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WANTS

General Wants

The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard was created some 522 years ago and has literally generated tons of material in books, letters, images and official orders.  It has also been graced by famous characters such as Sir Walter Raleigh whose history is well documented.  Much material is still in the public domain, but not all.  Most of the archived history was destroyed in a fire at St James' Palace in 1807 so there are gaps in our history, especially the roll of The Guard.  It's a shame that we can't mention all of those men that proudly served amongst its Officers, rank and file.

The law of averages says that there has to be images and letters etc in family archives or lost in dusty trunks in attics that would help fill the gaps in our long history.  Our site functions because of researched material, as indeed all other sites do.  Any material that you feel might be of interest to The Body Guard will indeed be of immense importance to us. It may be used on this site and of course an acknowledgement will be made to you for donating it.  Thank you in anticipation.

Please send donated material to either:

qbg@hotmail.co.uk   or

Yeo William Norton
The Yeomen of the Queen's Body Guard
Ambassadors Court
St James's Palace
LONDON
SW1A 1BJ  

Books Wanted

The Book of The Ranks and Dignities of British Society (by James Lamb)

The Yeoman of the Guard 1485-1885 by Thomas Preston - 1886

The Official History of the Guard, by Colonel Sir Reginald Hennell,
CVO, DSO, OBE, published in 1904 (amended 1958 and 1991)

The Nearest Guard by Major Brackenbury (Honourable Corp of Gentleman at Arms)

SALES

Limited Edition Plate (Limited to 200)

This 10" limited-edition china plate, within a racing green presentation box, was made at Ironbridge's famous Coalport China Museum Telford England. 

This unique plate includes an inscription on the reverse, the artist's name - Vida Broskham, a unique serial number and museum stamp;  a Certificate of Authentication is also provided. 

A small quantity of these wonderfully crafted pieces remain and are available to collectors for £65 excluding P&P.  Enquiries regarding availability and cost of postage should be made by emailing qbg@hotmail.co.uk (Title email - Commemorative Plate)   

The Yeomen of the Guard 1823-1903 by Ian McInnes

This wonderfully informative book has the history of the Tower Warders and Yeomen of the Queen's Body Guard and their biographies from 1823-1903.  A retiring Tower Warder is selling this A4 sized book with 191 pages and many images.

Price - £25 plus P&P

Contact qbg@hotmail.co.uk if interested and you will be directed to the Yeoman Warder.

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