Royal Welsh
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| Colonel in Chief | HM The Queen |
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| Mascot | Persian Goat (Shenkin IV) |
| Hackle | Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| Motto | "Ich Dien" (German) "I Serve"; "Gwell angau na Chywilydd" (Welsh) ("Better Death than Dishonour") |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Abbreviation | WELSH |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2416138 |
About Royal Welsh
The Royal Welsh is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. After the restructuring and reorganisation of the army in 2006, the Royal Welsh is one of three regiments to trace its lineage and draw its recruits primarily from Wales.
Remembrance Sunday: Aberystwyth veteran pays for memorial lights
... Mr Davies, who joined the Army in 2011 and served in the Royal Welsh, has provided a generator, lighting system and PA system for use during the memorial ceremony and parade...
Welsh farmers' despair at horrific dog attacks on sheep
... " The sheep are brutalised The FUW is hosting an event at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd, Powys, on Wednesday about the impact of dog attacks and what more can be done to prevent them...
Single malt Welsh whisky given post-Brexit PGI status
... " I look forward to meeting some of the distillers at the Royal Welsh Show and celebrating this unique product s wonderful history, " she added...
World Cup 2022: Is Wales still the land of song?
... Now director of music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Tim, from New Tredegar, Caerphilly county, grew up in the Welsh chapel movement...
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...
UK heatwave: From giving birth to working in a sewer
... " It s not easy being pinkAt the Royal Welsh Show pigs too were being lathered with sunscreen...
El Sistema: How a Venezuelan music scheme changed Raploch
... The oboe player, Lewis Sinclair, now 23, is studying music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama...
St David Awards: Merthyr litter picker Daniel Lewis honoured
... In a ceremony at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on Thursday night, he said: " I ve always been passionate about our local environment and as I was driving with my family over the Merthyr and Gelligaer common, I saw the disgusting amount of waste illicitly dumped there and decided I d do something about it...
World Cup 2022: Is Wales still the land of song?
By Natalie GriceBBC News
The World Cup has taken The Sound of massed Welsh singers to a global audience on an unprecendented scale, even if The name of The Team 's rousing anthem, Yma O Hyd (Still Here ) no longer applies to The players.
But is The original Meaning - That The Nation and The language were Surviving - Still true of its famed singing tradition?
Google " land of song" and you will see Wales plastered all over The responses.
Its renowned choirs grew from The industrial heartlands, composed of men who forged strong bonds working and living alongside each other.
In parallel were The chapels of non-conformist Wales, often The only venue for gathering in some communities, where singing together was a social as well as a Religious Experience .
Now The coal mines are gone and.
Beaufort Male Choir in Blaenau Gwent used to draw nearly all its membership from The Ebbw Vale steelworks, once The biggest in Europe, with miners likely to Make Up most of The rest.
Now Only one member works at The much smaller steelworks site, said chorister Chris Evans , who is also secretary of The Welsh Male Choir Association.
That represents 5,000 singers across south and West Wales , and along with its North Wales counterpart, covers about 120 male choirs.
" We have no no ex-miners. We have loads of teachers. We have sales people, people making packaging, self-employed, etc, " said Chris.
He acknowledges The Choir is " certainly smaller" compared to The 1950s when there was double The current membership of about 60, although they have members ranging in age from 21 to 72.
He Said some of what they sang then included " racist rubbish" adding: " I think it's better now. I think That technically we're probably better, in That there's a bigger variety in most choirs. In more successful choirs, without question.
" We do. Can you imagine a male voice choir doing That in The 1950s? We've done stuff from Billy Elliot . It's a Great Joy to do those things, to show The variety. "
Covid, inevitably, had a huge impact on choirs. They attempted to meet online, but connectivity issues and timings over wifi were tricky. Some got around this by meeting " outside" in sports stadiums or open-sided barns.
" Some choirs lost members who Passed Away because of Covid. Others lost confidence in being able to get together in groups again and decided to just knock it on The Head .
" Others saw it as a real challenge and they were going to Do Something to recruit and more importantly to continue to survive. "
Chris has seen a sort of rebirth of choral singing in some places, with strong recruitment drives paying off, possibly because The enforced isolation of Covid made people appreciate The importance of communal activities like it.
Tim Rhys-Evans has been on a mission to bring group singing back into focus for many years.
A trained Opera Singer , he Set Up The Only Men Aloud choir in 2000, which went on to achieve national and international fame after winning The Bbc show Last Choir Standing in 2008.
The which he founded has since spawned Only Boys Aloud and Only Kids Aloud choirs around Wales.
Now director of music at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Tim, from New Tredegar , Caerphilly county, grew up in The Welsh chapel movement.
" We didn't have car stereos in Those Days so every journey was taken up singing Sunday School songs, " He Said .
" My first musical experiences were going to see The Bargoed male choir performing in my Home Town chapel. "
His motivation for forming Only Men Aloud was to " try and breathe some New Life into The Welsh male choir tradition".
He focused on boys' singing initially for two Reasons - The Tradition , but more importantly, The " pressure on boys not to Sing . . So Only Boys Aloud was about creating an environment where boys could feel safe and encouraged to Sing ".
However, he laments how music has been viewed as " less and less important in schools" so has welcomed The Welsh Government 's, which will create a National Music Service.
" I'm proud to be in a nation where The expressive arts curriculum aims to make sure That Every Child up until The Age Of 16 connects with The expressive arts on a weekly basis. "
He is encouraged by The use of choirs as a form of therapy or bonding, such as Sing With Us , formed by The Charity Tenovus for cancer patients, or The Forget Me Not chorus for those with dementia.
" I just think it's different from where it once was, " He Said .
" Look at The Way Yma O Hyd is now ringing around The terraces. All these fans singing with every fibre of their being.
" If we can change The psyche and some of Those People think 'I really enjoyed That , I'm going to join a choir', I think That would be a wonderful legacy to come out of The World Cup. "
Dr Helen Barlow, senior lecturer in music at The Open University, said The idea of Wales as a land of song was A Brand That emerged in The late 19Th Century .
Because of The Association with chapels, she thinks it is " fair to say That choral singing had an importance to Welsh communities That it possibly didn't have in quite The same way elsewhere".
There was a move to improve The quality of congregational singing in The mid-19Th Century which led to The , Meaning people would practice weekly.
" And That was The Thing That really struck people listening to Welsh rugby crowds in The early years of The internationals.
" It wasn't just The volume, it wasn't just The Passion - it was The fact they sang in parts. They knew How To Sing . "
Although music teaching through chapel has largely been lost, Helen sees singing at rugby and football matches as a " genuine survival" of That tradition.
Tim added: " We earned That nickname, land of song, and we should work bloody hard to make sure we don't renege on That contract. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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