Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Royal Fusiliers and the Black Watch pushed into the city.

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More than 300 soldiers from The Rifles and the King's Royal Hussars, the 1st Battalion Irish Guards and 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards took part.

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Later in the day, a soldier from the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died of a gunshot wound.

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'Firing Line' brings together the history of The Royal Welsh regiment and the 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards - also known as the Welsh Cavalry.

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For Horse Guards Parade, in the heart of Whitehall, has been hosting the Royal Military Tattoo.

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