List of army units called Guards

This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. Border Guards, Coast Guards, Home Guards, National Guards, Presidential Guards, Red Guards, Republican Guards, and Royal Guards are listed under their own articles.

Active

Australia

• The Federation Guard is tri-service ceremonial unit.

Austria

• The Austrian Land Forces Guard Batallion

Bulgaria

The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria

Canada

• Governor General's Foot Guards, The Governor General's Horse Guards and The Canadian Grenadier Guards.

Denmark

• The Guard Hussars regiment

Estonia

• Guard Battalion

Finland

• Guard Jaeger Regiment

India

• Brigade of the Guards

Israel

• Knesset Guard (Hebrew: Mishmar HaKnesset) responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of its members (MKs).

Netherlands

• Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
• Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment

Romania

30th Honor Guard Regiment "Mihai Viteazul"

Russia

Main article: List of guards units of Russia

Serbia

• Military of Serbia Guard, elite military unit of Serbian Army used for ceremonial and special duties.

Sri Lanka

• President's Guard

Singapore

• Singapore Guards, elite Singapore infantry unit used for special operations.

Sweden

• The Life Guards regiment

Switzerland

• Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at foreign European courts.

Ukraine

Main article: List of guards units of Ukraine

United Kingdom

Current Guards units of the British Army are under the administrative control of the Guards Division

• Foot Guards
  • Coldstream Guards
  • Grenadier Guards
  • Welsh Guards
  • Scots Guards
  • Irish Guards

• Cavalry Guards Regiments

• • Life Guards
  • Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) .

Former

With dates Guards title carried

• 1st Regiment of Life Guards
• 2nd Regiment of Life Guards
• Royal Horse Guards - predecessor unit to the Blues and Royals

• 1st King's Dragoon Guards -1959
• 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) -1922
• 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) 1746-1922
• 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards -1922
• 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1788-1922
• Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) 1788-1922
• 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons -1922
• 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards -1922

• 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1959-
• 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) 1922-1971 (also known as "3rd/6th Dragoon Guards")
• 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1922-1992
• 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 192-

• Horse Guards Regiment - a number of temporary regiments carried this name.
  • 1st Troop of Horse Guards

• Guards Machine Gun Regiment

Organizational units

• Brigade of Guards
• Guards Division (United Kingdom)
• Guards Armoured Division

• 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
• 5th Guards Brigade
• 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945

• British 1st (Guards) Brigade - also known as "1st Infantry Brigade (Guards)"
• British 2nd (Guards) Brigade
• British 3rd (Guards) Brigade
• 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
• 22nd Guards Brigade

Historical

Byzantine

• Varangian Guard, a unit of the Byzantine emperor chiefly made up of troops of Scandinavian and North West European origin.

France

• Imperial Guard of the Napoleonic era

Prussia

• Gardes du Corps, also known as the "Prussian Guard" a Prussian formation until 1918

Imperial Russia

• Imperial Guard

Japan

• Imperial Guard (Japan)

Soviet Union

• Guards unit, a type of military unit of the former Soviet Union

See also

• Home Guard, which see for a list
• Red Guards, socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend Communist revolutions
• Royal Guard, which see for a list
• Republican Guard, which see for a list

References

Philip Mansel, Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984, ISBN 0704324245