Scots Guards
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| Founded | 1642 |
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| March | Highland Laddie |
| The Garb of Old Gaul | |
| Garrison/HQ | 1st Battalion |
| Aldershot | |
| Catterick | |
| London | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | Elizabeth II |
| Abbreviation | SG |
| Parent organizations | British Army |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2044054 |
About Scots Guards
The Scots Guards, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Their origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642, although it was only placed on the English Establishment in 1686.
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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...
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Guildford pub bombs inquest: What have we learned?
The Guildford pub bombings in 1974 killed five and injured 65 and led to one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice when the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were jailed. An IRA unit later said it had carried out the attacks. Nearly 50 Years on, what have we learned from a resumed inquest?
Escalating IRA campaignIRA targets included the military.
Historian Professor Thomas Hennessey agreed how the Guildford bombs were part of an escalating terror campaign in England, where targets included soldiers. He Said intelligence was increasing in sophistication.
A stick of dynamite thrown into tents at Pirbright army camp, near Guildford, in 1973 was an early attack against a military target.
The Next significant attack came with the M62 coach bombing in Yorkshire, in February 1974, where nine soldiers, an army wife and Two Children were killed.
Pubs in Guildford were surrounded by army camps and popular with recruits. Prof Hennessey confirmed this would have made them attractive targets for The Ira .
Four of The Five who died were soldiers.
Pirbright party nightThe night of the bombings was The First Night Out for many recruits.
The Scots Guards spent their first three weeks of training confined to camp at Pirbright. Members of The Women 's Royal Army Corps also had to stay on camp for some initial training.
A Police Report compiled after the bombings revealed Saturday 5 October had seen " a considerable influx of Military Personnel into the town". At about 20:30, around 200 further servicemen arrived by train.
The Aldershot Military Police despatched patrols to Guildford, and the Surrey Police presence was also increased.
Army camp securityDefence documents referred to a " Bikini" security alert system used by the army.
A map of Aldershot barracks had been produced by a deserted soldier suspected of terrorism, But the alert was not raised at a meeting on 23 May 1974, the inquest heard.
Some ex-soldiers remembered being told not to go out of camp in uniform in case they were identifiable - But several said personnel would be recognisable anyway, just by their appearance and bearing.
There were mixed accounts of security information displayed at army bases and whether training was delivered on any IRA threat.
As the inquest concluded, The Coroner said any lack of training did not cause or contribute to any of the deaths.
He Said there were more experienced Military Personnel in the pub That Night , he did not hear evidence supporting a finding that additional training could or would have led to the detection of The Terrorists or The Bomb , and strangers and bags of unknown ownership were commonplace in pubs.
'A flash then darkness'Former soldiers who were in the pub when The Bomb went off remembered a flash, then darkness, along with dust, smoke and a Smell - described as singeing, burning and chemical.
Some said their first thought was to " get out". Some spoke of a fear there might be a second device in the pub.
Rowland Rehill had left The Horse and Groom and was in the Three Pigeons pub when he heard the blast. The inquest heard he looked at his watch and said: " It's 20:50 exactly. "
Cellar traumaThe Bomb blew a hole in the floor, exposing The Cellar .
The injured and dying were found lying among the debris and the beer barrels, where they had fallen.
Many of the injuries they had were too graphic to be reported.
Ex-Surrey Police officers described Looking Down to see " a pile of bodies". Fireman Andrew Saunders helped to move four people on to stretchers before they were passed up through The Crater .
Only one of The Five who died, William Forsyth , made it to hospital alive.
Gas alertThe Chief constable thought it was a gas explosion until a second bomb went off at the Seven Stars pub nearby.
Jeremy Spindlove, ex-Surrey Police Officer , remembered a conversation outside The Horse and Groom after the pub had been cleared of people.
He Said : " I remember standing in North Street on the main street there and Sir Peter Matthews , The Chief constable, was there, and he made a comment, 'well, we definitely think it's a gas explosion'.
" And my recollection is that after that, like seconds later, we heard The Explosion down The Street at the Seven Stars . "
Patched-up pubA wall collapsed - But it could have prevented further injuries.
The Horse and Groom, which had been made to look like a riding stable inside, with partitions made of tongue and groove boards, had undergone extension work.
The inquest heard when The Bomb detonated, a brick extension wall was blown out and completely destroyed. However, pillars and concealed steel joists had also strengthened it.
Oliver Sanders, counsel to the inquest, questioned whether it was " fortuitous" that The Building was not so weak it collapsed, But was not so strong that it contained the blast pressure, potentially injuring more people.
The pub had been shored up by The Time Home Secretary Roy Jenkins visited The Next day.
Smith's pocket watchesSeveral IRA bombs contained timers made from Smith's watches and the inquest heard scientist Douglas Higgs linked together such attacks at The Time .
A fragment of what appeared to be from a Smith's watch was found at The Scene .
Scientists at The Time suggested a watch had been modified to act as an electromechanical timer, Porton Down expert Lorna Hills told the inquest.
The inquest heard Smith's pocket watches, which were more like a stop watch than a wristwatch, were easy to buy in Woolworths.
The Coroner said The Absence of shrapnel or surviving fragments of a container indicated it was not held in a metal container or packed with bolts, nails or other debris, But was likely to have been carried in a small to medium-sized bag or daysack, or as a parcel.
'Courting couple'Everyone in The Horse and Groom and Seven Stars between 17:30 and 19:30 was identified " with The Exception of a young man and woman in The Horse and Groom, and two men and A Woman in the Seven Stars ".
The majority of people in both pubs after 19:30 were also identified, the inquest was also told.
But two ex-soldiers who got to The Horse and Groom after 20:00 were asked if they remembered anything suspicious.
Caroline MacRae remembered " A Woman staring at us for some reason, I don't know why". She also remembered a green plastic carrier bag by the juke box.
Marion Prescott, who grew up in Belfast where her Department Store job involved checking bags, also said she remembered the bag and The Woman , who, she recalled thinking, " must be very warm in The Coat that she was wearing". She Said : " Thinking back now, I feel I should have paid a little more attention. "
The inquest heard that police in 1974 took statements and asked further questions about The Woman and carrier bag, which was thought to belong to A Man in the pub.
However, giving his conclusions, coroner Richard Travers said The Bomb was probably planted by a young man and woman who, over The Years , have been referred to as a " courting couple".
Mr Travers said: " I have found it likely that The Bomb was planted by a 'courting couple' as referred to by A Number of witnesses. Given that two bombs were planted in two pubs in tandem it is, of course, likely that the overall conspiracy involved More Than just two individuals. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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