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Thank A Soldier
To show our service men & women of all branches that we support them and appreciate the sacrifices they make every day for our countries and for all of us who are blessed to live in a free world.
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ST GEORGE’S DAY
SPECIAL REGIMENTAL ORDER OF THE DAY
On this day, 23 April, we celebrate St George, Patron Saint of England and of chivalrous soldiers of every faith
and nation.
Although St George is among the most renowned of early Christian figures, his life is veiled in myth and legend.
Indeed, as early as 496 the Church included George among those saints ‘whose names are rightly reverenced
among us, but whose actions are known only to God’. Tradition has it that he was born in Cappadocia (modern
Turkey) of noble parents and, joining the Roman Army, he rose to the rank of tribune, the equivalent of colonel.
He became a Christian and, on 23 April 303, he was tortured and beheaded near Lydda in Palestine by the pagan
Diocletian for making a principled stand against that cruel Emperor’s persecution of Christians. George became
venerated throughout Christendom as an example of valour in defence of the Christian faith and of the poor and
defenceless. He was also revered by Islam under the name Gerghis or El Khoudi. Many miracles became attached
to his name, and he became widely recognized as a saint some time after the year 900.
Stories of St. George’s courage and faith soon spread and his reputation grew very quickly. He was adopted as the
patron saint of soldiers in 1098, when he was said to have come to the aid of a Crusader army at the Battle of
Antioch, and tales of his military prowess were spread far and wide by wandering troubadours. When King
Richard Coeur-de-Lion was campaigning in Palestine in 1191-92 he put his army under the protection of St
George, and around this time the Soldier Saint’s banner, a red cross on a white ground, was adopted as the
uniform of English soldiers. This later became the flag of England and the central cross of the Union Flag.
St George was well-known to the Anglo-Saxons as early as the 8th century, and in 1222 the Saint’s day, 23 April,
was declared a holiday in England. In the mid-fourteenth century, shortly after the battle of Crécy, he was adopted
by King Edward III as Patron Saint of England, and in 1415, the year of Agincourt, the Archbishop of Canterbury
raised St George's Day to a great feast and ordered it to be observed like Christmas Day. St George soon became a
stock figure in English folklore, epitomising the chivalrous Christian knight: strong in faith, valiant in battle, and a
protector of the weak and oppressed against the forces of evil.
The fame of St George was greatly increased by the publication in 1265 of The Golden Legend. It was this
medieval book which popularized the allegorical tale of George and the Dragon. According to this legend, a
dragon dwelt near the city of Silenae in Libya, keeping the people in terror. To satiate this personification of evil
the population offered tethered animals, until they had no more. They then provided human sacrifices, and in their
ultimate desperation a young princess was selected, the king’s daughter. The story then relates that St. George
rode up on his white charger, dismounted and fearlessly fought the dragon on foot until it succumbed. He then led
the dying monster into the city, using the girdle of the rescued maiden, and slew it in front of the people. St
George was greeted as their saviour and the King offered him riches as a reward for saving his daughter. This he
refused and asked that it be given to the poor. It was a potent myth of the triumph of good over evil, and as such
has echoed down the ages.
Our Regimental forebears have celebrated St George’s Day for over three hundred years, the first recorded
occasion being in 1704. Today the knightly virtues associated with the Soldier Saint, steadfast courage, honour,
fortitude in adversity, faith and charity, remain as important to us as ever.