Brigade of Guards
The Brigade of Guards was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1856 to 1968. It was commanded by the Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and was responsible for administering the guards regiments.
After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. Infantry Depot A at Wellington Barracks was the headquarters for the five guards regiments.[1]
In line with the reforms of the army, it was renamed as the Guards Division on 1 July 1968.[2]
Units
- 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1656–)
- 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1656–1994)
- 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1760–1961)
- 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1650–)
- 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1711–1994)
- 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1897–1959)
- 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (1660–)
- 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards (1689–1994)
- 1st Battalion, Irish Guards (1900–)
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards (1915–)
- Guards Machine Gun Regiment (1917–1920)
- 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion (1946–1948)
- Guards Independent Parachute Company (1948–1968)
References
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- Union Division
- Queen's Division
- Light Division
- Guards Brigade
- Lowland Brigade
- Highland Brigade
- Home Counties Brigade
- Fusilier Brigade
- East Anglian Brigade
- Forester Brigade
- Mercian Brigade
- Welsh Brigade
- Wessex Brigade
- Lancastrian Brigade
- Yorkshire Brigade
- North Irish Brigade
- Light Infantry Brigade
- Green Jackets Brigade
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