Royal Gibraltar Regiment guards the Crown Jewels

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LONDON  (Panorama, Gibraltar) While the Royal Gibraltar Regiment has been engaged in public duties in London, much of the focus of attention has been on the soldiers at Buckingham and St James’s Palaces. But a third group of troops, based at the Tower of London, has been performing an equally important task - that of guarding the Crown Jewels. ‘As well as providing two sentries throughout the day, our primary role is to provide a Quick Reaction Force 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,’ explained Sgt Maj Dean Castrey. ‘Every day we carry out clearance patrols where we look for anything out of the ordinary, such as suspicious packages or tourists where they shouldn't be. In our time there haven’t been any incidents but not long ago a unit found a body washed up on the edge of the Thames by the Tower and it isn’t unusual for drunks to try to climb the walls of the Tower during the night.’>>>

Royal Gibraltar Regiment takes up guard duties at Buckingham Palace

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LONDON Fifty children from St Anne's Middle School in Gibraltar were amongst the huge crowd that gathered last week to watch the ceremony as the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band led the regiment's detachment out of Wellington Barracks, in through the huge gates of Buckingham Palace, and onto the centre of the Palace forecourt where they were met by the cheers of the Gibraltar schoolchildren. The RG's scarlet tunics were a perfect match for those of the waiting Guardsmen but their white Kitchener helmets were in sharp contrast to the black bearskins of the Old Guard. (Read the full story on MercoPress)

£2.25 million windfall for Gibraltar soldiers

GIBRALTAR (GibChronicle) They could not have done it better if they had been dedicated savers! HM Treasury has been-over taxing our soldiers in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and the boob is now costing some £2.25 million in rebate. The error dates back to the years 2003 to 2008 and one soldier has been dished a hefty £20,000 cheque. The regiment which has over 220 members was called out before their CO earlier this week for one of the most rewarding assemblies they have had. MoD confirmed that there had been an assessment error.