ARmy Rumour SErvice

**verdi_811** · 12-06-2011, 20:55

What so the foot sloggers teeny weeny boots might have got a weee bit dusty?ah diddduuummms

**Zarathustra** · 12-06-2011, 20:59

Originally Posted by verdi_811

What so the foot sloggers teeny weeny boots might have got a weee bit dusty?ah diddduuummms

Yeah pretty much, it takes literally minutes to Klear your boots

**verdi_811** · 12-06-2011, 21:00

too true crow bag LOL.

**johnboyzzz** · 12-06-2011, 21:01

Originally Posted by crow_bag

Yeah pretty much, it takes literally minutes to Klear your boots

CB you forgot to emphasize the important word

**verdi_811** · 12-06-2011, 21:05

Originally Posted by johnboyzzz

CB you forgot to emphasize the important word

Yeah that's likely on just short of a square yard of leather per boot it would end up with more cracks than a footguardsmans career!

**verdi_811** · 12-06-2011, 21:06

Ill get my jacket and a cork to shove in the top of the can of worms.

**chocolate_frog** · 12-06-2011, 21:07

Originally Posted by crow_bag

Kings Troop have mounted guard at Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace?

Not a wah, I honestly have never heard of them doing that.

* Edit *
Just looked it up, you learn something new everyday. However, the first woman(en) to mount a Queens Guard were from the Army Air Corps in 2007, Kings Troop mounted a Windsor Castle Guard.

Queens Guard:
Buckingham Palace Detachment
St James' Palace Detachment

Windsor Castle Guard

Her Majesties Main Guard The Tower of London

They guard Windsor quite often (which is also part of the Queen's Guard although the big two are Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace), but have stood Guard outside Buckigham Palace too. Quite a stink during one guard, as some of them were naughty and got caught on CDT. Oddly enough it made the news at teh time... had a mate who was posted there at teh time (not one of the naughty ones, but he was fuming that it was in the national press).

Pretty sure they are used to stand in, on occaision... and they wake you up at silly o'clock the morning after (sunday) so they can ride horses around in the car park.

Here it is in fact...

Five of the Queen's soldiers thrown out of Army after failing drugs test | News

For the past three weeks, the King's Troop has been guarding Buckingham Palace and other royal residences and this duty will end later today.

**Zarathustra** · 12-06-2011, 21:17

But Windsor Castle isn't classed as a Queens Guard, it's a Royal Guard.

Hence why when Grenadiers mount guard they state

Gdsm Fucknuckle Buckingham/St James' Palace detachment of The Queens Guard

or

Gdsm Fucknuckle of the Windsor Castle Guard

or

Gdsm Fucknuckle Her Majesties Main Guard the Tower of London

**chocolate_frog** · 12-06-2011, 21:20

Is it? I thought it was classed as the same... especially if the Queen was at home. Or maybe it is just when the Queen is residing at Windsor. Or maybe I am wrong on that count.

Either way, they've stood on Queen's Guard too. Not sure if there is a list of units that have stood guard and when on t'interweb.

**Zarathustra** · 12-06-2011, 21:23

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Is it? I thought it was classed as the same... especially if the Queen was at home. Or maybe it is just when the Queen is residing at Windsor. Or maybe I am wrong on that count.

Either way, they've stood on Queen's Guard too. Not sure if there is a list of units that have stood guard and when on t'interweb.

It might "officially" be a Queens Guard but we only refer to Buck and Jimmys' as a Queens Guard the rest are Royal Guards.