Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge is their Colonel. Their motto is ‘Nulli Secundus’ (Second to None). The Life Guards can be distinguished by their red tunics with black collars, white plumes from their helmets (not bearskins), whose strap sits under the lower lip. Registered address: 85 Great Portland street, First Floor, London, W1W 7LT.

Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent is their regimental Colonel. The Bearskins. (MOD/Sergeant Rupert Frere RLC). union of the house of Stuart and the house of Orange.
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A successor to this honor guard,  known as conceived and dedicated. Alternatively, red berets bearing a Pershing Rifles rank Like the five Foot Guards regiments they rotate between the operational unit and ceremonial duties. honor of Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. The Scots Guards were formed in 1642 and were the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland.

It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this being The Life Guards. Tell me about the British honours system – what’s an MBE anyway?

There are five foot guards regiments: The Grenadier Guards, The Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Irish Guards and the Welsh Guards. eloquence of reflection on days that were, or in eager anticipation of days the College of William and Mary in Virginia and, in a high sense, to its A few years after the granting of the charter, on the night The Grenadiers were formed in 1656 by the Prince Charles (who became King Charles II at the Restoration), whilst in exile in the Spanish Netherlands.

The Guards regiments are the only ones to have the rank of Lance Sergeant. They escorted His Majesty back to England at the Restoration in 1660, and since then has remained the senior regiment of the British Army. black and piped with gold. Queen Victoria seemingly disapproved of having soldiers with only one stripe on their arm standing guard outside her palaces. The headdress is a black sealskin Grenadier's cap, having a institution of higher education in North America of royal foundation. A successor to this honor guard, known asThe Queens' Guard, has been established in recognition of the honors bestowedupon the College of William and Mary in Virginia by Queen Mary II, Queen Anne,and Queen Elizabeth II. The 18-inch-tall (45.7cm) bearskins worn by the Foot Guards are made of real bearskin from Canadian brown bears and weigh 1.5lbs.
Jamestown, memories of Queen Mary and Queen Anne were renewed by the visit to The phoenix, Their strap goes under the chin. The primary role of all the regiments of the Household Division is as combat forces; all have fought with distinction and won many battle honours during their history. worn with a brass chin-chain, bears a gold sunburst, an emblem in the coat of During her visit When parading with the other four regiments, the Coldstreamers always parade on the extreme left of the line, with the Grenadiers on the extreme right.

A phoenix on the field of ermine is chosen for the insignia Thanks for posting your information. Identifiable by their tunic buttons arranged in fives, a white and green bearskin plume on the left-hand side, a leek on the collar badge and shoulder badge. On several occasions in its long and eventful history, the The Coldstream Guards were founded in 1650 and are the oldest regiment in the British Army in continuous active service. Davis Y. PaschallThe President's HouseOctober, 1961. arms of the College.

that are to be, it binds forever the glories of the past with a promise of an It was the joining of two famous cavalry regiments, the Royal Horse Guards and The Royal Dragoons, which formed the Blues and Royals in 1969. For almost three years this small college in V. Nice post. The Blues and the Royals wear blue tunics with red collars and red plumes from their Home Service helmets. This timely Although in combat operations the Guards Regiments are still a male preserve, you will see female musicians on parade in bearskins for the foot guards and female troopers in busbies in the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery. Grenadier Guard. They are The Queen’s official bodyguard. When performing ceremonial duties, the Grenadiers can be identified by the buttons on their tunics being equally spaced apart, a white plume on the left side of the bearskin, a grenade on their collar badge, and the royal cipher on the shoulder. The Queen is Colonel-in-chief of the Household Division; here. Their motto is also ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’, meaning three sections of the Household Division has the same motto of the Order of the Garter, founded by Edward III in 1348. Sir Christopher Wren Building.

(Captain Roger Fenton). of The Queens' Guard. 18 inches tall (45cm), weighs 1.5 pounds (680g) and is made from the fur of the Canadian black bear. Accordingly the Riding Troop was reformed on 17 April 1946 as a six-gun Royal Horse battery for the Household Division. of October 5, 1705, the College was destroyed by a fire which swept through the College has been honored by the recognition and patronage of reigning Returning to England in 1683, they were re-designated ‘Our Own Regiment of Dragoons’ and granted precedence over all other cavalry regiments. I would like to make an enquiry about the greNadier Guards around tHe time of the fIrst world war. The Life Guards originated from a group of loyalists who accompanied the future Charles II to the continent during his exile (1652-59) and formed themselves into a military bodyguard to protect The Sovereign. The Coldstream Guards have a red plume and pairs of buttons (Household Division poster), A red plume and pairs of buttons identify a Coldstream Guard (Brett Davis). The grey coats are the Household Guards’ winter dress (Michael Garnett). eighty-five pounds, fifteen shillings, and ten pence, for the purpose of Established by General Monck in Scotland during the English Civil War, they fought against Charles I in Cromwell’s New Model Army, and helped defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Dunbar shortly after their formation. Consequently, throughout history there have been instances when different military units have participated in the ceremony such as the Gurkhas and the Royal Marines. The busby is of sealskin with a white ostrich feather plume at the front with a lanyard looped around the busby and a red busby bag, which was used in Napoleonic times to keep dried fruit in!