Some of the older gentlemen still march smartly, even if the body doesn't always cooperate. e.g. the groups at 9:06 and 9:23. ( 9:39 front rank center, red tie: great beard and mustache ! )
How wonderful. Bowler hats and umbrellas in place of swords. Proud vets. Bless ‘em all , the long and the short and the tall. I smiled all through this video. ❤
Splendid ceremony and sturdy old tradition. Note how each group has its own regimental necktie, or one or two standard neckties. Great marching by even those up in years. Love the hats and umbrellas.
Well done lads and lasses. I remember doing this parade in the 70s and 80s, there would have been 6 or 7 regular army Cavalry Bands as well as the Houshold Cavalry band. How times have changed.
@@jefffoutz4024 …. American here too Jeff…. This is what I found: Cavalry Sunday is the annual parade of the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Association which takes place in Hyde Park, London, England, on the second Sunday of May each year.
As someone who lives in England believe me when I say it's not at all what people imagine, firstly it has hardly any English there and all things that made it a beautiful country are been systematically dismantled and forgotten, its a shame but you will see if you visit, good luck.
@@mairim4578 As an Englishman who lives in London come and have a look anyway. It's fair to say there's been an erosion of some kind but it's still brilliant. Just be sure to structure your time with worthwhile things. Two recommendations of mine... museums and the pub!
Fantastic video! The marches played were, (Band of the Household Cavalry) 1) 3:06-Bond of Friendship (British Army Band Tidworth) 2) 4:00-Arnhem (Band of the Royal Yeomanry) 3) 6:20-Wellington (Cadet Band) 4) 9:38-Galanthia
What an utterly strange surreal sight the people in civvies made. Savile Row suits at the font of each cohort, and casual at the back. Monty Python couldn’t surpass this. And I’m as loyal British as they come!
I was thinking this was a Monty Python, Bureaucrats on Parade sketch! The Bowlers and Umbrellas being a nice touch. I also noticed the very large awards bars on their chests, some powerful Vets, all since WW2 too. Can you imagine American Bureaucrats trying to march in step?! HA!
You've thoroughly misunderstood this parade if you think this is meant to be a completely formal affair. it's mostly veterans and is a chance to catch-up and remember. It's quite informal.
Im so glad i came across the regular You tube/tic toks who focus on the military in London, i never knew there were other memorial services throughout the year.
Yes in the summer, I'm useless with dates...but the Guards Memorial on Horse Guards is always visited by the different Guards Regiments and they leave their Memorial Trubute with their Regimental Capbadge.
Should start brining the titfir back as part of a suit either as formal or informal dress etc, just makes people look more smart and look more sophisticated.
Gleaming, glowing,, royal. Definitly british. Our french Garde républicaine never show up proudly like Queen horseguards. Howerver, in terms of parade, french are unbeatable with caseroles, actually ...
@@paulthebutler Oh, :( i have a bowler, and I have served in the Canadian Grenadier Guards, was looking to wear mine, at the next marching parade, or remembrance parade. I’m stickler to old military traditions which, Canada has lost. Maybe I may still wear mine after all, with permission that is.
Im all for tradition, and well done to the cavalry! Im also for equality, and modernity. However, I think the young lady in a bowler hat is just wrong!
Yes, they were officers when in service. The story goes that during the Peninsular war, during a battle it was raining. The British officers took out their umbrellas to shelter from the rain. The Duke of Wellington did not approve of it as it was not proper soldierly bearing. So, since then the umbrella is carried in the manner shown. It is never open even during rainy weather. Wonderful eccentricity of the British. As for the bowler, every gentleman had one and is worn on formal occasions. It used to be worn as a daily head gear. Times have changed. My greatest regret is that since WW2 so many regiments have disappeared from the Order of Battle through amalgamation.
Umbrella and bowlers would be proper Brit wear wouldn’t it. Too bad we don’t have an equivalent. We just do what ever honestly other than if you’re part of a vet group and wear their hat or your service.
You can tell the difference the older lads proud to be included and still keeping in step with well dressed turn to be followed by younger lads ,,,,ready and dressed for night out and not a military parade,,, says it all.
It's actually the combined Cavalry parade at Hyde Park. 2023 was the 99th parade it's to remember all fallen comrades. Happens once a year. So it's been going on since 1924.
All of the guys in the suits are former members of the regiments on parade, veterans if you prefer. The ones wearing the bowler hats and carrying the umbrellas are former commissioned officers. They march at the head of the parade. Officers from all of the guards regiments when in civilian attire wear suits, regimental tie, bowler hats and carry an umbrella. Other ranks (enlisted) will wear suit, regimental tie but no hat, or they may wear a beret with regimental hat badge. They follow behind the officers. Others may correct me or expand on this, I didn’t serve in the military but have an interest..
I stand to be corrected, but I thought I saw representation from the regimental associations of The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, The Royal Dragoon Guards, The Royal Lancers, 1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Royal Hussars, The Light Dragoons, The King's Royal Hussars as well as reserve regiments, including the Royal Yeomanry, the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and Queen's Own Yeomanry. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were also in attendance and they served as this year's regimental host. Their Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent took the salute during the march past. The Cavalry Sunday parade is organized by the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Association; its banner appears first in the march. Great turnout.
Old American Cavalryman here. Sure made me smile ear to ear and also a little choked up. Once a Soldier always a Soldier!
Some of the older gentlemen still march smartly, even if the body doesn't always cooperate. e.g. the groups at 9:06 and 9:23. ( 9:39 front rank center, red tie: great beard and mustache ! )
Your right there Brother in Arms. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦🇺🇸
Proud of their service, proud of their country, decent people. My admiration to them. 🇪🇦🇬🇧
What a beautiful sound and wonderful sight . Well done to all involved
What an honor to these fine Men and women. Well done. Great tradition.❤❤👍👵
Always good to see our community members who have given us there all marching. Thank you one and all.
Tradition, patriotism, pride in the past and faith in the future, this is what a united people must have to survive.
Absolutely awesome well done and God bless you all
Life Guards, Blues and Royals Royal Scot Dragoon Guards...Excellent!
Great to see those young lads and gals marching smartly 🙌🏻😎
Another great video, thank you.
How wonderful. Bowler hats and umbrellas in place of swords. Proud vets. Bless ‘em all , the long and the short and the tall. I smiled all through this video. ❤
Oh...so the gentlemen in the suits and hats are veterans? That's cool !
In mufti...civilian clothes when on leave or retirement.
@@brian752 Bowler hats and umbrellas are Officer veterans. Suits only are non-commissioned veterans. Correct me if I'm wrong someone...
the officiers make the marching order and the lockstep
Once a soldier, always a soldier❤
Tanks. 17th Lancers?
You can take the soldier out of the Army, but never the Army out of the soldier.
Unless he or she is a Marine.....
I thought the same thing
Are they all retired?
GORGEOUS sight to see just lovely💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Splendid ceremony and sturdy old tradition. Note how each group has its own regimental necktie, or one or two standard neckties. Great marching by even those up in years. Love the hats and umbrellas.
the hats and umbrellas represent the officers, not hat show the soldiers
Handsome men in hats- we need to bring back hats.
I know where a bowler just for the heck of it lol
Agree just not bowlers
I agree!
I’ve started wearing a hat about 6 years ago.
Beautiful England
AMAZING! Greetings from Lithuania!
This is the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Associations Annual parade and Service at the Cavalry Memorial in Hyde Park London.
Thank you for the info , that should have been in the description.
Respect and admiration for this fine English/British military tradition!
Utmost respect to all present 🇬🇧🍻👏
Well done lads and lasses. I remember doing this parade in the 70s and 80s, there would have been 6 or 7 regular army Cavalry Bands as well as the Houshold Cavalry band. How times have changed.
Where might this American go to find more information?
I'm lacking context. Please and Thank You
@@jefffoutz4024 …. American here too Jeff…. This is what I found:
Cavalry Sunday is the annual parade of the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Association which takes place in Hyde Park, London, England, on the second Sunday of May each year.
@@TheLocoUnion That's great!! I now have a starting place for my homework.... thank you very much
@@jefffoutz4024 You’re very welcome. Good luck!
Well done Ladies and gentlemen
This is awesome,the more I see videos of London the more I want to go.
As someone who lives in England believe me when I say it's not at all what people imagine, firstly it has hardly any English there and all things that made it a beautiful country are been systematically dismantled and forgotten, its a shame but you will see if you visit, good luck.
@@whiteyorksrose6989 At least you don't have that vile Trump stinking up the UK. Count your blessings.
@@whiteyorksrose6989 ,sorry about that,we have the same problem here in the USA
@@mairim4578 As an Englishman who lives in London come and have a look anyway. It's fair to say there's been an erosion of some kind but it's still brilliant. Just be sure to structure your time with worthwhile things. Two recommendations of mine... museums and the pub!
@@lolcurve ,thank you.
My greatest respect gentlemen….and thanks…
Respect!!
Spotted the late Queen's former equerry: Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, at the 4:06 mark, front row.
I was behind the cadets right marker on that parade
Well done 😂❤
Great video. Hello from Arizona, USA,
Hello Arizona from Wales, yes, great video
Hello Arizona from God's own county Cornwall land of clotted cream and pasties 😊😊😊
Respect from Germany!🇩🇪🇬🇧
Pip Pip!! Wonderful, Wonderful!!
The retired lads are quite splendid in their bowlers.
To me there is nothing like a woman in a bowler.
@@rodwallace6237 I assume , just the bowler.
Super!!!😊😊😊
Good boys and girls. Looks like they'd still do the job.
Fantastic video!
The marches played were,
(Band of the Household Cavalry)
1) 3:06-Bond of Friendship
(British Army Band Tidworth)
2) 4:00-Arnhem
(Band of the Royal Yeomanry)
3) 6:20-Wellington
(Cadet Band)
4) 9:38-Galanthia
Thanks.
There is the England that I admire on display.
It's a United Kingdom!
I am impressed.
Immaculate..
"No talking in the ranks". Well done, 'guys and gals'.
God Bless and Thank you
great show a bit more of an explanation would be good!
Always a special day for serving and ex-serving men. Meeting up with old friends and making new.
What an utterly strange surreal sight the people in civvies made. Savile Row suits at the font of each cohort, and casual at the back. Monty Python couldn’t surpass this. And I’m as loyal British as they come!
I was thinking this was a Monty Python, Bureaucrats on Parade sketch! The Bowlers and Umbrellas being a nice touch. I also noticed the very large awards bars on their chests, some powerful Vets, all since WW2 too. Can you imagine American Bureaucrats trying to march in step?! HA!
And so many white males!
You've thoroughly misunderstood this parade if you think this is meant to be a completely formal affair. it's mostly veterans and is a chance to catch-up and remember. It's quite informal.
@@fjack7013 I don’t actually need your stiff-upper lipped correction, thank you very much. I’ll stick,with my tongue in cheek British wry humour.
My roots to England and Scotland go back to the 300s. Long before there was a United Kingdom. Love the pomp and circumstance
Im so glad i came across the regular You tube/tic toks who focus on the military in London, i never knew there were other memorial services throughout the year.
Yes in the summer, I'm useless with dates...but the Guards Memorial on Horse Guards is always visited by the different Guards Regiments and they leave their Memorial Trubute with their Regimental Capbadge.
Nice to see our military always ready no matter the weather.
Attention. How amazing.
Would Love to be there when some of those Bandsmen do their BFT
All the men in bowler hats reminds me of that movie...
God bless them all.
Bless them all
4:14 my 2nd fav tiny blue and royals guard is looking at the camera with his nice suit hehe
If you ain’t Cav you ain’t
Que hermoso me encantó cuanta elegancia
Does anyone have a list of the various units taking part? I could always see the badges on the pennants.
Красиво идут.
Should start brining the titfir back as part of a suit either as formal or informal dress etc, just makes people look more smart and look more sophisticated.
USA - LOVE the MEN in BLACK with HATS!
Took me a minuet but the guys ( and gales ) with the hats and umbrellas where officers and the ones with out where OR .
Are all of these officers as in bowlers?
Gleaming, glowing,, royal. Definitly british. Our french Garde républicaine never show up proudly like Queen horseguards. Howerver, in terms of parade, french are unbeatable with caseroles, actually ...
In the middle of this bowlers hat parade, I notice one and only one young lady. This is real heroism. The monarchy should create a medal for that...
If you look very - very carefully, I counted THREE lady ex-officers in bowler hats at 6:44, 7:55 and 8:41
@@jamesthompson3674 There is another one at 7:51 left of screen
@@mipamat5804 Your quite correct sir, I missed that one.
Q lindo 👏😍
Hasnt the UK banned assault umbrellas yet?
3:40 I was expecting to see these guys break into the "Silly Walk"
I should open a bowler hat and umbrella store
expecting a spot of rain ? 😀
,,,,and now for something completely different-
Mad dogs and Englishmen come out in the midday sun!
Once a cavalryman…
All those umbrella's and it's not even raining.
Question, are the bowler hats only for the offices, or for any veteran that served?
Officers and Warrant officers, serving and retired wear bowlers
@@paulthebutler Oh, :( i have a bowler, and I have served in the Canadian Grenadier Guards, was looking to wear mine, at the next marching parade, or remembrance parade. I’m stickler to old military traditions which, Canada has lost. Maybe I may still wear mine after all, with permission that is.
Im all for tradition, and well done to the cavalry!
Im also for equality, and modernity.
However, I think the young lady in a bowler hat is just wrong!
The most martial umbrellas I have ever seen
Love the parade. Good to see the uniforms and the band (one or two bandsmen could use less time at the dinner table though.).
Love the one needing help getting his sabre out.
The Chelsea Pensioner at 4:22 has a nice uniform.
I have a question, the gentlemen with umbrellas and hats are officers, right? Unfortunately we don't have that in Germany.
Yes, they were officers when in service. The story goes that during the Peninsular war, during a battle it was raining. The British officers took out their umbrellas to shelter from the rain. The Duke of Wellington did not approve of it as it was not proper soldierly bearing. So, since then the umbrella is carried in the manner shown. It is never open even during rainy weather. Wonderful eccentricity of the British.
As for the bowler, every gentleman had one and is worn on formal occasions. It used to be worn as a daily head gear. Times have changed.
My greatest regret is that since WW2 so many regiments have disappeared from the Order of Battle through amalgamation.
“All the king’s horse and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again”
The guys in the back always have trouble staying in step. Maybe that's why they shoved them to the rear.😂😂
Aber die Sache mit dem Gleichschritt müssen wir nochmal üben!!!
My choice of cavalry regiment would totally depend on how good their regimental tie looks like.
They choose you!
@@pcka12 are sponsored commissions still a thing?
@@TheCamberwell dunno! But everyone is interviewed for suitability these days.
Umbrella and bowlers would be proper Brit wear wouldn’t it. Too bad we don’t have an equivalent. We just do what ever honestly other than if you’re part of a vet group and wear their hat or your service.
only the Light Infantery has marching order
INCREDIBLE! I didn't know the UK ever got sunshine as a rule! 😄
Who are they??
You can tell the difference the older lads proud to be included and still keeping in step with well dressed turn to be followed by younger lads ,,,,ready and dressed for night out and not a military parade,,, says it all.
What ceremony is this?
Cavalry Sunday. The cavalry regiments come together to remember the soldiers that died in the Hyde Park & Regent Park bombing
It's actually the combined Cavalry parade at Hyde Park. 2023 was the 99th parade it's to remember all fallen comrades. Happens once a year. So it's been going on since 1924.
So wonderful to see them continue tradition and remember fellow soldiers.
@@Tom-bs1emThat was terrible all that death for nothing and that brave white horse SEFTON.
Sefton was black
Who are the gentelmen with hats? Stock brokers? (explanation needed here :) )
All of the guys in the suits are former members of the regiments on parade, veterans if you prefer.
The ones wearing the bowler hats and carrying the umbrellas are former commissioned officers. They march at the head of the parade.
Officers from all of the guards regiments when in civilian attire wear suits, regimental tie, bowler hats and carry an umbrella.
Other ranks (enlisted) will wear suit, regimental tie but no hat, or they may wear a beret with regimental hat badge. They follow behind the officers.
Others may correct me or expand on this, I didn’t serve in the military but have an interest..
They are probably former military
They could all be in the film the kingsman,
All very straight and nifty on their feet
@@mjspice100 thanks, i wondered if there was something to do with rank, that only the bowler wearers had reached before retiring..
wow
Makes you feel actually in Britain ….
the guy that was barking the commands in the last seconds is not very clear !
Why do some men not have bowler hats?
Do all these bands start from Hyde Barracks?
😊😊😊
Are there still horses in the cavalry?
Only in the Household Cavalry Regt, for ceremonial purposes.
6:03 ... what a shower of s*** that lot was 🤣 Bless their little cotton socks.
Anyone know which regiments were represented? From a curious Yank; salute to the Chelsea pensioners present!
"Blues and Royals." "Life guards."
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
TY! Those ones I already know of; wondering about the others, aside from their cadets in multicam.
I stand to be corrected, but I thought I saw representation from the regimental associations of The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, The Royal Dragoon Guards, The Royal Lancers, 1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Royal Hussars, The Light Dragoons, The King's Royal Hussars as well as reserve regiments, including the Royal Yeomanry, the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and Queen's Own Yeomanry. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were also in attendance and they served as this year's regimental host. Their Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent took the salute during the march past. The Cavalry Sunday parade is organized by the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades Association; its banner appears first in the march. Great turnout.
just overlay the music with some WWII german marches and you can't tell the difference
Only the poms…
English national dress? bowler hat and a brolly. priceless.
There needs to be a Horse at the front of this .
Pythonesque 😂😂😂