Grenadier Guards
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Founded | 1656 |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Bill Browns |
| Role | 1st Battalion |
| Light Infantry | |
| Public Duties | |
| Colonel in Chief | The Queen |
| Collar badge | Grenade |
| Official site | grengds.com |
| Colonel of the regiment | Prince Andrew, Duke of York |
| Motto | French |
| Honi soit qui mal y pense | |
| March | The British Grenadiers |
| Quick: "The British Grenadiers"; Slow: "Scipio" | |
| Plume | White; Left side of bearskin cap |
| Branch | British Army |
| Collar badg | Grenade |
| Activ | 1656–present |
| Albums | Drums & Fifes |
| Garrisonhq | Aldershot |
| London | |
| Ypres | |
| Kingston upon Thames | |
| Parent organizations | British Army |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1044758 |
About Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards is the most senior, infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II.
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Aidan McAnespie killing: Ex-soldier Holden avoids jail over Troubles shooting
A former soldier has been given a suspended sentence for killing A Man in a shooting at an Army checkpoint in Northern Ireland almost 35 years ago.
David Holden is the.
The Victim of the 1988 shooting was 23-year-old Aidan Mcanespie .
He was killed by a bullet which ricocheted off The Road and hit him in the back at a County Tyrone checkpoint.
Holden was sentenced to three years in prison but The Judge suspended the term for three years.
Mr McAnespie was walking through checkpoint in The Village of Aughnacloy on His Way to attend a Gaelic Football match when the fatal shot was fired.
Holden was found guilty of his manslaughter in November Last Year .
During The Trial , the defendant had claimed The Shooting was an accident and that he did not intend to fire his weapon.
Holden claimed his hands were wet at The Time and his finger slipped on The Trigger of his machine gun, discharging three shots
However, The Judge said that The Accused had given a " deliberately false account" of The Incident which he found " entirely unconvincing".
Convicting him, He Said he considered the defendant " criminally culpable" of gross negligence manslaughter, beyond any Reasonable Doubt .
Holden, who is now in his early 50s, was 18 years old at The Time of The Shooting on 21 February, 1988.
He was a member of the Grenadier Guards and was carrying out his first day of checkpoint duties.
The manslaughter trial heard that Holden did not realise the machine gun was cocked.
The Trial was also told that Mr McAnespie known to security forces as a " person of interest" as he was suspected of being a member of The Ira .
Source of news: bbc.com
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