Life Guards

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British Army unit Household Cavalry regiment cavalry regiment

The Life Guards are a senior regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry, known for their ceremonial duties and armoured reconnaissance role.

Aliases (2)

The Life Guards ×3
Gentlemen at Arms ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army unit → Household Cavalry regiment → cavalry regiment →
alliance	Household Division →
associatedWith	British monarch → Buckingham Palace → Horse Guards Parade, London →
battleHonoursInclude	Crimean War → First World War → Peninsula War → Second World War → Waterloo →
branch	British Army →
ceremonialRole	Sovereign’s mounted bodyguard → State Opening of Parliament → Trooping the Colour → state visits →
colonelInChief	Charles III →
country	United Kingdom →
dateFormed	1922 →
equipment	Challenger 2-based armoured reconnaissance vehicles (through Household Cavalry Regiment) → Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles (historical) →
formedFrom	1st (The King’s) Regiment of Life Guards → 2nd Regiment of Life Guards → Royal Horse Guards →
garrison	Combermere Barracks, Windsor → Hyde Park Barracks, London →
historicalPredecessor	Horse Guards → The King’s Life Guard →
motto	Honi soit qui mal y pense →
mottoLanguage	Old French →
mottoTranslation	Shame on him who thinks evil of it →
nickname	The Life Guards →
originatesFrom	17th century →
partOf	Household Cavalry → Household Cavalry Regiment →
peacetimeDuties	mounted ceremonial escorts → public duties in London →
role	armoured reconnaissance → ceremonial cavalry →
seniority	senior regiment of the British Army →
type	armoured cavalry → heavy cavalry (historical) →
uniformFeature	cuirass (breastplate) → metal helmet with crest → scarlet tunic → white plume on helmet →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Household Cavalry → The Household Cavalry ("The Life Guards") →	composedOf
Household Division → The Household Cavalry ("The Life Guards") →	hasRegiment
Combermere Barracks, Windsor →	garrison
Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London →	hasOccupant
Royal Household of the United Kingdom ("Gentlemen at Arms") →	hasPart
Household Cavalry →	hasSubunit
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough →	militaryBranch
James Blunt →	militaryUnit
Life Guards ("The Life Guards") →	nickname