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The '''1st Regiment of Life Guards''' was a [[Cavalry regiments of the British Army|cavalry regiment]] in the British Army, part of the [[Household Cavalry]]. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]]. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards]] to form the [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]].
The '''1st Regiment of Life Guards''' was a [[Cavalry regiments of the British Army|cavalry regiment]] in the British Army, part of the [[Household Cavalry]]. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]]. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards|2nd Life Guards]] to form [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]].


==History==
==History==
The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]].<ref>White-Spunner, p. xii</ref> It fought in the [[Peninsular War]] and at the [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. In 1877, it was renamed '''1st Life Guards''' and contributed to the [[Household Cavalry Composite Regiment]] in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]], in the [[Second Boer War]] and in the [[World War I|First World War]] from August to November 1914. From 1916 to 1918, the Reserve Regiment contributed to the [[Household Battalion]]. In 1918, the regiment was converted to the 1st Battalion, [[Guards Machine Gun Regiment]]. It was reconstituted in 1919 and was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards]] in 1922 to form the [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]].<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=//regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |title=1st Regiment of Life Guards |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=3 May 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051114184054/regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |archivedate=November 14, 2005 }}</ref>
The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]].<ref>White-Spunner, p. xii</ref> It fought in the [[Peninsular War]] and at the [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. In 1877, it was renamed '''1st Life Guards''' and contributed to the [[Household Cavalry Composite Regiment]] in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]], in the [[Second Boer War]] and in the [[World War I|First World War]] from August to November 1914. From 1916 to 1918, the Reserve Regiment contributed to the [[Household Battalion]]. In 1918, the regiment was converted to the 1st Battalion, [[Guards Machine Gun Regiment]]. It was reconstituted in 1919 and was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards|2nd Life Guards]] in 1922 to form [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]].<ref name=regt/>


==Battle honours==
==Battle honours==
The battle honours were:<ref name=regiments/>
The battle honours of the regiment were:<ref name=regt/>
* ''Early Wars'': [[Battle of Dettingen|Dettingen]], [[Peninsular War|Peninsula]], [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]], [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]], [[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt 1882]], [[Relief of Kimberley]], [[Battle of Paardeberg|Paardeberg]], [[Second Boer War|South Africa 1899–1900]]
* ''Early Wars'': [[Battle of Dettingen|Dettingen]], [[Peninsular War|Peninsula]], [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]], [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]], [[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt 1882]], [[Relief of Kimberley]], [[Battle of Paardeberg|Paardeberg]], [[Second Boer War|South Africa 1899–1900]]
* ''The Great War'': [[Battle of Mons|Mons]], [[Battle of Le Cateau|Le Cateau]], [[Great Retreat|Retreat from Mons]], [[First Battle of the Marne|Marne 1914]], [[First Battle of the Aisne|Aisne 1914]], [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Messines 1914]], [[Battle of Armentières|Armentières 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Ypres 1914]] [[Second Battle of Ypres|'15]] [[Third Battle of Ypres|'17]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Langemarck 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Gheluvelt]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Nonne Bosschen]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|St. Julien]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|Frezenberg]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme 1916]], [[Battle of Albert (1916)|Albert 1916]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Scarpe 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Broodseinde|Broodseinde]], [[Battle of Poelcappelle|Poelcappelle]], [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]], [[Hundred Days Offensive|Hindenburg Line]], [[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|Cambrai 1918]], [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders 1914–18]]
* ''The Great War'': [[Battle of Mons|Mons]], [[Battle of Le Cateau|Le Cateau]], [[Great Retreat|Retreat from Mons]], [[First Battle of the Marne|Marne 1914]], [[First Battle of the Aisne|Aisne 1914]], [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Messines 1914]], [[Battle of Armentières|Armentières 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Ypres 1914]] [[Second Battle of Ypres|'15]] [[Third Battle of Ypres|'17]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Langemarck 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Gheluvelt]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Nonne Bosschen]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|St. Julien]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|Frezenberg]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme 1916]], [[Battle of Albert (1916)|Albert 1916]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Scarpe 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Broodseinde|Broodseinde]], [[Battle of Poelcappelle|Poelcappelle]], [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]], [[Hundred Days Offensive|Hindenburg Line]], [[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|Cambrai 1918]], [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders 1914–18]]


==Colonels-in-Chief==
==Colonels-in-Chief <ref name= regt> {{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060211171541/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm|title=1st Life Guards|publisher=regiments.org|accessdate= 27 September 2016}} </ref>==
The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:<ref name=regt>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |title=1st Life Guards |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=27 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211171541/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |archive-date=11 February 2006 }}</ref>
*1815–1830: HM King George IV
*1830–1837: HM King William IV
*1815–1830: [[George IV|King George IV]]
*1831–1837: [[William IV|King William IV]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18768|page=97|date=18 January 1831}}</ref>
*1837–1880: ''vacant''
*1880–1910: F.M. HM King Edward VII
*1880–1910: [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24849|supp=y|page=3269|date=29 May 1880}}</ref>
*1910–1922: F.M. HM King George V
*1910–1922: [[George V|King George V]]


==Regimental Colonels<ref name= regt/>==
==Regimental Colonels==
The colonels of the regiment were:<ref name= regt/>
*1788–1789: Gen. [[William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian]], KT
*1788–1789: General The Most Hon. [[William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KT}}
*1789–1792: Gen. Hon. Sir [[Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover]], KB
*1789–1792: General The Rt Hon. [[Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover|The Lord Dover]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KB|PC}}
*1792–1829: Gen. [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington]], GCH
*1792–1829: General The Rt Hon. [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington|The Earl of Harrington]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCH|PC|PC(Ire)}}
*1829–1865: F.M. Sir [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere]], GCB, GCH, KSI
*1829–1865: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere|The Viscount Combermere]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCH|KSI|PC}}
*1865–1888: F.M. [[George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan]], GCB
*1865–1888: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan|The Earl of Lucan]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}}
*1888–1902: F.M. HSH [[Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar| Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar]], KP, GCB, GCVO
*1888–1902: Field Marshal [[Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KP|GCB|GCH|GCVO|PC(Ire)}}
*1902–1907: Lt-Gen. [[Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros]], KP, KCVO
*1902–1907: Lieutenant General The Rt Hon. [[Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros|The Lord de Ros]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KP|KCVO|DL}}<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27501 |page=8439 | date=5 December 1902}}</ref>
*1907–1920: F.M. Sir [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell]], GCB, GCMG
*1907–1920: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell|The Lord Grenfell]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCMG|PC(Ire)}}
*1920–1922: F.M. Sir [[Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby]], GCB, GCMG, GCVO
*1920–1922: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby|The Viscount Allenby]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCMG|GCVO|KStJ}}


==See also==
==See also==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7yDpMGiEMC&pg=PR12&lpg=PR12&dq=life+guards+four+troops&source=bl&ots=CIUKxXIitF&sig=luRQmFiAgu2VCfKJZ-X0oE0uhiY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j7lkU-TIBamQ0AXAuYEg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=life%20guards%20four%20troops&f=false|last=White-Spunner|first=Barney|title=Horse Guards|year=2006|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1405055741}}
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7yDpMGiEMC&q=life+guards+four+troops&pg=PR12|last=White-Spunner|first=Barney|title=Horse Guards|year=2006|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1405055741}}


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[[Category:Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I|LG1]]
[[Category:Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I|LG1]]
[[Category:Household Cavalry]]
[[Category:Household Cavalry]]
[[Category:Guards regiments]]
[[Category:Former guards regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1788]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]

Latest revision as of 10:32, 19 May 2024

1st Life Guards
Cap badge of the regiment
(with royal cypher of George V)
Active1788–1922
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1788–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1922)
BranchArmy
TypeHousehold Cavalry
RoleCavalry

The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards to form The Life Guards.

History

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The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards.[1] It fought in the Peninsular War and at the Waterloo. In 1877, it was renamed 1st Life Guards and contributed to the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment in the Anglo-Egyptian War, in the Second Boer War and in the First World War from August to November 1914. From 1916 to 1918, the Reserve Regiment contributed to the Household Battalion. In 1918, the regiment was converted to the 1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. It was reconstituted in 1919 and was amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards in 1922 to form The Life Guards.[2]

Battle honours

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The battle honours of the regiment were:[2]

Colonels-in-Chief

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The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:[2]

Regimental Colonels

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The colonels of the regiment were:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ White-Spunner, p. xii
  2. ^ a b c d "1st Life Guards". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 18768". The London Gazette. 18 January 1831. p. 97.
  4. ^ "No. 24849". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1880. p. 3269.
  5. ^ "No. 27501". The London Gazette. 5 December 1902. p. 8439.

Sources

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