Those Must Be the Guards
The Household Division in Peace and War, 1969–2023
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Narrated by:
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Matt Addis
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The story of the British Army's Household Division from 1969 to 2023. It is the biography of a family of three generations of soldiers who have served Crown and Country during a period of significant social and geostrategic change.
The story of the British Army’s Household Division from 1969 to 2023 is one of three generations of soldiers who have served Crown and Country during a period of significant social and geostrategic change. It is the story of a family of seven regiments that symbolise the Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Septem juncta in uno: The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards. The Guards established an ascendancy in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, and have never truly faltered since. They have managed this by changing when change was needed.
Over the last 50 years, the Household Division has been at the centre of almost every major operation conducted by the British Army: Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. At the same time, the Household Division is a national institution, admired by the public through its mastery of ceremonial and pageantry, and the magnificent hour that is Trooping the Colour.
The professionalism and self-discipline of the individual Guardsmen and Troopers are what ensures both their exemplary performance on operations and their high standards of state ceremonial and public duties. Those Must Be The Guards illustrates both roles through the experiences of those who have served in the Household Division over the past half-century.©2023 Paul de Zulueta and Simon Doughty (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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- Derek Ironside-Hughes
- 15-04-2024
Exceptional Book
Superbly written and spoken, a masterpiece of a book. Incredible History, moved me to tears in places. The British Army lost so many young men and so many suffering appalling injuries. You just cant imagine what they went through, They are all heroes in my eyes, the Men and Women that put there lives on the line for us. Proud to be British and proud of the History of the Guards. Just hearing the Regiments names, the Scots Guards, The Welsh Guards, The Irish Guards, The Blues and Royals, never to be forgotten.
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