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In 2020 The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula inside The Tower of London celebrates the 500th year of its completion. The Guards have a long history guarding The Tower and are here today to help the chapel celebrate huge its milestone. There was a chapel on this site before the Norman conquest, repaired by Henry III from the year 1420 onwards. In 1286 Henry's son Edward I had the old chapel demolished and built a new one which survived until it was largely destroyed by fire in 1512. In 1519 wo

CONTACT COMBAT. A short video of NO.7 Company COLDSTREAM GUARDS during a Krav Maga lesson. Krav Maga is a effective self defence system developed by the Isreali Defence Forces (IDF). It consists of a combination of techniques sourced from aikido, judo, boxing and wrestling, along with realistic fight training with the focus on real-world situations. | Coldstream Guards

Bayonet Lesson. Training team at Guards Training Company in Catterick demonstrating how to use the bayonet correctly. | Coldstream Guards

85K views · 2.6K reactions | The Coldstream Guards have swapped their ceremonial public duties to practise basic soldiering skills recently on Exercise Rapid Plume. | British Army | Facebook

434K views · 3.5K shares | Soldiers from The Coldstream Guards rehearse ahead of Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade in London, for Her Majesty the Queen's 90th Birthday Parade on Saturday. | British Army | Facebook

The Coldstream Guards show off their skills both on the ranges and the parade square! Last week they were on the ranges, this week they completed their Major General’s Inspection. See how they got on! 👇💂‍♂️ | The Army in London - HQ London District