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regimental and march
" The Maple Leaf Forever " is also the authorized regimental march of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and The Royal Westminster Regiment.
Another popular ( and perhaps older ) march style is the regimental march, or review march.
There are a few key differences between a typical military march and a regimental march.
* Instead of a breakstrain after the trio, a regimental march has a completely new strain ( D ), which still uses the modulated key.
* Because the regimental march is considerably shorter than a military march ( due to its lack of a third trio repeat and breakstrain ), it is often played by marching bands in parades ( hence the name " review march ").
Therefore, the " regimental " march form is this:
These marches typically did not use the Military March Form, but rather a shorter form such as the one directly above or the regimental march form.
In 2006, it was adopted as the regimental quick march of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The song has been used as a regimental march by several Scottish regiments in the British Army and was adapted by Confederate troops in the American Civil War.
The song is the authorized regimental march for the following Canadian regiments:
The regimental march was John Peel.
The Markers then march off the grounds carrying the regimental company colours on the marker flags.
In memory of a battle in the town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan in 2006, involving the Royal Irish Regiment, a new regimental march, composed by Chris Attrill and commissioned by Larne Borough Council, was gifted to the regiment on Saturday 1 November 2008 in Larne, during an event in which the regiment was also presented with the ' Freedom of the Borough '.
It is the regimental quick march of the Parachute Regiment.
It was noted that the Buffs and QOR used the same regimental march, a tune known as " The Regimental Quick Step of the Buffs " composed for The Buffs by Handel.
Men of Harlech is widely used as a regimental march, especially by British and Commonwealth regiments historically associated with Wales.
The Corps gained its regimental march in 1956, first played at Kneller Hall, the home of the Royal Military School of Music.
Its regimental march, both quick and slow, is the Prince of Denmark's March, erroneously known as the Trumpet Voluntary.
The regimental march of the Jamaica Regiment is the JDF March.
" and " It's A Long Way To Tipperary ") of the regimental march of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

regimental and Royal
After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to the reserves, Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on National service, winning the Rhine Cup with his regimental team.
According to a regimental history compiled in 1879 by a captain in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, in November 1755 Parliament voted the sum of £ 81, 000 for the purpose of raising a regiment of four battalions, each one thousand strong for service in British North America.
* Queen's Standard-Crimson with the Royal coat of arms, the Royal Cypher and the regimental honors
* Regimental / Squadron Standard / Guidon-Crimson or scarlet or other colours with the Royal Cypher, the Union Badge, regimental insignia and honors ( only guidons are swallow tailed )
Caernarfon is also home to the regimental museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers ( archaic English spelling of the word Welsh ).
The three airborne commandos took shape around the three regimental affiliations: 1 Commando with the Royal 22 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment, 2 Commando with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and 3 Commando with The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Calvados is the regimental drink of The Royal Canadian Hussars, Le Régiment de Hull and Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, having been taken up as the units passed through Normandy following the D-Day invasion.
The site accommodates a number of British Army regimental museums, including those of the Parachute Regiment and the Royal Anglian Regiment.
In the British Army and Royal Marines, company / battery / squadron sergeant major is an appointment for a WO2 and regimental sergeant major is a WO1 appointment.
The logo was worn in embossed gold on the regimental ties ( for civilian dress ) on a dark blue background for RCT cap-badged members and on a red background for members of the Workshops-160 Tpt Regt Workshops Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ( Volunteers ) (" 160 Tpt Regt Wksps REME ( V )").
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have a regimental museum situated at Edinburgh Castle.
Also on that day, at the spot where, on Christmas Day 1914, their regimental ancestors came out from their trenches to play football, men from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers played a football match with the German Battalion 371.
Orde Wingate's son, Orde Jonathan Wingate, joined the Honourable Artillery Company after a regular Army career in the Royal Artillery and became the regiment's commanding officer and later regimental colonel.
Following the declaration of the Republic of South Africa in 1961, the " Royal " title was dropped from the names of army regiments like the Natal Carbineers and the Durban Light Infantry, and the Crown removed from regimental badges.
The Royal Scots were designated simply as The Royal Scots Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, with no number ; it is notable that the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland were unique among the new large regiments in retaining their regimental titles for the new battalions.
General Sir John Anderson GCB, KCB DSO ( 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards ) was appointed as the first Colonel Commandant and the first regimental commander was a WW2 veteran, Brigadier Logan Scott-Bowden CBE DSO OBE MC & Bar.
Graves, an officer in the Royal Welch in 1915, mentions this among other regimental history but does not cite his reference.

regimental and Rifles
After leaving the regimental centre in 1943, he joined the 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, near Imphal, India.
Then a regimental headstone was placed over the grave and in a simple ceremony on 16 April 2004 the headstone which was covered in the regimental flag of the 60th Rifles was unveiled by Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Wallace.
Although the units of the Frontier Corps operated under a variety of titles, from Rifles to Militia to Scouts, it was the latter term that came to stand as the generic term, and as new units were formed, it was the word ' Scouts ' that became fixed and formalised for the regimental titles.
It is the regimental march of the London Irish Rifles ( now part of The London Regiment ( TA )).
In 1945, 13th Frontier Force Rifles dropped its the regimental number " 13 " to become Frontier Force Rifles.
The regimental commanders, the national commander make up the legislative body of the National Society of Pershing Rifles.
The regimental badge is of a punga tree encircled by a baggage strap, bearing ( above ) Queen Alexandra's and ( below ) 2nd W. W. C ( Wellington West Coast ) Mtd Rifles.
The Jammu & Kashmir Rifles has a unique regimental history.
The 11 Gorkha Rifles was officially re-raised on January 1, 1948, with the regimental centres at Palampur and Santa Cruz, Mumbai the regimental centre was subsequently shifted to Jalapahar in Darjeeling, then moved to Lucknow where it was firmly established.
They are still tailored in regimental colours and have become less common with the introduction of Combat Soldier ' 95 camouflaged uniform ( which for the first time serves as both barrack and combat dress ), although they are still worn by the Rifles, Royal Artillery and some cavalry and other infantry regiments.
It has a cap band which may be coloured ( red for all Royal Regiments and Corps ), a crown ( formerly khaki, now dark blue, except for Military Police which has always been red, and the Rifles who wear Rifle Green ) which may have coloured piping or a regimental / corps colour and a patent leather peak and chinstrap.
Since the Rifles had such a clear identification with the North, it was one of the few to survive intact though it was renamed the Royal Ulster Rifles and obviously losing the regimental district of Louth.
In 1937 the close relationship with the London Irish Rifles was formally recognised when they were incorporated into the Corps while still retaining their regimental identity as two territorial battalions.
The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum is located in the Cathedral Quarter, Belfast at 5 Waring Street The museum's artefacts include uniforms, badges, medals, regimental memorabilia, trophies, paintings and photographs.

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