Ich Dien The 23rd of Foot. 👏👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1689-2006.

Mark Harry was my training section commander at Shorncliffe 1988.

@@welshwarrior5263 I got out in 1986. I finished my time at the depot at Lichfield on the MT platoon

@@selwynowen6213 I passed off the square 1RWF but transferred to 1RRW to be stationed in Hong Kong and not Germany. Wish I stayed with 1RWF as there was too much bull shit with 1RRW. I was warned.

@@welshwarrior5263 I notice that when they took over from us in Lemgo in 1982. Their provo Sargent jail a lad for wearing his combat jacket when he was riding his motorcycle to go to the bank down town. Our RSM phoned the guardroom and told the provo Sargent to let him out ASAP or he’d be joining him in the cell

None of them are mate.

I use to get away with murder with mine lol my first muster parade with the battalion. I ran onto the square behind them unshaven and still pissed. I thought That he was going to make an example of me and march me to the guardroom. My punishment was to clean his office for a week

I would agree that veterans should be taken care of by the countries they swear to protect and defend. All veterans should have better pay and benefits. As to the British Army being the "envy of the world" I would say "some" of the world might envy them.

I passed out from the Royal Signals around 1968. Very worthwhile training!

Me too.

I have made this same comment many times. After the band had played we had to carry out our drill in silence (no instructions). The lot at 5:53 minutes looked as if they were day 1 intake.

@@tonyb7779 it’s part of the rifles tradition to do that type of marching…

To be fair they should never goton rid of the light division depot cuts i surpose all the worse for it

It is also why they used the The Grenadier Guards quick march while marching out.

It’s The Band of the RAC ( Royal Armoured Corps ), not the HAC who by the way have nothing to do with the RRF, they are a separate entity. The HAC are Artillery, The RRF are Infantry. Also The British Grenadiers ( Music ) is used by every Infantry Regiment on Parades, not just the Grenadier Guards.

You're so wrong man

@@danjones4432 Who is wrong?

@@ilovesmysangsomsangsom3500 the op

Get a grip, man... woman in orange at 0:48

@@coolmacatrain9434 Bollocks, the bird in the skirt at 0:27

@@ljenko93 Oo, er, missus!

SO WAS I IN 1947

1997 for me mucker

What time on video please?

@@MonaichFother 1.30

The Rifles march at 144 paces per minute as opposed to 120 in the rest of the Army, this was handed down by their antecedant regiments, they are trained to carry out several drill movements with only one word of command, drum beats and bugle calls. During the Napoleonic wars they would have to move around the battlefield much quicker than the line infantry regiments, they were used as sharpshooters to pick off the French officers and NCO's, also to plug gaps in the line, take part in the ' Folorn Hope ' during assaults, cover retreats etc. As they were spread thinly across the battlefield they were trained to respond to bugle calls, this tradition continues as each battalion has a bugle platoon. Regardless of rank all soldiers are ' Rifleman' first. Other differences you may notice are weapons can be carried at the ' trail ' and the double off the parade square. Bayonets are called Swords, a reference back to when the first rifles were issued to the British in 1797, the Baker Rifle was shorter than the muskets of the period, so a short sword ( that could be fitted to the rifle ) was issued to all riflemen so when in the line they were not disadvantaged when facing the enemy with fixed bayonets.

Am guessing but I think it might be St Marys. A serving army Bandsman

Its the band of the R.A.C, which are based round the corner from this I.T.C

If you watch some pass out parades from previous years you'll see why. They're not 'petty details', they're a serious drop in standards. To the layman this parade may look immaculate. To many former soldiers, the drill and the turn out (of The Rifles especially) looks bloody awful.

Totally agree with these comments,I passed off from this very parade square 30 years ago,standards are very definitely slipping

Richard Brennan with how quick the rifles are I'd emagine it being very hard to keep timings

So silly

My World , Rifle drill is faster and can reach 180 bpm. Rifle drill doesn’t have the big stomps because they are slower. As rifles we just do a heal high stamp. When marching the rifles don’t bring there arms up to be parallel to the ground, they do it waist high ish. Hope this helped.

@@user-op8nm7tp2c It was very helpful, thanks.

There's actually more then just the two regiments on parade. The first platoon was what use to be called line infantry and from what I can make out was composed guys of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and The Royal Regiment of Scotland. They March at 120 paces to the minute and March with weapons to the slope. The second platoon wad composed of just one Regiment, The Rifles. They march at 140 paces to the minute and carry arms at the trail. Celer Et Audux (Swift & Bold, motto of the Rifles and my old Regiment The Royal Green Jackets one of the precedent Regiments that became the Rifles)

Way it is now sorry to say

emptyangel well they're soldiers, not fucking teenage cadets who spend all their time practicing drill without having to focus on what's actually important.

@Matt Phillips we do drill in army cadets not all the time. Not like you are in the armed forces

Direct Dec don't need to be a part of the armed forces to have common sense. Me not being a serving active soldier at the moment has nothing to do with this. Okay, cadets don't do drill 'all the time' but not really my point.

@Matt Phillips at least I’m active doing something rather then stuffing crisp in and playing video games.

What are you talking about. Go look up USMC pass in review.

5:53 everybody was out of step there. How is that great?

Patriot it’s because they’re riflemen. They do a different style of drill. They march faster and do many movements differently

Yes but what we do better than anyone is expand our military when needed in a very short time. ALSO as in one video a British officer in Afghanistan said " Yesterday when Americans had contact in this area they unleashed return fire as only American can "

Watch pakistan military academy cadets passing out parade

Absolutely the great 22nd Cheshire Regiment. I was 1 RWF part of the same Division ( PoW Div ). We lost fine Regiments from that Division, the County Regiment Ethos is sadly missed.

Rifles..traditionally had a quicker quick march and carried rifles at trail (when normal line infantry shouldered muskets)

The rifles only have 2 marches quick( double mark time ) and slow and this wasn't slow...

@@dhruvbedi4039 mmmm, not quite. The Rifles drill manual says there are two timings; double time (180 paces per minute) and quick time (140 paces per minute). There is no such thing as slow march in the Rifles.

There is a sloe march, but it's only ever done after eating.

Which Battalion?

@@chesterflyer 1st battalion I believe, called William johnson, service number 5992, served in south africa before ww1 and is named on the menin gate memorial

@@lukebrooks439 I found him, born in Gosforth, awarded 14-15 Star, Victory and war medal. Service record not available probably destroyed due to ww2 bombing. May be worth getting a copy of 1st battalions War Diary to find out more about circumstances of death and exactly where

@@chesterflyer I've got in contact with the northumberland fusiliers association and asked them to send any details they have to my nan (his great grand daughter) who recently moved back to wallsend after 40 odd years of living in Kent. Joining the RMP myself in March, hence watching the pirbright related stuff I can find. Cheers for having a look into him as well

@@lukebrooks439 I am the chairman of the Association

Band of the Royal Armoured Corps based at Catterick this is an amalgamation of two bands i.e the Heavy Cavalry Band and the Light Cavalry Band which is it self an amalgamation of 8 cavalry bands. A serving army Bandsman.

Light Infantry.... The Rifles

Cool cheers.

Get a grip you old fart.

Different Regiment, The Rifles. The first platoon onto the Square was composed of guys in the Royal Fusiliers, The Mercian Regiment, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment & The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Antonio Aguilera the ones there are rifles regiment.

From The Rifles

Members of different regiments

Should of kept the SLR. Especially for public duties

The Rifles wear the back badge of the Glosters ( Gloucestershire Regiment ) one of the antecedent Regiments, these include The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment, Light Infantry, Royal Green Jackets, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment, all part of the Rifles History.

Its a ceremonial means of showing NCOs of a certain rank

It's worn by Senior Non Commissioned Officers, worn on No.1s, No.2s, No.13s, No.14s, Tunics and Greatcoats.

ConnorGavin21 thanks

Ceremonial badge of rank. Sashes were worn in days of old to distinguish officers on the battlefield until improved arms made such distinctions virtually suicidal.

Louis Sprow in my regiment it’s shows anyone SGT-RSM

am arst tho you fuckin rat

and at what point do I slag any of the lads off I said the dirll was in shit state no fault of theres its down to the slack effort of the instructors some of you old boys think becoz you served in the past you been there done it what germany I did more on herrick 12 than your whole army stint

thanks for history lesson on my regement it merged in 2006 i joined late 2007 and 1 lancs was KORB QLR 2 lancs was just kings regement

and with the amalgamation we now have the most battle honors in the british army most VC awards aswell just saying

fair enough can you see my point with the standard of drill am proud to have served in what I would say one of the best infantry reg there is not just becoz i served withthe stats speak for itself and the RSM of brecon is now dave muldoon so if I see a poor effort a will have my say as like you am with in my rights to do so but I see where you was coming from alot of ppl on this thig are experts on military with not a day served. Nec Aspera Terrent

This is the Royal Fusiliers passing out parade with a detachment of the rifles regiment. The royal fusiliers where marching normally where the rifles marched at 160 paces to the minute and double marched.

@@CallumThomas104 Thanks.

@@FantasioOWL you’re welcome, happy to help

Oscar Hasan the rifles

I miss being in training with him

@@reeceparsons6572 I understand but the world is small you'll see eachother in the future

Yeah...it's the RIFLES, they're the most least interested regiment in drill

@@insertnamehere5660 no wonder haha

What? British drill manual has barely changed in hundreds of years.

MrSixiesRock it’s a passout? Nothing wrong with the bands choice of music

Not sure where at all i said that was bad. I thought it was good. Calm down ...

Their fault for insisting on having a stupid marching speed

@@lachlanchester8142 That 'ridiculous' marching speed is traditional & older than you are. The fault is with the soldiers & their instructors & not the speed

David O'Neill you don’t know how many hundreds of years old I am, I can in fact make fun of the traditions

@@lachlanchester8142 You are right that I don't know how old you are but you are not bright enough to disrespect centuries old military tradition. You have, obviously, never been in the military so keep your ridiculous opinions to yourself!

David O'Neill i would be surprised if you were in the military since you can’t take a joke

I'm assuming you mean "token". They're not "token Scottish soldiers", there are just far fewer Scottish regiments in the army. The one following the inspecting officer round isn't Scottish either, he's Irish Rifles.

Our grandson no pass out parade last year due to Covid big disappointment for them and his family. Now on his way to Kabul 2 York’s his words This what we signed up for.

The Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets Drill although simalar was better and a slightly faster pace...The Light Division..

You should see what happens when the try to fight 🙄

Go say that to a scotsman, see how long you surivive

red sash duty nco

Law Dennis it’s a tankard.

These are volunteers mate, anybody can volunteer.

Well said samain11

Dozy comment..look at units like the Rifles that recruit a lot of guys from London Afro Caribbean community for example.

Quint Essential Not really

That's how it's meant to be. To be honest the amount of time that they'll ever do drill in front of people will be pretty rare, so better that they concentrate on field craft and shooting.