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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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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