Blues & Royals

Does anyone know what head dress the B & R's wear these days?

Do they still have the slashed peak SD's and what colour is their beret at the present time?

Ian-redc wrote:

Does anyone know what head dress the B & R's wear these days?

Do they still have the slashed peak SD's and what colour is their beret at the present time?

They wear a blue beret and behind the cap badge they have the Household Division colours. Slashed peaks are still fashionable, see u/m link, HTH!

http://www.householdcavalry.info/uniforms.htm

Thanks for that information Suprano.

I notice on that site that they also wear red berets in a combat role-confusing as RMP wear a red beret too!

Ian-redc wrote:

I notice on that site that they also wear red berets in a combat role-confusing as RMP wear a red beret too!

It's actually marooooooon as in 'Airborne'!

I was in Detmold when the 'Blues' amalgamated with the 'Royals' and a good time was had by all! lol!!

This is not about the dress of the Blues & Royals but I wanted to post it somewhere, hope you don't mind.

Around 1982 I was driving coaches for a company in Purfleet.

I recieved a call one Friday evening asking if I would like to work my day off Saturday and take a coach to Portsmouth to pick up returning soldiers from the Falklands.

Leaving Southend at around 4.30 am I had to go to Windsor barracks with another coach and driver pick up some wives, mothers and close relations of the boys returning home.
From Windsor I had a great trip down being fed sweets, biscuits and sandwiches by the lovely noisey kids and arrived on time parking on the large parking area.

Then we waited for the Heroes! When I say these young lads walking across the vehicle park looked young ( I was 50) they looked like boys but had an air of men! It brought tears to my eyes and when I think of the lads that are fighting for us all over the world well this brings tears to my eyes too.

As the journey from Windsor was noisey from the kids so my return journey home was the opposite. The other coach driver and myself had decided that I should take the guys and their wives and he would take the Mums Dads and kids.
There was not a sound which came from the seats behind me except the sounds of love!

Those boys had a great welcome home and I often think how many young'uns were born 9 months later!!

After that I had a great affinity with the Blues & Royals although I was ex RAF!

Nasha wrote:

Then we waited for the Heroes! When I say these young lads walking across the vehicle park looked young ( I was 50) they looked like boys but had an air of men! It brought tears to my eyes and when I think of the lads that are fighting for us all over the world well this brings tears to my eyes too.

You are not alone Les, many of us feel the same way especially when the news of another casualty comes through.

Paul.

Ian are you on the blues and Royals site at all as you will find quite a few Blues on there, Google Household Cavalry Bulletin Board to find the site, I am an ex Royal who served in 59/61 as a N/S man.

johna70

Johna
Do we know each other,was a Royal from 47-69,left as a Blue and Royal 71.
Don

Donald are you Donald Remfrey if so we are aqainted on the Royals site with Derek and Denis.

Johna

Johna,
Yes,thats me,and Derek and Denis are good friends of mine.Do you tune in to the 105 and Senoir Cavalry Clubs?
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Don

Hi Don, yes Don I tune in to all of the Royals sites, I am also one of the administraters on the 1st Royal Dragoons site, we should be meeting up on the 20th June I believe, I will look forward to meeting you there.


Johna[/b]

Hi Guys.
I served with the Royals 1964 -69 then Blues & Royals.
Used to have the dog section in lothian barracks before going to Cyprus on provo with derick mckenna great times.
Regards George.

Hello George,
Do we know each other?
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Don

Hi Don Renfrey i think so Was Nobby Clarkes batman for a bit in the sgts mess worked with jim boshio i think that was his name .
also C sqn provo had the guard dog section at lothian bks went to cyprus ended up instructing at the depot untill 74.
Regards George McGinlay.

johna70 wrote:

Ian are you on the blues and Royals site at all as you will find quite a few Blues on there, Google Household Cavalry Bulletin Board to find the site, I am an ex Royal who served in 59/61 as a N/S man.

johna70

Sorry no, I was with 71 a/c wksp at the time, although I was working as an RP in the main guardroom when the regiments joined as one, lots of fun.............Ian

Ah George,I do remember you now,hope you are well and life has been kind to you.Did you know the Royals are holding a re-union in Lichfield 20/21 June this year?
Best wishes
Don