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THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY - STANDARDS, GUIDON AND BATTLE HONOURS |
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The
Standards & Guidon
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Some Background Information Standards
and Guidons have evolved from the banners of The
Standard, a square banner in those days, was carried by a knight; When
a banneret was made a knight, the point of his Guidon The
Standards have become the symbols of the spirit of the two This
association of Standards with heroic deeds has caused them From
the earliest origins The Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards The
first ceremonial presentation of Standards to the Household Cavalry Nowadays,
the presentation ceremony takes place on For
the consecration service, the Standards are placed on the |
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Household
Cavalry Standards and Guidon
The
Life Guards have a Royal Standard and three Squadron Standards The
Blues And Royals have a Royal Standard and three
Warrant
Officers, or senior Non Commissioned Officers carry A Royal
Standard is always carried when a Sovereign's Escort On
occasions when the Royal Procession, for the State Opening If,
however, this is not possible and The Life Guards are furnishing In the
event of The Blues And Royals performing this dual role, |
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Some Historical Illustrations I
am indebted to Osprey Publishing Ltd, who graciously granted This book, and other military books, may be obtained direct from the publisher: www.ospreypublishing.com |
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The
Second |
A camp
colour of the |
The
Regimental Standard pf |
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The Royal
arms were displayed on one of They underwent
several changes in this (Top)
The arms borne until 1801; |
(Top)
2nd Troop Guidon, |
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(Figure)
Troop Corporal-Major, |
King's
Standard,
Royal
Guidon, |
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Present-Day
Standards & Guidon
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Soverign's
Standard of |
The Household Cavalry Armoured
Reconnaissance |
Sovereign's
Standard of |
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Union
Standard of |
Guidon
of |
Union
Standard of |
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The
Life Guards Standard Party |
The
Life Guards Standards, on the occasion of the
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The
Blues And Royals Standards and Guidon, on the occasion of |
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Standards Belt of The Life Guards |
Standards Belt of The Blues And Royals |
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Standards Belt of The Life Guards |
Standards Belt of The Blues And Royals |
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The Battle Honours Some,
but not all, of the Battle Honours of the |
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Battle
Honours borne on the |
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Date(s) 27 June No specific date 18 June 13 September No specific date 15 February 18 February No specific date |
Year(s) 1743 1813 - 1814 1815 1882 1882 1900 1900 1899 - 1900 |
Honour(s) Dettingen Peninsula Waterloo Tel el Kebir Egypt 1882 Relief of Kimberley Paardeburg South Africa 1899 - 1900 |
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Date(s) 23 - 24 August 26 August 7 - 10 September 12 - 15 September 12 October - 2 November 19 October - 22 November 22 April - 25 May 1 July - 18 November 1917 9 April - 4 May 21 August - 3 October 26 August - 3 September 12 September - 9 October 1914 - 1918 |
1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1915 1916 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1918 |
FIRST WORLD WAR Mons Le Cateau Marne Aisne Messines Ypres 1914 Ypres 1915 Somme, 1916 Ypres 1917 Arras 1917 Somme 1918 (2 LG) Arras 1918 (1 LG) Hindenburg Line (2 LG) France and Flanders |
Notes: Mons,
Le Cateau, white white Somme
(1918), |
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Note re Guards Machine Gun Battalions In 1918,
the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards, They reverted to their original titles after the Armistice. The
Battle Honours 'Passchendaele' (1st Life Guards) |
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Date(s) 9 - 31 May 22 June - 23 July 8 June - 11 July 23 October 25 August - 2 December 11 April - 23 October 31 July 3 September 22 - 25 September No specific date P
Wadi al Batin |
1941 1941 1941 1942 1942 - 1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 - 1945 P
1991 |
SECOND WORLD WAR Iraq 1941 Palmyra Syria 1941 El Alemein North Africa 1942 - 1943 Italy 1944 Soulevre Brussels Nederrijn N.W. Europe 1944 - 1945 SINCE 1980 Gulf 1991 |
Notes: Iraq, Palmyra, White Soulevre, Brussels, P P |
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Battle
Honours not borne on the |
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COMPOSITE REGIMENT 23 August - 5 September 13 October - 2 November REGIMENTS PROPER 21 - 24 October 29 - 31 October 11 November 24 April - 4 May 8 - 13 May 1 - 13 July HOUSEHOLD BATTALION 3 - 14 May 4 October 9 October 12 October - 10 November GUARDS MACHINE GUN BATTALIONS 21 August - 3 September 26 August - 3 September 31 August - 3 September 26 - 30 August 18 September 29 September - 2 October 3 - 5 october 8 - 9 October 17 - 25 October White 31 May 3 August 12 August 2 September 30 July 15 August 8 - 11 August 10 - 17 September 17 - 21 September 2 April 4 April |
1914 1914 white 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 1916 white 1917 1917 1917 1917 white white whi
1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 bn 1941 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1944 1945 1945 |
FIRST WORLD WAR Retreat from Mons Armentieres White Langemarck 1914 Gheluvelt Nonne Bosschen St Julien Frezenberg Albert 1916 White Scarpe 1917 Broodseinde Poelcappelle Passchendaele White White Antideluvianarian Somme 1918 (2 LG) Arras 1918 (1 LG) Bapaume 1918 (2 LG) Scarpe 1918 (1 LG) Epehy (2 LG) St Quentin Canal (2 LG) Beaurevoir Line (2 LG) Cambrai 1918 (1 LG) Selle (1 LG) SECOND WORLD WAR Baghdad 1941 Arezzo Advance to Florence Gothic Line Mont Pincon Noireau Crossing Amiens 1944 Neerpelt Nijmegen Lingen Bentheim |
Notes: White White White White White White White White White White White White White White White Rose, Lancastrian Rose White White White White White White White White Baghad,
Arezzo, white White Mont
Pincon, Noireau |
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Battle
Honours borne on the
Standards of The Blues And Royals |
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Date(s) No specific date 27 June 31 July 26 April 10 May No specific date No specific date 18 June No specific date No specific date 13 September No specific date 15 February 18 February No specific date No specific date |
Year(s) 1662 - 1680 1743 1760 1794 1794 m 1813 - 1814 1815 m m 1882 1882 1900 1900 0 1899 - 1900 |
Honour(s) Tangier 1662 - 1680 Dettingen Warburg Beaumont Willems Fuentes D'Onor Peninsula Waterloo Balaklava Sevastopol Tel el Kebir Egypt 1882 Relief of Kimberley Paardeberg Relief of Ladysmith South Africa 1899 - 1902 |
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Date(s) 26 August 7 - 10 September 12 October - 2 November 19 October - 22 November 29 - 31 October 22 April - 25 May 8 April - 13 May 25 September - 8 October 9 April - 4 May 31 july - 10 November No specific date No specific date No specific date No specific date 4 November No specific date No White 9 - 31 May 22 June - 22 July 8 June - 11 July No specific date 23 October No specific date 25 August - 2 December No 11 April - 23 October 31 July 3 September 22 - 25 September No specific date No N No |
1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 1916 1917 1917 1918 N N 1918 1918 N 1914 - 1918 White 1941 1941 1941 N 1942 4 1942 - 1943 1943 1944 1944 1944 1944 N 1944 - 1945 1 1982 |
FIRST WORLD WAR Le Cateau Marne 1914 Messines 1914 Ypres 1914 Gheluvelt Ypres 1915 Frezenberg Loos Arras 1917 Ypres 1917 * Somme 1918 Amiens Hindenburg Line Cambrai 1918 Sambre ** Pursuit to Mons France and Flanders SECOND WORLD WAR Iraq 1941 Palmyra Syria 1941 Knightsbridge El Alemein Advance on Tripoli North Africa 1941 - 1943 Sicily 1943 Italy 1943-1944 Souleuvre Brussels Nederrijn Rhine N.W. Europe 1944 - 1945 SINCE 1980 Falkland Islands |
Notes: Le
Cateau, Marne
WHitwe * Ypres (1917) White ** Sambre is a White Iraq,
Palmyra, White Souleuvre, |
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Battle
Honours not borne on the |
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H 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 |
1 9 9 1914 1914 1914 9 9 1917 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 1944 9 9 9 9 9 1941 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
FIRST WORLD WAR Mons Retreat from Mons Aisne 1914 Armentieres 1914 Langemarck 1914 Nonne Bosschen St Julien Scarpe 1917 Broodseinde Poelcappelle Passchendaele St Quentin Avre Beaurevoir SECOND WORLD WAR Mont Pincon Noireau Crossing Amiens 1944 Neerpelt Nijmegen Veghel Lingen Bentheim Baghdad 1941 Msus Gazala Defence of Alemein Line El Agheila Arezzo Advance to Florence Gothic Line |
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