The Grenadiers
E113852
The Grenadiers is the commonly used nickname for the Grenadier Guards, one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments of the British Army’s Household Division.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The British Grenadiers | 5 |
| The Grenadiers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T953969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Grenadiers Context triple: [Grenadier Guards, nickname, The Grenadiers]
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A.
Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
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B.
Life Guards
The Life Guards are a senior regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, known for their ceremonial duties and armoured reconnaissance role.
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C.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
The Forty-Five Guardsmen is a historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that continues his Valois trilogy, dramatizing the intrigues and power struggles in late 16th-century France.
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Changing of the Guard
Changing of the Guard is a traditional British military ceremony in which soldiers ceremonially replace the guards protecting royal residences, most famously at Buckingham Palace in London.
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Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin is the original revolutionary war song composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle that later became known as “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Grenadiers Target entity description: The Grenadiers is the commonly used nickname for the Grenadier Guards, one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments of the British Army’s Household Division.
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A.
Fancy Brigades
Fancy Brigades are elaborately costumed performance groups known for their choreographed, theatrical presentations as part of Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Mummers festivities.
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B.
Life Guards
The Life Guards are a senior regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, known for their ceremonial duties and armoured reconnaissance role.
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C.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen
The Forty-Five Guardsmen is a historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas that continues his Valois trilogy, dramatizing the intrigues and power struggles in late 16th-century France.
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D.
Changing of the Guard
Changing of the Guard is a traditional British military ceremony in which soldiers ceremonially replace the guards protecting royal residences, most famously at Buckingham Palace in London.
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E.
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin is the original revolutionary war song composed in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle that later became known as “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
ⓘ
Foot Guards regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ nickname ⓘ |
| allegiance | British monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British ceremonial state occasions
ⓘ
Guards Division ⓘ Household Brigade ⓘ |
| battleHonour |
Crimean War
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
Waterloo ⓘ |
| branch | Army ⓘ |
| ceremonialDuty |
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ |
| ceremonialLocation |
Buckingham Palace
ⓘ
St James's Palace, London ⓘ
surface form:
St James’s Palace
Tower of London ⓘ |
| colors | red tunic and bearskin cap ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| equipmentType | light role infantry weapons ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Regiment of Guards
|
| garrison |
Wellington Barracks
ⓘ
surface form:
Wellington Barracks, London
|
| guardRole | protection of the sovereign ⓘ |
| guardType | Household Troops ⓘ |
| insignia | grenade with flames ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | Honi soit qui mal y pense ⓘ |
| nickname | The Grenadiers self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bearskin headdress
ⓘ
grenade badge ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Army
ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ |
| prestige | one of the most prestigious regiments in the British Army ⓘ |
| recruitment | United Kingdom and Commonwealth citizens ⓘ |
| refersTo | Grenadier Guards ⓘ |
| role |
ceremonial guard
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ public duties in London ⓘ |
| seniority | most senior regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ |
| service | regular army ⓘ |
| tradition | grenadier heritage ⓘ |
| type | one of the oldest regiments in the British Army ⓘ |
| uniformColor | scarlet tunic ⓘ |
| uniformFeature | white plume on the left side of the bearskin ⓘ |
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Subject: The Grenadiers Description of subject: The Grenadiers is the commonly used nickname for the Grenadier Guards, one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments of the British Army’s Household Division.
Referenced by (7)
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