Grenadier Guards

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. It is not though the most senior regiment of the Army, which is the Life Guards. The Coldstream Guards were organized before the Grenadier Guards, but are the next-junior regiment.

Battle Honours

The 1st Foot Guards have received many battle honours, including:

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• various actions near the Strait of Gibraltar
• the War of the Spanish Succession, including Oudenarde
• the War of the Austrian Succession
• the Peninsular War
• the Napoleonic Wars, namely Waterloo
• the Crimean War
• the Urabi Revolt
• the Opium Wars, namely Khartoum
• the Boer Wars
• World War I and World War II (North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe)
• the Persian Gulf War

In 1994, under the Options for Change reforms, the Grenadier Guards was reduced to a single battalion. The 2nd Battalion was put into 'suspended animation', and its colours passed for safekeeping to No 2 Company, which was renamed 'Nijmegen Company', nominally attached to the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards.

Related Topics:
1994 - Options for Change - Colours - 'Nijmegen Company' - Scots Guards

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