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Foot Guards Regiments Officers, NCO's, Insignia &
Aiguillettes
Since 1998 The House of Labhran has worked to bring you a wide range of high quality officers military badges, officers silk sashes, No1
uniform dress and mess dress insignia as worn by the Guards regiments. We hope to expand this range to include insignia from The
Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. For Guards pattern sword knots please visit the sword
knot page.
If you can't see what you are looking for please e-mail us as we also make a range of insignia and badges to order. Will be adding more
historical patterns over time from the 19th century suitable for military re- en actors uniforms.
Aiguillettes
Since 1998 The House of Labhran has worked to bring you a wide range of high quality officers military badges, officers silk sashes, No1
uniform dress and mess dress insignia as worn by the Guards regiments. We hope to expand this range to include insignia from The
Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. For Guards pattern sword knots please visit the sword
knot page.
If you can't see what you are looking for please e-mail us as we also make a range of insignia and badges to order. Will be adding more
historical patterns over time from the 19th century suitable for military re- en actors uniforms.
| Military Regimental Tartans Reference Page To aid those looking into the history of regimental tartans we have added a page for reference as detailed by the Scottish Tartans Authority. Link to Historical and regimental military tartans reference page Click here |
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The Foot Guards are the Infantry regiments of the Household Division of the British Army. which was formed during the First World War was disbanded in 1920: Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Guards Irish Guards Welsh Guards Guards Machine Gun Regiment ("Machine Gun Guards") While regiments may have other distinguishing features, a simple method of identification is by observing the spacing of buttons on the tunic. The ascending number of buttons also indicates the order in which the regiments were formed, although the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, an ancestor of the Grenadier Guards, is younger than the regiment that now takes the name of the Coldstream Guards; the oldest continuously serving regiment in the regular British Army (there are older regiments in the Territorial Army). There are various other methods of distinguishing between the regiments - the colour of the plume, and what side it is worn on the bearskin, the collar badge and the shoulder badge. When all five regiments parade together, they are in the order Grenadier Guards on the right flank, then Scots Guards, Welsh Guards, Irish Guards and Coldstream Guards on the left flank. This is because, although the Coldstream are ranked second in seniority, their motto is 'Nulli Secundus' ('Second to None'). Units of the Foot Guards Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards No 7 Company, Coldstream Guards Scots Guards 1st Battalion, Scots Guards F Company, Scots Guards Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Welsh Guards 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards History of the Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, 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. The Coldstream Guards was formed before the Grenadier Guards, but that regiment is ranked after the Grenadiers in seniority as it was a regiment of the New Model Army. 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 Honi soit qui mal y pense (Evil be to him who evil thinks ). Their “Buff Belt” brass clasped also carry the Royal Cypher, Modern Grenadier Guardsmen wear a cap badge of a "grenade fired proper" with seventeen flames. This cap badge is 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.i |
