Horse Guards
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Horse Guards or horse guards can refer to:
- A Household CavalryHousehold CavalryThe term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state.Canada's Governor General's...
regiment:- Troops of the Horse Guards RegimentHorse Guards RegimentThe Horse Guards Regiment was a regiment only in name: it actually consisted of several independent troops raised initially on the three different establishments...
of the British Army from 1658-1788 - The Royal Horse GuardsRoyal Horse GuardsThe Royal Horse Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of...
, which is now part of the Blues and Royals - The Governor General's Horse Guards, the Household Cavalry regiment of the Canadian Forces
- Troops of the Horse Guards Regiment
- Horse Guards (building)Horse Guards (building)Horse Guards is a large grade I listed building in the Palladian style between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade in London, England. It was built between 1751 and 1753 by John Vardy to a design by William Kent. The building was constructed on the site of the Guard House of the old Whitehall Palace,...
, a building in Whitehall, London, formerly the headquarters of the British Army- Horse Guards ParadeHorse Guards ParadeHorse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London, at grid reference . It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and Beating Retreat.-History:...
, the parade ground behind the building where the Trooping the Colour ceremony is held annually - Horse Guards Road, the road between the parade ground and St. James's Park
- Horse Guards Parade
- horse guard wasp, a North American sand wasp which eats horse flies