British Army ceremonial calendar
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The British Army ceremonial calendar is the annual schedule of traditional regimental and army-wide commemorations, parades, and observances that mark key battles, anniversaries, and historical events in the Army’s history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Army ceremonial calendar canonical | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army custom
ⓘ
ceremonial calendar ⓘ military tradition ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Army Medical Services
ⓘ
Army Reserve units ⓘ Royal Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
Corps of Royal Engineers
Foot Guards ⓘ Household Cavalry ⓘ Household Division ⓘ Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Armoured Corps regiments
Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ line infantry regiments ⓘ regular army units ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
drill displays
ⓘ
military music performances ⓘ parades ⓘ public ceremonial duties ⓘ religious services ⓘ wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ |
| includes |
Empire Day
ⓘ
surface form:
Accession Day gun salutes
Alma Day commemorations ⓘ Armistice Day observances ⓘ Crimean War memorials ⓘ
surface form:
Balaklava Day commemorations
Beating Retreat ⓘ Cambrai Day ⓘ
surface form:
Cambrai Day commemorations
Cenotaph parade in Whitehall ⓘ Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ Coronation anniversary gun salutes ⓘ D-Day commemorations ⓘ El Alamein commemorations ⓘ Falklands campaign commemorations ⓘ Garter Day guard duties at Windsor ⓘ Minden Day commemorations ⓘ Passchendaele commemorations ⓘ Regimental battle honour days ⓘ Remembrance Sunday national service ⓘ
surface form:
Remembrance Sunday
Somme commemorations ⓘ State Opening of Parliament guard duties ⓘ Trooping the Colour ⓘ
surface form:
The King’s Birthday Parade
Trooping the Colour ⓘ Waterloo Day commemorations ⓘ ceremonial gun salutes ⓘ change of colonel-in-chief parades ⓘ freedom parades ⓘ homecoming parades ⓘ laying up of old colours ⓘ national thanksgiving services with military participation ⓘ presentation of new colours ⓘ regimental memorial services ⓘ sovereign’s guard mountings ⓘ state funeral processions ⓘ state visit ceremonial guards ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Army Headquarters
ⓘ
Headquarters London District (elements) ⓘ
surface form:
Headquarters London District
regimental headquarters ⓘ |
| purpose |
commemorate key battles in British Army history
ⓘ
honour regimental traditions ⓘ maintain esprit de corps ⓘ mark royal and national occasions ⓘ |
| timePeriod | annual ⓘ |
| usedBy | British Army ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.