Welsh Guards

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Foot Guards regiment infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Welsh Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for its ceremonial duties in London and operational deployments worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
Welsh Guards canonical 24
Welsh Guards Regiment 2
1st Battalion Welsh Guards 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Foot Guards regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance British monarch ⓘ
Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III
associatedWith Wales ⓘ
battleHonour Monte Cassino Abbey ⓘ
surface form: Monte Cassino

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
surface form: Somme 1916

Tumbledown Mountain 1982 ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
surface form: Ypres 1917
branch British Army ⓘ
celebration Saint David's Day ⓘ
surface form: St David's Day
ceremonialDuty Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ
ceremonialLocation Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Windsor Castle ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Iraq War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distinguishingMark five buttons in groups of five on tunic front ⓘ
green and white plume on the left side of bearskin ⓘ
leek cap badge ⓘ
formationDate 1915-02-26 ⓘ
foundedBy George V ⓘ
garrison Combermere Barracks, Windsor ⓘ
hasSubunit Welsh Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
languageAssociation Welsh ⓘ
motto Cymru am byth ⓘ
mottoInEnglish Wales forever ⓘ
nickname Welsh Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Welsh Guards
notableDeployment Basra ⓘ
surface form: Basra, Iraq

Helmand Province, Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Guards Division ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ
patronSaint Saint David ⓘ
regimentalMarch The Rising of the Lark ⓘ
regimentalQuickMarch The Rising of the Lark ⓘ
regimentalSlowMarch Men of Harlech ⓘ
role ceremonial duties ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
size one battalion ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature bearskin cap ⓘ
scarlet tunic ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Household Division → composedOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Foot Guards → composedOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) → includes → Welsh Guards ⓘ
subject surface form: Guards Division
Welsh Guards → nickname → Welsh Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Welsh Guards
Welsh Guards → hasSubunit → Welsh Guards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
Queen's Guard → composedOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Household Division of the British Army → hasRegiment → Welsh Guards ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Division
Household Division of the British Army → hasUnit → Welsh Guards ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Division
this entity surface form: 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Wellington Barracks → garrison → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Guards Memorial → commemorates → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Guards Division → composedOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Guards Division → hasSubUnit → Welsh Guards ⓘ
The Rising of the Lark → officialRegimentalMarchOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
The Rising of the Lark → associatedWith → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Tumbledown Mountain 1982 → awardedTo → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Victoria Barracks, Windsor → usedBy → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Corps of Drums of the Foot Guards → associatedWith → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Household Division Brigade of Guards → includes → Welsh Guards ⓘ
1969 investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales → hasParticipant → Welsh Guards ⓘ
Royal Welsh → associatedWith → Welsh Guards ⓘ
5th Guards Armoured Brigade → associatedWith → Welsh Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Welsh Guards → partOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Welsh Guards → regiment → Welsh Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Welsh Guards → hasParentUnit → Welsh Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh Guards Regiment
1st Battalion Welsh Guards → symbol → Welsh Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh Guards regimental colours
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards → partOf → Welsh Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards → regiment → Welsh Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards → guardRegiment → Welsh Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards → hasParentUnit → Welsh Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh Guards Regiment
British Guards units → hasMember → Welsh Guards ⓘ