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Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); A Quick Reaction Special Rider Team, made up of woman soldiers of 7 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps was formed on the instructions of Major General Priyantha Perera, Commander Security Forces-Jaffna and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps. The Team has been operational since Tuesday (25) under the supervision of the Commanding Officer, 7 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps Major Rashmi Galhena. This Special Women Corps Quick Reaction Rider Team would opera...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st); A Quick Reaction Special Rider Team, made up of woman soldiers of 7 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps was formed on the instructions of Major General Priyantha Perera, Commander Security Forces-Jaffna and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps. The Team has been operational since Tuesday (25) under the supervision of the Commanding Officer, 7 Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps Major Rashmi Galhena. This Special Women Corps Quick Reaction Rider Team would opera...

Duchess Camilla wears poignant jewel in nod to Prince Philip Hello! 23 hrs ago © @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine The Duchess of Cornwall appeared for a poignant engagement on Friday as she visited 5th Battalion The Rifles in Wiltshire, following her appointment as Colonel-in-Chief. Camilla took over the military role from Prince Philip back in July 2020 - in a short ceremony that would become the Dukes last official appearance before he passed away in April 2021. For Fridays engagement...

The mother of a Grenadier Guard has shared her pride after her son was chosen to be one of the pallbearers that carried Prince Philips coffin at his funeral on Saturday.  Dan Coghlan was one of the soldiers tasked with transporting the Duke of Edinburghs coffin to a custom-built Land Rover that then carried the Duke to St Georges Chapel in Windsor ahead of his funeral service and burial. Members of the Royal Marines then carried the coffin up to the West Steps of the chapel.  The Guardsmans m...

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Revealed: Coin toss decided which of four soldiers would be the driver and passenger in Prince Philips custom-built Land Rover hearse at his funeral The duke has been at the heart of an 18-year project to modify the Defender TD5 130 chassis cab vehicle Corporal Louis Murray drove the custom-built hearse, accompanied by Cpl Craig French, both aged 29 Soldiers ensured vehicle stuck to its precise route and timings after several days of intense rehearsals Pair were selected on a coin-toss from a g...

The Queen carried special mementoes from her life with Prince Philip inside her handbag during the funeral She was planning to include one of Philips trademark Savile Row white handkerchiefs, royal insiders say Her Majesty is also said to have carried a small photograph of the two of them together while in Malta  The monarch sat alone in St Georges Chapel having wiped away tears as she accompanied Philips coffin    Philip borne to church on a Land Rover hearse he designed himself in ceremon...

The son of a hero of the Falklands War is among the group of senior officers who will carry Prince Philip on his final journey today. Deputy Colonel Commandant of The Rifles, Major General Rupert Jones, is the son of Herbert H Jones, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross by the Queen for his heroism in the face of battle with the Argentinians in 1982. Major General Jones will also be joined as a pallbearer by Lt Alec Heywood,  a Grenadier Guard whose grandfather served at both the funer...

Maj Gen Partap Narwal (Retd) The news was disconcerting: “Curtains drawn on Military Farms”; alongside was a photograph of an officer presenting a properly folded green flag of his Corps in a military drill. The recipient of the flag was a senior officer, presumably the Colonel Commandant of his Corps. The ceremony was held at Delhi Cantonment. I posted the news item on the social chat group of veterans from my Remount Veterinary Corps. One of the senior veterans promptly responded: “Very...

Clarence House, the official London residence of Duchess Camilla, better get ready to bid! The Duchess of Cornwall has donated a private tour of Clarence House for up to six people for the Royal Osteoporosis Societys first-ever Mothers Day auction. Camilla has served as the President of the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) since 2001, and it is a cause close to her heart because her mother, Rosalind Shand, died from the bone disease. The tour of Clarence House, which is one of the last ...