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Some of the accommodation dates back to the 13th century. The community of the Tower of London is made up of Yeoman Warders and their families, the Resident Governor and officers, a chaplain and a doctor. Yeomen Warders participate in the Ceremony of the Keys each night. On 1 July 2007, Moira Cameron became the first female Yeoman Warder. [22]
The Yeoman Warders wear their daily "undress" dark blue uniform and only on ceremonial occasions wear the Yeomen of the Guard's distinctive uniform that consists of a royal red tunic with purple facings and stripes and gold lace ornaments, red knee-breeches and red stockings, flat hat, and black shoes with red, white and blue rosettes.
The Tower ravens are tended to every day by the Ravenmaster of the Yeomen Warders heading a team of Yeoman Warders known as Ravenmaster’s assistants. [7] Local legend puts the origin of the captive raven population at the time of King Charles II (reigned 1660–1685).
Articles related to the Yeomen, as a social class and military rank. The term was first documented in mid-14th-century England, referring to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble household.
The Keys pub in the Tower of London is only open to the “Beefeater” Yeoman Warders who guard the ancient landmark – and their friends and family. London’s most exclusive pub is hidden ...
Clancy was an honorary Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London and received the title "Supernumerary Yeoman"; he had been arrested for scaling the walls in his younger years. [ 59 ] Clancy received the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement from the Navy League of the United States in 1990.
Yeoman Warder Albert Edward Curtis VC (6 January 1866 – 18 March 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
While the word "yeoman" in normal use meant a small farmer who owned his land, Yeomanry officers were drawn from the nobility or the landed gentry, and many of the men were the officers' tenants or had other forms of obligation to the officers. At its formation, the force was referred to as the Yeomanry Cavalry. Members of the yeomanry were not ...