Grenadier Guards

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Grenadier Guards

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The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to The Life Guards. Although The Coldstream Guards were formed before The Grenadier Guards, the regiment is ranked after the Grenadiers in seniority as, having been a regiment of the New Model Army, the Coldstreams served the Crown for four fewer years than the Grenadiers (the Grenadiers having formed as a Royalist regiment in exile in 1656 and the Coldstreams having sworn allegiance to the Crown upon the Restoration in 1660).The grouping of buttons on the tunic is a common way to distinguish between the regiments of Foot Guards. Grenadier Guards' buttons are equally spaced and embossed with the Royal Cypher reversed and interlaced surrounded by the Royal Garter bearing the royal motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Evil be to him who evil thinks). Their "Buff Belt" brass clasps also carry the Royal Cypher. Modern Grenadier Guardsmen wear a cap badge of a "grenade fired proper" with seventeen flames. This cap badge has to be cleaned twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, as it is made from brass and a tarnished grenade is frowned upon by all in the regiment.

Active years start year 1656

Identification symbol (Left side of Bearskin cap) 65px Grenade Royal Cipher White

Military unit size One battalion One independent company

Motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" () "Shame be to he who thinks evil"

Role 1st Battalion – Light Infantry Nijmegen Company – Public Duties

English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards

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