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AUTUMN 2022 PLATINUM
JUBILEE EDITION
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PLATINUM PARTY AT THE
PALACE
HM The Queen Elizabeth II marked her Platinum
Jubilee in June 2022, celebrating 70 years on the
throne, and becoming the longest reigning monarch
in British history. The bank holiday weekend, from
2nd to 5th June, offered the British public an
array of celebrations. Read
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STANDING
OUT: THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE AND QUEEN
VICTORIA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE PROCESSION 1897
Amidst the panoply of colour and the cheers of the
spectators on Diamond Jubilee day, 22nd June 1897,
two elements of the Household Brigade’s
participation stood out. One was very noticeable
at the time; the other did not emerge until the
following year. Read
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YUKON
700 - 8 GRENADIERS WITH 15 EYES, 13 LEGS AND
99 YEARS’ SERVICE…
At midday on 8th June 2022, a team of eight
Grenadiers set off in open canoes from Whitehorse
in the Yukon Territory, Northwest Canada, heading
down the River Yukon. The plan was to get to
Dawson City, which is located about 740 km north,
having paddled the whole way without any support,
through one of the world’s last great
wildernesses.
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SUMMER
2022
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THE
BATTLE OF TUMBLEDOWN MOUNTAIN 40 YEARS ON
Asking a soldier to reflect on the forty years since
the Falklands conflict is, in terms of time, rather
like asking a Boer War veteran his memories by
someone approaching the darkest days of World War
2. Nevertheless, there are consistent threads and,
from time to time, occasional revelations, coupled,
of course, with that not-always-so-helpful factor,
hindsight, together with one or two little unsolved
mysteries.
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THE WELSH GUARDS
IN THE FALKLANDS WAR
THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONFLICT
During early April of 1982, 1st Battalion Welsh
Guards, together with 2nd Battalion Scots Guards,
were ordered to come under command of the 5th
Infantry Brigade in Aldershot for possible
deployment to the South Atlantic. The initial Task
Force consisting of Royal Navy surface ships,
submarines and civilian ships, with the Commando
Brigade spread amongst them, was already on its way
south. Read
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