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Die Life Guards sind das in der Rangordnung der Armee (Order of Precedence) erste aktive Regiment der britischen Armee, aber nicht das älteste. Sie haben ihre Wurzeln in einem Kavallerieverband von Royalisten, die 1658–61 unter verschiedenen Bezeichnungen mit dem damaligen Prinzen und späteren König Karl II. in sein Exil nach Holland gingen.
1st Regiment of Life Guards. The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the 2nd Life Guards to form The Life Guards .
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Structure (2016–present) The Life Guards as it exists today has been part of the Swedish Army since 2000, when the functions of three separate guards units, the Svea Life Guards, the Household Brigade and the Life Guards Dragoons, all of which were classed as Household troops, were amalgamated into a single regiment.
The Life Guards (LG) is the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals. The Life Guards grew from the four troops of Horse Guards (exclusively formed of gentlemen-troopers until the transformation of the last two remaining troops into Regiments of Life Guards in 1788) raised by Charles II around the time of his restoration, plus two ...
The Life Guards continued to fulfil active as well as ceremonial duties in the post-war period. During the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, it served in Palestine, Egypt, Germany, Cyprus, Aden and Hong Kong. It also sent a squadron to Borneo in 1965 during the Indonesian Confrontation (1963-66).
The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the late 17th century until the mid-20th century, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and imperial power in the world, and although this dominance was principally ...
