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  1. From 1969 to 1975 he was in the British Army of the Rhine, and was commanding officer of the Life Guards from 1974 to 1976. He then served as a General Staff Officer at the Staff College from 1976 to 1978, when he became officer commanding the Household Cavalry and Silver Stick to Queen Elizabeth II. In 1981 and 1982 he was officer commanding ...

  2. The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular [b] regiment in the British Army. [2] 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 ...

  3. False sleeves were a traditional embellishment of the uniforms of British Army drummers and pipers (who were also, in non-royal regiments, clad in reverse colours) which were abolished in 1768. The main uniform of The Life Guards consists of a scarlet coat with a silver lace. It originates from a similar uniform created in 1678.

  4. The 5 regiments of the Foot Guards have their own regimental marches, that are each performed by their respective regimental bands. The following is a list of the notable Regimental Marches for military regiments of the British Army. In addition, all regiments have additional pieces for slow marches, marches for mounted parades and pipe marches.

  5. Media in category "British Army unit badges". The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. 1 Battalion REME Badge.webp 259 × 332; 15 KB. 4 Military Intelligence Battalion badge.png 200 × 200; 20 KB. 7 Signal Group Badge.png 256 × 389; 58 KB. 12th Signal Group (British Army) patch.jpg 414 × 414; 33 KB.

  6. John Hume Prendergast was born in Lahore in 1910, the son of Major-General Charles Gordon Prendergast, he was educated at Victoria College, Jersey [1] and was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the London ...

  7. e. "Other ranks" (abbreviated "ORs") is the term used to refer to all ranks below officers in the British Army and the Royal Marines. It includes warrant officers, non-commissioned officers ("NCOs") and ordinary soldiers with the rank of private or regimental equivalent. Officers may, in speaking, distinguish themselves from those "in the ranks".