It Comes From The Hills - Irish Guards Receiving Shamrock (1923)

Item title reads - "It comes from the hills, the vales and the mireland". Every officer and man of the Irish Guards in far off Constantinople received his sprig of Shamrock on St. Patrick's Day. (Istanbul), Turkey. L/S of the regiment lined up, the men and officers salute. The officers come up and salute again before taking a tray of shamrock. They walk along the lines and every man takes a sprig. M/S as pipers and drummers walk along in front of the regiment. The commanding officer salutes as they march past. M/S as they all take their hats off and give three cheers. Note: there is a duplicate copy of this story on *PM0440* - EB 2001. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from