IG

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IG is the commonly used abbreviation for the Irish Guards, an infantry regiment of the British Army known for its ceremonial duties and operational deployments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
IG canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Foot Guards regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
abbreviation IG ⓘ
allegiance Charles III ⓘ
associatedCorps Irish Guards Band ⓘ
linked to: Irish Guards
associatedCountry Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
branch British Army ⓘ
capBadgeFeature shamrock ⓘ
ceremonialRole Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ
public duties in London ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Iraq War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

War in Afghanistan ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFounded 1900-04-01 ⓘ
foundedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
garrison Mons Barracks, Aldershot ⓘ
hasSubunit 1st Battalion, Irish Guards ⓘ
No. 7 Company, Irish Guards ⓘ
No. 9 Company, Irish Guards ⓘ
linked to: Irish Guards
honoraryColonel The Princess of Wales ⓘ
languageOfTradition English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
motto Quis Separabit ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Who shall separate us? ⓘ
nickname The Micks ⓘ
notableFor Irish identity within the British Army ⓘ
participation in state ceremonial ⓘ
orderOfSeniority fourth of the five Foot Guards regiments ⓘ
partOf Guards Division ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ
patronSaint Saint Patrick ⓘ
recruitingArea United Kingdom ⓘ
island of Ireland ⓘ
regimentalColour St Patrick's blue ⓘ
regimentalDay St Patrick's Day ⓘ
linked to: St. Patrick's Day
regimentalMarch St Patrick's Day ⓘ
linked to: St. Patrick's Day
role ceremonial duties ⓘ
operational deployments ⓘ
size one battalion ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ
uniformFeature dark green plume on bearskin ⓘ

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

Irish Guards → abbreviation → IG ⓘ
subject linked to: IG