Grenadier Guards
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The Grenadier Guards, with full official title "The 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards", is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Prece
Regimental badge of the Grenadier Guards
c. 1751–1760 painting of a regimental grenadier (first from left)
1812 engraving of two regimental privates
Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards in 1914
The British Grenadiers
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"The British Grenadiers" is a traditional marching song of British and Commonwealth military units whose badge of identification features a grenade, the tune of which dates from the 17th century. It i
Grenadier Guards
…composed the eponymous slow march for the First Guards, presenting it to the regiment before he added it to the score of the opera. The Quick March is "The British Grenadiers". Full dress uniform of the Grenadier Guards worn on ceremonial occasions as in the Household Division includes a tall and heavy fur cap, called bearskin…
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, painted circa 1750. Grenadiers are shown at right; their officer (who wears a red sash to show his rank) wields a fusee