I was lucky enough to have a good friend who invited me to his passing out parade. He passed out as an officer. It made me feel very humble and proud in equal measure. These men and woman are fine people.
I served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers for over 14 years. But I love to watch the rifles regiments doing their drill and marching especially at the pace that they do.
@@selwynowen6213 I passed off the square 1RWF but transferred to 1RRW to be stationed in Hong Kong and not Germany. Wish I stayed with 1RWF as there was too much bull shit with 1RRW. I was warned.
@@welshwarrior5263 I notice that when they took over from us in Lemgo in 1982. Their provo Sargent jail a lad for wearing his combat jacket when he was riding his motorcycle to go to the bank down town. Our RSM phoned the guardroom and told the provo Sargent to let him out ASAP or he’d be joining him in the cell
So professional and a great example of why the British army is still the envy of the world. Btw, these men deserve more pay and better help when they have any problems and/or when they leave the army. Politicians and 'bean counters' take note! REPLY
I would agree that veterans should be taken care of by the countries they swear to protect and defend. All veterans should have better pay and benefits. As to the British Army being the "envy of the world" I would say "some" of the world might envy them.
Just found out my great grandfather was in the Northumberland fusikers in 1st ww and got shrapnel in left arm and sent back home to recover, he survived the war and had 11 children .
I use to get away with murder with mine lol my first muster parade with the battalion. I ran onto the square behind them unshaven and still pissed. I thought That he was going to make an example of me and march me to the guardroom. My punishment was to clean his office for a week
I missed my passing out parade as I did my basic training in the North Staffods in 1958 and on the passing out day we were on the ranges in the morning and I was called to the orderly room to be told I was being transferred to REME that day so I packed my kit and caught a train to Blandford to serve for 15 years in the REME.
This was nice to see. I passed out from there (Helles Lines) with the Royal Signals in 1965, when the barracks was fairly new. Our parade was a "bit special" instead of the usual Brigadier or Lt Col from some outfit down the road, we had a LtGeneral to take ours. Don't remember the name now but I do remember he was the top uniformed man at the Ministry. And of course, with a Lt General, you get a couple of Maj Generals and they have a couple of Brigadiers etc. Quite a collection for the inspection. As centre man in the front rank, he stopped to talk to me. With a couple of TV cameras watching, he asked me "Where had I come from, where was I before I came here"? And I answered "In the barrack room over there"! He explained he was wondering where I was before coming into the Army! (Be fair. I was only 17 at the time!) I often wonder about those "Walking quickly Regiment" lads manage to get their legs moving as fast as they do.
If I marched like that in training, I would have got my arse kicked around the drill square, then thrown in jail to think it over. How times have changed!
I have made this same comment many times. After the band had played we had to carry out our drill in silence (no instructions). The lot at 5:53 minutes looked as if they were day 1 intake.
That Corporal marching on by himself, shocking Drill. Standards........he’d of been eaten alive by our CSM and almost decapitated by the RSM in my Regiment. Absolute Bollox. These lads Passing Out were far better in Drill & Turnout than that Corporal. Well Done lads, I hope you have great careers.
It’s The Band of the RAC ( Royal Armoured Corps ), not the HAC who by the way have nothing to do with the RRF, they are a separate entity. The HAC are Artillery, The RRF are Infantry. Also The British Grenadiers ( Music ) is used by every Infantry Regiment on Parades, not just the Grenadier Guards.
If you watch some pass out parades from previous years you'll see why. They're not 'petty details', they're a serious drop in standards. To the layman this parade may look immaculate. To many former soldiers, the drill and the turn out (of The Rifles especially) looks bloody awful.
Yes but what we do better than anyone is expand our military when needed in a very short time. ALSO as in one video a British officer in Afghanistan said " Yesterday when Americans had contact in this area they unleashed return fire as only American can "
For Recruits on a Passing-out Parade, the standard of drill from the Rifles was utterly shambolic. If, in the modern Army, only limited time can be committed to mastering drill, then the faster, more complex drill of the Rifles needs to be dropped. In the modern era, it never made sense to have two types of drill in the Army, anyway. It's time for regimental history to move on.
Absolutely the great 22nd Cheshire Regiment. I was 1 RWF part of the same Division ( PoW Div ). We lost fine Regiments from that Division, the County Regiment Ethos is sadly missed.
@@dhruvbedi4039 mmmm, not quite. The Rifles drill manual says there are two timings; double time (180 paces per minute) and quick time (140 paces per minute). There is no such thing as slow march in the Rifles.
The Rifles march at 144 paces per minute as opposed to 120 in the rest of the Army, this was handed down by their antecedant regiments, they are trained to carry out several drill movements with only one word of command, drum beats and bugle calls. During the Napoleonic wars they would have to move around the battlefield much quicker than the line infantry regiments, they were used as sharpshooters to pick off the French officers and NCO's, also to plug gaps in the line, take part in the ' Folorn Hope ' during assaults, cover retreats etc. As they were spread thinly across the battlefield they were trained to respond to bugle calls, this tradition continues as each battalion has a bugle platoon. Regardless of rank all soldiers are ' Rifleman' first. Other differences you may notice are weapons can be carried at the ' trail ' and the double off the parade square. Bayonets are called Swords, a reference back to when the first rifles were issued to the British in 1797, the Baker Rifle was shorter than the muskets of the period, so a short sword ( that could be fitted to the rifle ) was issued to all riflemen so when in the line they were not disadvantaged when facing the enemy with fixed bayonets.
@@chesterflyer 1st battalion I believe, called William johnson, service number 5992, served in south africa before ww1 and is named on the menin gate memorial
@@lukebrooks439 I found him, born in Gosforth, awarded 14-15 Star, Victory and war medal. Service record not available probably destroyed due to ww2 bombing. May be worth getting a copy of 1st battalions War Diary to find out more about circumstances of death and exactly where
@@chesterflyer I've got in contact with the northumberland fusiliers association and asked them to send any details they have to my nan (his great grand daughter) who recently moved back to wallsend after 40 odd years of living in Kent. Joining the RMP myself in March, hence watching the pirbright related stuff I can find. Cheers for having a look into him as well
So glad to see they march off and don't have to be tapped out like in the US since I'm looking to join but I have no family willing to support my job choice so I would've been stuck at ease for ages xD
My World , Rifle drill is faster and can reach 180 bpm. Rifle drill doesn’t have the big stomps because they are slower. As rifles we just do a heal high stamp. When marching the rifles don’t bring there arms up to be parallel to the ground, they do it waist high ish. Hope this helped.
There's actually more then just the two regiments on parade. The first platoon was what use to be called line infantry and from what I can make out was composed guys of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and The Royal Regiment of Scotland. They March at 120 paces to the minute and March with weapons to the slope. The second platoon wad composed of just one Regiment, The Rifles. They march at 140 paces to the minute and carry arms at the trail. Celer Et Audux (Swift & Bold, motto of the Rifles and my old Regiment The Royal Green Jackets one of the precedent Regiments that became the Rifles)
emptyangel well they're soldiers, not fucking teenage cadets who spend all their time practicing drill without having to focus on what's actually important.
Direct Dec don't need to be a part of the armed forces to have common sense. Me not being a serving active soldier at the moment has nothing to do with this. Okay, cadets don't do drill 'all the time' but not really my point.
Who are the guys in the black caps? WTF was that? The Poms used to have some of the best drill in the world years ago. Not as sharp theses days or am I showing my age? I've even noticed the Aussies are down on their drill from what I was used to seeing years ago?
Different Regiment, The Rifles. The first platoon onto the Square was composed of guys in the Royal Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment & The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
This is the Royal Fusiliers passing out parade with a detachment of the rifles regiment. The royal fusiliers where marching normally where the rifles marched at 160 paces to the minute and double marched.
and at what point do I slag any of the lads off I said the dirll was in shit state no fault of theres its down to the slack effort of the instructors some of you old boys think becoz you served in the past you been there done it what germany I did more on herrick 12 than your whole army stint
fair enough can you see my point with the standard of drill am proud to have served in what I would say one of the best infantry reg there is not just becoz i served withthe stats speak for itself and the RSM of brecon is now dave muldoon so if I see a poor effort a will have my say as like you am with in my rights to do so but I see where you was coming from alot of ppl on this thig are experts on military with not a day served. Nec Aspera Terrent
Ceremonial badge of rank. Sashes were worn in days of old to distinguish officers on the battlefield until improved arms made such distinctions virtually suicidal.
The Rifles wear the back badge of the Glosters ( Gloucestershire Regiment ) one of the antecedent Regiments, these include The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment, Light Infantry, Royal Green Jackets, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment, all part of the Rifles History.
Band of the Royal Armoured Corps based at Catterick this is an amalgamation of two bands i.e the Heavy Cavalry Band and the Light Cavalry Band which is it self an amalgamation of 8 cavalry bands. A serving army Bandsman.
I'm assuming you mean "token". They're not "token Scottish soldiers", there are just far fewer Scottish regiments in the army. The one following the inspecting officer round isn't Scottish either, he's Irish Rifles.
@@lachlanchester8142 That 'ridiculous' marching speed is traditional & older than you are. The fault is with the soldiers & their instructors & not the speed
@@lachlanchester8142 You are right that I don't know how old you are but you are not bright enough to disrespect centuries old military tradition. You have, obviously, never been in the military so keep your ridiculous opinions to yourself!
Our grandson no pass out parade last year due to Covid big disappointment for them and his family. Now on his way to Kabul 2 York’s his words This what we signed up for.
Looking at their uniforms it seems like some of them forgot to plug their irons in. Do they only brush polish boots now, as well? Call me an old fart but the standards have definitely dropped.
Richard Brennan the trouble now is that there is one No.2 uniform that is literally a one size fits all affair. The only difference across the entire British Army is that the Scots wear a jacket with a cut away front for the sporran. If you look at the Royal Irish officer presenting, he does not wear a belt, to the jacket looks bogging on him. In the past, each Regiment, as I am sure you will know, had a slight variation to the jacket to cover small differences in cross belts, waist belts, and so on. The new FAD no. 2 uniform is also a much cheaper material. 😢
Well London and a few other places are ethnically diverse why no Pakistani or black or Chinese recruits ? Won't these people defend us like the hero's of all our armed forces ?
The rifles drill was nothing short of shameful. The personal drill of the platoon sergeant is poor and he clearly set the standard for the platoon. Utter rubbish. This is especially cutting, since had I remained serving with the Brits, agter all the amalgamations, I'd be wearing that cap badge.
That's how it's meant to be. To be honest the amount of time that they'll ever do drill in front of people will be pretty rare, so better that they concentrate on field craft and shooting.
As a US Army vet, very impressed. Everyone looks sharp and moves perfectly. Wishing all of these men and women the best in their careers.
I was lucky enough to have a good friend who invited me to his passing out parade. He passed out as an officer. It made me feel very humble and proud in equal measure. These men and woman are fine people.
always love a pasing out parade no matter who they are . huge respect and a wish for a great future lads . ......retired royal navy .
I served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers for over 14 years. But I love to watch the rifles regiments doing their drill and marching especially at the pace that they do.
Ich Dien The 23rd of Foot.
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Mark Harry was my training section commander at Shorncliffe 1988.
@@welshwarrior5263 I got out in 1986. I finished my time at the depot at Lichfield on the MT platoon
@@selwynowen6213 I passed off the square 1RWF but transferred to 1RRW to be stationed in Hong Kong and not Germany. Wish I stayed with 1RWF as there was too much bull shit with 1RRW. I was warned.
@@welshwarrior5263 I notice that when they took over from us in Lemgo in 1982. Their provo Sargent jail a lad for wearing his combat jacket when he was riding his motorcycle to go to the bank down town. Our RSM phoned the guardroom and told the provo Sargent to let him out ASAP or he’d be joining him in the cell
Gods speed to all these brave lads. Lots of proud family to see them off to a career in the army. God Save the Queen.
So professional and a great example of why the British army is still the envy of the world. Btw, these men deserve more pay and better help when they have any problems and/or when they leave the army. Politicians and 'bean counters' take note!
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I would agree that veterans should be taken care of by the countries they swear to protect and defend. All veterans should have better pay and benefits.
As to the British Army being the "envy of the world" I would say "some" of the world might envy them.
Just found out my great grandfather was in the Northumberland fusikers in 1st ww and got shrapnel in left arm and sent back home to recover, he survived the war and had 11 children .
09:47 my old Sgt Major, incredible man and a big role model to me when I was 20. Not to be fucked with mind you
None of them are mate.
I use to get away with murder with mine lol my first muster parade with the battalion. I ran onto the square behind them unshaven and still pissed. I thought That he was going to make an example of me and march me to the guardroom. My punishment was to clean his office for a week
I missed my passing out parade as I did my basic training in the North Staffods in 1958 and on the passing out day we were on the ranges in the morning and I was called to the orderly room to be told I was being transferred to REME that day so I packed my kit and caught a train to Blandford to serve for 15 years in the REME.
This was nice to see. I passed out from there (Helles Lines) with the Royal Signals in 1965, when the barracks was fairly new. Our parade was a "bit special" instead of the usual Brigadier or Lt Col from some outfit down the road, we had a LtGeneral to take ours. Don't remember the name now but I do remember he was the top uniformed man at the Ministry. And of course, with a Lt General, you get a couple of Maj Generals and they have a couple of Brigadiers etc. Quite a collection for the inspection. As centre man in the front rank, he stopped to talk to me. With a couple of TV cameras watching, he asked me "Where had I come from, where was I before I came here"? And I answered "In the barrack room over there"! He explained he was wondering where I was before coming into the Army! (Be fair. I was only 17 at the time!)
I often wonder about those "Walking quickly Regiment" lads manage to get their legs moving as fast as they do.
I passed out from the Royal Signals around 1968. Very worthwhile training!
If I marched like that in training, I would have got my arse kicked around the drill square, then thrown in jail to think it over. How times have changed!
Me too.
I have made this same comment many times. After the band had played we had to carry out our drill in silence (no instructions). The lot at 5:53 minutes looked as if they were day 1 intake.
@@tonyb7779 it’s part of the rifles tradition to do that type of marching…
To be fair they should never goton rid of the light division depot cuts i surpose all the worse for it
Forgive me if I’m wrong but does the band star playing the Star Wars theme tune at one point?
Your telling me they played a Star Wars song during the inspection?!? Thats awesome. Did someone make a request or?
That Corporal marching on by himself, shocking Drill. Standards........he’d of been eaten alive by our CSM and almost decapitated by the RSM in my Regiment.
Absolute Bollox.
These lads Passing Out were far better in Drill & Turnout than that Corporal.
Well Done lads, I hope you have great careers.
What time on video please?
@@MonaichFother 1.30
Still remember passing out! Minded day 1979
Most of these soldier don’t have the crease line on there trousers. Mad respect for these soldier
All them fresh REDARSES well done lads👍🍻
For those wondering, the first company marching on the parade square was the Hon. Artillery Company of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
It is also why they used the The Grenadier Guards quick march while marching out.
It’s The Band of the RAC ( Royal Armoured Corps ), not the HAC who by the way have nothing to do with the RRF, they are a separate entity.
The HAC are Artillery, The RRF are Infantry.
Also The British Grenadiers ( Music ) is used by every Infantry Regiment on Parades, not just the Grenadier Guards.
You're so wrong man
@@danjones4432 Who is wrong?
@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 the op
All so impressive and professional. Why do some people have to find fault and pick up on petty details?
If you watch some pass out parades from previous years you'll see why. They're not 'petty details', they're a serious drop in standards. To the layman this parade may look immaculate. To many former soldiers, the drill and the turn out (of The Rifles especially) looks bloody awful.
Totally agree with these comments,I passed off from this very parade square 30 years ago,standards are very definitely slipping
Richard Brennan with how quick the rifles are I'd emagine it being very hard to keep timings
So silly
the Brits always do these events greatly. We in USA apparently against these methods go to the opposite way :)
What are you talking about. Go look up USMC pass in review.
5:53 everybody was out of step there. How is that great?
Patriot it’s because they’re riflemen. They do a different style of drill. They march faster and do many movements differently
Yes but what we do better than anyone is expand our military when needed in a very short time. ALSO as in one video a British officer in Afghanistan said " Yesterday when Americans had contact in this area they unleashed return fire as only American can "
Watch pakistan military academy cadets passing out parade
Excellent from a veteran fusilier Havrylak
Seems the light infantry can't even keep in step-why bother if you can't do it properly?
Turns a boy or girl into a real man or woman.
Can anyone identify the Band? They look like Cavalry but really can't make out which regiment..
Thanks for helping.
00:16 - I passed out when I saw her.
Get a grip, man... woman in orange at 0:48
@@coolmacatrain9434 Bollocks, the bird in the skirt at 0:27
@@ljenko93 Oo, er, missus!
For Recruits on a Passing-out Parade, the standard of drill from the Rifles was utterly shambolic. If, in the modern Army, only limited time can be committed to mastering drill, then the faster, more complex drill of the Rifles needs to be dropped. In the modern era, it never made sense to have two types of drill in the Army, anyway. It's time for regimental history to move on.
Those Mercians would look a million times better if they were Cheshires.
Absolutely the great 22nd Cheshire Regiment. I was 1 RWF part of the same Division ( PoW Div ).
We lost fine Regiments from that Division, the County Regiment Ethos is sadly missed.
When the Rifles marched off was that their version of a Double Mark Time?
The rifles only have 2 marches quick( double mark time ) and slow and this wasn't slow...
@@dhruvbedi4039 mmmm, not quite. The Rifles drill manual says there are two timings; double time (180 paces per minute) and quick time (140 paces per minute). There is no such thing as slow march in the Rifles.
There is a sloe march, but it's only ever done after eating.
The Quick march of the Rifles looks quite original. Does somebody know the history behind it?
The Rifles march at 144 paces per minute as opposed to 120 in the rest of the Army, this was handed down by their antecedant regiments, they are trained to carry out several drill movements with only one word of command, drum beats and bugle calls. During the Napoleonic wars they would have to move around the battlefield much quicker than the line infantry regiments, they were used as sharpshooters to pick off the French officers and NCO's, also to plug gaps in the line, take part in the ' Folorn Hope ' during assaults, cover retreats etc. As they were spread thinly across the battlefield they were trained to respond to bugle calls, this tradition continues as each battalion has a bugle platoon. Regardless of rank all soldiers are ' Rifleman' first. Other differences you may notice are weapons can be carried at the ' trail ' and the double off the parade square. Bayonets are called Swords, a reference back to when the first rifles were issued to the British in 1797, the Baker Rifle was shorter than the muskets of the period, so a short sword ( that could be fitted to the rifle ) was issued to all riflemen so when in the line they were not disadvantaged when facing the enemy with fixed bayonets.
Am guessing but I think it might be St Marys. A serving army Bandsman
Was stood in exactly the same spot in 91
SO WAS I IN 1947
1997 for me mucker
Have a relative that served with the Northumberland fusiliers in WW1, he died in 1915 at ypres.
Which Battalion?
@@chesterflyer 1st battalion I believe, called William johnson, service number 5992, served in south africa before ww1 and is named on the menin gate memorial
@@lukebrooks439 I found him, born in Gosforth, awarded 14-15 Star, Victory and war medal. Service record not available probably destroyed due to ww2 bombing. May be worth getting a copy of 1st battalions War Diary to find out more about circumstances of death and exactly where
@@chesterflyer I've got in contact with the northumberland fusiliers association and asked them to send any details they have to my nan (his great grand daughter) who recently moved back to wallsend after 40 odd years of living in Kent. Joining the RMP myself in March, hence watching the pirbright related stuff I can find. Cheers for having a look into him as well
@@lukebrooks439 I am the chairman of the Association
So glad to see they march off and don't have to be tapped out like in the US since I'm looking to join but I have no family willing to support my job choice so I would've been stuck at ease for ages xD
What are the two regiments? Are they the rifles and fusiliers? If so, which is which and why are their drills so different?
My World , Rifle drill is faster and can reach 180 bpm. Rifle drill doesn’t have the big stomps because they are slower. As rifles we just do a heal high stamp. When marching the rifles don’t bring there arms up to be parallel to the ground, they do it waist high ish. Hope this helped.
@@user-op8nm7tp2c It was very helpful, thanks.
There's actually more then just the two regiments on parade. The first platoon was what use to be called line infantry and from what I can make out was composed guys of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and The Royal Regiment of Scotland. They March at 120 paces to the minute and March with weapons to the slope. The second platoon wad composed of just one Regiment, The Rifles. They march at 140 paces to the minute and carry arms at the trail. Celer Et Audux (Swift & Bold, motto of the Rifles and my old Regiment The Royal Green Jackets one of the precedent Regiments that became the Rifles)
Drill still doesn’t look with the SA80
Should of kept the SLR. Especially for public duties
why do the ones in black hats march differently? what regiment?
Rifles..traditionally had a quicker quick march and carried rifles at trail (when normal line infantry shouldered muskets)
It's a passing out parade girls, not a night club. No need to flash your assets at the expense of your dignity - if you have any.
Get a grip you old fart.
my god the drill is APPALLING
Way it is now sorry to say
emptyangel well they're soldiers, not fucking teenage cadets who spend all their time practicing drill without having to focus on what's actually important.
@Matt Phillips we do drill in army cadets not all the time. Not like you are in the armed forces
Direct Dec don't need to be a part of the armed forces to have common sense. Me not being a serving active soldier at the moment has nothing to do with this. Okay, cadets don't do drill 'all the time' but not really my point.
@Matt Phillips at least I’m active doing something rather then stuffing crisp in and playing video games.
I remember having to fall out to collect m best shot tankard, was nervous as fuck ! Pass out 22 Feb 2009!
Which regiment are the guys without bayonet and with black caps?
Light Infantry.... The Rifles
Cool cheers.
Why are a few dudes wearing kilts, why do they got them and not the rest
Members of different regiments
8:50 What is the title of the music played here?
Who are the guys in the black caps? WTF was that? The Poms used to have some of the best drill in the world years ago. Not as sharp theses days or am I showing my age? I've even noticed the Aussies are down on their drill from what I was used to seeing years ago?
From The Rifles
Is this parade or joking with parade
Psst, I don't know what you were watching, but I noticed a cross-dresser!
Why are the lads at 2:47 different?
Different Regiment, The Rifles. The first platoon onto the Square was composed of guys in the Royal Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment & The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Antonio Aguilera the ones there are rifles regiment.
Drill is patchy but as long as they are fit, determined and can shoot straight!
Can someone pls explain what exactly this is?
This is the Royal Fusiliers passing out parade with a detachment of the rifles regiment. The royal fusiliers where marching normally where the rifles marched at 160 paces to the minute and double marched.
@@CallumThomas104 Thanks.
@@FantasioOWL you’re welcome, happy to help
What is the march at 1:38?
the drill fro the rifel's was fucking shocking arms out of step poor effort
am arst tho you fuckin rat
and at what point do I slag any of the lads off I said the dirll was in shit state no fault of theres its down to the slack effort of the instructors some of you old boys think becoz you served in the past you been there done it what germany I did more on herrick 12 than your whole army stint
thanks for history lesson on my regement it merged in 2006 i joined late 2007 and 1 lancs was KORB QLR 2 lancs was just kings regement
and with the amalgamation we now have the most battle honors in the british army most VC awards aswell just saying
fair enough can you see my point with the standard of drill am proud to have served in what I would say one of the best infantry reg there is not just becoz i served withthe stats speak for itself and the RSM of brecon is now dave muldoon so if I see a poor effort a will have my say as like you am with in my rights to do so but I see where you was coming from alot of ppl on this thig are experts on military with not a day served. Nec Aspera Terrent
That chick at 00.17 is smoking hot, especially in that dress !
Nice drills lads. Bloody good memories of vimmy barracks. Up the Rifles. Ex D and D
Bless that Cpl
The Rifle had real problems keeping in step it would seem. But they improved in double time.
Can you out tell me the reason for the red sash on the uniform ?
Its a ceremonial means of showing NCOs of a certain rank
It's worn by Senior Non Commissioned Officers, worn on No.1s, No.2s, No.13s, No.14s, Tunics and Greatcoats.
ConnorGavin21 thanks
Ceremonial badge of rank. Sashes were worn in days of old to distinguish officers on the battlefield until improved arms made such distinctions virtually suicidal.
Louis Sprow in my regiment it’s shows anyone SGT-RSM
Everything the prayers etc are upside down opposite."traditions of men"
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A cavalry band!
Its the band of the R.A.C, which are based round the corner from this I.T.C
so the light now wear the back badge
The Rifles wear the back badge of the Glosters ( Gloucestershire Regiment ) one of the antecedent Regiments, these include The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment, Light Infantry, Royal Green Jackets, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment, all part of the Rifles History.
What band was there?
Band of the Royal Armoured Corps based at Catterick this is an amalgamation of two bands i.e the Heavy Cavalry Band and the Light Cavalry Band which is it self an amalgamation of 8 cavalry bands. A serving army Bandsman.
NOT BEING derogatory.. but what is with the 2 toking s Scottish soldiers.. one passion out the other inspectioning???
I'm assuming you mean "token". They're not "token Scottish soldiers", there are just far fewer Scottish regiments in the army. The one following the inspecting officer round isn't Scottish either, he's Irish Rifles.
lots of bbs making comments Probably jealous
What's the song at 5:00
6:44 MOVE THE RIFLE AROUND YOUR HEAD NOT YOUR HEAD ROUND THE RIFLE!
These lot just rolled out of their pits?
seriously the riles marching is shocking and are out of step
The Light Infantry were a mess!
Their fault for insisting on having a stupid marching speed
@@lachlanchester8142 That 'ridiculous' marching speed is traditional & older than you are. The fault is with the soldiers & their instructors & not the speed
David O'Neill you don’t know how many hundreds of years old I am, I can in fact make fun of the traditions
@@lachlanchester8142 You are right that I don't know how old you are but you are not bright enough to disrespect centuries old military tradition. You have, obviously, never been in the military so keep your ridiculous opinions to yourself!
David O'Neill i would be surprised if you were in the military since you can’t take a joke
5:53 everyone OUT OF STEP!! 👎🏻
Yeah...it's the RIFLES, they're the most least interested regiment in drill
@@insertnamehere5660 no wonder haha
When I passed out at ITC Catterick we didn't have a band, just a guy banging a bass drum at the side. Pretty crap to be honest.
Our grandson no pass out parade last year due to Covid big disappointment for them and his family. Now on his way to Kabul 2 York’s his words
This what we signed up for.
watched Battle of Britain
Very casual parade needs stiffness
Parading like new recruits
I did serious 1st of my course at Helles............ twice................ no parade for but it was a bit mickey mouse outfit.
Fresh crows. Good luck lads.
can't even keep in step what a bloody shambles
Ethan is my dude in runescape a nice gentleman and a great infantryman definetly must pull a lot of chicks in his spare time
I miss being in training with him
@@reeceparsons6572 I understand but the world is small you'll see eachother in the future
The Star Wars bit is amazing haha
Americanised now.
What? British drill manual has barely changed in hundreds of years.
Some of them no 2s are shocking
NICK DUFFY and why’s that then
Looking at their uniforms it seems like some of them forgot to plug their irons in. Do they only brush polish boots now, as well? Call me an old fart but the standards have definitely dropped.
old fart
Richard Brennan the trouble now is that there is one No.2 uniform that is literally a one size fits all affair. The only difference across the entire British Army is that the Scots wear a jacket with a cut away front for the sporran. If you look at the Royal Irish officer presenting, he does not wear a belt, to the jacket looks bogging on him. In the past, each Regiment, as I am sure you will know, had a slight variation to the jacket to cover small differences in cross belts, waist belts, and so on. The new FAD no. 2 uniform is also a much cheaper material. 😢
@@Backs4more it is lighter though, which has to be a good thing
Loads of Trifles out of step.
The rifles always look like shit when they march
You should see what happens when the try to fight 🙄
Some of the trifles were out of step.......ooops
at 5:36 what regiment is that?
Oscar Hasan the rifles
my ats girls marched better than some of those lads when I was stationed there in the 40s
They are not swinging their arms straight!
I wish they would loose the skirts - they just look too girlie on a soldier!!
Go say that to a scotsman, see how long you surivive
As always rifles out of step
Lol that one Sgt needs to go buy a new tunic...or do more PT.. I know...it's not him it's his tunic that has the rolls sewn into it.😁😁
tick tock
Why have they got bloody tampons on their headress rrf😂
Star wars music ? Lmao
MrSixiesRock it’s a passout? Nothing wrong with the bands choice of music
Not sure where at all i said that was bad. I thought it was good. Calm down ...
Rifles drill makes me laugh
The Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets Drill although simalar was better and a slightly faster pace...The Light Division..
WHAT A BLOODY ' SHOWER ' GOD HELP US ALL IF THIS IS THE BEST WE HAVE.
Well London and a few other places are ethnically diverse why no Pakistani or black or Chinese recruits ? Won't these people defend us like the hero's of all our armed forces ?
These are volunteers mate, anybody can volunteer.
Well said samain11
Dozy comment..look at units like the Rifles that recruit a lot of guys from London Afro Caribbean community for example.
Quint Essential Not really
AMERICANISED WILL BE SINGING NEXT.NOT WHAT YE CALL SMART AT DRILL MODERN SOLDIERS,CANNON FODDER FOR THE TORIES.
wtf, is that a mug that is presented, really
red sash duty nco
Law Dennis it’s a tankard.
What a mess the LI
Interesting to watch. So they played music from a 007 movie? The way some of them swing their arms reminds me of the Nazis.
The rifles drill was nothing short of shameful. The personal drill of the platoon sergeant is poor and he clearly set the standard for the platoon. Utter rubbish. This is especially cutting, since had I remained serving with the Brits, agter all the amalgamations, I'd be wearing that cap badge.
That's how it's meant to be. To be honest the amount of time that they'll ever do drill in front of people will be pretty rare, so better that they concentrate on field craft and shooting.
bullet stoppers
Same old ill fitting kit.