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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Life Guards canonical 13
The Life Guards 3
Gentlemen at Arms 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army unit ⓘ
Household Cavalry regiment ⓘ
cavalry regiment ⓘ
alliance Household Division ⓘ
associatedWith British monarch ⓘ
Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Horse Guards Parade ⓘ
surface form: Horse Guards Parade, London
battleHonoursInclude Crimean War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Peninsula War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Waterloo ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
ceremonialRole Sovereign’s mounted bodyguard ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ
state visits ⓘ
colonelInChief Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed 1922 ⓘ
equipment Challenger 2-based armoured reconnaissance vehicles (through Household Cavalry Regiment) ⓘ
Scimitar reconnaissance vehicle ⓘ
surface form: Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles (historical)
formedFrom The Household Cavalry ⓘ
surface form: 1st (The King’s) Regiment of Life Guards

2nd Regiment of Life Guards ⓘ
The Household Cavalry ⓘ
surface form: Royal Horse Guards
garrison Combermere Barracks, Windsor ⓘ
Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London ⓘ
surface form: Hyde Park Barracks, London
historicalPredecessor Horse Guards Parade ⓘ
surface form: 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 Life Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Life Guards
originatesFrom 17th century ⓘ
partOf Household Cavalry ⓘ
Household Cavalry ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Blunt → militaryUnit → Life Guards ⓘ
Household Cavalry → composedOf → Life Guards ⓘ
Household Cavalry → hasSubunit → Life Guards ⓘ
Royal Household of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Life Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gentlemen at Arms
Life Guards → nickname → Life Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Life Guards
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough → militaryBranch → Life Guards ⓘ
Combermere Barracks, Windsor → garrison → Life Guards ⓘ
Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London → hasOccupant → Life Guards ⓘ
The Household Cavalry → composedOf → Life Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Life Guards
The Household Cavalry → hasRegiment → Life Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Life Guards
Household Division of the British Army → hasRegiment → Life Guards ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Division
2nd Regiment of Life Guards → precededBy → Life Guards ⓘ
2nd Regiment of Life Guards → mergedInto → Life Guards ⓘ
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever → militaryBranch → Life Guards ⓘ
British Army Cavalry → hasComponent → Life Guards ⓘ
HCav → comprises → Life Guards ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Cavalry
11th Duke of Marlborough → militaryBranch → Life Guards ⓘ