1st Life Guards

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The 1st Life Guards was a prestigious British Household Cavalry regiment that served as part of the monarch’s elite mounted bodyguard and saw action in numerous major conflicts.

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1st Life Guards canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army cavalry regiment ⓘ
Household Cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith British royal household ⓘ
Household Division ⓘ
battleHonour Arras 1917 ⓘ
Cambrai 1917 ⓘ
Dettingen ⓘ
France and Flanders 1914–1918 ⓘ
Gheluvelt ⓘ
Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Nonne Bosschen ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
linked to: Second Boer War

Tel-el-Kebir ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
Ypres 1914 ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
ceremonialRole Household troops to the British monarch ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disestablished 1922 ⓘ
engagement Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Egyptian War

Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second Boer War ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
formedFrom Royal Bodyguard of King Charles I ⓘ
linked to: Yeoman of the Guard
function ceremonial duties in London ⓘ
operational cavalry on campaign ⓘ
garrison London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mergedInto Life Guards ⓘ
mergerDate 1922 ⓘ
mergerPartner 2nd Life Guards ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableEngagement Household Brigade charge at Waterloo ⓘ
originPeriod English Civil War era ⓘ
partOf Household Cavalry ⓘ
precededBy The Life Guards (Horse Guards) of the Restoration period ⓘ
role heavy cavalry ⓘ
mounted bodyguard of the monarch ⓘ
service protected the sovereign on state occasions ⓘ
successor Life Guards ⓘ
type elite guard unit ⓘ
uniformFeature cuirass ⓘ
plumed helmet ⓘ
scarlet tunic ⓘ

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