Irish Guards
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| Colonel in Chief | Elizabeth II |
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| Mascot | Irish Wolfhound named Domhnall |
| March | St Patrick's Day |
| Plume | St. Patrick's blue; Right side of Bearskin cap |
| Garrison/HQ | London |
| 1st Battalion | |
| Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow | |
| Abbreviation | IG |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1473585 |
About Irish Guards
The Irish Guards, part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and, together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments in the British Army.
Coronation processions: What to look out for and when
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... Catherine has been named as colonel of the Irish Guards, taking over the role from her husband Prince William...
Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...
Prince William oversees Trooping the Colour rehearsal
... Prince William was taking part in his role as Colonel of the Irish Guards...
Soldiers arrested on drugs and money laundering offences
... The MoD said six Irish Guards troops and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran were arrested by the Royal Military Police as part of a " planned operation"...
‘I feel like me again' - troubled Army vets are helping fix driver shortage
... He served four years in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, which included performing ceremonial duties outside Buckingham Palace and St James s Palace...
‘I feel like me again' - troubled Army vets are helping fix driver shortage
Some UK veterans can face difficulties finding employment when returning to civilian life, but one ex-soldier wants to help them get back in the driving seat.
" Take your time, compose yourself, check your mirrors. "
Darren Wright is training a new recruit to become an HGV driver. Many of The People that sit alongside him have something in Common - They are all ex-military. The 46-year-old has been running Veterans into Logistics, a not-for-profit organisation in Greater Manchester , for 19 months.
" We get veterans who are struggling to find employment, " he says. " We reach out to them, we put our [arms] around them and we support them into becoming HGV drivers. "
Government figures published in 2017 show that of 952,000 veterans of working age, 28,000 were unemployed.
Darren says there is a lack of support for those who leave The Armed forces without a trade or skill. Many he encounters are battling with low confidence or have Mental Health problems.
" They put a lot of trust in me, " he says. " I can talk to them and go, 'Listen mate, I've been there, I know what it's like, but Trust Me , let's get you trained up, let's get you a job. '"
Growing Up on a council estate in North Manchester , Darren left school without any qualifications or many prospects. He joined the Army at 23 and served as a gunner and paratrooper in 21 Battery, 47 Regiment, Royal Artillery for five years. He did a tour of Afghanistan and was discharged in 2004 suffering undiagnosed Post Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Find out moreReturning to civilian life was difficult. " I was all over The Place , " he says " I was Taking Drugs and alcohol. I was in a bad way, a really bad way at The Time . My Marriage broke down. I became homeless. I was sofa surfing. I didn't want to be here. "
He says his life spiralled even further out of control when he became involved in a gangland kidnapping in 2006.
" Looking Back to myself then, I wasn't well. I wasn't mentally right. Obviously I wouldn't do that now, and if I would have been a normal person, I wouldn't have done It Then . My Life was just a mess, " says Darren.
" I regret the kidnap and the harm that it caused him and His Family and I received over 11 years. "
While in prison, Darren's PTSD was diagnosed and he received treatment, which changed his life. " I came out Like Me , I wanted To Live , I wanted My Life , " he says.
He used his HGV licence, which he got in the Army, to earn an income and became a fuel tanker driver. It gave him structure, stability and financial security, as well as a purpose in life. Darren realised he wanted to do more to help other veterans after attending The Funeral of a close friend who had taken his own life within a year of leaving the Army.
He sees his work as prevention. " Preventing someone from becoming homeless, preventing them from becoming suicidal, preventing them from Ending Up in prison, " he says. " Why should a veteran be sleeping on The Street , when They can get paid to sleep in a truck? "
He says ex-military personnel make good HGV drivers because They have discipline and are trained to think on their feet. Some already have experience of driving large vehicles in the forces. With an estimated shortage of More Than 100,000 qualified HGV drivers in the UK and earnings of between £35,000-£50,0000, getting an HGV licence can mean a job For Life .
" The minute [Darren] handed me the sheet of how much you could earn my hands were shaking, " says ex-soldier Daniel Birch , 35. " I thought, 'I've never earned that much money in My Life . '"
Daniel joined the Army in his early 20s. He served Four Years in the 1St Battalion Irish Guards , which included performing ceremonial duties outside Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace. He also did a tour of Afghanistan, and still remembers how some of his comrades were injured by IEDs (Improvised Explosive Device).
" It really is like what you see in a film, " says Daniel. " When it happened there's this moment's silence where you're taking it in, you can't believe what's gone on and The Next minute you hear the screaming and you can't really put it in to words. It's a horrible scream, like a cry for help. "
Overall, his transition back to civilian life went well. " The hardest part was finding a decent job. When I came out, the only job I could get was a healthcare assistant. I ended up in that job for three years but the wages were terrible. I was only on £11,000 a year on a zero hours contract. "
He changed jobs twice, but things began to go downhill in 2017 when his dad was diagnosed with cancer. " That's when it started getting a bit hard mentally for me, because I was working, but then I'd be taking my dad to his treatments, " he explains.
Daniel's partner Louise also gave birth to their Youngest Son , but health problems meant The Baby had to stay in hospital for The First month of his life. He was later diagnosed with Worster-Drought syndrome, a disorder that affects the muscles around the throat and mouth. The couple's eldest son was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
" It just hit at once, " says Daniel, " so I couldn't go to work and obviously if you can't go to work, you can't stay in a job. So I lost my job. "
The couple became carers for their sons, relying on a carer's allowance. But being out of work affected his confidence. " It knocks your pride Big Time , " he says. " I like working, earning my wage. "
Four Years later, when his sons started school, Daniel wanted to return to work. His partner had heard about Veterans into Logistics, and while he finds it difficult to ask for help, Daniel decided to send them an email. After passing the medical, theory and driving test in 2021, Daniel is now a qualified HGV driver and has a job working for a national dairy company.
" I feel like Me Again , " he says, " because when I wasn't working, and with everything that went on, I think I lost myself and shut down. "
Darren says it is " The Best feeling" seeing the impact employment has on the veterans he trains. " At The Beginning They 're feeling down, They can't see an out, but once we support them and They 're in jobs and They 're earning a decent wage, They 're just completely different people. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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