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1st Regiment of Life Guards

British Army cavalry regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Life Guards
image	Badge collection (AM 706157-6).jpg
caption	Cap badge of the regiment
(with royal cypher of George V)
dates	1788–1922
country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1788–1800)
United Kingdom (1801–1922)
branch	Army
type	Household Cavalry
role	Cavalry
disbanded
notable_commanders

(with royal cypher of George V) United Kingdom (1801–1922)

The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards to form the Life Guards.

History

The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. It fought in the Peninsular War and at the Waterloo. In 1877, it was renamed 1st Life Guards and contributed to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment in the Anglo-Egyptian War, in the Second Boer War and in the First World War from August to November 1914. From 1916 to 1918, the Reserve Regiment contributed to the Household Battalion. In 1918, the regiment was converted to the 1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. It was reconstituted in 1919 and was amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards in 1922 to form The Life Guards.

Battle honours

The battle honours of the regiment were:

Early Wars: Dettingen, Peninsula, Waterloo, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899–1900
The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Hindenburg Line, Cambrai 1918, France and Flanders 1914–18

Colonels-in-Chief

The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:

1815–1830: King George IV
1831–1837: King William IV
1880–1910: King Edward VII
1910–1922: King George V

Regimental colonels

The colonels of the regiment were:

1788–1789: General The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lothian
1789–1792: General The Rt Hon. The Lord Dover
1792–1829: General The Rt Hon. The Earl of Harrington
1829–1865: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Viscount Combermere
1865–1888: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Earl of Lucan
1888–1902: Field Marshal Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
1902–1907: Lieutenant General The Rt Hon. The Lord de Ros
1907–1920: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Lord Grenfell
1920–1922: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Viscount Allenby

References

Sources

References

White-Spunner, p. xii
"1st Life Guards". regiments.org.
{{London Gazette. (18 January 1831)
{{London Gazette. (29 May 1880)
{{London Gazette. (5 December 1902)
{{London Gazette. (5 March 1920)

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