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Irish Guards – Full Dress Drummers 1st Battalion Irish Guards are pictured lining up on parade during a state visit by the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2012) Like the other Foot Guards regiments, the " Home Service Dress " of the Irish Guards is a scarlet tunic and bearskin .
The Service Dress (SD) Uniform is used by the Army for ceremonial and administrative duties. It resembles service dress worn in many armies, but is in a distinctive green shade. The uniform, introduced in 1961, consists of a jacket which is open to show a creamy brown shirt and green tie. [9] The layout of the uniform varies from corps to corps.
In the British Army, the caubeen is officially known as the "bonnet, Irish, green". In 1916, the Irish Guards established a pipe band. The pipers' uniform was a mix of standard service dress and bandsman dress, and also included a khaki bonnet, saffron-coloured kilts and green hose.
The Duke of Cambridge is the Colonel of the Irish Guards.
All the members of these formations wear Scottish/Irish/Gurkha full dress uniforms, with the flat cap for the Brigade of Gurkhas, tartan kilts in unit colours and black feather bonnets for those of Scottish formations, and the caubeen and brown kilts for both the Irish Guards and the Royal Irish Regiment. The drummers of both the Scots and ...
In case you missed it, Kate Middleton skipped out on the dress rehearsal for Trooping the Colour earlier this month—and now, she's sending her apologies to the Irish Guards with a thoughtful ...
Kate was given the honorary title of colonel of the Irish Guards in 2023, and would normally take part in the ceremonial military event. Trooping the Colour has marked the English sovereign's ...
Irish Guards: 1900–present: Part of the Guards Division, founded by order of Queen Victoria to commemorate the Irishmen who fought in the Second Boer War. The regiment are also known as the Fighting Micks. Like other Guards regiments, the Irish Guards wear bearskins and redcoats as their ceremonial dress. Queen's Royal Hussars: 1685–present