administration of the regiments of Foot Guards and the London Guards reserve battalion. The Guards Division was responsible for providing two battalions for public...
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of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the Household Cavalry. The division remained...
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The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed in the Great War in France in 1915 from battalions of the Guards regiments...
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The Guards and Parachute Division is an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the training and administration of the regiments of Foot...
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87th Rifle Division was officially awarded Guards status and was re-designated as the 13th Guards Rifle Division. In May 1942, the 13th Division was involved...
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serving in the 7th Guards Brigade, which also included the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, and were part of the 3rd Infantry Division, led by Major General...
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Household Division. The Household Division also mounts sentry postings at Horse Guards, known as the King's Life Guard (called the Queen's Life Guard when...
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The Irish Guards (IG) is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and is part of the Guards Division. Together with the Royal Irish Regiment...
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2nd Guards Division can refer to: 2nd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division 2nd Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire)...
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The 2nd Guards M. I. Kalinin Taman Motor Rifle Division is a Guards mechanised infantry division of the Russian Ground Forces. Its Military Unit Number...
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The 4th Guards Tank Division is a Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces. The division is named after Yuri Andropov. The division has the...
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Guards Division may refer to: 1st Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 1st Guards Infantry Division (German Empire) 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian...
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Imperial Guard units were renamed again. The Mixed Guards Brigade in Tokyo became the 1st Guards Division (which now consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 6th Guard Regiments)...
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with 38th Guards Rifle Corps of 9th Guards Army. It became the 106th Guards Rifle Division in December 1944, as all the original VDV divisions and brigades...
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In some militaries, foot guards are senior infantry regiments. Foot guards are commonly responsible for guarding royal families or other state leaders...
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31st Guards Air Assault Brigade The following officers commanded the 11th Guards Airborne Division, 104th Guards Rifle Division, and 104th Guards Airborne...
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Guards Division may refer to one of the following. Imperial Guard (Japan) 1st Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese...
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was redesignated successively as 12th Guards Tank Corps (1943) and 12th Guards Tank Division (1946). The division was initially formed as 17th Tank Corps...
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Motor Rifle Division, the 36th Guards was redesignated as the former and adopted its history in 1960. When the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division was transferred...
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The Welsh Guards (WG; Welsh: Gwarchodlu Cymreig), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It was founded...
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98th Guards Rifle Division (ru:98-я гвардейская стрелковая дивизия). It incorporated 296th Guards Rifle Regiment (formerly the 18th Independent Guards Airborne...
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Infantry Division "Sforzesca", Kingdom of Italy 2nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd Guards Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd Division (Japan)...
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Infantry of the British Army (section Guards Division)
Foot Guards – foot guards are those infantry regiments that were formed specifically to provide close guard to the monarch. Soldiers in the guards were...
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Howitzer and 39th Guards Mortar transferred from the 28th Artillery Division. The composition of the division for 1946: 5th Guards Howitzer Artillery...
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into three Guards Divisions: Konoe Imperial Guards Division 1st Guards Division 2nd Guards Division 3rd Guards Division The first 18 divisions were originally...
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became the 32nd Guards Tank Division. Its 216th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment became the 287th Guards Tank Regiment and the 223rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment...
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The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England...
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the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division and became the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in 2009. The brigade was reorganized as the 114th Guards Motor Rifle...
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The 8th S. I. Morozov Guards Rovno Red Banner Order of Suvorov Cavalry Division (Russian: 8-я гвардейская кавалерийская Ровенская Краснознамённая ордена...
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The 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division is the only elite guards (other than Spetsnaz VDV) division of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) (Military...
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