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 UNITED KINGDOM - BRITISH ARMY

Provided by Tim Cassap

Household Division

 

	Coldstream Guards - No 1 Dress

 

Coldstream Guards:  Corps of Drums	Coldstream Drummer

Points to note: 

1)   Rank badges:  In the Guards division only, a full Sergeant wears 3 Gold stripes and is more rightly called a Gold Sergeant.  His infantry regiment equivalent is a normal Sergeant.  Then a Lance Sergeant wears 3 White Stripes.  His infantry regiment equivalent is a Corporal with 2 stripes.  Then, a Corporal with 2 white Stripes.  His infantry regiment equivalent is a Lance corporal wearing 1 stripe.  There are no ranks wearing 1 stripe in the Guards Division.

2)  Black & white braid on drummers uniform:  This is the Fleur De Lys that all Guards drummers wear on their parade uniforms.  After the Battle of Waterloo the French Army Insignia was captured which was or is the Fleur De Lys.  The Duke of Wellington presented it to the youngest soldier on the battlefield, which in those days was a Drummer Boy.  Hence ever since it has been worn or entitled to be worn by Corps of drums since 1814.

 

State Dress	State Dress

Drum Majors State Dress is the same for all Guards Regiments, the only visible differences are the Regimental Sash and the Regimental Broach that holds the scarlet and  gold wrap round the waist.  The Regimental Waist Badges are made of precious metals and gems, much like a garter badge in design.

Prince of Wales Division

Massed Band and Corps of Drums of the Prince of Wales Division, Horse Parade, London (1983)

Royal Scots Greys

Royal Scots Greys, India circa 1920

 The Drum Major Hugh Falconer, father of Drum Major Don Falconer (RDMA) is on the lead horse

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UNITED STATES: ARMED FORCES

United States Marine Corps Drum Majors

USMC Photo	USMC Photo
USMC Photo	USMC Photo

United States Air Force Drum Majors

                           Drum Major E. Teleky, Ceremonial Brass, USAF

Photo courtesy of SSgt Russell Cooley, USAF	Photo courtesy of SSgt Russell Cooley, USAF
Photo courtesy of TSgt Mark Suban, USAF	Photo courtesy of TSgt Mark Suban, USAF
USAF photo	USAF Photo
Photo courtesy of SSgt Jennifer Gangemi, USAF

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