The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can...
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Foot Guard regiment, the Governor General's Foot Guards of Ottawa. The Canadian Grenadier Guards is an allied regiment to the British Grenadier Guards. The...
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Foot Guards and the 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers of the Prussian Imperial Guard, plus the Russian Pavlovsky Guard. Russian grenadiers had...
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The Horse Grenadier Guards, usually referred to as Horse Grenadiers, were a series of cavalry troops in the British Household Cavalry between 1687 and...
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The Band of the Grenadier Guards is the military band of the Grenadier Guards, which is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was raised between...
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Westminster: Guards battalions: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Scots Guards 1st Battalion, Irish Guards 1st Battalion...
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regiments of foot guards exist in the Canadian Army's Primary Reserve, the Governor General's Foot Guards (GGFG) and the Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG). The...
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of Horse Grenadier Guards, were reorganised into two regiments, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of Life Guards (from 1877, simply 1st Life Guards and 2nd Life...
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World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the Household Cavalry...
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Engineers (since 1787), the Honourable Artillery Company (since 1716), the Grenadier Guards (since 1763), and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (since 1763). It...
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tradition officers of the Grenadier Guards were elected by the men, a practice that continued into the 20th century. The Guards were named after Patrick...
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Grenadier Guards (Japanese: グレナディアガーズ foaled 4 February 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best two-year-olds in Japan in 2020...
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King's Guard are usually formed from one of the five regiments of foot guards: Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Guards Irish Guards Welsh Guards In...
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Grenadier Guards Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards No. 7 Company, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Scots Guards F...
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in 1818 as The Guardsman, and subsequently renamed in honour of the Grenadier Guards' actions in the Battle of Waterloo. Being secluded in a wealthy district...
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antecedent regiments, the Garderegiment Grenadiers (Grenadiers Guards Regiment) and the Garderegiment Jagers (Rifles Guards Regiment). The regiment's single...
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reformed from the Guards Armoured Division, June 1945 5th Guards Brigade 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream...
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Grenadier Guards (1656–1994) 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1760–1961) 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1650–) 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1711–1994)...
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The London Guards is a formation within the British Army comprising the reserve companies of the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Irish Guards. On formation...
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the five foot guards regiments. Slow marches Grenadier Guards: "The March from Scipio", composed for the First Guards (Grenadier Guards) by Handel. It...
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Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Lieutenant Richard Frederick Michael Hobbs, Grenadier Guards, Bearer Party, the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II...
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Liechtenstein (Coldstream Guards) Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein (Grenadier Guards). Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Irish Guards) Henri, Grand Duke of...
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troops of the Royal Horse Guards, and eventually absorbed the 3rd Troop of Horse Guards and the 1st Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards. On 25 June 1788, the regiment...
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2nd Grenadier Guards F.C. were an English football team that played in the London League Division One during the 1897–98 season, finishing ninth of nine...
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3rd Grenadier Guards F.C. were an English football team that played in the London League from as early as 1896 until 1898. During the 1896–97 season they...
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Bearskin (category Guards Division (United Kingdom))
David (27 July 1989). The Grenadier Guards. Bloomsbury USA. p. 34. ISBN 0-85045-284-8. Stadden, Charles (1973). Coldstream Guards. Almark. p. 51. ISBN 0-85524-111-X...
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Major-General commanding the Household Division (redirect from Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District)
late Grenadier Guards Major-General Sir Reginald Gipps GCB 1884–1889 late Scots Guards Major-General Philip Smith CB 1889–1892 late Grenadier Guards Major-General...
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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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Horse Guards office—all Guards officers would wear special star badges. Grenadier Guards: Garter star. Coldstream Guards: Garter star. Scots Guards: Thistle...
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Edward VIII (category Grenadier Guards officers)
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army 15 November 1914: Temporary Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards, later antedated to 11 November...
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