Margaret Thatcher's funeral: mounted escort and 700 troops to pay tribute The 10 servicemen will be from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, the Scots Guards, the Welsh Guards, the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, the Parachute Regiment, the Royal Gurkha Rifles, and the Royal Air Force. Outside cathedral, there will be a guard of honour and band from the Welsh Guards, which suffered some of the heaviest losses in the Falklands. The steps of St Paul's Cathedral will lined by 18 members of the serving armed forces, including six from the Royal Air Force, six Blues and Royals, and six from the Royal Navy. There will also be some Chelsea Pensioners. Lining the route, there will be members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the F Company Scots Guards, the First Battalion Welsh Guards and the Royal Air Force. Three bands, with drums covered in black, from the Royal Marines, the Scots Guards of the Household Division and the Royal Air Force, will play as the gun carriage proceeds to St Paul's.