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Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS), with full official title "The 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards", is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect the exiled Charles II. In 1665, this…

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Abbreviation
GREN GDS
Active
1656–present
Branch
British Army
Collar badge
Grenade
Colonel of the Regiment
Queen Camilla
Colonel-in-Chief
King Charles III

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related to Second World War · 59
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related to history · 42
Grenadier Guards → Alma, Anglo-Egyptian War, At, Austrian Succession, Battalion, Battle, Belgium, Bruges, Crimean War, During, Foot Guards, For, Grenadier, Guards, Honourable Artillery Company, In, Inkerman, John Russell's Regiment, July, Kebir
related to King's Company · 33
Grenadier Guards → All, Battle, British Army, Camilla, Captain-Lieutenant, Captains, Charles III, Company, Coronation, Elizabeth II, In, In April, It, King Charles II, King Charles III, King George II, King's Company, Major, Malplaquet, Queen's Company
related to Regimental structure · 22
Grenadier Guards → As, Battalion, Change, Colonel-in-Chief, Company, Following, Guards, In, Integrated Review, Kingston, London, London Regiment, Nijmegen Company, No, Options, Thames, The, The Inkerman Company, The King's Company, The Queen
related to Marches · 11
Grenadier Guards → First Guards, George Frideric Handel, Handel, Roman General Scipio Africanus, Scipio, Scipione, Slow March, The, The British Grenadiers, The Grenadier Guards Regimental, The Quick March
related to Alliances · 10
Grenadier Guards → Australia, Battalion, HMS Illustrious, HMS Queen Elizabeth Canada, Ironmongers, London, Royal Australian RegimentCity, Royal Navy, The Canadian Grenadier Guards, Worshipful Company
related to External links · 10
Grenadier Guards → Bristol Branch, British Army, East Kent Branch, Foot Guards, Grenadier Guards Association, Guards Museum, Melody, Nottinghamshire Branch, Regimental Quick March, The British Grenadiers
related to Order of precedence · 3
Grenadier Guards → British Army, Infantry, The Grenadier Guards
see also · 3
Grenadier Guards → George HigginsonMilitary, Guards, United KingdomBritish ArmyCanadian Grenadier
is a · 2
Grenadier Guards → most senior regiment of the Infantry in the British Army See alsoGeorge HigginsonMilitary history of the United KingdomBritish ArmyCanadian Grenadier Guards NotesFootnotes.mw-pa…, premier ceremonial unit of the regiment and one of the oldest bodies of troops in the British Army

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Grenadier GuardsAbbreviationGREN GDS1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsActive1656–present1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsBranchBritish Army1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsCollar badgeGrenade1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsColonel of the RegimentQueen Camilla1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsColonel-in-ChiefKing Charles III1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsCountryEngland (1660–1707) Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–present)1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsEngagementsOudenarde Waterloo Alma Inkerman Sevastopol Omdurman Ypres Battle of the Bulge Cyprus Emergency Malayan Emergency1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsGarrison/HQRHQ – London 1st Battalion – Aldershot Nijmegen Company – London Ypres Company – Kingston upon Thames1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsMarchQuick: "The British Grenadiers" Slow: "Scipio"1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsMottosFrench: Honi soit qui mal y pense "Shame be to him who thinks evil of it."1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsNicknameThe Tow Rows1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsPart ofGuards and Parachute Division1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsPlumeWhite Left side of bearskin cap1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsRole1st Battalion – Light Infantry/Public Duties Nijmegen Company – Public Duties1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsShoulder badgeRoyal Cypher1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsSizeOne battalion – 558 personnel One independent company One reserve company1.00infobox
Grenadier GuardsTypeInfantry1.00infobox
Grenadier Guardsis apremier ceremonial unit of the regiment and one of the oldest bodies of troops in the British Army0.90text
Grenadier Guardsis amost senior regiment of the Infantry in the British Army See alsoGeorge HigginsonMilitary history of the United KingdomBritish ArmyCanadian Grenadier Guards NotesFootnotes.mw-pa…0.90text

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