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Coldstream Guards

Part of the Guards Division, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army

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Also known as Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards · Monk's Regiment · The Coldstream Guards · Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards · COLDM GDS · 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards

Instance of: foot guards
, British infantry regiment
, military branch
Part of: Guards Division
Country: United Kingdom(since 1801)
, Kingdom of Great Britain(1707–1800)
, Kingdom of England(1660–1707)
+1 more
Founded: 1650
Website: army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/23988.aspx

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The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. 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 world and has fought in the majority of the major conflicts in which the British Army has been engaged.

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Military branch: British Army
Founded by: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
Formed in: Coldstream
Named after: Coldstream
Participated in conflict: World War II
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Peninsular War
World War I
English Civil War
Monmouth Rebellion
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
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Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
Napoleonic Wars
Crimean War
Second Boer War
Malayan Emergency
Mau Mau rebellion
Cyprus Emergency
Gulf War
United Nations Protection Force
Iraq War
Operation Herrick
Archives at: National Library of Wales
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Sources
1.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a/A13530954
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Social media followers: 9,940(February 13, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1951471579
8,027(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1951471579
7,166(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1951471579
Motto: Nulli Secundus motto text: Seconds to None
Nickname: The Lilywhites
Colonel-in-chief: Charles III
Short name: COLDM GDS
Headquarters: London
Victoria Barracks, Windsor Castle
Wellington Barracks
Hammersmith

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