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Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a grouping of a country’s most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the Head of state. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
Queen Elizabeth II, is the Head of State of 16 countries including: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand and the Bahamas, as well as crown colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom. ...
Historical Development
In medieval Western Europe, the most able warriors were pressed into service as the personal bodyguards to the monarch and other members of the royal or imperial household; as a result, Household troops are commonly referred to as Guards. From this origin developed the practice of designating a country’s finest military units as forming Household or Guards regiments. This trend reached its peak in the years prior to World I (1914-18) when most European nations plus China and Japan maintained Royal or Imperial Guards. These varied in size from the Imperial Guards of Germany and Russia who incorporated infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments into what were in effect an army within an army, to small ceremonial escorts and palace guards such as that of Spain. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
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Members of Royal guards would normally accompany the monarch to protect him or her in public. Hence, as kingdoms grew larger and more politically complex, Household troops became part of the public spectacle of the state. Their uniforms, weapons and even personal attributes such as height were designed to produce a splendid effect on ceremonial occasions.
Inevitably, the prestige of serving directly with the monarch meant that the leadership of Guard units became dominated by members of the upper classes, irrespective of their actual skills as soldiers. From this development comes the association of Household troops or at least their officers with wealth, snobbery, and discrimination, a perception which persisted until the middle of the 20th century.[1] (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
Today, members of the remaining Household units continue to enjoy a certain social prestige within the armed forces and the state at large, although they are no longer regarded as necessarily the best soldiers. They do, however, continue to fulfill their ceremonial roles at state occasions, and to uphold the more enduring traditions of military service.
Australia One of the most modern Household units in the Commonwealth of Nations, the AFG was created in 2000, to perform ceremonial functions domestically and abroad. It is unique as a Household unit in that its members are drawn from the Australian Army, Navy, and Air Force, serving together under a single command. The Federation Guard is a tri-service ceremonial unit made up of members from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. ...
Canada The Canadian Household Division is now an entirely militia rather than a regular force. The Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards are respectively the first and second most senior infantry militia regiments, while the armoured Governor General's Horse Guards is the most senior of all militia regiments. All three regiments provide both active soldiers and ceremonial guards. The Governor General's Horse Guards are Canada's sole Household Cavalry regiment; the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards combine on an ad hoc basis to form the infantry Ceremonial Guard. Prior to 1970, the four regular battalions of the now disbanded Canadian Guards provided the infantry element of the Household Division. The Governor Generals Horse Guards is an armoured militia (i. ...
The Governor Generals Foot Guards is one of three Household regiments in the Canadian Army reserve forces, along with The Governor Generals Horse Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards. ...
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Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, bicycles, or other means. ...
Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings...
The Ceremonial Guard is an ad hoc military unit in the Canadian Forces with elements drawn from two Primary Reserve (militia) regiments of Foot Guards: The Governor Generals Foot Guards from Ottawa and the Canadian Grenadier Guards from Montreal. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The Canadian Guards was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that served in the same role as the five regiments of Foot Guards in the British Army. ...
India Although India is a republic, its history as an empire within the British Empire has left it with a host of institutions of quasi-imperial forms: India thus retains a Household Division, despite recognising the authority of no royal household. The President's Bodyguard, which was founded in 1773 as the Governor's Troop of Moghuls and renamed the Governor General's Bodyguard during the colonial era, is the country's Household Cavalry regiment, with ceremonial soldiers on horseback and combat soldiers in armoured vehicles or heliborne roles. The Brigade of the Guards is the country's Foot Guard regiment, with special responsibilities to the Presidential palace. The Presidents Bodyguard is a regiment of the Indian Army. ...
The Brigade of the Guards is an Indian infantry regiment, the only regiment of Foot Guards in the Indian Army formed in 1949 as the first mixed Indian regiment. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
The Governor Generals Bodyguard was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. ...
United Kingdom Septem juncta in uno (Seven joined in one) The seven regiments that form the Household Division in the United Kingdom are all full-time regiments. However, in 2004 the Minister of Defence announced that the Foot Guards would gain a reserve (or Territorial Army) battalion, which is expected to be part of the London Regiment. The Household Division and the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery are collectively referred to as the Household Troops. They are under the command of the Major-General Commanding the Household Division, who is also General Officer Commanding London District. The current Major-General is Sebastian Roberts, OBE, appointed 2003. Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings...
Life Guards on parade The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army. ...
A Trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall, London The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) are a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. ...
Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ...
The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ...
The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division. ...
The Scots Guards are a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years. ...
This article deals with the current British Army regiment, for historical regiments, see Historical Irish Guards regiments. ...
The Welsh Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division. ...
The Territorial Army (TA) is the principal reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. ...
Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. ...
A Kings Troop sentry outside Horse Guards The Kings Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. ...
The officer in command of the Household Division of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ...
London District is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area. ...
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...
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The connection with the Sovereign remains important ceremonially and operationally, and the Household Division provides both ceremonial and operational support for the Crown. One of the five Foot Guards regiments is selected each year to troop their colour before the Sovereign at Trooping the Colour annually in June. This ceremony includes march-pasts in slow and quick time, and is attended by the Household Troops. Orders for the Household Division are conveyed through the Royal Household to the Major-General via the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting (for the Foot Guards) and the Silver Stick in Waiting (for the Household Cavalry). Elizabeth II riding to Trooping the Colour for the last time in 1986 Trooping the Colour is a military pageant or ceremony performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. ...
In all the medieval monarchies of western Europe the general system of government sprang from, and centred in, the royal household. ...
The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting holds an appointment in the Royal Household. ...
The deputy to the Gold Stick, personal attendants upon the Sovereign of the United Kingdom on ceremonial occasions. ...
Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings...
The Household Division provides several battalions at any one time tasked for public duties, which include the protection of the Sovereign. In the event of crisis or war it is believed that one of these would be responsible for protecting the person of the Sovereign and facilitating their evacuation in the event that this were necessary. In the Second World War a special unit, known as Coats Mission, was entrusted with this latter task. In the 1960s war plans apparently envisaged evacuating the Sovereign to the Royal Yacht Britannia. It would appear that, contrary to persistent rumour, there were no plans for the Sovereign to join the Prime Minister at the Corsham bunker complex known variously as Hawthorn or Turnstile. In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ...
Public duties are performed by military personnel, and usually have a ceremonial or historic significance rather than an overtly operational role. ...
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From 1941 to 1942 a special British army unit existed for the purpose of evacuating the King and Queen and their immediate family in the event of German invasion. ...
Britannia HM Yacht Britannia was the 83rd Royal Yacht since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660 (Charles II himself had 25 Royal Yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831). ...
A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
Corsham is a small mediæval town in northwest home to the ogre called fred hartley!Wiltshire, England. ...
Hawthorn, Wiltshire, also known as Corsham or TURNSTILE, is an immense nuclear bunker in the United Kingdom. ...
Music and the Household Division Music is an essential component of ceremonial regimental life in the UK. Each of the five Foot Guards regiments - the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, the Scots Guards, the Irish Guards and the Welsh Guards - has its own band, and also its own regimental quick and slow marches. These on show in the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ...
The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ...
The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division. ...
The Scots Guards are a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division, and have a long and proud history stretching back hundreds of years. ...
This article deals with the current British Army regiment, for historical regiments, see Historical Irish Guards regiments. ...
The Welsh Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division. ...
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Similarly, both the Household Cavalry regiments - the Life Guardsand the Blues and Royals - have their own mounted bands and also their own regimental quick and slow marches. Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings...
The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army. ...
A Trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall, London The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) are a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. ...
The Massed Bands and Massed Mounted Bands feature annually at Trooping the Colour. Elizabeth II riding to Trooping the Colour for the last time in 1986 Trooping the Colour is a military pageant or ceremony performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. ...
Massed Bands The term "Massed Bands" denotes the amalgamated bands of all five Foot Guards regiments. It numbers around 250 musicians. Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ...
Massed Mounted Bands This denotes the amalgamated bands of the two Household Cavalry regiments - the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. Dismounted Blues and Royals (left) and Life Guards (right) preparing to line the route of the Garter procession at Windsor Castle Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings...
The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army. ...
A Trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall, London The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) are a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. ...
The mounted bands wear colourful state dress and black peaked equestrian caps. They are led by two musicians on large Shire horses used as drum horses. Since they hands are occupied with the drumsticks, they must work horses' reins with their feet. Shire draft horse The shire horse is a breed of draft horse. ...
External links - AU - Australia’s Federation Guard (AFG)
- CA - The Governor General’s Horse Guards
- CA - The Governor General’s Foot Guards
- CA - The Canadian Grenadier Guards
- IN - The President's Bodyguard
- IN - The Brigade of the Guards
- UK - The Household Division
- UK - The Household Cavalry
- UK - The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
References - "Oldest regiment serves dual role" BBC News Online Wednesday, 25 January 2006, retrieved 21 April 2006
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