Answering this question quite a bit. The guards got their names from their parents not long after they were born.
Beef eatrs
Beefeaters
The site that the Tower of London occupies has been a fortress of some sort for at least 2000 years and as such would always have had guards to defend it. Even today there is a small military garrison based in the Tower.
The Crown Jewels are kept in the Tower of London which is guarded by the Beefeaters.
The guards that stand in front of the Tower of London are called Yeoman Warders.
If you mean the Tower of London, as its name indicates, it is in London.
tower of London ....
The Tower of London.
Beefeaters. Nobody is sure why. Some think it was because they were fed from the king's table in the middle ages, so they would be strong and healthy.
The popular name for the monarch's guard soldiers at the Tower of London
Their correct name is Yeoman Warders but they are often referred to as Beefeaters.
Tower of London