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Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 21
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - November 03, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutesThis week the Director looks at the life of one of the more colourful officers in the world of Guards music. He examines the biography of Lieutenant Colonel Jiggs Jaeger written by Colin Dean. Jaeger was a larger than life character who spent 19 years leading the band of the Irish Guards. A h...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 20
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - October 15, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutesContinuing with the virtual tour of the museum's galleries, this week the Director looks at three relatively recent campaigns namely, the Falklands and the two Gulf Wars. Support the Show.
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 19
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - September 09, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutesDue to a bit of a health issue, the Director has been a bit of a drain on the National Health Service and has been nipping in and out of hospital over the last few weeks (for which he offers his abject apologies). So this week he offers a few amusing stories which will hopefully bring a smile t...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 18
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - August 20, 2020 20:00 - 40 minutesFinishing of the Second World War and moving on to post war operations, this week the Director looks at two very different Guards officers.....both highly competent and both very brave.....but both very different. Support the Show.
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 17
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - July 27, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutesConcluding the third instalment of the Guards in the Second World War, this week the Director examines the history of The Guards Armoured Division from its inception in 1941 through to its disbandment in 1945 following a remarkable and highly successful series of actions. Their ability to go fr...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 16
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - July 23, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutesContinuing the story of the five regiments of Foot Guards in World War 2, this week the Director looks at the move from North Africa into mainland Europe. He follows the exploits of these remarkable soldiers through the gruelling battle northwards through the entire length of Italy suffering de...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 15
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - July 18, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutesThis week the Director starts the massive subject of the Guards in the Second World War.....tracing the five regiments from the outbreak of the war in September 1939 to the end of the North African Campaign. The five regiments were embroiled in some of the fiercest fighting of WW2 and, in usual...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 14
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - July 05, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode, the Director looks at the period between the two world wars and talks about the abdication of King Edward VIII. He also describes the fantastic model of the Scots Guardsman Locomotive on display in the museum which is a sight to see. He ends by looking at the career of an outs...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 13
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - June 26, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes'The loudest voice in the British Army!'.....That was the reputation gained by Regimental Sergeant Major 'Tibby' Brittain over a career which spanned nearly 40 years. This week the Director looks at the life and work of ths remarkable man who influenced the lives of over 40,000 officer cadets a...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 12
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - June 17, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutesThe war to end all wars.....or so they thought at the time. This week the Director continues the virtual tour of the museum and focuses on the Great War. Four years of mud, blood and tears in which the Guards saw some of the fiercest fighting ever experienced in war. Through the exhibits in d...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 11
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - June 10, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutesWith the annual Birthday Parade also known as Trooping the Colour cancelled this year due to the pandemic, this week the Director has arranged an interview with the man who usually co-ordinates this iconic ceremony, Warrant Officer Class 1 (Garrison Sergeant Major Andrew Stokes. 'Big Vern', as ...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 10
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - June 05, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutesThe virtual tour of the collection continues this week with the end of the Victorian age and the advent of the Edwardian era. We have a war in South Africa and the establishment of the Irish Guards. The Director covers the death of Queen Victoria and her funeral arrangements and then the creat...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 9
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - May 28, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutesA new departure this week! For the first time the Director has a guest on the podcast. Roddy Gow, OBE is here to talk a little about his father, General Sir Michael Gow who was an eminent and proud Scots Guardsman. Following the interview, the Director reads excerpts from General Gow's book G...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 8
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - May 19, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutesContinuing the virtual tour of the museum galleries, this week the Director shares stories about the Crimean campaign and the Sudan campaign. These two expeditions were extraordinarily tough for the Guards soldiering as they were in the freezing temperatures of Russia and in the blistering heat...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 7
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - May 13, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutesThis week the Director shares readings from the autobiography of a former Guards officer who was perhaps atypical of those who usually were commissioned into the Foot Guards. Derek Bond was a reasonably successful actor but he volunteered at the outbreak of World War 2 and was commissioned into ...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 6
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - May 04, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutesWaterloo! Probably the most transformational battle in annals of the Guards. This week we look at the Peninsula campaign and the long-running battle between Wellington and Napoleon Bonapart for European supremacy. We find some familiar names coming up again and we learn about some brave deeds...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 5
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - April 27, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutesThis week the Director focuses on the life of a General who served for nearly 50 years, who met Wellington and was present at that great man's funeral. General Sir George Higginson commended in The Crimea, witnessed the Charge of the Light Brigade and amassed a wealth of experience in how to co...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 4
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - April 20, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutesThis week the Director looks at the next stage in the virtual tour of the museum galleries and describes the elevation of John Churchill of The First Guards to become the first Duke of Marlborough and a favourite of Queen Anne. We hear about Marlborough's many battles and about some of the othe...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 1
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - April 13, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesThis is the first episode in a new podcast recorded by Andrew Wallis, MBE, DL who is the Director of The Guards Museum. The forced closure of the museum due to the COVID-19 pandemic has acted as the catalyst to create this podcast as an outreach to those who wish to know more about The Guards b...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 3
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - April 13, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutesIn this episode the Director pauses the virtual tour of the museum to share some stories from one of the many wonderful books in the museum library. This week he shares some tales about Lt. Col. John Mackenzie-Rogan, who served for 50 years in the army and ended up as the Senior Director of Mus...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 2
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum - April 13, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutesIn this episode, the Director describes the location of the museum and its adjacency to both The Guards Chapel and to the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden. He then takes you into the museum and describes the first few galleries pausing to examine key exhibits and to relate the fascinating storie...
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