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1st Life Guards [UK] (512 words) |
 | regiment reconstituted from personnel of the MG battalion |
| Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1835. |
| Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1836. |
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Life Guards (British Army) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (632 words) |
| They formed part of the contingent raised by the exiled King Charles II as his contribution to the army of King Philip IV of Spain who were fighting the French and their allies the English Commonwealth under the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in the Franco-Spanish War and the concurrent Anglo-Spanish War. |
| In 1788, these troops were reorganised into two regiments, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of Life Guards (from 1877, simply 1st Life Guards and 2nd Life Guards). |
| In 1992, as part of the Options for Change defence review, the Life Guards were amalgamated for operational purposes with the Blues and Royals, forming the Household Cavalry Regiment (armoured reconnaissance) and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (ceremonial duties). |
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