British Guards units

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ceremonial military unit elite military unit infantry formation

British Guards units are elite infantry regiments of the British Army renowned for their distinguished combat service and ceremonial role as protectors of the monarchy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
British Guards units canonical 2
British Foot Guards 1
British grenadiers (historical association) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial military unit ⓘ
elite military unit ⓘ
infantry formation ⓘ
allegiance British monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Horse Guards Parade ⓘ
St James's Palace, London ⓘ
surface form: St James's Palace

Tower of London ⓘ
branch British Army Land Warfare Branch ⓘ
surface form: British Army Infantry
commandStructure Guards Division ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagedIn Boer Wars ⓘ
surface form: Boer War

Crimean War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

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

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
garrisonLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Windsor ⓘ
hasDuty changing of the guard ⓘ
guarding royal residences ⓘ
public duties in London ⓘ
state ceremonial ⓘ
trooping the colour ⓘ
hasMember Coldstream Guards ⓘ
Grenadier Guards ⓘ
Household Cavalry ⓘ
Irish Guards ⓘ
Scots Guards ⓘ
Welsh Guards ⓘ
hasRole ceremonial guard ⓘ
combat infantry ⓘ
protectors of the British monarch ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableFor distinctive bearskin caps ⓘ
distinguished combat record ⓘ
long ceremonial tradition ⓘ
scarlet tunics ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
subUnitOf Household Division ⓘ
trainingFocus ceremonial duties ⓘ
close-order drill ⓘ
conventional infantry warfare ⓘ
typeOfEquipment ceremonial weapons ⓘ
light infantry weapons ⓘ
uniformFeature distinctive button spacing on tunics ⓘ
regimental plume colours ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Hougoumont farm → garrisonedBy → British Guards units ⓘ
British Guards Brigade → composedOf → British Guards units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foot Guards regiments
Canadian Guards → modeledOn → British Guards units ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Foot Guards
Grenadier Pond → hasNameOrigin → British Guards units ⓘ
this entity surface form: British grenadiers (historical association)
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards → tradition → British Guards units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foot Guards regiment of the Household Division
Hougomont → defendedBy → British Guards units ⓘ