Household Cavalry
Made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
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Household Cavalry Regiment
Armoured Cavalry regiment of the British Army based in Bulford Camp in Wiltshire.
Armoured Cavalry regiment of the British Army based in Bulford Camp in Wiltshire.
It is the brother regiment of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) based at Hyde Park Barracks in London - both regiments together form the Household Cavalry (HCav).
Life Guards (United Kingdom)
The Life Guards (LG) is the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals.
Company (military unit)
Military unit, typically consisting of 80–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.
Military unit, typically consisting of 80–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.
Company-sized organisations in units with a horse-mounted heritage, such as the Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Air Corps, Special Air Service, Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Logistic Corps, use the term squadron instead of company, and in the Royal Artillery they are called batteries.
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Cavalry regiment of the British Army tasked primarily with ceremonial duties.
Cavalry regiment of the British Army tasked primarily with ceremonial duties.
The HCMR is one of two operational units that form the Household Cavalry (HCav), the other being the Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR), a formation reconnaissance regiment, with front-line combat duties.
Hyde Park Barracks, London
The Hyde Park Barracks are in Knightsbridge in central London, on the southern edge of Hyde Park.
The Hyde Park Barracks are in Knightsbridge in central London, on the southern edge of Hyde Park.
The barracks are 3/4 mi from Buckingham Palace, enabling the officers and soldiers of the Household Cavalry to be available to respond speedily to any emergency at the Palace, practice drills at Horse Guards Parade or beyond and conduct other more ceremonial duties.
Household Division
Term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country's most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the head of state.
Term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country's most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with the head of state.
Unlike the Foot Guards but more like the Household Cavalry, these two regiments recruit nationally with officers and other ranks coming from every corner of India regardless of caste, religion and language.
Trooping the Colour
Ceremony performed every year in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of the British Army.
Ceremony performed every year in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of the British Army.
During the ceremony, the Queen travels down the Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade in a royal procession with a sovereign's escort of Household Cavalry (mounted troops or horse guards).
Farrier
Specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.
Specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.
In the British Army, the Household Cavalry have farriers who march in parade in ceremonial dress, carrying their historical axes with spikes.
Blues and Royals
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
Ray Milland
Welsh-American actor and film director.
Welsh-American actor and film director.
Before becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Cavalry of the British Army, becoming a proficient marksman, horseman and aeroplane pilot.