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 this, it often participates in state ceremonial occasions. The Regiment has consistently provided formations on deployments around the world and has fought in the majority of the major conflicts in which the British Army has been engaged.
British Foot Guards in 1751 by David Morier
Lt Robert Orme (1756) by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Crimean War: Joseph Numa, John Potter and James Deal of the Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards defending Hougoumont at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
The Household Division forms a part of the British Army's London District and is made up of five regiments of foot guards and two Household Cavalry regiments. The division is responsible for performing public duties and state ceremonies in London and Windsor. Such functions include the State Opening of Parliament, Trooping the Colour, and mounting the King's Guard.
Emblem of the Household Division
Troopers from the Household Cavalry during the 2018 Trooping the Colour.
Warrant officers of the Welsh Guards and Coldstream Guards during the 2015 State Opening of Parliament.
The Coldstream Guards laying up their old Colours after receiving new Colours from Queen Elizabeth II, their colonel-in-chief, in 2013.