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Moira Cameron (born 1964) is a retired Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London, United Kingdom.She is the first woman to ever hold the position. In 2007, after a 22-year career in the British Army, Cameron became one of the 35 resident Warders in the Tower of London, commonly known as the Beefeaters.
Moira Cameron, the first female Yeoman Warder. In 2018, there were 37 Yeomen Warders and one Chief Warder. [16] At one time they were primarily guards, but more recently their role is mainly ceremonial; they have become greeters and guides for visitors, as part of their 21 duties. [17] [18] All Yeoman Warders are retired members of the armed ...
The Yeoman (F) from The Mariners' Museum: Women & The Sea; Yeoman (F) uniform from Americans at War exhibition, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The Story of the Female Yeomen during the First World War by Nathaniel Patch. Patch also discusses research into individual Yeomen (F) using the National Archives.
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 ...
Yeoman Warders, also known as Beefeaters, have been given a new uniform for King Charles III's coronation, For 70 years, the Beefeaters' uniforms bore the cypher of the late Queen Elizabeth II, EIIR.
We take a look at the truth behind some of the baffling-sounding royal roles introduced in the latest episodes of The Crown.
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.
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 ...