| City
of Lincoln |
All
battalions of the Regiment have the right to march through
the City of Lincoln with Colours flying, drums beating
and bayonets fixed. Battalions invariably exercise this
right when marching through the City boundaries, but
are required to inform the Mayor of Lincoln of their intention
to do so. The Honorary Freedom was granted to the Regiment on 7 March 2008. |
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| City
of London |
All
battalions of the Regiment have the right to march through
the City of London with Colours flying, drums beating
and bayonets fixed. Battalions invariably exercise this
right when marching through the City boundaries, but
are required to inform the Lord Mayor of their intention
to do so. The right formerly possessed by the 3rd Battalion
only, was extended to the remaining Battalions of the
Regiment in October 1915. |
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| City
of Manchester |
All
battalions of the Regiment have the right to march through
the City of London with Colours flying, drums beating
and bayonets fixed. Battalions invariably exercise this
right when marching through the City boundaries, but
are required to inform the Lord Mayor of their intention
to do so. The right formerly possessed by the 3rd Battalion
only, was extended to the remaining Battalions of the
Regiment in October 1915. |
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| 3rd
Battalion - Corps of Drums |
In
the 17th Century, the 3rd Battalion of the Regiment
served as Marines in His Majesty's ships in the wars
against the Dutch. In consequence, the Drums of the
Battalion continued the custom handed down from that
time of playing 'Rule Britannia' before the National
Anthem at Tattoo. |
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| The
Inkerman Company |
When
the 3rd Battalion of the Regiment was placed in suspended
animation on 31st March 1961, Her Majesty The Queen
directed that a composite company should be formed from
all ranks of the 3rd Battalion and should become the
Left Flank Company of the 2nd Battalion in order to
keep alive the traditions of the 3rd Battalion.
Her
Majesty directed that this new Company should be known
as The Inkerman Company. In 1997 the 2nd Battalion was
also placed in suspended animation and so the Inkerman
Company became the Left Flank Company of the 1st Battalion.
The Company call of The Inkerman Company is the former
3rd Battalion Call. |
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| Nijmegan
Company |
Nijmegan
Company was formed in 1994, from the Second Battalion
Grenadier Guards and is based, at present, in London.
It is ready for deployment anywhere in the world and
engages in an overseas exercise once or twice a year.
Previous deployments have included Canada, America,
Cyprus, Belize, Holland and Italy and in 2000 they completed
Artic warfare training. After a period of sustained
public duties, the Company conducted a period of "green"
training that culminated in a large exercise in Sennybridge
in December 2004. |
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| Hyde
Park |
It
is a custom of the Regiment to march at attention across
Hyde Park Corner. This custom dates from the days when
the First Duke of Wellington lived at Apsley House and
the troops of the Brigade were invariably called to
attention when passing his residence. Ever since his
death the custom has been kept up by the Regiment.
The General Reveille is always played by the Corps of
Drums on the morning of a change of quarters. |
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| Privilages
of The Queen's Company |
Apart from the privileges set out in Her Majesty's Regulations
for the Household Division, the Grenadier Guards have
the following privileges: |
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1 |
The
Sovereign's Company has the privilege of being on duty
in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the Coronation
of the Sovereign. |
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2 |
The
Sovereign's Company performs the duty of watching over
the dead body of a Sovereign prior to any public lying
in-state, and the Company Colour of the Sovereign's Company
is buried with the Sovereign at the committal. The Sovereign's
Company provides the Bearer Party at the Sovereign's Funeral. |
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| Dress |
There
are certain customs and traditions concerning dress: |
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1 |
The
bearskin cap with white plume was, in the past, the distinctive
headdress of the Grenadier and, as such, was worn by all
the Grenadier Companies of the Army. On the First Guards
becoming a Regiment of Grenadiers in 1815, they were granted
the bearskin cap hitherto only worn by the Grenadier Companies
of the Army. King William IV, in order to secure uniformity
in the Brigade of Guards granted the bearskin to the Coldstream
Guards and the Scots Guards who adopted it with a red
plume and no plume respectively, in 1832. |
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2 |
At
the funeral of Charles II the Arms of England and of France
were incorporated on the mourning band. It is to commemorate
this that the Fleur-de-Lys is worked in braid on the tunics
of Drummers of the Regiment. The practice has been adopted
for all Drummers of Regiments of the Guards Division. |
