Talk:Yeomen of the Guard

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Had picture of a mounted yeoman of the guard posted, but it was removed for some stupid reason. 69.231.67.66 03:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

My names Bill Norton and proud to state that I'm a member of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. I changed a few "facts" on this site on 7 Nov 07 to make them factual. If you're interested in our history please feel free to browse our website www.yeomenoftheguard.co.uk. If anyone has photographs, articles or anecdotal stories of ancestors that were members of The Body Guard please feel free to send them to me for inclusion on the site to qbg@hotmail.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yeomanbill (talk • contribs) 17:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

What are the guards with the tall, furry hats? Might put a reference here to whatever those are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.56.252.217 (talk) 13:15, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Article Weak on History

This article jumps right into the modern description without much if any reference to the fact that it started as a fighting unit. I would love to see a proper history section covering the battles. Deet (talk) 03:29, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Royal Navy Oath

The Royal Navy do not make an oath to the Admiralty, they do not make an oath at all! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.34.97 (talk) 12:45, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Notice of Article Expansion

Hello all!!

Fair warning here: I will be upgrading and expanding this article shortly (to A-class criteria). I am working on a major upgrade & expansion of yeoman article & just completed the Yeoman of the Guard section. While the info is still fresh in my mind, I would like to:

add a real History section

add reliable, verifiable, and stable citations

expand the Battle Honors section to include specifics

Will be relying on Anita Hewerdine's 1998 thesis for the early years & Hennell's 1904 official History_of King's Body_Guard. Any other suggestions will be welcome!

AnalyticalHistoricalHobbyist (talk) 15:46, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Modern Day section now has unverifiable citations; www.yeomanoftheguard.co.uk is broken/under renovation(?)

Hello all! The only source for the modern-day Yeoman of the Guard (www.yeomanoftheguard.co.uk) is either broken or undergoing renovation. The home page is there, but all links produce a 404 (page not found). Since the original paragraphs were rather loosely (if at all) had citations, I've moved them here for future reference when the website is back up. (Wayback Machine doesn't help in this case.) Please note I have removed the reference tags.

• Organisation:

The current Guard is the size of a small company in the British Army, and is divided into three "Divisions", approximately equivalent in size to a platoon. The Guard has six officers and 67 other ranks.["Yeomen of the Guard". royal.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2019.]

all of whom are required to have achieved a rank of at least Major (or equivalent). ["The Officers". Yeomen of the Guard. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2015.]

There are three senior non-commissioned officers ranked as Messenger Sergeant-Major; the Senior Messenger Sergeant Major and Wardrobe Keeper is responsible for HQ administration, and correspondence, and has a MSM as a deputy. Each division has its own Divisional Sergeant-Major, a Yeoman Bed Hanger and Yeoman Bed Goer, which derive from when the Guard also acted as personal servants to the King. The lowest rank in the Guard is Yeoman, which form the bulk of the strength.

Today they are only mustered when required, and receive some three weeks duty notice in advance. They are active on some 30 occasions yearly, so each division appears for some 6–8 days a year.

Membership contained the following paragraph, which really doesn't contribute much substance to the article, since the new Yeomen are required to complete 22+ years of active service (making them about 50+), and are required to retire at 70 years of age, making the average age about 60 by default. I'm not planning on putting it back.

There are an average of four vacancies a year, which are filled by the Lord Chamberlain, who recommends the names to the Sovereign. The average age of active members is perhaps 60 years. Yeomen of the Queen's Body Guard receive expenses for meals and overnight accommodation where necessary.

Ta-ta for now! ----AnalyticalHistoricalHobbyist (talk) 00:54, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Uniform

Did they always wear the Tudor uniform or was it "modernized" at some point and then returned to the original?--Oudeístalk 23:02, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

When were they formed?

Seems to be a bit of doubt about when they were formed. The first mention of their formation was in 1516? Deathlibrarian (talk) 10:13, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Battle of Bosworth Field

all the detail about the Battle of Bosworth Field has nothing to do with the Yeoman of the guard. I suggest it be reduced to one short paragraph stating that Henry Tudor created it in gratitude to his bodyguards at that battle. Surely nothing more is needed or relevant. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 23:27, 25 June 2023 (UTC)