonial use
“land mines” as my father and his veteran friends called them
That wasn't marching it was " BREAK DANCING" by numbers shocking
Bob Axe extremely poor as you say. Very different from the mid 1980’s.
What a SHAMBLES!!!!!!!!
Not too good at keeping in step.
"Not to good" is pretty flattering.
beniceffs Because they are cavalry.
@@ellis8238 well the horses kept in step better. Perhaps they should have done the parade mounted!!!
I was surprised to see so many out of step, ☹️
They should stick to riding horses not drill
Perhaps they got evicted because they can't march?
Let’s see the infantry on horseback then.
For goodness sake! Bowler hats and umbrellas 'at the port'!
All ranks of the Household Cavalry regiments are, by law and custom, considered 'gentlemen'. For example, there are no sergeants in those regiments because the word 'sergeant' derives from an Old French word for 'servant'. Those holding the sergeant pay grades in the regiments are referred to as 'Corporals of Horse'. As to the black suit, bowler, and umbrella, that is the traditional attire of a gentleman in the City of London. As gentlemen, veterans of the Household Cavalry regiments are encouraged to dress accordingly when they join the regiment for parades in the 'veterans company'. But as you can see, it's not a requirement.
[And yeah, I had to ask about that myself in a different video and someone was kind enough to point me in the right direction]
Beautiful traditions those British People have ♡ Respect from Romania & Love♡♧☆
Shaim that we all suffered in "lockdown "♧
To protect Our Sovereign Lady, The Queen, from all enemies, domestic and foreign.
@ZebsFrend Very well said!
@ZebsFrend So the UK can elect parasites like Boris, Trump, Merkel at al? Yeah lot of good they do don't they? What you got against Freemasons anyway? Which Freemasons have done you harm?
why is it always the freemasons fault, throw in the pope and Zionists for good measure
Including Parliament. We have the same problem in the U.S. TheCongress is our biggest enemy. Where are all these unemployed soldiers going to? Your gigantic labor force which is b eing filled by Islamics?
@ZebsFrend Oh dear, a bad day?
This is what it is supposed to look like ua-cam.com/video/ecwHDXlWC14/v-deo.html - The First Battalion,Royal Anglians,In Norwich,22nd November 2007,on their return from Afghanistan.
Eek they should’ve used those 200 years to practice how to march
They’re used to being on horseback….horses can’t keep in step either!
This was an extremely poor show.
They don’t march very often, do they? Lol
Lol no 😂😂😂
"Toooodaaay weeee maaarrrccchh", no tradition,no honour, no honour no morals, no morals no country, GSTQ N my belovied homeland....
So many of them out of step. Embarrassing. I was in a transport regiment and we could march better than that. Also it looked like they were wearing their long riding boots under their number 2s made look gammy legged.
NOT the MAWS of Lubyanka
~~~~~_ the GULAG,...,
1.). with a pale horse _~~~_
Hey, dummy commenters: It's cavalry! Marching is not on their agenda!
And let me point out that for the last 20 years or so, the British and US militaries have had a lot more to do than worry about their parade marching skills. Fancy drill and ceremonies [or as the Brits call it, 'square-bashing'] is for peacetime armies. It's fair to criticize to a degree because this is the Guards Division, but let's all remember where most of these lads have been.
@Natewatl Well, I'm not a UK citizen and I don't know the ins-and-outs of the situation or the internal politics involved. I can't imagine any unit in the Guards Division suffering that kind of indignity without some kind of uproar, but that's just an outsider's view from half a world away.
It's not for me to say whether there should or should not be a backlash of any form about the issue or how to solve the problem. This is a matter for the British people and HM's MoD to resolve. I can wish good luck and offer my respects to the troops, which I gladly do.
It fucking should be...the clowns...
@Natewatl Huh. To my knowledge the menfolk of the House of Battenburg [ne' Windsor] have all served in HM's Forces. Prince Andrew of York, for example, spent the Falklands War bobbing for Exocets just off Hermes' hull. Not to mention Prince Harry's multiple tours in the Sandbox. Remember that his regiment the Blues and Royals. Even Charles [who I don't like very much] is a fully qualified fighter pilot AND bridge officer. I may not like the man, but I respect his achievements.
I have no idea why the Household Cavalry left Windsor Castle, but I can't imagine that a direct order came from the Royal Household.
And as I understand the succession [and I admit a quick look at wikipedia to be sure], the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is the legitimate claim. Both Hannover and Stuart died out in the principle lines and Victoria was confirmed by both the House of Lords and the Church of England. Which makes her descendants bulletproof against any lesser claims.
Yet they are not in vehicles or on horses, matching is the first thing everyone learns
Bit sad seeing some of the serving soldiers incapable of marching in step. Seen Army cadets do it better.
They bunched up when they did not execute a turn by just tried to follow around, it can't be done'
to be fair they dont teach much drill after basic training.
Scruffy shower.
The old boys kept better time than the young lads currently serving. Not at all impressed by their marching skills.
We 😨have the BRITS FOR 800 YEARS DONT THEY HAVE A HOME BRITS OUT GO HOME
I noticed police horses have bigger feet. Different breed I guess. But the cavalry horses slim and young. Beautiful horses they have.
Draft horses
Only one of the Police horses had big feet, the white one. It's part draft..
The black horses that are usually used by this regiment can be any sort at all, except that they must be properly black - white blazes and socks permissible, the right height, and the right temperament.
So they can be anything from hunter, to waler, to thoroughbred. and include a couple of light draft horses with big heavy heads, and feathered hooves. But the majority are rather similar to each other, having been bred in Ireland for the purpose.
The three bay horses towards the end of the parade are the Queen's Cleveland Bays, so they have very similar conformation and tend to be very steady and less temperamental than the black horses.
The Police horses can be any sort at all, and any colour, as long as they are big and docile, can tolerate bands, firecrackers, motorbikes and members of the public yelling abuse, waving banners and falling under their feet.
There is film somewhere on UA-cam of a police horse at the front of a Band of the Guards, leaving Buckingham palace. The horse is doing an absolutely perfect Slow March; pausing his front hooves in just the right way so they hit the ground with the beat. It's beautiful.
Similarly, when the Royal Artillery do a musical ride you see some of the horses gallop in perfect time with the music, and some just never seem to get it.
Simple left foot on the drumbeat
Once they are out of step it is hard to correct
My thoughts exactly eheheh. They look quite smart, but It's slightly tricky to keep the pace while you do a turn on a slight slope. And it's cavalry, they aren't that accustomed to foot drill I guess.
Can't help pointing out it was the officers who lost step. It's very difficult to keep time when that happens.
Maybe they should use the old army step correction routine -
Sarn't major LEFT, LEFT, LEFT
His wife and twenty children RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT
In the marketplace he LEFT, LEFT, LEFT ....and so on.
Anyone tries it will see that it gets you out of step every LEFT, then again every RIGHT!
lol It's called unit rotation it happens. They deserve the break & change of scenery.
Omfg...they may know how to look after a horse but their rifle and foot drill is fricken atrocious
Oh my, even the bloody horses were in better step, don't blame it on the steep hill or horse shit in front of you, you were giving Better shit that the horse .
English Mik
Messed up missed step marching, shame on the household Calvary.
And..... proceeding the regular British Army we have the ministry of funny walks. A big round of applause people 👏🏻 😆
Geez... some of that marching was disgracefull.... 🙄
they should have been allowed to march out on horseback......
again a bloody mess
Where did they get all the police
it looks like marching is not one of there strong points, but there uniforms look very smart
Jesus wept that drill was shocking. I left the Royal Marines 18 years ago and I could still march better than that. If I could still get in my Blues of course.
Late Apex well said, left 1999, and I could still show them how to do it better...and my no2s wouldn’t stand a chance if I put them on either!
Shocking display of tick tockers!! Basics basics basics.
I do like ARMCHAIR drill sergeants, NOT.
The pace was just a joke, the messs started at 02:33 .
Reference:
ua-cam.com/video/VkUP8hXa-Rg/v-deo.html
Great to hear the trio of the American march Bravura as the band comes into view.
The marching is terrible, why isn't the band in the middle
Their cavalry
Pretty sad that they can't even stay in step. But they're *cavalry,* so...
after the third column the soldiers were out of step
You can see them attempting to correct themselves
Why soo out of step?
Psstt, "Hey Officer John, can you widen your step a bit, I'm about to clip your heels."