The Household Cavalry Regiment has an active operational role in armoured fighting vehicles which has seen them at the forefront of the nation's conflicts. The regiment is not part of the Royal Armoured Corps, but serves alongside the line cavalry regiments as one of the five formation reconnaissance regiments. The regiment is made up of two squadrons each from the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. One squadron is assigned to the airborne role with 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ... The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army. ... The Blues and Royals are a British Army armoured regiment and are part of the Household Cavalry. ... The 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 AAB) is a unit of the British Army It was formed as part of the defence reforms implemented by the Strategic Defence Review on 1 September 1999 by the merging of 24th Airmobile Brigade and elements of 5th Airborne Brigade. ...
It is based at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, one mile from Windsor Castle. The Household Cavalry Regiment of the British Army has an active operational role in armoured fighting vehicles which has seen them at the forefront of the nations conflicts. ... An early 18th century view of Windsor Castle by Kip and Knyff. ...
The HouseholdCavalry Mounted Regiment is a ceremonial regiment of the British Army.
It consists of one squadron from each regiment of the HouseholdCavalry, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals.
This is three-quarters of a mile from Buckingham Palace, close enough for the officers and men of the HouseholdCavalry to be available to respond speedily to any emergency at the Palace.
The HouseholdCavalryRegiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army, and is one of two regiments that are formed from the HouseholdCavalry.
The regiment is part of the HouseholdCavalry, which is a corps in its own right, rather than the Royal Armoured Corps.
Uniquely among the army's FR regiments, the HouseholdCavalryRegiment has four operational squadrons (the rest have three); one of the HCR's squadrons is permanently attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade.
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