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Artistic licence. Although we at Ducal Models go to extreme lengths to verify the uniform details, we produce 'Toy 
Soldiers' and as such we have decided to keep to the original style of soldiers with rifles at the slope but as the 
breakage rate is so high we do not, as a rule supply them with fixed bayonets. However we do occasionally make 
minor changes to update our figures.

THE GUARDS ARE ON PARADE
The Queen's Foot Guards consist of five regiments. They all wear the bearskin cap, red jackets and blue trousers 
but are recognisable by the spacings of their buttons and the design on the buttons and collar badges. However,
we at DUCAL MODELS cannot portray these small variations so we only mark the different Regiments by their 
plumes.
THE GRENADIER GUARDS are descended from the personal guard raised by King Charles II whilst in exile at 
Bruges in 1656. When the Standing or Regular Army was formed in 1660 it was known as The King's Regiment of 
Guards, in 1697 as First Regiment of Foot Guards and in 1815, to commemorate their gallantry at the Battle of 
Waterloo, they were renamed the First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. They wear a white plume on the 
left of the bearskin, their badge is the Royal Cypher surrounded by a Garter, while their collar badge is a Grenade 
and they have 8 equally spaced buttons. The regimental marches are Scipio in slow time and The British 
Grenadiers in quick time.
THE WELSH GUARDS were raised in 1915 by order of King George V. They wear a white, green, white plume on 
the left of their bearskin, their badge and collar badges are a Leek, the national emblem of Wales, and they wear 
their buttons in two groups of five. The regimental marches are Men of Harlech in slow time and The Rising of the 
Lark in quick time.
THE SCOTS GUARDS were raised in Scotland as Bodyguard to King Charles I in 1642. In 1660 it was re-raised 
as part of the Scottish Standing Army and known as the Scottish Regiment of Foot Guards. In 1686 after various
successful actions they were brought on to the English army's establishment and took precedence within the Foot 
Guards as the Third Regiment. In 1831 King William IV gave them the unusual title Scots Fusilier Guards but the 
present title Scots Guards was conferred on them by Queen Victoria in 1877. Forming up in the centre of the Line 
they do not wear a plume, their badge and collar badges show a Thistle, the emblem of Scotland, and they wear 
their buttons in three groups of three. The regimental marches are Garb of Old Gaul in slow time and Highland 
Laddie in quick time played by the Pipes & Drums. The Pipers wear the Royal Stuart tartan and a blue over red 
plume in their Feather Bonnet.
THE IRISH GUARDS formed by Queen Victoria in 1900, have a blue plume on the right, their collar badges and 
badge depicts the Clover Leaf and they wear their buttons in two groups of four. The regimental marches are Let 
Erin Remember in slow time and St Patrick's Day in quick time. The Irish Guards share with the Scots Guards the 
distinction of having a Pipe Band but are unique as being the only Guards regiment to have a mascot, an Irish 
Wolfhound, to lead them on parade.
THE COLDSTEAM GUARDS were raised in 1650 by General Monk for the Parliamentary Forces during the Civil 
War. In 1660 King Charles II ordered them to lay down their arms and to take them up as the Second Regiment of 
Foot Guards. It is said that not a man moved and that General Monk declared, "Sire, the Regiment refused to be 
known as second to any in the British Army". His Majesty then ordered "Coldstream Guards, take up your arms" 
and to this day the Regiment has the Motto - Nulli Secundus (Second to None). They wear a red plume on the 
right, tunic buttons in twos and their badge is the Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; the highest order of 
chivalry in the land. The Regiment marches past to Figaro in slow time and Milanollo in quick time.
THE COLOURS In the Brigade of Guards the Queen's Colour is crimson and bears the regimental badge and 
distinctions, whilst the Regimental Colour, similar to the Union Jack, has in the centre a Company badge with a 
Crown over. When the Colours are renewed the next Company badge is depicted on the new Regimental Colour.
Both the Queen's and Regimental Colours carry the same number of battle honours. On the date Anniversary of a 
Battle Honour the Colour pike is decked with a green Laurel wreath. If only one Colour is carried as at Guard 
Mounting or the Troop, the Queen's Colour is carried when Her Majesty is present or in residence, otherwise it is 
the Regimental Colour that is paraded.
TROOPING THE COLOUR The third stage of the parade, the return up the Mall with the Household Cavalry in 
the lead, the massed Band of 365 Bandsmen, followed by Her Majesty at the head of her Foot Guards, each 
Guard comprising of 3 Officers and 70 Other Ranks, with in various positions in the parade the mounted 
personalities, gives the best potential for  display as it is the only time that everybody is on the move and the scale 
is feasible.