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.

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Label	Occurrences
Grenadier Guards canonical	34

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army unit ⓘ Foot Guards regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Buckingham Palace ⓘ St James's Palace, London ⓘ surface form: St James's Palace Tower of London ⓘ
battleHonour	Afghanistan ⓘ Battle of Anzio ⓘ surface form: Anzio Arnhem ⓘ Bladensburg, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Bladensburg Cambrai ⓘ El Alamein ⓘ Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy Landings Sevastopol ⓘ Somme, France ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Gulf War ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctiveInsignia	Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch ⓘ grenade badge ⓘ
garrison	Aldershot ⓘ surface form: Aldershot Garrison Wellington Barracks ⓘ surface form: 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 Armoured Division ⓘ surface form: 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 (34)

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Household Division → composedOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Foot Guards → composedOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Lord Gort → militaryUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) → includes → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Guards Division

Peter Fleming → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Queen's Guard → composedOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Household Division of the British Army → hasRegiment → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Household Division

16th Earl of Derby → servedIn → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby

Raymond Asquith → militaryUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Wellington Barracks → garrison → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Guards Memorial → commemorates → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

The Grenadiers → refersTo → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Guards Division → composedOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Guards Division → hasSubUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Victoria Barracks, Windsor → usedBy → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Battle of Graspan → involvedUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Battle of Belmont → notableUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Humphrey Lyttelton

Corps of Drums of the Foot Guards → associatedWith → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Household Division Brigade of Guards → includes → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Sir Neville Lyttelton → memberOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

1st Battalion Grenadier Guards → partOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Mike Penning → unit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew → militaryUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Reginald Pole-Carew

Major-General Allan Adair → militaryUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Allan Adair

James Fergusson → militaryBranch → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards → partOf → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards → regiment → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair → militaryUnit → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Allan Henry Shafto Adair

Prince Adolphus of Teck → regiment → Grenadier Guards ⓘ

British Guards units → hasMember → Grenadier Guards ⓘ