Does anyone know what happened to the Guardsman who lost the plot and retaliated to a heckler. I just saw this on the news and am curious. Cheers Paul
I'd missed that. Made me laugh anyway: YouTube - [NEW] Queens Guard Attacks Tourist In London-23rd January 2009 Presumably (hopefully) just a verbal bollocking for the Guardsman? It'd be too tiresome if some sort of civil action arose from it. The Scots Guards have been active in Iraq & Afghanistan, and I hope that primary role cuts them a bit of slack for booting some tourist up the arse and letting down the ceremonials somewhat. I like the MoD statement: "officials are trying to identify him". can't be that difficult can it, whether it happened back in October or not? Hopefully the ranks are closing in and little more will come of it. I wonder how often they do 'crack' on that peculiar ceremonial job. The missus & I once heard a mounted Guard at Horseguards mutter "touch that F***ing rein and I will break your "f***ing fingers mate" to a tourist, all without apparently moving his lips or changing facial expression at all. Most impressive we thought...
The missus & I once heard a mounted Guard at Horseguards mutter "touch that F***ing rein and I will break your "f***ing fingers mate" to a tourist, all without apparently moving his lips or changing facial expression at all. Most impressive we thought... It was the horse who was using barn language like that.
I'm glad this thread came up as I was going to start it myself. Just been looking at this. Video: Queen’s Guardsman nabs mocking tourist - mirror.co.uk I actually think the Guardsman cocked up there as tourists have been doing that for years & years. If he lost his rag over that , what's he going to do with a few rioters lobbing bricks & petrol bombs at him.
Course he cocked up, but I can't blame the odd slip. I just hope the storm doesn't leave the teacup. If he lost his rag over that , what's he going to do with a few rioters lobbing bricks & petrol bombs at him. Hopefully throw bricks and petrol bombs back, and then start shooting, rapidly and accurately? They are, after all, throwing bricks and petrol bombs :mellow:. (By the way, Nice theory Phil... it could well have been the horse, they are supposed to be remarkably well trained . )
Hopefully throw bricks and petrol bombs back, and then start shooting, rapidly and accurately? They are, after all, throwing bricks and petrol bombs So that's the Bloody Sunday method of riot control?
That aside; This is spooky! I haven't seen a bloke in a Bearskin since I was a chavvie. Yet, Today I found myself thinking back to how us kids giggled and pointed at how still they stood ~ till they scared us half to death, by crunching their heel down and marching off somewhere! As an adult, I was pondering what it must take, to stand there and weather the abuse and surely, often hysterically funny remarks the odd person must throw at them. Now I breeze in here and find this! So; One of them's actually cracked and gone for their tormentor? Hmmm. I really must find out more about these 'Guards' Regiments
That clown of a tourist might have had my bayonet up his exhaust pipe had I been on guard - he was luckier than the idiot who fired dummy shots at the Queen one parade - he was hauled over the barrier by his hair by another Scots Guard. The people who throw bricks and petrol bombs are not quite as stupid as that tourist- wherever he is from.......... Cheers
Thanks for the info. So they haven't identified him yet. My dad who was a Grenadier (1938) used to say that it was imperative not to react. Cheers Paul
I 'll bet that Bateman could have drawn the incident nicely. A follow up to "The Guardsman who dropped it" I personally think it's a shame that the Brigade of Guards has now lost its reputation for being unflappable on ceremonials. Still, London's always been full of Jocks looking for a punch up
I 'll bet that Bateman could have drawn the incident nicely. A follow up to "The Guardsman who dropped it" There is a collection of Bateman prints hanging in the mens toilets in the Sergeants mess at "Sir John Moore" Barracks. I've always found Bateman's "Stand Easy" particularly funny. Back to the thread in hand! I think the little scroat deserved a clip round the ear! I sincerely hope the Guardsman doesn't get too much of a bollocking and if he does then I hope all the lads in his platoon buy him a pint in the Naffi, he's only done what most of the Guards have always wanted to do.
Lcpl Alexander Galloway - Alex was as the article describes a quiet man. Reading too much into that would be a mistake- he had been away from the Battalion as a 'Pathfinder' with Guards Independent Para. After the Mall incident the battalion had to open a 'post room' cheques and cash poured in from around the world, just about every whisky manufacturer around the world decided Alex looked thirsty. If memory serves I believe the monies went to the regimental colonels fund to assist ex Jocks. The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search Every Scottish association joined in with cash or gifts - it went on for a month or more!
Lcpl Alexander Galloway - Alex was as the article describes a quiet man. Reading too much into that would be a mistake- he had been away from the Battalion as a 'Pathfinder' with Guards Independent Para. After the Mall incident the battalion had to open a 'post room' cheques and cash poured in from around the world, just about every whisky manufacturer around the world decided Alex looked thirsty. If memory serves I believe the monies went to the regimental colonels fund to assist ex Jocks. The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search Every Scottish association joined in with cash or gifts - it went on for a month or more! [YOUTUBE]i5FD3-CsMbc[/YOUTUBE] I'd forgotten about that. Remember thinking at the time that a small Swords-drawn Cavalry charge would have looked nice. (Though the bayonet the chap mentions in the article might have been equally satisfying.)
