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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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    at Horse Guards Parade. A few Irish Guardsmen saw action as mounted infantry in the final stages of the Boer War. Otherwise, the Irish Guards were stationed...
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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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    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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  • a cadre of personnel to form the Irish Guards; while later, in 1915 it also provided the basis of the Welsh Guards upon their formation. The regiment's...
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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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    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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    other, swifter sighthounds. In 1902, the Irish Wolfhound was declared the regimental mascot of the Irish Guards. In 391, there is a reference to large dogs...
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  • Irish Guard may refer to: Irish Guard (Notre Dame), part of the marching band at University of Notre Dame football games Irish Guards, regiment of the...
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    The Band of the Irish Guards is one of five bands in the Foot Guards Regiments in the Household Division whose main role is to guard the British monarch...
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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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    Company, Scots Guards 1st Battalion, Irish Guards No. 9 Company, Irish Guards No. 12 Company, Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards 1st Battalion,...
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    the Coast Guard, in Ireland, these are carried out by the Irish Air Corps and Irish Naval Service and drug smuggling patrols by the Irish Air Corps,...
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    of the five Foot Guards regiments of the Household Division is selected to slowly troop (carry) its colour through the ranks of guards, who stand with...
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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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    (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in 1788 and service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess...
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    Grenadier Guards - 1 + 0 battalion Coldstream Guards - 1 + 0 battalion Scots Guards - 1 + 0 battalion Irish Guards - 1 + 0 battalion Welsh Guards - 1 + 0...
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    Dragoon Guards were formed on 2 July 1971 at Holyrood, Edinburgh, by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) (themselves...
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    blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore. Other spelling variants include shillelah, shillalah, and...
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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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    of Foot Guards' after the Restoration in 1660. With George Monck's death in 1670 it was again renamed 'The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards' after the...
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    of two other regiments: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Based in Battlesbury Barracks, Wiltshire, the regiment...
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  • Life Guards (LG) is the most senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with The Blues and Royals. The Life Guards grew...
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  • Grenadier Guards No. 7 Company, Coldstream Guards F Company, Scots Guards No. 9 Company, Irish Guards (Until 2027) No. 12 Company, Irish Guards (Until 2027)...
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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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    Chris Ghika (category Irish Guards officers)
    the son of Brigadier Prince John Nicholas Ghika, CBE (1928–2003), an Irish Guards officer who traced his royal title back to 1658, when the Romanian Ghica...
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    south from Arnhem towards Lent, when the Irish Guards' tanks crossed the Nijmegen bridge. Sgt Peter Robinson, Guards Armoured Division, whose tank led the...
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    The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot Guards, or His Majesty’s Regiment of Guards in Ireland, was a regiment of foot guards first raised in 1662 for service...
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    Company, Grenadier Guards No. 7 Company, Coldstream Guards F Company, Scots Guards No. 9 Company, Irish Guards No. 12 Company, Irish Guards King's Troop Royal...
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    Guards, Irish (1999). Irish Guards: The First Hundred Years, 1900-2000. Spellmount Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1862270695. Harris, R G (2001). The Irish...
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