Coldstream Guards
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The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the monarchy; due to t
c. 1751–1760 portrait of a regimental grenadier (centre)
Portrait of Robert Orme by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1756
Three regimental soldiers who served in the Crimean War
The Coldstream Guards (right) defending Hougoumont at the Battle of Waterloo
Operation Herrick
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Operation Herrick was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operations during the War in Afghanistan, from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014. It consisted of the British contri
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…2007 that in October 2007 the battalion was to be sent to Afghanistan as part of 52 Infantry Brigade. In October 2009, the battalion was deployed on Operation Herrick 11, with units deploying to the Babaji area of central Helmand Province, Afghanistan, playing a major role in Operation Moshtarak in February 2010…
Soldiers of the Coldstream Guards's 1st Battalion in a poppy field waiting for a Chinook helicopter to extract them, following operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2012
A British soldier of 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Air Assault Battery, Royal Artillery raising the Union Flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province in May 2006
A 12 Sqn Tornado GR4 at Kandahar Airfield
A front end loader filling HESCO barriers during a project at Camp Bastion