Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

E489160

British Army regiment Foot Guards regiment infantry regiment

The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards is one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments in the British Army, renowned for its ceremonial duties and distinguished combat history.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1st Foot Guards	2
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards canonical	1
Royal Regiment of Guards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5044386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Context triple: [The Coldstreamers, hasAlternativeNameFor, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards]

A. Queen's Dragoon Guards
The Queen's Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army known for its armoured reconnaissance role and long history of service in major conflicts.
B. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1968 by the amalgamation of four English fusilier regiments, with a distinguished history of service in numerous conflicts worldwide.
C. King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a renowned infantry regiment of the British Army, distinguished for its light infantry tactics and extensive service in major conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century.
D. Irish Guards
The Irish Guards is a regiment of the British Army renowned for its ceremonial role in royal events and its distinguished combat service history.
E. King's Regiment
The King's Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, known for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the 17th to the 21st century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Target entity description: The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards is one of the oldest and most prestigious regiments in the British Army, renowned for its ceremonial duties and distinguished combat history.

A. Queen's Dragoon Guards
The Queen's Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army known for its armoured reconnaissance role and long history of service in major conflicts.
B. The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1968 by the amalgamation of four English fusilier regiments, with a distinguished history of service in numerous conflicts worldwide.
C. King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a renowned infantry regiment of the British Army, distinguished for its light infantry tactics and extensive service in major conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century.
D. Irish Guards
The Irish Guards is a regiment of the British Army renowned for its ceremonial role in royal events and its distinguished combat service history.
E. King's Regiment
The King's Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, known for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the 17th to the 21st century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ Foot Guards regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTown	Coldstream, Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour	Alma NERFINISHED ⓘ El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ Inkerman NERFINISHED ⓘ Somme 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
capBadge	Garter Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceremonialDuty	Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ State Opening of Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ Trooping the Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Falklands War NERFINISHED ⓘ First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	George Monck NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Aldershot Garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Wellington Barracks, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegimentalBand	Band of the Coldstream Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1650 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
motto	Nulli Secundus ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	Second to None ⓘ
nickname	The Coldstream Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	ceremonial duties in London ⓘ guarding the British monarch ⓘ participation in major British wars ⓘ
originatedAs	Monck’s Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Guards Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Household Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedence	second most senior regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ
regimentalMarch	Milanollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalQuickMarch	Milanollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalSlowMarch	Figaro ⓘ
role	ceremonial guard ⓘ light infantry ⓘ public duties ⓘ
uniformDistinction	buttons arranged in pairs ⓘ
uniformFeature	bearskin cap ⓘ scarlet tunic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

The Coldstreamers → hasAlternativeNameFor → Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ

The Grenadiers → formedFrom → Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ

subject surface form: Grenadier Guards

this entity surface form: Royal Regiment of Guards

FitzRoy James Henry Somerset → militaryUnit → Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Foot Guards

Peregrine Maitland → militaryUnit → Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards ⓘ