@Delvin Rodriguez Delvin would you have any more background on Conwy Castle ? I've found a Conwy Castle fanfare and I have marches for the following castles: Balmoral,Cardiff,Colchester,Caernarfon,Dover,Edinburgh,Hillsborough and Stirling, but no Conwy. Much appreciated.

@@meadowlands1937 Hello Sir! Hope you're doing well! I have the following information on "Conwy Castle", it was composed by LCpl David Cook a member of the Band of the Welsh Guards. It isn't much but I hope this helps!

@@delvinrodriguez3341 Thank you. So it's a new creation, That explains the mystery, I suspect it didn't make the cut for the Troop itself. Dave Cook composed another march "The Immortals" when he was with the Band of the Scots Guards several years ago.

@@meadowlands1937 You're most welcome! I wasn't aware he composed "The Immortals", only knew of two "Conwy Castle" and "Scots Guards by the Left". Great to know! Thanks!

I did notice. Was it just the Officers or the Senior Senior NCOs as well (as in WO1s)?

Most of the Officers on these rehearsals are observing apart from the guard commanders and ensign bearing the colour ,As are the w/o...On the day they will be on the button . Also some of these officers will be mounted on horse back which they don't do very often so they have to learn and get used to a strange horse.. the W/O's will be scrutinising the drill and procedures, dressings , spacings , timings etc.. As a former Guardsman ,i'm not in any way sticking up for the seniors as it used to annoy me that they get to wander around while we were stood still for ages... But that's the rank structure for you ha ha .. Do not forget that W/O's have been at the bottom of the ladder.... not so for the officers.. they are privileged folk.

@@JAY61ish Thanks for letting me know. I worked for the British Army here in Canada so never go to see all pomp and pageantry I've been watching. The only time I got to see any fancy stuff was during fancy events (Robbie Burns, mess dinners, etc.). I was a barmaid (tender) in the Sgts. Mess. Maybe you can answer a question for me - it's regarding the Household Cavalry. I read somewhere that the Blues and Royals were disbanded and "shared out" to the rest of the regiments. Is it true? I knew 3 or 4 of them - one was a WO1, though he retired, married a Canadian girl and stayed here in Canada. The rest were NCOs but I suspect they're long retired by now. That is if the Army still has the young retirement age. I new them back in the 80s. My Dad was Canadian Army retired as a WO1. He also said he would not take his commission as the Officers had to have part of their brains removed and that was not going to happen to him. And I'm sure my Dad wouldn't fib to me. 😉 Hey, is that the same as you calling them "privileged folk"? 😄 Take care and thanks again for getting back to me.

@@cathy7861 . No problem.. i'm no expert .just an old Grenadier Guardsman from the 70's/80's.. The Blues and Royals are still going strong. Both as a Mounted unit and an Armoured unit.. same as The Life Guards.. There may be some confusion.. The blues and Royals were formed by the Amalgamation of Two Cavalry Regiments many years ago (i can't remember) ha ha . We used to have to learn our regimental history whilst we were training at the Guards Depot at Pirbright(no longer there) obviously we concentrated on our own regiment but other bits from elsewhere did sink in too.. The household Cav blokes did their training with the footguards .My instructor was a Blues and RoyalsLance Corporal of Horse(l/sgt) they do have sergeants in the household cav. Not sure on retirement age.. i signed up for 6 years but did 8 as after my 6 years were up i was in "Open" which meant that i could leave any time after giving 1 years notice..when i joined you could sign up for 3. 6.9 or 22 years with the regiment.. not sure if it's the same now. i joined as a junior at 16 1/2 years .but your time doesn't start until you are 18..then you sign up proper.. Im sure google could tell you .or the British Army website should have all the info on Modern day stuff.Or even the household cav have probably got a site too.👍 ps Guards Officers are usually from well to do families that have regimental history going well back in the family.. also some are titled or have famous family names or businesses.. they must have a financial family income to join the guars/Household division . unlike other regiments where an Officer can come from any background as long as they have the educational results and can pass out of Sandhurst (Military Academy for Officer Cadets in the UK /Commonwealth) hope this helps. .. you can check out Sandhurst on YT. Infact there a few programmes on YT Taken from the TV about the Household Division etc

@@JAY61ish The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and the Royal Dragoons (The Royals) . 1969