Foot Guards

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The Foot Guards are elite infantry regiments of the British Army renowned for their ceremonial duties guarding the monarch and royal residences, as well as their role as front-line soldiers.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial military unit
infantry formation
regiment group
allegiance British monarch
associatedWith Buckingham Palace
St James's Palace
Tower of London
Windsor Castle
basedIn United Kingdom
branch Household Division
ceremonialRole Guard Mounting at royal palaces
state visits and state openings of Parliament
composedOf Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Irish Guards
Scots Guards
Welsh Guards
country United Kingdom
duty guarding royal residences
guarding the British monarch
public ceremonial duties
engagement homeland defence
overseas operational deployments
garrison London
hasComponent regular battalions
reserve elements
historicalRole Household troops of the British sovereign
language English
militaryFunction close protection of the sovereign
line infantry operations
notableFor Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
Trooping the Colour
state ceremonial parades
partOf British Army
reputation elite status within British Army
role ceremonial guard
elite infantry
front-line soldiers
subordinateTo Army Headquarters, United Kingdom
symbolizes British military tradition
British monarchy
training ceremonial drill training
infantry combat training
typeOf line infantry regiment
uniformFeature bearskin cap
red tunic


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