Life Guards
senior regiment of the British Household Cavalry
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Summary
Life Guards is a cuirassier regiment[1].
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[2]
- Instance of: royal guard[3], Formation reconnaissance regiment[4]
- Military branch: royal guard[5]
- Part of: Household Cavalry[6], British Army[7]
- Inception: 1922[8]
- Participated in conflict: World War II[9]
- Official website: http://www.householdcavalry.co.uk/life_guards.htm[10]
- Allegiance: United Kingdom[11]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12]
- Nickname: Piccadilly Cowboys[13], Donkey Wallopers[14], Tins[15], Tinned Fruit[16], Piccadilly Butchers[17]
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Identity
Part of include Household Cavalry[6], a corps[18], in United Kingdom[19] and British Army[7], an army[20], in Kingdom of Great Britain[21], founded in 1707[22].