Brigade of Guards

For the Indian Army unit, see Brigade of the Guards.

The Brigade of Guards was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1856 to 1968. It was commanded by the Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and was responsible for administering the guards regiments.

After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. Infantry Depot A at Wellington Barracks was the headquarters for the five guards regiments.[1]

In line with the reforms of the army, it was renamed as the Guards Division on 1 July 1968.[2]

Units

Formation of the Brigade in Military Campaigns the Brigade in campaigns

Formation of the Guards' Brigade during the Second Boer War
Overall Commander: Major General Henry E. Colevile
Unit: Unit Commander:
1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards Lt. Col Alfred E. Codrington
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards Lt. Col Arthur Henniker-Major
3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Lt. Col Eyre Crabbe
1st Battalion, Scots Guards Col. Arthur Paget

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References

  1. ^ Messenger, Charles (16 March 1994). A History of British Infantry: For Love of Regiment, Volume 2, 1915–1994. Pen and Sword. p. 156. ISBN 9780850524222.
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1969, p. 473
  3. ^ Army, The British (5 May 1903), English: A description of all units, casualties, and battles of the Second Boer War (PDF), retrieved 7 December 2024
  4. ^ "The Great Boer War/Chapter 8 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. ^ Beckett, Ian F. W. (2011). "Paget, Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy (1851–1928), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76746. Retrieved 7 December 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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