Reveille - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Amazing Grace: The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. After almost 300 years, the name of THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS is to disappear from the Order of Battle in the British Army on 2nd July, 1971. But while it is sad that a Regiment of such fame and of such fine tradition should be no more, this is also an occasion to welcome a new and fine Regiment. The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) is amalgamating with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards) to form Scotland's new armoured Regiment, THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (Carabiniers and Greys). The histories of both the Greys in 1678 and the Carabiniers in 1685. Both served with distinction in Marlborough's Wars and in the Seven Years' War. During the Napoleonic Wars, both Regiments served under Wellington, including action in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo where the Scotsmen made their famous charge on their legendary grey mounts. It was then that Sergeant Ewart of the Greys captured the Eagles standard of Napoleon's Invincible Legion, the French 45th Regiment of Infantry. To this day, the Eagle has been the cap badge of the Royal Scots Greys, and it will continue to be worn by the new Regiment, backed by the carbines of the 3rd Carabiniers. Both Regiments serves in South Africa during the Boer War and they fought in the trenches during the First World War. From 1939 to 1945, The Greys fought in Palestine, North Africa, Italy and North-west Europe, while the Carabiniers formed part of the 14th Army in Burma. In keeping with the great traditions and honours from which it has been bred, the new Regiment of ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS is ready now to take its place as part of the spearhead of Britain's armoured forces. Equipped with the sophisticated "hardware" of the modern cavalry, the new Regiment will serve initially with the British Forces of the Rhine in Germany. This album features the music of the Mili8tayr Band of the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, both bands being made up from the fine musicians of each Regiment, and also the "Russian Imperial Anthem" which has been played at Guest Nights in Russia, was Colonel-In-Chief of the Regiment. This stirring and moving music will bring a flush of pride and a tear to the eyes of many thousands of Greys and Carabiniers, both past and present, and, I am sure, it will provide entertainment of the highest order for the many more people who have read of these Regiments' glories through the mists of history. --Pete Kerr.

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Music

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• Military
• Bagpipes
• Band
• Scotland
• Glasgow
• Scottish