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Yeoman Warder wearing a cloak with red collar and red inner lining. The Yeomen Warders normally wear an "undress" uniform of dark blue with red trimmings. For senior warders from serjeant up, the upper edges of the "undress" uniform's red collar and cuffs are trimmed with gold braid. When the sovereign visits the Tower, or the warders are on ...
Yeomen of the Guard Royal Company of Archers. Sovereign's Bodyguard is the name given to three ceremonial units in the United Kingdom who are tasked with guarding the Sovereign. These units are: His Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms – formed 1509; King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard – formed 1485
Michael 'Barney' Chandler (born 1967/1968) is the current Yeoman Warder Ravenmaster at the Tower of London. [1] [2] His responsibilities include the care and feeding for the ravens of the Tower of London.
To improve the country's defences, Volunteer regiments were raised in many counties from yeomen. 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.
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.
Yeoman service (also yeoman's service) is an idiom which means "good, efficient, and useful service" in some cause. [1] It has the connotations of the work performed by a faithful servant of the lower ranks, who does whatever it takes to get the job done.
The stars of The Good Doctor have spoken out about the shocking death of one of the series’ major characters during its final season.. The ABC medical drama centres on Shaun Murphy (Freddie ...
The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a bodyguard of the British monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by King Henry VII in 1485 after the Battle of Bosworth Field. The Yeomen of the Guard are popularly known as Beefeaters, a nickname they share with the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London ...