Mark from the States Reacts To 5 Scots Last March to Canterbury Cathedral
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As an english man the sound of a scottish regimental pipe band raises the hairs on my back. Very uplifting.
Yes
@TalorcMcAllan good aine. Lol
As a resident .. It was an honour to host the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders. The only Scottish Regiment to be granted the freedom of a Walled English City . Fantasic to see them exersice their right with Colours flying , armed & with fixed bayonets marching to the Catherderal. God bless them .
Thank you to all the English friends for your comments. Sports rivalries are nothing when it comes to the defence of our islands.
Always love these the best. All regiments tend to their quirks, uniform codes and colours. The beige/khaki dress shirt is common throughout the army for rankers like myself, but the Royal Scots officers seem to have blue dress shirts. Nice it looks too. Believe 5 Scots, while keeping their links to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, would be reduced to the status of an incremental company (Balaclava Company) and be transferred to become a permanent public duties unit in Scotland. Each of the 5 Royal Scots battalions are amalgamations of older, historical Scottish Regiments - and hopefully, one day, they might come back to independent life.
My grandfather was a Highlander (Seaforth) and it is incredibly moving to see the Pipes and Drums.
5 SCOTS is the Army abbreviation for 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, here, the Argyle &. Sutherland Highlanders, now Balaclava Company Royal Regiment of Scotland ( the King's Equerry, Lt Colonel Johnny Thompson himself a former Officer Commanding the Company) . They're marching to Canterbury Cathedral with "Drums beating, Colours flying, and Bayonets fixed" having already been granted the historic Freedom of the City by the City Council.
On this occasion the Battalion were in Shirt Sleeve Order, with the officers in their traditional regimental blue shirts.
The Regiment's next Freedom Parade is at Berwick Upon Tweed on Thursday 28th September and I hope that somebody can video the occasion. 👍
Awesome thank you
The Argyll & Sufferin Highlanders. 👍
Depot Stirling Castle.
@@forbesmeek6304 😂. Yeah argyll & sufferin'.
I wish you had presented this video instead of this stupid ignorant yank who obviously didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
This was so brilliant to see.
Yes
My Grandfather served in the Blackwatch in WW1 He lied about his age to get in and survived the battle of the Somme
Unfortunatley his older brother didnt
Thank you for sharing this...such brave men
The Black Watch ....the most wonderful Regiment.
Mark if you have never seen the film " Tunes of Glory" i would strongly suggest you do .Apart from the superb acting from Alec Guinness and John Mills the style of a Scottish Regiment is very interesting. A dramatic and haunting film.
I didn’t enjoy that film. I enjoyed the plot but not Alec’s accent. That was a struggle for me.
@@mairiconnell6282His accent was better than sean connery's!
The book is even better. "Tunes of Glory" by James Kennaway, still available, including on Kindle. It's much more subtle than the film and the film was cut to the main story. In the end your heart breaks for both colonels, the war hero up from the ranks but not suited for a peacetime leader and the cerebral man who spent the war on staff, perhaps even in intelligence. It should be much better known, a real masterpiece. I would never have come across it had it not been a listed book at university. "The colonel fought the colonel and the colonel it was that died."
There is a supposed rivalry between the English and the Scotts, and maybe it's true, particularly when applied to football, however, it doesn't apply here. As an Englishman who happens to live near Canterbury, witnessing this fine body of men march into Canterbury Cathedral fills me with a sense of pride.
SCOTS, Not Scotts. Get it right please.
Mark. Did you notice the pony just after the pipes? Lots of UK regiments have animal mascots. This Scottish regiment had a Shetland pony, naturally shorter than a horse but comes from the remote Shetland islands halfway between Scotland mainland and Norway. The Irish guards regiment has an Irish wolfhound for theirs, one of the Welsh regiments has a Kashmir goat called Sienkin, Jenkin in English but as there is no J in the Welsh alphabet we use Si as pronounced as Sh as in shy. The Welsh regiment has a non-commissioned rank as Goat Major for the minder and parade handler.
I think the parading soldiers are wearing their field shirts, a light khaki colour, part of a summer uniform.
Canterbury is in the south of Britain and the county town of Kent. The cathedral is the Home of the Anglican church and the Archbishop is the head of the Anglican church.
Thank you Peter
not quite; maidstone is the county town, nor is the archbishop of canterbury the head of the anglican church. he/she is the primate of all england, and is accorded special respect by overseas' churches, but there is no overall head of the anglican communion.
Tradition .
My stepdad was in the Seaforth Highlanders during WW2, despite being English from Wallasey, across the Mersey from Liverpool. Next to Wallasey is Seaforth. I still have hid Glengarry (hat) and McKenzie tartan service kilt and sporran.
I've been to Canterbury a few times, the square is the Buttermarket and the pub ib the corner, the Old Buttermarket is fantastic.
As far as I understand it, men conscripted went to all manner of Regiment. An uncle on my dad's side was in the Gordon Highlanders. Which makes sense given his /my location. Of the two uncles called up on mums side, one was in the Royal Artillery the other The Royal Engineers.
I'm going to comment, fairly accurately, and say that is more than 5 Scots.
😂😂😂😂😂
This was a homecoming parade for (5 Scots) Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. Defence cuts have reduced them to one Battalion. (Big mistake by Philip Hammond Defence Secretary). I think it was to say goodbye to Howe Kent after 10 years and exercising their Rights of Freedom of the City in 2013? The Shetland pony was Regimental Mascot Cruachan IV. Others may know the full details. The first time since 1784 wearing kilts and fixed bayonets marching through Canterbury for a Thanksgiving Service at the Cathedral, I have been told. The Cathedral is in the centre of the town and surrounded by local shops. A lovely sight and a lovely City. Glad to see so many safe and home from Afghanistan but sad for those who didn't.
Thank you Mairi
They were a regiment in their own right but got reduced to battalion status when the Scottish division was scrapped and the Royal regiment of Scotland was created,since then they have further been reduced from battalion status to ceremonial company and now provide the royal guard for the monarch when they are in Scotland. Sign of the times as the army struggles to recruit.
Nice to hear from someone else who knows Canterbury well. 😂 my home for many years after moving South.
@@Aine24601 My husband was brought up in Herne Bay and we used to go back there to see friends. We were military so moved around a great deal. The friends are still attached after 50 years to the Air Cadets in Herne Bay. I almost bought a house in Reculver. Love that part of England. I am originally Scots from Loch Lomond.
@@MrCmac731 Actually there are more cuts. The Standing Army is to be reduced to 70k. Think of Twickenham Stadium, it could sit them all and still have capacity.
Pleasing to see the apprecition of the Canterbury crowd.
Purely as an aside, it would be interesting to know about your interest in Saint Bonaventura (Italian Saint 1482) as displayed by your fleece!
Ha well it's the name of my son's high school. I also went there as a kid. Honestly I don't remember that much about it. Now I feel the need for a refresher
Dear Mark, As far as I remember this particular parade was because 5 Scots were leaving Howe Barracks in Canterbury as the barracks was being closed to become a civilian housing estate. Mind you about the same time this was happening - "In 2012, as part of the Army 2020 programme, it was announced that the 5th Battalion, while not losing its name, connection and history as the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, would be reduced to the status of an incremental company, similar to the three companies in the Guards Division, and be transferred to become a permanent public duties unit in Scotland" I joined the army in Canterbury when it was Depot The Buffs The Royal East Kent. Regiment. Best wishes from Captain Bob Kitson - 2nd Battalion The Queen's Regiment and 1st and 3rd The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1958 until 1984 Watch this with RUclips quality setting of 2160HD ruclips.net/video/a59DHA8Jl3A/видео.html
The handover of Hong. Kong is an amazing video
added thank you
Mark,amagamations within the British Army have been going on for some time, but post the second world war it accelerated, the 1950s and 1960s seeing a number of regiments dissappear.
Today the British Army is a shadow of its former self, very sad that centuries of tradition are wiped out by a here today and gone tomorrow politician, who has been advised that it makes economic sense.
I have never been in the military, but a number of branches of my family have served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, sadly they no longer exist as a stand alone regiment, being part of the now much amalgamated Royal Welsh.
Officers in the British Army were, until recently, required to buy their own uniforms; this excluded their actual combat dress which was supplied the same as for soldiers. The practice is starting to change, however many Regiments retain their individual items such as my Regiment where officers carry an “Ash Plant” these have to be purchased by the individual officer.
That you my English brothers for showing respect to my old regiment. There are alot of English people up here now and it is all cool. We have a laugh at sport and everything inbetween I think it is the media who try divide us.
No its not the media, its the hate filled SNP, Greens and Alba politicians and activists who try to divide us.
Love the sound of the pipes.....Canterbury is really nice, but a busy tourist place. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Church of England. He's the guy who carried out the Queens funeral.
Yes thank you
I am Scottish. I am fine at a funeral, until the piper starts up the drones…then i lose it.
So lovely , you should look into canterbury cathedral Mark 😊.
I'll check it out!
You should absolutely visit Canterbury. Lovely place. The Cathedral is beautiful and is the foremost church of the Anglican Church. Also St Augustines Abbey has some graves of the old Saxon King's of Kent from the 6th century.
You mention 'not having that kind of thing here' - that's because your Army does not have regiments that are traditionally associated with specific towns, cities or counties. This regiment was based at nearby Howe Barracks, and was awarded the 'Freedom of the City' of Canterbury some years back. This is why the regiment or battalion is permitted to march through with fixed bayonets, implying that they can be totally trusted not to use them on the local populace! In the British Army, our infantry units had to be 'raised' somewhere - like the Coldstream Guards, for instance, in Coldstream, Scotland. All those regiments with place names originated in those counties, or, in the case of the UK, countries.
Thank you
Howe Barracks was in Canterbury not Folkestone. Closed in 2015
I am corrected, thank you.@@user-wg8bs8do1c
That made me cry...😂I was at the window of the brown tiled window on left😂. Theyre in their summer shirts just took jackets off.😀 This is Canterbury....its 1000 + years old. A city thats pre Roman..pre everything😂 with enormous history... That is the central cross at the Buttermarket...an ancient meeting place, a place of hanging....you name it 😮😅, the gates to the Cathedral are beautiful. They got the keys to the Cathedral 4 years before on return from Afghanistan.The streets were lined too. thats a good video too. The Queen visited them the next day.
The cathedral has to be my favourite building in England it's stunning
Thinking I need to watch a video on Canterbury
I think you are right. Its history is well...astonishing really. After years of London i worked locally. At Canterbury Christ Church University. Every morning my walk to work took me....past the Old Hugenot Weavers cottages, the Knights Templar Hospital, through the great gates of the Cathedral with its saints intricatly carved in stone...through the Catherdral grounds itself, past the tree thought to be almost 1000 years old, past the Kings School..one of the oldest schools in the UK..that belongs to the Cathedral...out of the City Walls and into the grounds of the University built in the grounds of the ancient St.Augustines Abbey....hows that for a commute!!!!.
That video made me laugh when i first saw it...id been in a Solicitors Office and we all watched the boys march past...theres a tiny one for you to see as it shows them come through Westgate Tower....the last of the great Stone Towers in and out of the City Walls. Funny story...local double decker buses used to go through on their way into town. I always marvelled at the tiny gap between wall and window...but our bus drivers knew it well one day German tourist coach thought he could get through....nope😂😂😂 stuck there over 2 hours...they had to get a local Stagecoach ( our bus company) driver to get it out in the end. Talk about a road block and the tourists couldng get out cos the doors were wedged right against the walls. Theres still big scratch marks on the inside of the tower to this day. I do miss Canterbury.
I think youd love it. Alot of US tourists get a tourist bus down for the day. Only 1.5 hours from London. And of course its the greatest Cathedral of thev Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury lives there as well as hid other home Lambeth Palace in London.
History lesson over😂...well not quite..they were cleaning the stonework for years and fixing the gargoyles etc...my daughters partners dad is a stonemason at the Cathedral. Whilst he was renovating ghe gargoyles every morning hed shout down from that great height....'Morning ..' even in bad weather..i would just put my hand up and acknowledge as he couldnt here me up there...i could just barely hear him...but was always amusing ...any early bird tourists around, did, many times go "did you hear fhat?" And be looking round quizzical...id just walk on...i bet they went home i heard strange celestial voices...😅😅😅😅
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. So they had English fans.😃
Thank you
Yes it's an absolute beauty 😊
Hi Mark as a person who lived outside and worked in Canterbury since 80s can i suggest no reactor videos....theres a wonderful one by Memory Seekers called The Best of Canterbury...but no Cathedral...sadly...its not little its a City. .A Guided City Walk. Or Rick Steves his has the Cathedral... Im sure others have seen them too ...we seem to be a like minded bunch.... It covers all the main sights in Canterbury. Some of the reaction ones are just awful but these two are excellent. They do all major cities. I think youll love it
I have seen both of those channels and both have blocked me from reacting...soooo I'll need to find another
Thomas a Becket murdered in that cathedral.
Scotlands Arbroath Abbey dedicated to him. Ah think👍
As the troops approach the camera the pipes and drums are playing 'Campbelltown Loch'. TBH, I'm uncertain what you mean about the 'look' you mention. It's not Winter, so they are not wearing tunic jackets, but regimental 'shirtsleeves order' - as in Summer Dress. Non-commissioned wear light khaki shirts, officers, Warrant Officers and the RSM wear light blue.
It's just never seen them in short sleeves and had no idea what time of year it was
The heading says it's in March.
Is one being facicious??? Is that how i spell facicious???😮 😅😅😅 because that is funny...last March in Canterbury....it was a boiling hot day i remember it well.
I was singing the song and remembering Andy Stewart.
@@tacfoley4443 LOL I was thinking they were on their last march...
The term for merging Regiments is amalgamation, in this case the Regiment will be reduced to Balaclava Coy a rifle company. Thanks to the government the British army is smaller than at any time since the Crimean war with just 77,000 reducing to 72000 not all deployable.
You noticed the different dress, it was obviously a warm day so the colonel has let them march in what is known as SHIRT SLEEVE ORDER. Bit of common sense being used. As you can see it takes nothing away from the smartness of the Jocks.
The dress is for summer you are right, but you go from winter to summer dress on a set day and change back again at the end of summer on a set day ..
IT was may the 1st if i remember right and september .
@@keithrudd8003
Thank you
Can i just say it wasnt just warm it was boiling hot😂😅😅😅 evetyone was bit frazzled...except the lads..by the time they got to the Cathedral after all the welcome they were beaming ear to ear. It was lovely.❤
I believe the tune is the Campbells are coming.
Pony named Cruachan, the Campbell war cry and mountain in Argyle. 👍
Summer dress code often known as planters for the days of Indian occupation is declared when the weather is hot. Rolled up sleeves, shirt order
Nice
There would have been alot of American Tourist but mainly English clapping the Scottish Soldiers.
Oh it was us locals clapping, you have to realise after 10 years theres alot of wives and children here😂...and i hVe to tell you the streets before they got to the Buttermarket were packed. I should also say there were alot of heartbroken girls left behind🤣🤣😮 and alot of Pub Landlords bereft🤣🤣🤣 because they werent being replaced. Till the there had always been a Garrison here.
We loved the Argylls...very much.they did alot of charity work here and had alot of contact with the local community.😢😊
@aine26125 What a beautiful thing to say .I take my hat off to all the Local people.
Summer dress wearing shirts Mark
thank you
Thomas a Beckets murder in the Cathedral indeed had a Scots connection.
Scots king William the Lion led an army into England and was captured at Alnwick. While he was a prisoner he became a buddy of Thomas a Becket. He was so shocked at Thomas a Beckets murder at the behest of the English king. "Will nobody rid me of this troublesome priest"! That on his return to Scotland he had the new Arbroath Abbey dedicated to Thomas and the Virgin Mary. 😇😇