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Trooper of the Household Cavalry: Memoir of a Piccadilly Cowboy

by Simon Wallington
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781036144746
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
  • Publisher Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 224
  • Original Price: GBP 25.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 474 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Military

On a bleak January morning in 1972, a frightened fifteen-year-old stepped off a train at North Camp railway station and into a life he never wanted. Forced into the Junior Guardsman's Wing with no say in his future, he arrived at the Guards Depot, Pirbright--an austere military world of khaki, command, and unforgiving discipline. But what began as coercion soon became transformation. Amid the rigid routines, harsh expectations, and relentless pressure, he discovered resilience he never knew he possessed.

From the echoing wooden blocks of C3 to the parade grounds where boys were shaped into Guardsmen, he learned to embrace the path laid before him. Over four demanding years he rose through the ranks, earning the honour of escorting the Queen on state occasions and standing proud on Queens Life Guard duty at Whitehall--privileges granted only to the most trusted and exacting soldiers.

But success in the Guards comes with shadows. Behind the immaculate uniforms and ceremonial splendour lay politics, envy, and agendas far beyond a young trooper's control. When a fabricated scandal shook the ranks, he found himself at the centre of a storm he neither caused nor understood. In a single, devastating moment, a promising career was destroyed--not by failure, but by betrayal. He became a scapegoat for powerful institutions determined to protect themselves.

Raw, compelling, and deeply human, this is the untold story of a boy soldier who rose above circumstance, only to be cast aside by the very establishment he served with honour.

Wallington, Simon: - Simon Wallington went from a promising career in the military to a dealing with a life time of shame and looking over his shoulder, after dismissal he eventually went on to find a job still working with horses driving for a commercial horse transport company. His second book Box to Box follows what he did after being dismissed detailing how within just two years he was back in Hyde Park barracks transporting his old regiment's horse's and men.

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