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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police mounted the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It is the first time a foreign, non-military force has ever been given the honour of guarding the Queen. The RCMP mounted the King's Life Guard at Horse Guards Parade in 1937 leading up to the coronation of King George VI.
The Queen's Life Guard is the mounted guard at the entrance to Horse Guards. Horse Guards is the official main entrance to both St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace (a tradition that stems from the time when The Mall was closed at both ends); however, sentries have been posted there since the Restoration, when the Palace of Whitehall was the main royal residence. The guard is on horseback from 10am until 4pm, with the two sentries changing every hour.
The guard is usually provided by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, with the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals alternating.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. Although the RCMP is a civilian police force, in 1921, following the service of many of its members during the First World War, King George V awarded the force the status of a regiment of dragoons.
SVK607G was a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 / Alexander J Type H45/30D new as Newcastle Corporation number 607 in November 1968. It passed to the PTE before sale to Hunter's of Seaton Delavel. It then joined Rodham of Washington t/a Cavalry Coaches, before eventual conversion as a mobile café. and was seen in November 1982.
An unknown American cavalry unit in Geneva, Ohio, (Regulars or Militia) late 19th Century. It appears they are wearing some type of spiked helmet. They appear to be white, possibly the cork helmets of the 1880s or perhaps metal..
Although it is a parade ground, we get a rare foot soldier's view of what it would have been like to be charged by lance carrying cavalry troopers. There are at least three units represented here in a demonstration for high ranking officers.
Newly assigned trooper Louis Carlson is on a morning patrol. The cold December morning reminds him of his native Minnesota. Now assigned to protect and patrol the rugged expanse of the Colorado Territory.
A member of the Queen's household cavalry, on duty at the gates of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall, London.
This soldier is with the Life Guards regiment, made obvious by the distinctive red uniform and golden hair on the helmet.
This regiment shares the duty of guarding the entrance with the Blues & Royals regiment, whose guards wear a similarly styled uniform with a very dark blue jacket and red hair on the helmet.
There'll be plenty of these guardsmen in their finery during the Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, perhaps even this very one! And I'm sure they'll play their part in representing London during the 2012 Olympics.
I wonder if these guardsmen ever go onto websites like this to look for photos of themselves. I don't think I'd like to know their personal thoughts about the people who photograph them.
On one hand, they're part of a senior and prestigious British army regiment. On the other hand, they get treated like novelty tourist attractions by the public every day.
7 Days of shooting.
Week#20.
Handles.
Unusual point of view tuesday.
An unusual point of view. For most of us that is. I take it you don't stare in the barrel of a gun everyday, Let alone a double barrel gun.
It this case a French double barrel cavalry gun from around 1830. The gun has two barrels, two triggers and two hammers.
The gun is not floating in mid air. Nor did I cut out the gun in photoshop. When you flip the image verticaly you can see that the gun is balancing on its two hammers and resting with the handle against the backwall, the two barrels in an allmost 45 degree angle. An unusual point of view also.
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