London Guard regiments

[macwilkin]

The first is Royal Regt. of Signals, and the fourth appears to be from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

I'm not so sure the second photo is the JDF; if I remember correctly, they wear red tunics and have dicing on their hats.

T.

[EagleJCS]

The first is Royal Regt. of Signals, and the fourth appears to be from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

I'm not so sure the second photo is the JDF; if I remember correctly, they wear red tunics and have dicing on their hats.

T.

Thanks cajunscot. Your description jibes with the picture I found of the JDF on duty outside St. James. But, the JDF website has a press release (here) indicating that they were on duty at Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace and the Tower of London on 25 July 2007.

According to what I found on Wikipedia (I know - not the best source of information, but it seems to be fairly accurate in this regard), in July 2007, the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters were the officially assigned unit for the London District. (See Queen's Guard, under Line Infantry.)

However (about 3/4 down the page, under the schedule for Jul-Dec 2005.): "The 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment was deployed in Afghanistan, while the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards was in preparing to be deployed in September. As a consequence, several units from the combat support and combat service support arms were called to perform public duties. Below is a list of units called up during the month of July 2007:

Royal Artillery composite unit (comprising elements of 16 Regt and 39 Regt)
7 Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
16 Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals

In addition, following a request from the British Government, a company from the 1st Battalion Jamaica Regiment was invited to undertake public duties for a month between July and August as part of the celebrations of the 45th anniversary of Jamaica's independence."

That's why I'm asking if anyone can tell me for sure which units these soldiers are from.