Changing the Guard Windsor - 20.4.2024 *GURKHAS FIRST GUARD MOUNT OF 2024*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2024
- Changing the Guard in Windsor on Saturday 20th April 2024, this is a special video as the Gurkhas mount Windsor castle guard along with musical support for the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
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The Gurkhas are wonderful. We are so lucky to have them in our country. ❤❤❤
most certainly are
God Bless Our Gurkhas
The King's own, that's respect
It was good to see the Gurkha band playing and marching at infantry and light infantry pace
Aren't they marvellous? The King's own
great to see the Gurkhas
We should be rebuilding our bond with the wonderful men that become Gurkhas we need more of their quality and dedication
It’s nice to watch the Gurkhas marching at their normal pace 👍👍👍👏👏👏
i just love our friends the Gurkhas i went on there bace in Aldershot in 1997 when i was in the Army and what a great bunch of Guys so a big thank you
Love these lads. Brave brave Gurkhas! True Brits!!
We should be honoured and proud to have these as part of the British Armed forces....
We are!
Brave, the Bravest of Men. God Mightly Bless Them.
Hear hear
My heart swells with pride for the Gurkhas who are so deserving of this position. May God be with you always
Great Gurkhas. A great addition to the British Force
You don't want to mess with a Gurkha. Astonishing that, for such a feared army unit, they are the nicest, most polite people. I hold them in the greatest respect.
fearsome warriors. Thank god they are on our side !
Thank you for sharing. It's a great sight to see such great troops. ❤
Wow this was truly amazing to watch and listen to. Their infantry and light infantry pace was outstanding.
It was brilliant to watch the Gurkhas as my father had spoken about them from the time he was WWII British 8th Army.
Gurkhas Great ,Support them, Long Live Britain and Northern Ireland
Finest most modest fight ing men on the Planet
Beautiful 🤩
his is Treat, I haven't seen the Brigade of The Gurkhas for quite While. They're always Amazing to Watch, not least for their Pace, which always has me threatening to break out in a Sweat. The Normal Pace Rate of the British Army & Airforce is 116 paces per Minute for Trained Personnel & 120 ppm for Recruits at a Quick March & the Slow March is 65 ppm. It is a very deceptive Pace, when you look at the Foot Guards during a Guard Change they don't appear to be Moving all that quickly, but it does cover a lot of ground all the same. Then take a Look at the Gurkha Brigade, the Rifle Regiments & the Light Infantry, their Quick March Pace Rate is 140 ppm & they have no Slow March at all. On Ceremonial Parades, where there are March Pasts at Slow & Quick time, such as The Trooping the Colour, All 3 do the Slow March Past at their Normal Pace of 120 ppm & increase their Pace to 180 ppm for the Quick March Past.
It's interesting to see the Tempo & Pace the Band plays at change, when they're leading a Guard Detachment not Mounted by their Own Regiment. They were set to do a Guard Change with their Own Regimental Band for the First time ever in September 2022. The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas had led their own Troops On Parade before ofcourse, but Not on a Guard Change in the UK. They'd had to Prove their Ability before they were allowed to provide Musical Support for a Guard Change, particularly when the Guard Detachments were not from their Regiment. As today shows, they are more than able to match their Tempo to the Guard Requirements.
The Band did very well indeed for one of their First Guard Changes. They do have a rather Unique Sound & it's great they have their Pipers included, playing together. They'll improve with time on the Circuit I'm sure & Expanding their Repertoire, in the Meantime they have the Novelty of Speed of their Tempo when leading a Gurkhas Guard Detachment to keep Spectators Happy. They did an excellent Job of one of my Favourite Marches 'Glorious Victory'. The Gurkha Pride is obvious, written on the Faces of Band & Troops, after 210 years of Fighting with the British, they're being Accepted Fully into the British Army.
Great Pictures & Audio AFV!. You did well to Keep up with the Gurkhas Band & Guards & with no loss of Stable Viewing. At least the Return leg was Slower, with an Old Guard from The Grenadier Guards. Thankyou for Sharing this. It's not unusual to have a Detachment of Gurkhas Mounting Guard Duty at Windsor, but it is only the 1st time for them to have Musical Support from their Own Band, so Thankyou for Sharing the Video.
You need to re-check your march rates - 140 ppm is light infantry pace, 180 ppm is double time.😂
Great video. Thank you.
Very, very smart
The policeman that led them out had best get on his bike, these lads don't hang about :)
Wonderful to see the Gurkhas.
We saw one of these gentlemen on sentry duty at Windsor Cadtle yesterday afternoon. Thank you.
Check out Gurkha selection in Nepal . Hard ,very hard .
Ive been there, it was hard enough riding up some of the hill/mountain sides on an off road enduro bike let alone running with all that weight.
I wish I could have spoken to someone inside the camp, I only got to tell one of the gate guards how proud I was of the guys wanting to join our forces and that they made Britain great. The retired Gurkhas around Derby have been so welcoming, I even went into an Indian food place in Derby and one of the chefs (who is Nepali) knew me from the family photos on FB he had seen of me in Kathmandu at his relatives house 😮
I can just about spot a Nepali now mainly the language, how shocked and happy they are when I chat to them in Nepali 😂👍
Another Excellent video!! Anyone else remember the Two Ronnies Sketch about the Catering Corps?! "Cock O' The North" reminds me of it! "Oh Roly-Poly". 😂
The marches played were,
1) 0:23-Atholl Highlanders & Cock O' The North
2) 2:53-Jellalabad
3) 4:11-Scotland the Brave & Highland Laddie
4) 5:15-March to the Everest
(Return to Barracks)
5) 5:51-Atholl Highlanders & Cock O' The North
6) 6:40-Glorious Victory
7) 9:07-Scotland the Brave & Highland Laddie
8) 9:58-British Grenadiers
Caught me
Thanks delvin. I had some fun recording and marching at 140!! 🤣
@@ArmedForcesVideos173 I think I saw you in someone else’s videos. I thought to myself, “bless his heart. He’s walking as fast as they are marching.”😊
Bravo for the 2 Ronnies memory. They were marvelous. I managed to see them on stage
on one occasion.
@@meadowlands1937 They were indeed marvelous! You were very lucky to have witnessed them in person! I'm too young to have seen them on TV, but I enjoy watching their Sketches on TH-cam! Their Scottish Pipes and Drums sketch was excellent, so was the Aldershot Brass Ensemble one!
Great Video Nice to hear Atholl highlands
Marches :
Atholl Highlands Cock o north
Jellabald
March to take Everest
Atholl highlands Cock o north
Glorious Victory
Scotland the brave
British Grenadiers
Thank you!! It certainly was great to hear some different marches.
@ArmedForcesVideos173 just love the gurkhas so brave polite and fearless warriors great they serve our country well they have every right to live in our country god bless them all
@@ArmedForcesVideos173Your Welcome 😂
9:48 I noticed that company sergeant major is from 1st battalion grenadier guards. And i noticed the saber. I realized that I might see my favorite company sergeant major from 2 or 1 year ago in nijmegen company again as a first battion sergeant in windsor or Buckingham.
that was the smallest Coldstream guard i have ever seen at the end
That, I think, was the CSM!
I agree used to be a minimum height. He has a pace stick and sword so a Warrant officer
@@plumroseham There still is - 5'2" for most trades, 4'10" for some.
TBF, it used to be 5'10" for the Guards and 6'2" for King's Company, but recruiting isn't exactly stellar, so ...
He's the CSM so he's hardly a recent recruit.
A nice gentle stroll on the way back to barracks!
Only 4% of applicants get into this regiment, when they do they're given the respect they deserve
I pity any tourist who tries to mess with the gurkhas. The greatest fighters in the world. Hope UK has decided to pay them their pensions properly now. They have fought many battles with us.
They're brilliant soldiers. All credit to them
Not a problem....the loan police officer in front will see whoever off 😔
Well, you simply don't "mess" with a Gurkha. Tourists, get a grip, grow up. If they draw the kukhri, it's not in your best interests. How fortunate we are to have them on our side after the shoddy way we treated them, pension wise.
They've had the same pensions and TACOS since 2007.
A clear breach of the 1949 agreement with Nepal, along with British citizenship, so Nepal no longer gets anything out of the deal but instead loses some of its brightest and best, for nothing.
No surprise that Nepal has said it's ending Gurkha recruitment, although it hasn't said when.
Short-sighted and greedy, those who pushed for it have done Nepal no favours.
@@John-G thanks for the update.
Nepalese British warriors, stay safe lads
they are pretty amazing. Any task set before a Gurkha will be done above expectation. A saxophone or tuba is a great deal more complicated than an ATM and forget lipping on a trombone. A tuba is 2/3 weight of a Gurkha and not as easy as basket of stones to carry, either.
So what is the Clan tartan are those pipers wearing?
I noticed the Grenadier guards had bayonets affixed on their rifles while the Gurkhas carried their Kikari knives in their shields affixed to their backsides. My dad served with British Forces in Burma during WW2. When the Gurkhas drew their Kikaris, it's as wicked as the bayonets or the Imperial Japanese army Katana swords.
Rifles at the trail Bayonets (Swords) never fixed.
They're called kukris.
What a pity the 28th didnt get that recognition
I listen to their glorious - but out musiced - pipers and think my old pipe major would have loved playing with the gurkhas. He really enjoyed speeding the music up and would have loved playing with them at their speed. Happy memories
And what is the purpose of this changing of the guard?
They don’t come any tougher than these guys
Rifle regiment pace.
Little Nepalese mercenaries.
Sorry didn't like the fast marching. I bet they have to be really fit in order to play & march like this.
All Gurkha units use light infantry drill, as does the Rifle Regiment. 140 instead of 120 paces to the minute. To commemorate their historic role as skirmishers ahead of the main body of troops. Got to keep these traditions alive.
@@jameswills6320 Fair enough. Thanks for the info.