Trooping the Colour in Denmark - Slagelse Tattoo 1982

Irish Guards performing the ceremony of the 'Trooping the Colour' at Slagelse Tattoo, Denmark, 1982. One of the few (if not the only) times this ceremony has been shown at a tattoo - and on grass. The audience was thrilled, I remember. The idea was, insted of showing an artificial drill, then to show a real ceremony, which not many Danes will be able to attend. The massed bands of the Kings Own Border Regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and Pipes & Drums of the Irish Guards, lead by Drum Major Dean and directed by Major Gordon Turner, the Royal Signals,.are dooing a marvellous job. This is a re-edited version of a previous published video. Enjoy.

[@kennethbrowne1355]

As the C.S.M. in charge of this parade.We had 2 days drill and rehearsal to put this together. I took time to size the guys as well as possible.I had to take into account the parade was on wet grass. We tended to sink in the soft ground.In all it was a quick trip from Germany where we were an armoured company. We were well looked after by the Danish people.

[@kennethbrowne1355]

@Leslie Dodds I was on Churchills funeral Guard of Honour also.Did your brother serve in Kenya 1963/64.

[@desmooney7422]

I am amongst the ranks taking part in this parade... Good times

[@animal5529]

I can see you, the smallest one

[@desmooney7422]

@@animal5529 no

[@pbrobotspbrobots1710]

this has just popped up on my youtube, I didn't realise this had been filmed. I was there doing this mini troop. its number four company 1st battalion Irish guards. officer commanding the company was major Brian O'Gorman, or commonly known to the company as major o,go i was his driver in Germany best company commander in the battalion back then.

[@AlxzAlec]

You are always welcome in Denmark, British brothers and sisters.

[@CrownRoyal1945]

Every summer (except most recently due to the pandemic) the regiments of the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Governor Generals Foot Guards (otherwise known as the ceremonial guard) conduct changing of the guard ceremonies as well as a trooping of the Colour on the lawn of parliament hill in front of the Peace Tower in Ottawa. Thank you for sharing this rare footage of the Irish Guards doing their trooping abroad! very cool.

[@heyabusa1]

Looks so much smarter back then.

[@stephenhulme6583]

Different World. Different Times. Different Standards. But the same men. Once a Guardsmen always a Guardsmen. This is the Standard you get when you had a GUARDS DEPOT

[@guywerb]

Absolutely flawless. And not one overweight guard, quite different from what you see nowadays. So yes, something went wrong in Western Europe.

[@billathighwoods4289]

These Micks were Guardsmen of old. Graduates of the Guards Depot. Sad to see nowadays Guards Division deportment and drill, but todays Guardsmen are better equipped and educated and after all, they are the soldiers fit for purpose of these dangerous times. (Ex SG 1960s)

[@AviationAddict69]

16:34 Saluting was Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (1920-1986), cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth II, the late Prince Philip, and Queen Margrethe II

[@johnnyrebski]

Amazing to see Guardsmen the same height (I assume within the required height) and all fit looking, carrying proper rifles!all I might add with the Guards traditional swagger something in my opinion that is sadly lacking nowadays! that's progress eh?

[@Peter-lm3ic]

johnnyrebski ‘carrying proper rifles? The last proper rifle was the Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mk.4.

[@alvindurochermtl]

The fact that you can have all Guardsmen of the same height is a luxury you have when and only when you have so many who want to join the army and you could pick and choose. Nowadays young people have much more career options and they are better educated so they don’t necessarily want to be in the army. In what way is that not progress for the society on the whole. Bear in mind the army doesn’t exist for its own sake and it’s always been a function of the society’s needs.

[@kenUK762]

All very true. A small standing Army of around 80,000 means that such niceties as the Guards height requirement of old must be sacrificed, otherwise there would be very few Guards. They must take what they get.

[@herbie70philip]

They are not the same height. They sized And formed up to look the same height. That’s why they wear a bearskin. It’s to Them look taller.

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Drum major in tunic 🇬🇧💂

[@Richard500]

That's because it's not a State Occasion when the Drum Major would wear the Full State Dress

[@gerardlong]

Also take notice of the fact , that the Colour flying is the Regimental Colour and not the Scarlet King's Colour , because that's only done on Trooping The Colour in London . -- || Side-note : the announcer should have told the public to stand up , when the Colour passed by. But that's just me !!! L0L ??? For the rest very enjoyable ( 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1--4 [ KJV ] ).

[@gerardlong]

@Leslie Dodds Exactly .... old chap !!! @GEND@ 2030 = 2021 / 23 !!! *DIEU . ET . MON . DROIT -- HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE* -- *ROMANS 3:10-28 ; 5:8-11 ; **8:35**-39 ; 11:6 ; EPHESIANS 2:8--9 [kjv]* *SEPTEM . JUNCTA . IN . UNO -- QUIS . SEPARABIT* ..... Amen.

[@pbrobotspbrobots1710]

drum major was dixie dean there in the video

[@gustloffshizukayamamoto4689]

Isnt that drum major Dixie Dean, im pretty its not him. He used to have a moustache but he doesnt have it.

[@dingusdingus2152]

Impressive to see the band doing the moon walk

[@patriot4786]

These were the times when guardsmen were the same height, same weight, and same performance... now its a mess...

[@paulandsueroberts4121]

Yes,couldn’t agree more.

[@Robbielazar]

Too busy fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq

[@stephenhulme6583]

Sorry to say it, but true . Not the mens fault just lacking proper . Guards Training. All comes down to no Guards Depot.

[@stephenhulme6583]

@@Robbielazar Back then these guys still went on Ops. Nothing has changed. Other than the Training which brings me back to the lack of the Guards Depot.

[@TheDrummie1]

Drum Major turns left on countermarch ( correct) the band countermarch to the right

[@tobbyhudson2743]

Its okay bcs maybe the drum major was a guardsman in Household Division that many of this Irish Guard, Welsh Guard, Coldstream Guard, etc... of simply says five Regiment in the Household Division footguard band were all practicing turn left on countermarch and other regiments or services that are not part of Household Division their bands turn right bcs the analogy the arms for holding rifle and pressing the trigger is right arms which means its fighting arms.

[@m1ke242]

what rifle are they using?

[@williamdodds1394]

FN 762.

[@pbrobotspbrobots1710]

7.62 SLR L1A1 STANDARD ISSUE BACK THEN TO THE BRITISH ARMY

[@thecurlew7403]

@@pbrobotspbrobots1710 And its going back to 762 in lmt rifle and 6.8 spear 556 isnt up to it.

[@markbenjamin1703]

Music at 2:17 ?

[@bernardquatermass4418]

I’ve taken three points away from these comments; 1. That people actually think the SLR was anything better than a clapped out lump of pig iron. I’ve carried it, it was hateful crap. 2. That the BAOR consumers of yellow handbags seem to think that marching around in Victorian working dress to a given standard in 1982 makes you a better soldier than blokes (and women) who actually soldiered rather than excelling at synchronised walking. 3. The Guards Depot; I had the misfortune to visit it once. The first two people I saw were an officer on a horse and a Lance Sergeant taking his pace stick for a walk. That epitomised the Household Division for me. The Guards Depot did not produce better soldiers than ITC, it was a nest of petty bullshit that spent more time on the square than the ranges. It fetishised mindless nugatory tasks in the mistaken belief that the rest of the army were in awe of them. Spoiler; we weren’t. So in summary, the Cold War warriors who had sports afternoons and Friday stand downs at midday, who were functioning alcoholics who did an NI tour once in a while (been there, done that several times) are not qualified to chop off about soldiers who spent from 1990 to 2015 on ops of one form or another (also done that). They were too busy soldiering to worry about dressing and sizing off, or anything else that old men in stained regimental blazers think.

[@kennethbrowne1355]

As C.S.M. of that parade. I also was an instructor at Sandhurst and did 3 years instructing at Brecon Senior Division as a Colour Sergeant, amongst many other dramas in South Arabia and Africa. It ain't my fault that the Army is crap today.

[@gustloffshizukayamamoto4689]

whats the music at 3:39?

[@ericshin121]

Slattery’s Mounted Fut kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZKQd4tmgbiGpKs

[@Gleysh]

Slattery’s Mounted Fut

[@Princeton5]

Slatterys mounted laddie or something

[@DrMikeOckhertz]

Good to see that back in the old days the height requirement, SLR and smart drill all went to make a grand impression. These days a short guardsman (or woman, in the band) next to a tall one looks ridiculous. They're like children playing soldiers. The SA80 looks poor for ceremonial drill and the standard of drill has definitely fallen. No depot. Lower standards. I make no comment about their fighting ability because I don't know enough about it.

[@jamesmaccarthy]

Why didn’t they play the National Anthem of U.K.?

[@Nathan.150]

Not a state occasion