Company Of Pikemen & Musketeers Hac

The Company of Pikemen & Musketeers is a ceremonial unit of the Honourable Artillery Company, which traces its origins back to 1537. The Pikemen & Musketeers are tasked to provide a bodyguard to the Lord Mayor of London when on official business.

Members are dressed as the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) would have been in the 1640s. Apart from duties in the City of London, the Company is increasingly in demand for state, military, charity and other events, to add colour and pageantry and to gives displays of 17th century drills and music. In recent years the Pikemen & Musketeers have paraded in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the United States. Only veteran members of the HAC's Territorial Army / Reserve regiment are eligible for membership.