1st Regiment of Life Guards

British Army cavalry regiment April 2022December 2024 1st Regiment of Life Guards Badge collection (AM 706157-6).jpg Cap badge of the regiment 1788–1922 Great Britain (1788–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1922) British Army Household Cavalry Cavalry 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 thumb|upright|1815 engraving of a regimental private and trumpeter thumb|1843 painting of the regiment on duty at Horse Guards The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards.White-Spunner, p. xii 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. Battle honours The battle honours of the regiment were: Early Wars: Dettingen, Peninsula, Waterloo, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899–1900 The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Hindenburg Line, Cambrai 1918, France and Flanders 1914–18 Colonels-in-Chief The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm 1st Life Guards regiments.org 27 September 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060211171541/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm 11 February 2006 1815–1830: King George IV 1831–1837: King William IV18768 97 18 January 1831 1880–1910: King Edward VII24849 y 3269 29 May 1880 1910–1922: King George V Regimental colonels The colonels of the regiment were: 1788–1789: General The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lothian GBR KT 1789–1792: General The Rt Hon. The Lord Dover GBR KB PC 1792–1829: General The Rt Hon. The Earl of Harrington GBR GCH PC PC(Ire) 1829–1865: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Viscount Combermere GBR GCB GCH KSI PC 1865–1888: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Earl of Lucan GBR GCB 1888–1902: Field Marshal Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar GBR KP GCB GCH GCVO PC(Ire) 1902–1907: Lieutenant General The Rt Hon. The Lord de Ros GBR KP KCVO DL27501 8439 5 December 1902 1907–1920: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Lord Grenfell GBR GCB GCMG PC(Ire) 1920–1922: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. The Viscount Allenby GBR GCB GCMG GCVO KStJ31815 2890 5 March 1920 y See also British cavalry during the First World War Life Guards References Sources https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7yDpMGiEMC&q=life+guards+four+troops&pg=PR12 White-Spunner Barney Horse Guards 2006 Macmillan 978-1405055741 1-001 Regiment of Life Guards LG1 Category:Household Cavalry Category:Former guards regiments Category:Military units and formations established in 1788 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922