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Description 104 Regiment Royal Artillery fire a Death Gun Salute for Prince Philip.jpg |
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Reservists from 104 Regiment Royal Artillery fired a Death Gun Salute at Cardiff Castle to mark the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.The unit, based in Newport, is the only Army Reserve Artillery Regiment in Wales.At 1200 today (10 April) a Death Gun Salute was fired to mark the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. Across the United Kingdom, in Gibraltar and on HM Ships at sea, saluting batteries fired 41 rounds at one round every minute for 40 minutes. The public were encouraged to observe the gun salutes from home, they took place behind closed doors but broadcast online and on television.In London, The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery rode out from their base at Napier Lines, Woolwich Barracks, onto the Parade Ground with 71 horses, 36 of them pulling six 13-pounder field guns dating from the First World War. Their guns fired at the same time as those fired by the Honourable Artillery Company’sLight Guns at the Tower of London and by units from all corners of the United Kingdom including Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh, and British Overseas Territory Gibraltar. At sea, guns fired from Royal Navy saluting warships.The same guns that will be used at Woolwich Barracks were also fired for Prince Philip’s wedding to Her Majesty in 1947 and at Her Majesty’s coronation six years later in 1953.
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Author | Sergeant Ben Beale |
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