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Grenadiers Mate.

posted 5 years ago by Jeepster (1025)
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What exactly was the meaning of that scene may I ask? That’s when the young soldier went to stand behind that guy on line & he turned around and gave him such a look as if to say”gtfooh” & the guy tells him “Grenadiers mate” & he gestures him along with his head.

What was the he point of it all? Was it something wrong that he did? The other guy I mean? Just didn’t get it, maybe you all can help. Thanks.

[–] Cranmer (139) 4 years ago

He was just telling the soldier that the queue (line) was for soldiers of the Grenadier Guards regiment only. I think the point was to show that despite the potential for chaos, the soldiers were still forming orderly queues according to their regiments. Also, the Guards regiments are the elite of the British army, and so probably did not want soldiers of 'fish and chip mob' (lower class) regiments associating with them.