- They must also hold the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.[1] The garrison consists of 32 (formerly 37) Yeomen Warders and one Chief Warder.[2][3][4].
- Yeoman Warders were originally part of the Yeoman of the Guard – the monarch’s personal, crack bodyguard who traveled with him everywhere.
- Yeoman Warders descended from the ancient band of warders, the Yeoman of the Guard – the monarch's personal guards who travelled everywhere with him.
- We have very little here about Yeoman Warder Samuel Reeves (203) and I cannot find any military documents for him.
- Information about guards at the Tower of London, called Yeoman Warders and popularly known as beefeaters.
- Their main duties became prison guards, and it was on this occasion that they changed their name to Yeoman Warders to reflect their true work.
- The Yeomen Warders are often confused with The Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, the original "Beefeaters", a similar but distinct body.
- A distinctive part of the tower are the Beefeaters – or to use their real title – the Yeoman Warders. There’s around 40 of them at the Tower doing a job that hasn’t...
- The most recent person to join the Yeoman Warders is Gary Burridge who did so in August following 32 years in the Royal Navy.
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