Guards Division

As of 2020, units comprised the Guards Division Headquarters, at Wellington Barracks, Westminster:Heyman, p.88{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf |title=Army 2020 Report |access-date=2015-12-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610215557/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

Guards battalions:

• 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
• 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
• 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
• 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
• 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
• 1st Battalion, London Guards (Reserve){{efn|group=note|The London Guards is the name of the Guards reserve battalion, which is made up of four companies individually cap badged as Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards and Irish Guards.{{cite web|url=https://www.grengds.com/uploads/files/IR_Letter_final-RLC.pdf|format=PDF|title=Letter regarding 'The Integrated Review'|website=Grengds.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}}}
• Ypres Company, Grenadier Guards, in Kingston upon Thames
• No 17 Company, Coldstream Guards, in Hammersmith
• G (Messines) Company, Scots Guards, in Clapham Junction
• No 15 (Loos) Company, Irish Guards, in Camberwell

Guards incremental companies:

• Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards
• No 7 Company, Coldstream Guards
• F Company, Scots Guards
• No 9 Company, Irish Guards
• No 12 Company, Irish Guards

Past units include (dates when they were part of the division):Whitaker's Almanack 1969{{Cite web|date=2007-12-18|title=Brigade of Guards [UK]|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/948guard.htm|access-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218204119/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/948guard.htm|archive-date=18 December 2007}}{{Cite web|date=2007-12-18|title=2nd Bn, Scots Guards: Service|url=http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/guards/f3sg-2.htm|access-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218204049/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/guards/f3sg-2.htm|archive-date=18 December 2007}}

• 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (1968–1994), reduced to Nijmegan Company
• 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (1968–1993), reduced to No. 7 Company
• 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards (1968–1971, reduced to 2 Scots Guards Company in 1st Battalion, re-instated 1972–1993), reduced to F Company
• Band of the Grenadier Guards (1968–1994), transferred to Royal Corps of Army Music (CAMUS) on formation of that corps
• Band of the Coldstream Guards (1968–1994), transferred to CAMUS
• Band of the Scots Guards (1968–1994), transferred to CAMUS
• Band of the Irish Guards (1968–1994), transferred to CAMUS
• Band of the Welsh Guards (1968–1994), transferred to CAMUS
• London Regiment (2017–2022), redesignated as London Guards

Note: The three 2nd battalions have technically not been disbanded; instead they are in "suspended animation" and, in theory, can be re-raised if needed. The colours and traditions of each battalion are kept and maintained by the incremental companies.

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The five regiments of foot guards are most often seen in full dress uniform, comprising navy trousers, scarlet tunic and bearskin cap. From a distance they appear identical, but there are ways to distinguish between the regiments:

• The colour of the plume, and which side of the bearskin it is worn on
• The spacing of the tunic buttons
• The badge worn on the collar
• The badge worn on the shoulder

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6 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment is manned by volunteers from the Guards Division and Household Cavalry{{cite tweet|number=1002270249725648896|user=HCav1660|title=@wildbill_Will Some will go to the Guards Parachute Platoon on a two year posting and join them on their Op Toral t…|date=31 May 2018}}{{Cite web|title=The Parachute Regiment|url=https://www.facebook.com/PARA/photos/a.192258584139262/2367764976588601/?type=3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/191148344250286/2367764976588601 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|title=Guards Parachute Platoon, 3 PARA {{!}}ParaData|url=https://www.paradata.org.uk/unit/guards-parachute-platoon-3-para|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.paradata.org.uk}}

Although no longer directly associated with the Guards, G Squadron 22 SAS was formed in 1966 following the performance of the Guards Independent Parachute Company under Major LGS Head in support of SAS Operations in Borneo.Secret War in South East Asia, Peter Dickens, Greenhill Books, London, Page 211

• Household Cavalry
• Household Division
• King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
• Guards Division for the tactical formation active in World War I (and briefly at the end of World War II)
• Guards Armoured Division for the tactical formation active in World War II

List of bands:

• Band of the Grenadier Guards
• Band of the Coldstream Guards
• Band of the Scots Guards
• Band of the Irish Guards
• Band of the Welsh Guards

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• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715140005/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/948guard.htm |date=15 July 2007 |title=Brigade of Guards at regiments.org by T.F.Mills }}

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