That Sikh fella in the Scots Guards

[northernladuk]

Where would the British Army be without the Sikhs? – Telegraph Blogs

That article is a waste of time. The author hasn't gotten the basic point of the attention. It is the change of tradition around the head gear, not the fact turban wearing sikhs have served in past history.

[Lockhouse]

Where would the British Army be without the Sikhs? – Telegraph Blogs

[Toastiness]

That's odd - Like most people presumably, I thought they wore peaked caps until the Crimean War in the 1850s, and only took to bearskins after the Battle of Balaclava.

Is there a military uniform geek in the house?

They started wearing the bearskin and changed their name to Grenadier Guards after the battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the climatic moment of the battle they routed Napoleons bearskin wearing Grenadiers and Chasseurs of the Middle Guard.

Before that they were just called 1st Foot Guards (I think) and wore shakos.

[hyperD]

If they made the turban taller and furrier it fit right in!

[SupremeSpod]

That's odd - Like most people presumably, I thought they wore peaked caps until the Crimean War in the 1850s, and only took to bearskins after the Battle of Balaclava.

Is there a military uniform geek in the house?

He's currently airborne over Tuscany, the pasta run...

[OwlHoot]

The Scots Guards, one of five foot regiments who guard the Queen, have worn bearskins on parade since 1832.

That's odd - Like most people presumably, I thought they wore peaked caps until the Crimean War in the 1850s, and only took to bearskins after the Battle of Balaclava.

Is there a military uniform geek in the house?

[KentPhilip]

Should we now expect the first burqa clad Wren?

Then they would be a blackbird, not a wren.

[SupremeSpod]

Should we now expect the first burqa clad Wren?

0/10 fuq off to the Daily Mail for some practice.

[mudskipper]

I don't really care, its just the way he looks, those eyes...he looks like he's holding a real stinker of a fart

Would you rather he let it out?

[mudskipper]

FTFY

xog wrote a story about that.

[Spacecadet]

Should we now expect the first burqa clad lapdancer?

FTFY

[darmstadt]

I don't really care, its just the way he looks, those eyes...he looks like he's holding a real stinker of a fart

[xoggoth]

Agree, FLANGE is a lovely word.

Re Sikh, don't care really what people wear.

[bless 'em all]

Should we now expect the first burqa clad Wren?

Special Forces if Allah wills it.

SAS-BALACLAVA-BLACK-KNITTED

[Troll]

A Sikh soldier in the UK has made history by becoming the first guardsman to wear a turban rather than a bearskin at the Buckingham Palace here, breaking over a century-old tradition. Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar, 25, has been allowed to break hundreds of years of tradition to observe his religion. The Scots Guards, one of five foot regiments who guard the Queen, have worn bearskins on parade since 1832.

Should we now expect the first burqa clad Wren?