Trooping the Colour

[horselady]

We were watching the highlights of this earlier and someone asked why some of the guardsmen had white stripes showing they were corporals/sergeants but others had yellow stripes. Does anyone know?

[beejaybee]

Check out www.army.mod.uk/

There are lots of info here. you may get your answer. I could be wrong, but I think it`s to do with the regiment their in. The buttons also signify which regiment they are in. Can`t remember it now, but the buttons are singles, in twos, threes, & fours.

[beejaybee]

Ps. And ofcouse they have different plumage in their bearskins.

[horselady]

Thanks beejaybee, I've read through the info but can't find the answer. Interesting link though.

[jetski129]

There are five regiments of guards and they have single buttons pairs etc all the way to five.The order is:

Guards(Grenadier)

Courageously(Coldstream)

Serve(Scots)

In(Irish)

War(Welsh)

You can now dazzle your friends!

[beejaybee]

That`s good The Welsh Guards have the most.

[anotheoldgit]

The Foot Guards are different to other regiments. a Lance Corporal wear two chevrons on their arms, and a Full Corporal is called a Lance Sergeant and wears three chevrons which are white on their dress uniform. A Full Sergeant's three stripes are a Gold colour. The reason Guards Lance Corporals wear two stripes and not one is because it is said that Queen Victoria said " it did not look right for her Guards to wear only one stripe".