Trooping the colour '88

This is an digitalisation of an old '88 VHS tape. Back then there was no HD! But the sound and the music is very good. Enjoy this nice part of history

[@jackhudson2312]

Love how these commentators dont talk utter rubbish the whole time like they do today. Can actually listen to the music and watch them march instead of talking to pointless people.

[@yahyahussein425]

Hear hear. I'll miss the Colonel's voice and always excellent commentary.

[@Pribumi1]

What I like about the old trooping the colour broadcast - aside from the drill and troop condition overall - is the manner of commentary and an uninterrupted ceremony which is not being held by recent broadcasts

[@emptyangel]

Can't get enough of the sharpness of the drill! I love it...

[@MrScall35]

sadly lacking amongst today's guardsmen.

[@lawdennis3801]

Escort in 2014 is still alright but still not as good

[@BellogsTheChicken]

I was in the army in 88 sadly today's guards are sacks.Oh and girls are getting in now so in five more years they'll be an embarrassment.All in the name of PC.

[@bloggs692413]

keeping to the 1-23-1 in the movements makes it stand out more

[@patriot4786]

Why couldnt it be maintained till today by the British Army?

[@Tellemore]

The quality of drill and dressing was SO much better and sharper then than now.

[@kenUK762]

Looking at Pirbright drill in the 80's makes you wonder what they're teaching Guardsmen at Catterick nowadays. It certainly isn't Guards drill.

[@thecurlew7403]

Dont shout at todays Guardsmen its hate crime and the drill instructor will be punished thats why we have a society of crime and violence the bible says chastise your child and it will save his life the young are dying from drugs and sin sad indeed the nation that forgets God is turned into hell.

[@kevinadamson5768]

Standards have sadly dropped since moving to Catterick and mixing with the other regiments. The guards depot was a tough place to do your training but it produced better soldiers for sure.

[@theorangecraftgaming2093]

19:08 your welcome

[@nicolasmarchal1446]

Red Roses

[@ciastekwuzet1]

All of the guard companies on the parade. Nice. Something we won't see too often these days...

[@patriot4786]

Its a shame that today they dont march as perfect like this. And you can clearly see in this video they stand tall all with the same height and none are fat. Today its very bad.

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

The soldiers were all of the same height back then. And all thin.

[@22ndregiment46]

no, as I quote from Sharp "Tub of Lard"s, or "Shortiies"

[@patriot4786]

GrumpyOldMan thats how it should be represented. I dont know why now those standards has gone

[@lesliedodds4011]

@@patriot4786 Because the country is Godless and changed not for the better Jesus is coming soon repent believe the Gospel .

[@patriot4786]

@@lesliedodds4011 wht does that have to do with this? 😆

[@lesliedodds4011]

@@patriot4786 There will be a One World Government and a One World Religion research it for yourself God bless .

[@sniperkid389]

What a sight and sound in march passes. All 5 guards.

[@markbamfield]

Great to see the Guards as as they were before the minimum height requirement was dropped.

[@keijomattinen5447]

What was the minimum height requirement and when/why it was dropped?

[@gachagamerexpensive3565]

its now 5 feet

[@keijomattinen5447]

You are joking, right?

[@benjaminwhiley8608]

Keijo Mattinen I believe it was 6FT however it was lowered simply due to recruitment obviously after all the cuts many men were dropped therefore the standard of height had to be dropped

[@lesliedodds4011]

@@keijomattinen5447 5 FT 9 IN OR 10 MIMIMUM

[@andrewcoles862]

I was there with the Welsh Guards,the rifle drill timing was so much better then.

[@sniperkid389]

Such Perfect Drill !!!

[@earllopez3643]

Thanks very much for posting. I like watching Trooping The Colour as it use to be performed with eight Guards, now regrettably reduced to six.

[@22ndregiment46]

Earl Lopez there (theoretically) can be 9 Guards today, but it’s too much to transport them around and everything so it’s 6 actually 11 in total could be possible

[@colly1964]

The Best Trooping the Colour was 1985, The Colour being Trooped by the then 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards and even the Queen mother was known to have stated this, our discipline was second to none like our Motto, The highlight of my military career.

[@barryjacobs8524]

I’m so proud of Trooping of the Colour. Tradition at its best. In this year of 2022 watching this one in 1988 is still a wonderful spectacular. Perfect on every way. I love it and I’m so proud to be British. I didn’t realise that the Queen started rising in a carriage in 1988. I thought it was later because I know that Burmese died in 2001. A wonder sight to see. Magnificent. Everything times to the exact minute. At least that can’t be taken away from the British. Amen.

[@OnParadeUK]

Great revival video guys. I was a young soldier somewhere amongst that lot on my first Queen's Birthday Parade - Happy days!

[@thecurlew7403]

What did you think of sa 80 a1 good or a nightmare.

[@severatt]

I was there in The Life Guards. Great day. God Save The Queen.

[@lawdennis3801]

The marching is much better than now

[@cymruisrael]

10:18 - Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Andrew Parker-Bowles. That would be the first husband of the current Duchess of Cornwall.

[@lesleydavies2988]

I was on the troop that year, the rifle drill was so much better back then. The drill movements are to quick now

[@micilin6175]

Best looking drummer I've ever seen!

[@zuluder866]

Just picked up on that ol boy. Is that you by any chance? ;)

[@micilin6175]

It is indeed!

[@gray3553]

OH boy standards have dropped since all the PC.... BS came in.

[@johanlautan540]

Right,,we love your culture and your country too, thanks for all.

[@user-pv4hx8hs3f]

Probally the best recorded trooping.

[@guywilloughby3383]

Such a disgrace watching trooping the colour this morning 2016 the drill was terrible in comparison far fewer troops on the square and now that the minimum height requirement has been dropped the lines are all over the place

[@MrScall35]

The guards don't seem to place great emphasis on drill like they used to. There used to be a distinction between the guards and other regiments and corps. You could always spot a guardsman. I blame it on the closing of the Guards Depot.

[@FortunaFortesJuvat]

There has't been a restriction on height since 1939

[@Robbielazar]

Grenadier Guards been busy fighting wars and not sharpening drill

[@guywilloughby3383]

Also I notice the royal salute and general salute is a lot slower back in 1988

[@formusic6938]

Guy Willoughby to save time they shortened it

[@edwinslater1888]

They were still getting used to the new weapons system as it had only been introduced in the early 80s

[@lesliedodds4011]

@@edwinslater1888 iVE Been told Perry Mason Garrison sergeant major did not like the SA80 at all .

[@yahyahussein425]

That last remark by Colonel MacFarlane towards the end of the Black Guardsman Richard Stokes was very welcoming, unfortunately he suffered a great deal while in the Regiment and left the Army in disgust in 1990. He later donated his GSM with NI clasp to The National Army Museum.

[@Marhaenita]

This is really amazing. Thanks for uploading

[@enricomiguelgeron6419]

This my first time seeing the troops are complete that year, its awesome.

[@yahyahussein425]

This was incidentally, the very first year that the SA80 put in its appearance phasing out the old SLR.

[@thecurlew7403]

The SLR should have been updated with rails for optics made a little light using 3 round burst until the scar h 762 came the sa 80 has give nothing but trouble and 556 they are admitting cannot pierce new body armour 762 was always the better round.

[@forevents6318]

My favorite trooping ever because of the music is just holy crap like 100x better than the normal ones from the 90s

[@rogerclark3229]

A vulgar remark from a poster using a fake name. Hmmm...

[@bumgardenerkreme1044]

Oh the late great Tom Fleming commentating. Thanks for uploading.

[@pbegley99]

"They had all their race's delight in the drama of things; and, whatever the pinch - whether ambushed warfare or hand-to-hand shock or an insolently perfect parade after long divorce from the decent seas - could be depended upon to advance the regimental honour." Rudyard Kipling

[@PC-dc1kv]

Diana didn’t look too happy riding in the carriage with the Queen Mother 😳

[@adrielspencer8962]

thanks for posting! PLEASE upload more if you can

[@Jeffybonbon]

8 Guards on duty in 1988 there were only 5 in 2019

[@wu_1116]

There are six guards since 1993 (including 2019), apart from 2009 which saw 7 guards on parade. In the years before the number of guards varied between 5 guards (e.g.1954) and even eleven guards (1919) with most years having eight guards.

[@Jeffybonbon]

Do you think when the Queen goes the Guards will face more cutbacks

[@wu_1116]

@@Jeffybonbon I don't think so. The current Army reforms are almost complete and it is said the strength will not see further reductions. The Royal Family themselves however have little influence on MOD decisions.

[@Coldstreamer17]

dislexic landlord in 2019 there was 2, there is only ever 2

[@GuilhermeFernandes-ew1sz]

Parabéns ao povo britânico muito bom.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇧🇷

[@muhamadputra8026]

VigiLi deL fuocó

[@davidlivesey1871]

Gosh how many soldiers did we have back then!

[@lawdennis3801]

Jeez, this is literally addictive

[@jamesmichalek2451]

im not british but i really like these videos! The british grenadier march is my favorite

[@pauledwards5573]

I was in the Lifeguards and now they have ' non males'😮😢

[@gachagamerexpensive3565]

all of them are 6 feet dropped to 5 feet

[@gachagamerexpensive3565]

music theme changed and guns since 1952 trooping the colour today

[@Marlonxx_]

41:21 Wait a minute that's my graduation march song it's pretty famous in the philippines

[@midnightteapot5633]

It's the Grand march from the opera Aida by Verdi.

[@gray3553]

I know they only have six guard these days but the ranks look bigger back then ??

[@GrayFoxROU]

Can you do "The British Grenadiers" march with no commentary with thjs video?

[@kevinadamson5768]

I was in the 1st battalion Scots guards but stationed in Germany this year but watched it on television, it was the first time they used the SA80 on it and it just wasn't the same.

[@davewilson2220]

1SG Trooped in 86 with SLR, I was in No4 guard 2SG, 2SG trooped in 87 I was in No2 Guard.. I believe the SA80 may have been used in 88 troop

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@davewilson2220 87 was the last troop to have the slr.

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@davewilson2220 yeah I was on the 87 troop with the slr, only one I did.

[@davewilson2220]

What Company were you in RF / LF

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@davewilson2220 no b company.

[@jacobkeppler1984]

8 guards on horse guards parade in 1988 the Irish guards the grenadier guards the coldstream guards the scots guards and the welsh guards massed bands pipes and drums of the household division Jacob keppler

[@dk8296]

whats the march at 33:40?

[@brentgorski2158]

The Prince of Denmark's March, by Jeremiah Clarke

[@edithdodds190]

PS UP THE MICKS WILLIAM

[@midnightteapot5633]

Grand duke jean died just a few weeks ago it seems .

[@gachagamerexpensive3565]

the massed bands commander changed

[@muhamadputra8026]

5:20 ---------- 30:20 ------------ 35:00 ------------38:00

[@kyle8162]

Gracias lol

[@muhamadputra8026]

@@kyle8162 serah Lu dah nyet

[@GuilhermeFernandes-ew1sz]

35:11 whats the march?

[@dennisharris4955]

northumbrian airs

[@perrylasmarias319]

It features all the guards not one is left

[@Coldstreamer17]

perry Las Marias vlogs well technically there was, as in 2 battalions were missing, but yes all the regiments were represented

[@perrylasmarias319]

What do you mean 2 battalions were missing

[@Coldstreamer17]

- 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards were in Cyprus (from February 88 to February 90) - 1st Battalion Greandier Guards were at Oxford Barracks (Münster, West Germany)

[@Hazel-bq7qn]

Name of the March at 19.06

[@Coldstreamer17]

hazel nut The British Grenadiers

[@whdstudios2441]

Prince William was the shining star in this broadcast, Little does EVERYBODY know in this video that He may succeed Her Majesty The Queen as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Unimaginable a kid so bored at Trooping The Colour is now a grown man with 3 children and a very elegant Queenly wife proudly serving the UK, Feeling ever more-so like a King than his father.

[@napoleonsukk7770]

whats the name of the march at 37:01

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

Wolfgang Amedeus it's called "Men of Wales".

[@MikeBell20]

What were the two slow marches at 29:01

[@Sean-yl5gi]

+Mike Belluomini The 2nd is "My love is like a red rose" to honour the Scots Guards.

[@MikeBell20]

+Sean yeo Do you know the other one? Where the guy says Honor of the Grenadier Guards

[@Sean-yl5gi]

No.

[@RavenclawEaglet]

+Mike Belluomini Belle Isle. The Slow March is Belle Isle.

[@MikeBell20]

+RavenclawEaglet thank you, I been searching for months

[@user-pv4hx8hs3f]

29:50 whats the march?

[@louislungbubble]

my love is like a red red rose

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[@victortropaayala994]

52:24 Name of the march?

[@bugler75]

Victor Tropa Ayala It's an Irish tune called " Slattery's Mounted Fut " A tongue in cheek song :-) Hope this helps.

[@victortropaayala994]

bugler75 Muchas gracias, estimado!

[@bugler75]

Victor Tropa Ayala :-)

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