Colours, Bayonets and Drums in the City of London: The following corps alone of the Forces of the Crown have the priviliege of marching through the City of London with Colours flying, drums beating and bayonets fixed:
- The Grenadier Guards
- The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
- The Royal Marines
- The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
- The Honourable Artillery Company
The 3rd Battallion Grenadier Guards, the Buffs, the Royal Marines and the 7th Battalion (Territorial) of the Royal Fusiliers have possessed the privilege ever since Charles II's reign, owing to historic and traditional connections with the old City Trained Bands and certain recruiting arrangements of former days. The privilege was specially extended in the Great War to all battalions of the Royal Fusiliers and to the Honourable Artillery Company. The HAC formally availed themselves of it first on Remembrance Day, 11 November, 1924, when marching to the Service at the City War Memorial in front of the Royal exchange. [1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.61.
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