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The British Grenadiers British Marching Song
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The British Grenadiers is a traditional marching song of British and Commonwealth military units whose badge of identification features a grenade, the tune of which dates from the 17th century. • The melody was introduced into Britain as a military march during the 1689–1702 reign of William III and has similarities with one written for Prince John William of Friesland (1687–1711). Henry Grattan Flood suggested as another candidate the 1672 Dutch march Wilhelmus van Nassouwe , which in turn was a reworking of a French version from 1568. • The British Grenadiers refers to grenadiers in general, not the Grenadier Guards Regiment, and all Fusilier units were entitled to use it. It allegedly commemorates an assault in August 1695 by 700 British grenadiers on the French-held fortress of Namur during the Nine Years War. • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Britis... • I found this excellent recording on EMG Colonels channel: / @emgcolonel and it is sung by Ian Colquhoun. • Image one: Clive meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey by Francis Hayman, 1762. • Image two: British forces lead by Charles Cornwallis attacking Seringapatam during the Third Mysore War in India in 1792. • Image three: The relief of Lucknow by General Sir Henry Havelock on 25 Spetember 1857 during the Sepoy Rebellion in India.
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