Queens Dragoon Guards receive Sword of Peace

Title

Queens Dragoon Guards receive Sword of Peace

Genre

News report; Speech; Music

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

Report on Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Ferguson receiving the Wilkinson Sword of Peace on behalf of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards at a ceremony at Cardiff Castle, for their peacekeeping work in the Lebanon. Includes military band music; a speech by Gordon Ferguson. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Gordon Ferguson

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Wales; Lebanon; Peacekeeping; Cardiff; Ceremonies; Search and rescue operations; Military bases; Brass band music; Military awards; Queen’s Dragoon Guards; Gordon Ferguson

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