- When the sovereign visits the Tower, or the warders are on duty at a state occasion, they wear red and gold uniforms similar to those of the Yeomen of the Guard.
- 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.
- 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.
- The term "beefeater" is also used to refer to the traditional headgear of the Yeoman Warders. Beefeater gin is a brand of gin produced in the U.K..
- On state occasions the yeoman warders wear a red and gold Tudor uniform, while their daily uniform is dark blue with red trimming.
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