Sent To The Tower: The First Woman In Charge Of The Beefeaters | Forces TV
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2017
- The first female Deputy Governor of the Tower of London took over the role early in 2017. Debra Whittingham spent 31 years in the Royal Navy before taking over the position that is steeped in so much history...
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My late father - who served in both the pre-war (1939-45) ROYAL Navy and during the '39-'45 conflict too, ALWAYS corrected me when I referred to his service in 'the navy!' To his dying day, he served in The ROYAL Navy!...
I love you Great Britain 🥰🏴🇬🇧❤
Me too. Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves
Absolutely Amazing. To each and every one of our awesome Armed Forces, 'THANK YOU' for your Service, Sacrifices and all you do/did to ensure those left behind can continue living in the Freedom we can all take for granted. Unconditional Respect to each and every one of you, always.
Chrissy Lawson funny seeing you here 😁
You too, sweetheart :D lol
Chrissy Lawson I
Wall my freedom comes from the US Constitution I don't know where your freedom comes from.
As an ex Scots Guardsman,I had the privilege of guarding the tower on many occasions,70/80s..and was a Guardsman who
Did the challenge twice..
This Unit seems closely to the Old Guard at Arlington Cemetery. The Old Guard does the Presidential 21 Gun Salute and it is loud and beautiful as the blasts roll down the Potomac River Valley. I had a friend who was Old Guard on the Burial Detail. He then went to Iraq and Afghanistan for a couple of tours. He had traumatic Brain Injury from several IED's and bad PTS. Sadly he became a statistic of 22 Too Many. RIP Brian.
I can see Guardsman Jatinderpal Singh Bhulla, good job mate
Update well done for the failed CDT
I think they have short bearskins
His drill was a credit to himself and Pirbright.
All þe uniforms look absolutely dashing. Truly. Glad to see our english, BRITISH, culture and heritage is still being preserved.
Imagine how haunted that house is!?
But imagine getting to live in a 13th century tower. Thatd be cool as hell.
@@jamisonstrilchuk8008 yes, Jamison ~ and that means it dates to the 1200's ~ boggles my mind!
Wow, 31 years and no operational medals? I know the Americans give medals out like confetti but that’s staggering to me, if she’s been on ops on ships sailing around. Seems snide.
I reckon it's because of the Job. Perhaps being in that position offers few chances of being in a theatre of war
To be fair I don’t think the Americans are giving out medals like “confetti”. We just happen to be deployed all over the world doing stuff (not that our great allies the Brits aren’t of course, but perhaps the roles she held in the Royal Navy didn’t give her many opportunities for recognition). That being said she’s seems like a great selection for this duty. I really enjoy ForcesTV. It gives a good view into the British armed forces.
@@Big-Daddy-96 the American military gives medals for literally anything.
Finishing certain training courses.
Being deployed abroad in non combat operations.
Even getting injured gets them a medal
@@First_Sea_Lord_Ford In the British Armed Forces, as far as I know, you're also awarded a medal or award citation when wounded in a combat zone.
@@pimhls no they are not, not since WW2
Wow, I didn't think that Army officers get "refreshed" before going on duty... :D
I wonder if someone could help me here please? The usual Royal Navy salute is to the right side of the head - hand tilted so thatthe knuckles of the fingers are shown to the person receiving the salute. I see here however, that the 'army' salute seems to be being used - can you help me understand why please?
@4:00 AJ was my tour guide.
I'm known by my friends to be somewhat sexist, but that said, I WILL not stand by and ignore slurs on ANY members of the BRITISH armed forces!
Okay, so this lady doesn't have a chest full of 'combat' medals, so what!? She has 'done her time' and served the Crown. She is just as entitled to do this job as anyone else with a similar service record! Times change, but please, if you doubt the 'value' of women in the services, do a bit of research! You'll find that many served at Trafalgar - and in numerous conflicts since - and that it is only 'tradition' that stops them being recognised for many, many achievements in the military!
I noticed she did have medals on her coat. It was hanging up behind her, assuming it was hers!
She reached the rank of Commander well done
I get the feel that the person they made this doc about would be a bit annoyed with the title that they've given it....
It is somehow fascinating to see yeomen warders sitting in front of a computer. And if the Tower has magic aspects, I surely came across one that invested me in full: when I entered the Tower for the first time, I thought it was guarded by Beefeaters; when I came out, I knew by certain that it is guarded by Yeomen Warders.
GO NAVY !!!
Also in canada we do the same
I sure wish we had opportunities like this. About females in command, I could care less if my Commander was female. She would get the respect and support any Commander would. I am a professional, I follow my Command, as long as they are legal and moral. I served Commanders I was positive was going to get me killed, and I’ve served Commanders I would gladly take a bullet for. I can tell by the way this Officer walks, she knows what leadership is and I be willing to work for her.
Good luck to you 💂🇬🇧
where is her long service medal??
Officers have only recently become eligible for them
I'd love to work in this role!
Unfortunately, you are not only a dictator and despot, but also a Soviet Russian. Not to mention dead. So, I suspect the chances of you doing anything similar to this is...slim.
Lol heh, I mean’t me irl
yes lads prince of wales
31 years and no LSGC? Someone’s been naughty once or twice..
It's Beutful
7:38 All this continuous and evolving tradition is amazing. It really is. However it's bewildering to see how intrinsic alcoholism is to British culture.
Why, as an ex-Navy officer, doesn't she salute with the Naval salute?
Judging by the Lt Col Crown and Pip on her shoulders, and lack of Royal Naval officer markings on her sleeves, it would seem that her appointment is an Army one, and therefore she might have possibly transferred?
Why doesn't Prince Phillip salute with the Navy salute in the Grenadier's uniform?
@@Fergus110 Because the Foot Guards regiments are under the British Army, therefore they use the army salute not the navy one.
I thought in the British Navy, they salute with palms down. She didn't do that.
Beefeaters use army drill.
1:10 Why would they keep a dead person locked in a cell?
Eric Taylor omg hahah they aren’t dead or they didn’t die there it’s a cell he was held there before being executed
**Is there such thing as a vegetarian beefeater?**
I think that it is feels a bit as if the cannons are missing a certain kind of umpf... the shots do not reverberate like real ones and the cannons themselves do not move...it would be more impressive if they did.
they were firing blanks, bit dangerous to be firing live ammunition around the public, let alone in the middle of london
Are they required to eat beef?
Bob Bulat they were paid in beef
Bob Bulat: Only the carnivores.....the others are quorneaters.
@stanly stud you're on your own with that one buddy, goodluck! Hahah
Exhilarating , is his'story, in the making.
Pride.
Why 62 shots and not 63 (21 x 3?).
coolspot18 Because only 20 additional shots are fired for it being a royal park/residence
It is explained in the film.
3.27 If a Male officer went in and said to women what she has just said to the men it would be looked on as sexism very condescending in my opinion
Ugh than Indian queens guard STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM
How come yeomen have so many medals?
The Big Boi Succ because you have to spend 20 years in the armed forces before you can become a Yeo man warder
Most of those medals are Operational Service Medals which are awarded when they go on operational tours. The more medals you see, the more operational tours they have been on - and to be a Yeoman Warder, you need 20+ years in the forces, so you are inevitably going to see many deployments, hence the multiple medals.
@@kelvinktfong 22 with a good conduct record behind you...I failed on years and got away with the other.🏴💂♀️
They also have to have reached at least WO2 or equivalent rank
She has a wedding ring but where is her husband or does she 'bat for the other side'?
@@johnmorgan3461 Who mentioned the United States? Last time I checked the Tower of London was in the UK
So what if it’s a woman
Respect her but she needs to fix those eyebrows
She joined in 81, how did she manage to dodge so many tours lol nice pair of jubilee gongs though 😂
My thoughts exactly. Good work if you can get it...
I was thinking that haha 😂
must of been those caterpillars on her face
Bull - my mother was a WRAAC and did a job in Sydney so a bloke could go overseas. Her mum did a similar job with the AWAS in WWII. The Queen even served during WWII so a bloke wasn't required at "home" but could be sent to the front.
Bollocks Andrew! As she joined in 81 for at least a third of her career women were forbidden from serving at sea and being RN rather than ground forces there will not been as many chances for her to deploy once women were permitted. She deserves respect for her service, not criticism because of the narrow minded restrictions that the military applied until quite recently on her gender!
8:10 I always thought that the 21 gun salute was an American tradition, from the sum of 1+7+7+6. But why would they do 21 in England?
Probably because we were doing it before the USA existed ....
Maybe. But keep in mind, I am American. I think 1066 is just a rather odd way to say 6 minutes past 11.
It can't be a year because nothing important happened in 1066, right?
Very important year 1066. The last time Britain was invaded and about 600 years before we founded British America right?
Eric Taylor We have houses older than america.
The myth of "1+7+7+6 = 21" was added later. The real reason is that the Royal Navy always had 21-gun salutes with their ships and when they signed a treaty on naval conduct shortly after the war for independance, they agreed that all salutes would be answered "gun for gun" - meaning that a saluting ship would fire 21 guns and the fort that was being saluted would return 21 guns. This evolved into an (almost) worldwide standard of fireing 21-gun salutes for important occasions (i.e. visits of heads of state, royal occasions, etc.).
Fun fact in addition to that: The original purpose of a gun salute was to show, that one is not a threat. If a ship "emptied" its cannons voluntarily (by harmlessly shooting one round per cannon on at least one broadside) it could be assumed it would not attack as it just put itself into a far inferior position for a sea battle.
her brows need shaved and waxed
Why????????
Two Gongs ?? another job for the Boys (Girls) what is she being paid for this so called Job and on top of that a bloody good pension
So where is her significance other half
Sure this is a woman?
Why does that woman look, sound and dress like a man? It’s creepy.
dimmy dunk Mo mate, I’m not a sailor boy.