A retired Grenadier Guard who stood in the rain for nine hours at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 offered advice to those who will be guarding King Charles III on May 6, 2023.

Carole Tattersall - Geroge Noon, Grenadier Guards, serv no. 2621281 ... He told me quite a few things that happened to him whilst serving in the Grenadier Guards during the WW2.

I served in the Grenadier Guards from 1944-52 and saw sevice in the UK, Palestine, ... In WW2 he served in the SAS and SBS. He was captured but escaped back to the UK.

When were the Grenadier Guards formed? The regiment is one of the oldest in the British Army and was formed in 1656 by King Charles II. They have fought in some of the biggest wars of the modern ...