Grenadier Guards

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British Army unit Foot Guards regiment infantry regiment

The Grenadier Guards is one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments of the British Army, renowned for its ceremonial duties and distinguished combat history.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army unit → Foot Guards regiment → infantry regiment →
allegiance	British monarch →
associatedWith	Buckingham Palace → St James's Palace → Tower of London →
battleHonour	Afghanistan → Anzio → Arnhem → Bladensburg → Cambrai → El Alamein → Normandy Landings → Sevastopol → Somme → Waterloo → Ypres →
branch	British Army →
ceremonialDuty	Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace → State Opening of Parliament → Trooping the Colour → guarding royal residences in London →
conflictParticipatedIn	Crimean War → First World War → Gulf War → Napoleonic Wars → Second Boer War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) →
country	United Kingdom →
distinctiveInsignia	Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch → grenade badge →
garrison	Aldershot Garrison → Wellington Barracks, London →
motto	Honi soit qui mal y pense →
mottoLanguage	French →
mottoTranslation	Shame on him who thinks evil of it →
nickname	The Grenadiers →
notableFor	distinguished combat record in multiple major wars → one of the oldest regiments in continuous service in the British Army → prestigious ceremonial role in the British monarchy →
orderOfSeniority	most senior regiment of Foot Guards →
partOf	Guards Division → Household Division →
raisedFor	personal bodyguard of King Charles II →
role	ceremonial guard → line infantry → public duties in London →
typeOfRecruitment	volunteer professional soldiers →
uniformFeature	bearskin cap → red tunic →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Foot Guards → Household Division → Queen's Guard →	composedOf
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood → Peter Fleming →	militaryBranch
Lord Gort → Raymond Asquith →	militaryUnit
Wellington Barracks →	garrison
Household Division →	hasRegiment
Guards Division →	includes
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby →	servedIn