Foot Guards

Grenadier Guards
Raised 1656 for service in Holland with the exiled Charles II as Lord Wentwordth's Regiment.

Coldstream Guards
Raised 26.8.1650 for the Parliamentary Army as George Monk's [Duke of Albemarle] Regiment.

Scots Guards
Raised 23.11.1660+ as six indep coys and regimented 1.5.1661 by George, Earl of Linlithgow as Scots Regiment of Foot Guards.

Irish Guards
Raised 4.1900.

Welsh Guards
Raised 26.2.1915 to give participation in the Foot Guards to the Principality of Wales.


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Last update: May 3, 1999