1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

30.06.2018

[@justg6871]

That poor bugler, nothing like striking a sour note when the eyes of everyone are on you...

[@incurablecollector7193]

I'd like to see you try, bubba, when your trade is FIGTHING, not playing... 🤡

[@TheNewsToy]

.... well done to the Drummer on hitting 2 of the required notes!

[@nacholibre1962]

A good regiment. My instructor on Senior Brecon in `87 was a Coldstreamer. Pete Maynard. Great guy!

[@ianorr7623]

They work so hard at being well turned out, then some Snotty Little Officer comes out and starts NIT PICKING.

[@charliepoodle5151]

I will never understand some of this drill, I was an infantry soldier, but seeing gold stripe sgts “ walking backwards” and some strange 3 steps, when dressing the ranks.... is alien to me, but kudos to you gents, it’s a drill spectacular. We were rubbish at drill, but it wasn’t our bag. Utrinque Paratus

[@nacholibre1962]

You should try being line infantry attached to the Green jackets in Germany like I was in `89. The dril was Bedlam!

[@571norman]

British army drill was overdoing by time and I'm quite curious about it. Like I saw some old footages before WW2 happened, their arms wouldn't swing to 90 degrees and their feets wouldn't move that high in mark time or at the halt. Another interesting thing in modern drills is why the hell they have to strike their right foot before the left foot on the ground at the halt which is so overdoing to me.

[@charliepoodle5151]

@@571norman other way round mate, it’s a check pace with the left, then right foot in on the halt.

[@kingoscar5884]

@@571norman It's check on the left and halt on the right. Also, it isn't so modern, they've been doing even before the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

[@carlbrett6383]

Ffs how many more comments about the bugler I think we get it by now😂😂😂

[@kevinmason5140]

NO MATE YOU DONT GET IT AT ALL !!!! if you did you would be one comenting how lousey it was !! go get a life

[@kevinmason5140]

The worst bugler and the worst drill i have seen , as a ex Coldstream Guards man who joined in 1974 they would not have got away with that under the watchful eye of RSM Alec Dumon, or BLACK ALEC as we called him !! He was a man to be reckoned with , the most professional RSM there has ever been . That bugler would have been in TRAP ONE !! RIP SIR

[@kevinadamson7571]

Kevin Mason I was in the Scots Guards and only did one year of public duties from Pirbright before moving to Germany but I can tell you now Black Alec wouldn't have been impressed with this performance, we had him first few months then Perry Mason took over gsm. That was 1987 and standards have dropped a lot since then .

[@kevinmason5140]

@@kevinadamson7571 Hi there Kevin, its good to hear from an ex Guardsman who knows good drill when he sees it !! Standards truly have taken a DIVE since i /we were in . i wounder what it will be like in 10 years ???

[@kevinadamson7571]

@@kevinmason5140 its only going to get worse .

[@kevinmason5140]

Hi Kevin, i dread to think ? but at least we had some good times . i loved my SLR espescialy doing drill with it .

[@kevinmason5140]

Yes the good old SLR Dependable and strong . 7.62 would go through anything .

[@GrumpyAustralian]

Man there are hundreds of Sgt Majors on "KZbin Parade". The current RSM needs to watch this video.

[@kevinadamson7571]

Everyone is an expert but very few have done it .

[@CALSW0RLD]

Wait wouldn’t this be on the Coldstream guards companies? Or do the battalion sometimes do guard mounts and sentries? (Like the companies do with exercises and training)

[@goldbloke]

11min just short of end,one bod did not fix bayonet,seems to be going off at a fast space with escort??

[@Sarky39]

Perfection

[@gingeristhebest21]

Bugler needs to spend time at the RM SCHOOL OF MUSIC

[@theart8039]

Just saw the Royal Marines Christmas concert in Torquay...those guys nail it time and time again

[@steveellis9065]

The marines use the bugles for normal music aswell as signalling orders whereas the guards only use them for signalling orders, also the guards bugles are years old

[@SURRIE27]

I’m not the only one who heard the mistake.

[@lloydcollins6337]

@@SURRIE27 the mistake? There were 6 or 7

[@alanhigh8125]

As a trumpet player, I cringed when the bugler "played". Right out of High school, I was called upon to play at military funerals and church services. The bugle is a much simpler instrument to play. The sound can be duplicated on a B flat trumpet simply by depressing the first and third valve and holding them down. We practiced relentlessly to get everything right, and won several state and regional contests. We were uniformed as Grenadier Guards. I used to hate windy days and especially rain. On one occasion, we marched a parade during heavy snowfall. It made for a pretty sight, but the pavement was like ice. We used hair dryers on our "bearskins" when they got wet. They were heavy wool instead of bear fur, and were very heavy when wet. We had to comb or brush them back down after drying, to avoid the "dandelion" effect. Damn, that was 43 years ago.😬

[@danielwoodruffe2938]

Sadly, this Bugler is the standard; if the Brigade of Guards do not want to take it seriously, there are always the regiments they look down on who could show them the way...

[@Peter-lm3ic]

He is technically a Drummer not a Bugler. Rifle Regiments have Buglers. Corps of Drums of all Regiments whether Guards or Foot have the same problem that Drummer's do not give bugle calls throughout the day as in the old day's such as reveille, cookhouse, fall in, quarter guard, half guard, guard mount, RSM's Order's , C.O.'s Orders, defaulters, last post and many more therefore as always long practice make's perfect and that is just not happening.

[@571norman]

Why wouldn't the army just dress under the drum beats like that at 5:37. So the RSM wouldn't need to adjust the ranks by shouting “endless” commands that makes it more quicker and simpler.

[@jessicarabbit1138]

@2.55. Don't anticipate the movement. Wait for the words of command.

[@malkas.2567]

Furious while Silent.

[@kenUK762]

Oh dear. That bugler.

[@23950522]

where did they get that Bugler FFS

[@HEKTOR-v9w]

Bugler havin a laugh haha

[@wasp6594]

That drill was slovenly.

[@chrisholland7367]

"You slovenly soldier hitch " "Do your tunic up man ,where do think you are " "Me what " "Do it up "

[@deborahrunnells8222]

An honest honored PAST.GODS PROTECTION ON YOU ALL GOD SAVE THE KING

[@damianchallis9214]

How the frig does he even get those notes

[@phillipsmith7396]

What is the difference between the yellow sergeant stripes in the whites are stripes?

[@CDB8939]

Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company Lance corporals wear two white chevrons rather than one (allegedly because Queen Victoria did not like the look of only one chevron); Corporals are automatically appointed lance sergeant, wearing three white chevrons. In full dress, a lance sergeant's chevrons are white, while a full sergeant's are gold. Colour sergeants in full dress have the ensign of their regiment above crossed swords in front of their chevrons. While warrant officer class 2s wear the ensign of their regiment above crossed swords surmounted by a crown as their rank badge. Warrant officer class 1s wear the normal royal coat of arms, apart from the garrison sergeant major of London district (who is always selected from a foot guards regiment) who wears the royal coat of arms in front of four chevrons.

[@roystonwbright1140]

Give that guy a break live TV🤷🏼‍♂️

[@russellwilliams1071]

Bugler on a charge...Am EX Coldstream Guards guards

[@GrumpyAustralian]

Send the bastard to the RM Corps of Drums to be taught how to play a bugle!!

[@theart8039]

Haha yes :D no disrespect but it was funny..I know that's not what a Guardsman wants wants to hear

[@romeo9017]

@@theart8039 Oh dear - back to Kneller Hall for you! Didn't warm up or practice - did he!

[@TheNewsToy]

.... if you are a Veteran Coldstreamer then you'll know he's not a "Bugler", he is a Drummer sounding a bugle.

[@TheNewsToy]

@@GrumpyAustralian yeah, only you don't "play a bugle", you sound a bugle.

[@henryharesdene4164]

Gawd, sounds like a lot of trainees all round. Still you have to rain somewhere - so why not do it to the grockles

[@paulmiller4316]

OMG, what a difference 40 years makes. Bugler on a fizzer, throw the Q.R's at him. Stand at ease, thought they were! Fidgeting, Slovenly, put it down to defence cuts, I don't think so. RSM, sort it out.

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

Hammer 001 Except the old farts who come on here complaining it’s not like in their day. Just as well, really.

[@supernutkin5122]

Where are the Royal Marines Buglers to show them how to play properly ?

[@rickydonutrm3165]

He looks young, maybe a bit nervous. But this should have been sorted out before he was given the job. Royal Marines should teach all buglers.The only buglers equal to them, were the Light Infantry buglers, in the good old days, before the defence cuts.

[@supernutkin5122]

Yes, Richard Howe, I totally agree.

[@philhunter9158]

I'm a great believer in, if you have actually done a Queens Guard mount you may criticise, if not shut up and let the Guards do their thing to promote tourism to this great country of ours!

[@kevinadamson5768]

I've done loads but that was over 30 years ago with the SLR. Times change and so do the standards I'm afraid. Standards dropped when the guards depot closed.

[@philhunter9158]

@@kevinadamson5768 I agree 100%! The plumes are massive, no DAs in the back of skins. No height and getting more and more traditions taken away, if they want to wear a turban join the Indian army. And a definite no to short arses and doris's!

[@laurawilliams3303]

Well said .

[@romeo9017]

Oh dear, how sad, never mind....

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Wellington barracks London 🇬🇧💂

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Motto second to none 🇬🇧💂

[@bigbarty8648]

Nulli Secundus to be precise.

[@jacobkeppler1984]

@@bigbarty8648 thank you

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

Can SKS explain the difference between gold and white chevrons?

[@kevinadamson7571]

Gold chevrons denote a full sergeant and white a lance sergeant , being equivalent to a full corporal in rest of the army .lance corporal have two white chevrons in the guards .

[@nacholibre1962]

@@kevinadamson7571 Corect answer. And it sucks to be a `white sergeant`in the WOs`and Sgts`Mess. Lowest rung of the ladder and made to know it.

[@kevinadamson7571]

@@nacholibre1962 I bet.

[@philhunter9158]

Gold chevrons, full Sergeant, white chevrons Lance Sergeant

[@charlieboy868]

Sounds like the bugler equivalent of a violinist strangling a cat, one for the guys memoirs!

[@kevinpenneykevinpenney846]

Sounds like the bugler has been shot and givind his last breath..... (CG)

[@stegspalter2124]

2:20 Worauf warten die jetzt? --- What are they waiting for? --- One German, one complaint

[@supernutkin5122]

Phuck, that beats all the other rubbish bugle calls I've heard from the Guards Regiments ,,,,, absolute crap !!

[@johnstevenson1709]

Royals rifles and ghurkas can still do it to various degrees but that was crap

[@SaxonSuccess]

I think this sort of thing is just silly now.

[@allancollins5042]

The drill not good but better than my lot back in the 50,s But we were Submariners and we didnt march much

[@patshiels5429]

That's not drill its going for a stroll

[@romeo9017]

Bimble..l

[@montywright5297]

Oops

[@davewilson2220]

Was that bugler drunk 🥴

[@mikeoutram781]

They all need a haircut me thinks

[@andrewcoles862]

Drill not good,am exWelsh guards 1983-1990. Drill was so much better then

[@MrScall35]

drill of all Guards regiments is shocking now. Everything used to be snappy, now its laboured. And it's not just the guardsmen. I've seen a few RSM's who are just as bad. They are not as smart either. Perhaps that's down to the fact that no money gets spent on them now. Some of the skins are embarrassing.

[@patriot4786]

andrew Coles I should agree with you totally, I have been watching guards ceremonial videos here on youtube and only back then before the 1980s, the drill was very much done better and more discipline was shown back then, compared to now.

[@theJuggler07]

Typical old sweats dishing out the old ‘back in my day’ dribble. Times are different now, this is the modern day army, which is stripped thin to a point where blokes are doing QG mounts every other day and in between doing BG.

[@clemteetonball1250]

@bike bros Really ? Tell that to the guys and gals who've served in Iraq, Afghan, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and on the Covid front line these past thirty years, behave !

[@kevinadamson7571]

@Alexander Challis thats right and the standards have dropped because of it.

[@Jimo1956]

Blimey. The drummer/bugler at the beginning wasn't in the best form with his bugling.

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

J Field When did clenched fists start? It always was finger joint, not fist. The RSM is signalling the drummer’s timing with his right hand as does the Parade WO in other videos.

[@sirvincent7263]

Radar O'Reilly's bugle playing on M*A*S*H was virtuosic compared to this poor chap!

[@petergarthwaite6805]

Bugler not good enough 😝

[@nacholibre1962]

Well done Captain Obvious. Give that man another pip!

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

Jail the Bugle. why not..lol

[@rickydonutrm3165]

Can't beat the Royal Marines when it comes to bugles.That wasn't good enough.

[@Richard500]

Noooooo! The Rifles!!

[@hans2406]

@@Richard500 Oh yes.

[@MrCardinal1965]

Surely the arms should be swung shoulder high, forwards, level and in line with the shoulder. Also, the arm should be locked at the elbow,fists clenched with the thumb pressed down on the forefinger. One last thing static left foot. The Warrant Officers are doing so correctly the officers are marching at ease , but the toms and junior NCOs at this years troop and also at other events this standard has been very self evident. High standards all the time.

[@Richard500]

Arm swinging in the Guards has always been a debatable point even as far back as the 60's but at least the ridiculous "swagger" has been eradicated as far as I can tell these days (except if you are a marcher in the Ulster parades every year).

[@richardgrant7055]

NO - the arms are NOT shoulder high - no higher than parallel to ground !

[@licec1234]

My first RSM was Dusty Smith DCM Coldstream Guards He would give this RSM a right going over All this drill is total useless if it was not for the uniform it would be below par with most infantry regiments The uniform makes it look better. I have total respect for their service but why are the basics so bad

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

Oh dear. Poor bugle player and the spacing by the NCOs!!!!....not good. Come on Coldstream Guards. The other regiments are having a laugh.

[@bubiruski8067]

Poor clowns

[@licec1234]

The drill is crap even the warrant officer moves after every part. No sharpness to the coming to attention we were much sharper and quicker. Some of the movements i have never seen As I watch the RSM is rocking back and forewards Respect for his service but standards have slipped