Coldstream Guards repeat a crucial journey as they celebrate 375 years of service
The guardsmen travelled by train to Berwick-upon-Tweed to commemorate their formation in 1650 and their centuries of uninterrupted service
James Wharton is the North of England reporter at BFBS Forces News and a former soldier in the British Army. A veteran of Iraq, he served both operationally and ceremonially during a ten-year career in the Household Cavalry. After leaving the military, he retrained at the BFBS Academy before earning a degree from the University of Warwick.
The guardsmen travelled by train to Berwick-upon-Tweed to commemorate their formation in 1650 and their centuries of uninterrupted service
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