Brigade of Guards

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Memorial (erected 1889) and burial site at Brompton Cemetery Brompton Cemetery, London 65.JPG
Memorial (erected 1889) and burial site at Brompton Cemetery

The Brigade of Guards was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1856 to 1968. It was commanded by the Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and was responsible for administering the guards regiments.

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After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. Infantry Depot A at Wellington Barracks was the headquarters for the five guards regiments. [1]

In line with the reforms of the army, it was renamed as the Guards Division on 1 July 1968. [2]

Units

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A sentry from the Grenadier Guards on duty outside Buckingham Palace

Formation of the Brigade in Military Campaigns the Brigade in campaigns

Formation of the Guards' Brigade during the Second Boer War
Overall Commander: Major General Henry E. Colevile
Unit:Unit Commander:
1st Battalion, Coldstream GuardsLt. Col Alfred E. Codrington
2nd Battalion, Coldstream GuardsLt. Col Arthur Henniker-Major
3rd Battalion, Grenadier GuardsLt. Col Eyre Crabbe
1st Battalion, Scots GuardsCol. Arthur Paget

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References

  1. ↑ Messenger, Charles (16 March 1994). A History of British Infantry: For Love of Regiment, Volume 2, 1915–1994. Pen and Sword. p. 156. ISBN   9780850524222.
  2. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1969, p. 473
  3. ↑ Army, The British (5 May 1903), English: A description of all units, casualties, and battles of the Second Boer War (PDF), retrieved 7 December 2024
  4. ↑ "The Great Boer War/Chapter 8 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Beckett, Ian F. W. (2011). "Paget, Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy (1851–1928), army officer" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76746 . Retrieved 7 December 2024.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)


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