2006-09-27 03:43:26 · 14 answers · asked by GARY C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
yeah I have miss-spelt twice but cant edit the question, sorry.
2006-09-27 03:47:30 · update #1
Serious answers I'm training to be a guardsman
2006-09-27 03:55:27 · update #2
By the way the coldstream guards is the oldest infantry regiment in HM army - so no wise cracks
2006-09-27 04:01:54 · update #3
Theres the link boys read it and weap http://www.army.mod.uk/coldstreamguards/history.htm
2006-09-27 08:17:45 · update #4
I didn't know that they did
2006-09-27 03:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In my experience I have never heard of this, at least not in the modern army. By the way the Coldstream Guards are not the oldest regiment in the British army. The Grenadier Guards were known as the First Regiment of Foot Guards back in the day. As for the oldest regiment in the army I'm not sure about this due to amalgamations etc but the Green Howards were up there some where before amalgamation into the Yorkshire regiment this year.
2006-09-27 13:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by hottotrot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oldest infantry regiment is the Royal Scots.
The Coldstream Guards were formebd before the grenadiers, but take a "Back Seat" As the grenadiers are the most senior of the Guards Division
Monks Regt Of |Foot is the oldest. The Coldstreams are only descended from it! Any half wit can jiggle it to suit!
Royal Scots are older!
2006-09-27 14:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only joined the Grenadier or Coldstream Guards because they couldn't swim...............and were not allowed to join the Lifeguards.
2006-09-27 10:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The reason they do this is because regiments are always trying to be better than each other, its good humoured rivalry though, and they don't mean offence by it.
2006-09-29 07:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regimental rivalry.
2006-09-28 08:37:41 · answer #6 · answered by simo9352 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did some checking on my electronic dictionary
software for faat guars and was unable to locate
mach dat wud help wit your question. I am afraid
you may have )) made sum errors(( in entering
it. Is a Grenadier Gaurd kind of like a hand bomb
thrower? And where are these throwers located?
Are they Pakistani or Hindu?
2006-09-27 10:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I think what you will find is it is a form of sarcasm, The one unit not liking the other. It is a way of saying that they think the unit is lower than their own.
2006-09-27 11:25:31 · answer #8 · answered by Dirty Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE OLDEST REGIMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY IS THE ROYAL SCOTS
2006-09-27 14:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chance of getting a literate guardsman to answer is pretty low
2006-09-27 10:49:01 · answer #10 · answered by dust 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never heard that before? Is someone winding you up?
2006-09-27 10:51:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋