The Prince and Princess of Wales handed out leeks — a symbol of Wales — to officers and guardsmen of the Welsh Guard for the first time at the St. David's Day Parade Simon Perry is a writer ...
While the royal previously was the honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards, he is now the honorary Colonel of the Welsh Guards — and his uniform was changed slightly. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ...
The Welsh Guards have marked their 110th anniversary ... during the First World War under King George V, following a Royal Warrant issued by the Secretary of State for War, Earl Kitchener.
A 1982 Royal Navy inquiry into the bombing of Sir ... say “no direct orders were issued” to the 352 Welsh Guards to leave. “At no time was a direct order to disembark given to Major Sayle ...
On 8 June 1982 a detachment of the Welsh guards was caught on RFA Sir Galahad at Fitzroy Harbour by Argentinean Sky Hawks. The day after this disaster (09 June my birthday) I led a Royal marine ...