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1st Guards

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Belgium

Infantry regiment of the British army. The bearskin on the statue and the fact that they are the most senior regiment of the guards division, indicate that these are almost certainly the Grenadier Guards. They were raised in Bruges, in what was then the Spanish Netherlands, to form part of the bodyguard to the exiled King Charles II. In its long history the regiment has fought in the wars of both the Austrian and Spanish Successions and the Seven Years War. The name Grenadier was given to them after the Napoleonic Wars. In 1994 they were reduced from three to a single battalion.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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1st Guards

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W. C. S. Hearn

W. C. S. Hearn

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Trooper Thomas Henry Bantoft

Trooper Thomas Henry Bantoft

Thomas Henry Bantoft was born on 8 December 1894 in Chillesford, Suffolk, the son of Alice Eliza Bantoff (1868-1939). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1895 in the Plomesgate registrat...

Person, Armed Forces, Australia, Israel/Palestine

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Galliford Webber

John Galliford Webber

Born near Barnstaple, Devon.  From the picture source website: "7 years 2nd Life Guards, London. Licencee Hare & Hounds South Molton & then ran Clockmaker & Gunsmith shop in East St. ( ...

Person, Armed Forces, Artists' Model

1 memorial
F. W. Chandler

F. W. Chandler

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard Braley

Richard Braley

Captain Richard Gordon Braley was born on 16 June 1921 in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA, the son and elder child of Rex Estes Braley (1890-1981) and Jessie Maude Braley née McCament...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial