Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum
Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum
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Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 21
This 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...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 20
Continuing 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.
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 19
Due 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...
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 18
Finishing 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.
Bearskins, Bayonets & Bravery - Notes from The Guards Museum Episode 17
Concluding 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 s...