The Honourable Artillery Company is the reserve regiment in the British Army's Land Special Operations Force. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the
Shield of the Honourable Artillery Company, in sand, 19th century
HAC coat of arms supporter: a pikeman of the Honourable Artillery Company, in sand
A QF 15 pounder of B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, at Sheik Othman, Aden.
Gunners of A Battery, the Honourable Artillery Company, attached to the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade, crouch between their 13 pounder quick fire field guns and a cactus hedge near Belah, Palestine, in March 1918.
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
Honourable Artillery Company
…Company" or "Honourable Military Company". In the 17th century, its members played a significant part in the formation of both the Royal Marines and the Grenadier Guards. More recently, regiments, battalions and batteries of the Company fought with distinction in both World Wars and its current regiment, which forms…
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