Welsh Guards

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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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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

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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
Tumbledown Mountain 1982 awardedTo Welsh Guards
Victoria Barracks, Windsor usedBy Welsh Guards
Royal Welsh 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 hasParentUnit Welsh Guards
this entity surface form: Welsh Guards Regiment
British Guards units hasMember Welsh Guards