Can anybody tell me what kind of Sporran and Kilt Belt an Irish Guardsman would have used?
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I think we are getting confused here between the Royal Irish Regiment whos pipers do wear a Saffron Kilt
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Irish Guards Regiment. whos band does not have pipers. But uses pipers from other regiments RHR comes to mind.
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Ok checked a few things the Band no longer has piper but when it did like all 'Irish' Regiments they would wear
Safron.
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The Regimental Band(which is under the Regimental Headquarters not the IG Battalion) does not have pipers but the Battalion has a Corp of Drums and a Corp of Pipers
It 's incorrect to referr to the Drums and Pipes of an IG Battalion as the Pipe Band.This is a Scottish expression;the IG referr to the "Pipes".Similarly the "Drums"referr to the Corp of Drums (who do not wear a Kilt)it means the drummers and fifers of the battalion.
On State occassions the Corp of Drums and the "Pipes" form up at the rear of the Regimental Band.
JohnLast edited by John Wright; 01-23-2007, 09:40 AM.
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Originally posted by byterock View PostI think we are getting confused here between the Royal Irish Regiment whos pipers do wear a Saffron Kilt
and the
Irish Guards Regiment. whos band does not have pipers. But uses pipers from other regiments RHR comes to mind.
Nico
P.S.: I still have my Pipers Cap Badge (Kipling II - No. 919)
Why do they have a Pipers Badge, when they don't have pipers.
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There's nothing to be confused about. The Irish Guards do have their own pipers. They are Guardsmen (usually in the support companies) and they are not from other regiments. There are slight differences to the cut of the kilt, which is why it was probably labelled as Kilt Pipers Irish Guards.
Unlike the highland regiments.... or rather the highland battalions of the new Scottish one-size-fits-all regiment, only pipers wear kilts in the Irish units - and that includes some of the obscure Royal Artillery batteries with Irish lineage who also have their own pipers.
For the uninitiated, this is worth a read:
http://www.royalirishrangers.co.uk/uniform.htmlLast edited by Tony Farrell; 01-27-2007, 06:55 AM.
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