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1656 |
Lord
Wentworth's Regiment
raised at Bruges, Spanish Netherlands, as bodyguard
to exiled Charles II |
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1660.08.26 |
placed
on British establishment |
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1660.11.23 |
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John
Russell's Regiment of Guards
raised in London at Restoration |
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King's
Royal Regiment of Guards |
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1665.03.16 |
1st
Regiment of Foot Guards
formed by union of Russell's [1st
Bn], and Wentworth's [2nd
Bn] |
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1815.07.29 |
1st
(or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards |
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1877 |
Grenadier
Guards |
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Grenadier
Guards (Army site) |
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The
Regiment (Grenadier Guards Association) |
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History
of The Regiment (Grenadier Guards Association, Medway Branch) |
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Origins
of The Regiment (Grenadier Guards Association, Medway Branch) |
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Service
of The Regiment (Grenadier Guards Association, Medway Branch) |
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The
Regiment Today (Grenadier Guards Association, Medway Branch) |
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Grenadier
Guards, by Glenvil Roberts. |
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Brigade
of Guards in America History [American Revolution], by William
W. Burke and Linnea M. Bass. |
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Brigade
of Guards during the Revolutionary War, by G. Marsden |
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The
Guards and the Skating Masquerade, 1864, edited by Robert Henderson. |
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The
Grenadier Guards, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great
War). |
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The
Grenadier Guards, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath
1914-1918) |
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The
Grenadier Guards 1914-18, by Paul Reed |
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RHQ and Depot: |
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RHQ: Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London |
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Recruiting Area: England |
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Brigade of Guards,
Caterham [1946-1968] |
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Guards Division,
Caterham [1968-present] |
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Regulars:
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1st
Battalion [1660-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1656-1994] |
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3rd
Battalion [1760-1961] |
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4th Battalion [1803-1804?] |
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First and Second World War): |
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4th Battalion [1915-1919, 1940-1947] |
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5th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1919] |
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5th Battalion [1941-1945] |
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6th Battalion [1941-1944] |
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1st Provisional Battalion [1918-1919] |
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Holding Battalion [1940-1943] |
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Cadets:
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Cadet
Forces, by Robert Goodson. |
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Tangier
1680, Namur 1695,
Gibraltar 1704-5,
Blenheim, Ramillies,
Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettingen,
Lincelles, Egmont-op-Zee,
Corunna, Barrosa, Nive,
Peninsula, Waterloo,
Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol,
Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882,
Suakin 1885, Khartoum,
Modder River, South
Africa 1899-1902
The Great War (5 battalions): Mons,
Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914
'17, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle,
Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette,
Morval, Pilckem, Menin Road, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai
1917 '18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Arras 1918, Lys,
Hazebrouck, Albert 1918, Scarpe 1918, Hindenburg Line,
Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders
1914-18
The Second World War: Dyle,
Dunkirk 1940, Cagny,
Mont Pincon, Gothic Line, Nijmegen, Battaglia, Reichswald,
Rhine, North-West Europe
1940 '44-45,
Mareth,
Medjez Plain, North Africa 1942-43, Salerno,
Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Anzio, Italy
1943-45
Wadi al Batin, Gulf
1991 |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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1656 |
Col. Thomas (Wentworth), 5th Lord Wentworth, PC |
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1660.11.23 |
Col. Hon. John Russell |
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1681.12.14 |
Brig-Gen. Henry (Fitzroy), 1st Duke of Grafton, KG |
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1688.11.30 |
Col. Sir Edward Henry (Lee), Bt, 1st Earl of Lichfield |
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1688.12.31 |
Brig-Gen. Henry (Fitzroy), 1st Duke of Grafton, KG
[reappointed] |
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1689.03.16 |
Lt-Gen. Henry (Sydney), 1st Earl of Romney |
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1690.12.27 |
Gen. Charles (Schomberg), 2nd Duke of Schomberg |
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1693.11.27 |
Lt-Gen. Henry (Sydney), 1st Earl of Romney |
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1704.04.25 |
Gen. John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough, KG |
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1712.01.01 |
Gen. James (Butler), 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG [also
4th Gds, 2nd
Tp Horse Gds; Capt-Gen.] |
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1714.09.26 |
Gen. John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough, KG
[reappointed] |
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1722.06.18 |
Gen. William (Cadogan), 1st Earl Cadogan, KT |
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1726.09.26 |
Gen. Sir Charles Wills, KB [also 3rd
Foot, 30th Foot] |
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1742.02.18 |
Gen. HRH
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, KG |
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1757.11.30 |
F.M.
Sir John Louis (Ligonier), 1st Earl Ligonier, KB |
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1770.04.30 |
F.M.
HRH William Henry,
1st Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, KG |
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1805.09.05 |
F.M.
HRH Frederick Augustus,
Duke of York & Albany, KG, GCB, GCH |
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1827.01.22 |
F.M.
Sir Arthur (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH [also
RHG, 33rd Foot;
Col-in-Chief, Rifle Bde; MGO 1819-27;
C-in-C 1827-28,
1842-52; PM 1828, 1830-34; Constable of the Tower 1826-52] |
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1852.09.23 |
F.M.
HRH Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (The
Prince Consort), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, KSI |
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1861.12.15 |
F.M.
HRH George William
Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI,
GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1904.05.01 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT,
GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1942.02.24 |
Col. HRH Princess Elizabeth [later
HM Queen Elizabeth
II] |
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1952.04.08 |
Gen. Sir George Darrell (Jeffreys), 1st Lord Jeffreys,
KCB, KCVO, CMG |
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1960.12.19 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, KCVO, CB,
DSO, MC |
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1975.03.01 |
F.M.
HRH The Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO |
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Motto: |
Honi soit qui
mal y pense |
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Nicknames: |
The Bill Browns;
1st Bn: The Dandies; 2nd Bn: The Models; 3rd Bn: The Ribs |
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Anniversaries: |
St. George's Day
(23 Apr.) |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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The Brigade of Guards' Magazine.
Vol. 1. no. 1 (Jan. 1888)-v. 10. no. 20 (Dec. 1897). |
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The Household Brigade Magazine.
Jan. 1898-Spring 1968. |
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The Guards Magazine. Summer
1968- |
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Grenadier gazette.
{Indexes} |
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Full Histories: |
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Hamilton,
Frederick William. The origin and history of the First
or Grenadier Guards. From documents in the State paper office, War
office, Horse Guards, contemporary
history, regimental records, etc. London : J.
Murray, 1874. (3 vols.)
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Martin,
F. (Frederick) History of the Grenadier Guards (abridged)
1656-1949. Aldershot : Gale and Polden, 1951.
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Davies,
Robert, Caernarfon. Can newydd yn gosod allan frwydrau
gwaedlyd y Crimea yn nghyda chwymp Sebastopol. [s.l.
: s.n., (H. Humphreys, Castle
Square), ca. 1860]
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Clayton,
B. The Grenadier Guards. London : Sisley,
1915 1983. (Stories of our regiments)
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The
Grenadier guards; a tercentenary
exhibition held by gracious permission of Her Majesty, the Queen,
at St. James's Palace 30 May-23 June
1956. [London : Vail & Co., 1957] |
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The
Grenadier Guards tercentenary year, 1656-1956 :
a pictorial record of the historic celebrations of 1956.
London : Grenadier Guards, 1956.
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3rd
Battalion Grenadier Guards 1661-1960. Household Brigade
Magazine Special Number, 1961. |
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Whitworth,
Rex. The Grenadier Guards (the First or
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards). London
: Cooper, 1974. (Famous regiments) ISBN: 0850521521
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Fraser,
David. The Grenadier Guards. London :
Osprey Publishing,1978. (Men-at-arms
series) ISBN: 0850452848 (pbk)
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Lindsay,
Oliver. Once a grenadier-- :
the Grenadier Guards 1945-1995. London : L.
Cooper, 1996.
ISBN: 0850525268
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McCarthy,
Tom. The King's men. London : Pluto Press,
1990. ISBN:
0745303102, 0745304141 (pbk.)
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Chambers,
Barbara. John Collett and a company of foot guards.
Letchworth : B. Chambers,1997.
ISBN: 0952804522 (v. 1) 0952804514 (v.
2)
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Short Histories: |
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Short
history of the Grenadier Guards. Colchester : Benham
& Co., 1916. |
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Grenadier
Guards. England : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [ca. 1914]
6 photoprints ("Postcard No. 9366.")
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First World War:
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Ponsonby,
Frederick Edward Grey. The Grenadier Guards in the great
war of 1914-1918. London : Macmillan and co.,
1920. |
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Aubrey-Fletcher,
H.L. First Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Oct.-8th Nov.,
1914. Westminster : Metchim & Son, [1915] |
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Second World War:
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The
Grenadier Guards, 1939-1945. Aldershot : Gale and Polden,
1946. |
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Nicolson,
Nigel, and Patrick Forbes. The Grenadier Guards in the
war of 1939-1945. Aldershot, England : Gale and Polden,
1949. (2 vols.)
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Waring,
Laurence. Duty calls! : a personal memoir of service with the 6th Battalion Grenadier
Guards in North Africa. London : Avon Books,
1998. ISBN: 1860334040 |
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Other Wars: |
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Lloyd,
Francis Thomas ; Russell, Alick. First or Grenadier Guards in
South Africa, 1899-1902. London : J.J. Keliher, 1907. |
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Special
Topics: |
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Smith,
Henry Stooks. An Alphabetical list of the officers of
the Grenadier Guards, from 1800-1854. London, 1854.
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McNair,
Robert French. The colours of the Grenadier Guards.
London : Day and Son Ltd.,1867. |
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The
colours of the Grenadier Guards. [Colchester
: Benham & Co., 1937] |
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The
colours of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.
Ipswich : W.S. Cowell, 1958. |
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by A. Melville-Brown 
