 A King's Troop sentry outside Horse Guards The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. It was formed in 1947 when King George VI decided that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse drawn artillery, a troop of horse artillery should be kept to take part in the great ceremonies of state. So, he declared that the Riding Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery would be known as 'His Troop' or 'The King's Troop'. On her accession, Queen Elizabeth II declared that the name 'King's Troop' would remain in honour of her father. Image File history File links Sentry posted outside Horse Guards Taken by Phillip Barlow in August 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Sentry posted outside Horse Guards Taken by Phillip Barlow in August 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895–6 February 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from 11 December 1936 until his death. ...
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) is a corps in the British Army. ...
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and...
The King's Troop forms part of the Household Troops and, when on parade with its guns, takes precedence over all other regiments in the British Army. Although the King's Troop is primarily a ceremonial unit, with responsibility for firing gun salutes on state occasions, it has an operational role as part of the territorial defence of the United Kingdom. The unit is most often seen providing gun salutes on state occasions in Hyde Park, but they also mount the Queen's Life Guard at Horse Guards when the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment go away for their summer training. Household Division is term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings, or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the sovereign. ...
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England, and one of the Royal Parks of London. ...
Sentry of the Grenadier Guards posted outside St Jamess Palace The Queens Guard and Queens Life Guard are the names given to contingents of cavalry and infantry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in London. ...
Horse Guards viewed across Horse Guards Parade Horse Guards is a large building in the Palladian style between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. ...
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is a ceremonial regiment of the British Army. ...
The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery performed at every Royal Tournament from its formation in 1947 to the final Royal Tournament on 2 August 1999. The Grand Military Tournament and Assault at Arms was held at the Agricultural Hall Islington from 21st to 26th June 1880. ...
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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