List of army units called Guards
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This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. Border Guards, Coast Guards, Home Guards, National Guards, Presidential Guards, Red Guards, Republican Guards, and Royal Guards are listed under their own articles.
Contents
- 1 Active
- 1.1 Australia
- 1.2 Austria
- 1.3 Bulgaria
- 1.4 Canada
- 1.5 China
- 1.6 Denmark
- 1.7 Estonia
- 1.8 Finland
- 1.9 Germany
- 1.10 India
- 1.11 Israel
- 1.12 Netherlands
- 1.13 North Korea
- 1.14 Romania
- 1.15 Russia
- 1.16 Serbia
- 1.17 Sri Lanka
- 1.18 Singapore
- 1.19 Sweden
- 1.20 Switzerland
- 1.21 Ukraine
- 1.22 United Kingdom
- 1.23 Vietnam
- 2 Historical
- 3 See also
- 4 Notes
- 5 References
Active
Australia
- The Federation Guard is tri-service ceremonial unit.
Austria
- The Austrian Land Forces Guard Battalion
Bulgaria
The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria
Canada
- Governor General's Foot Guards, The Governor General's Horse Guards and The Canadian Grenadier Guards.
China
- "The Guards Army" is the frequently used English translation for the Wuwei troop (武衛軍) organized under the Qing dynasty.
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
India
Israel
- Knesset Guard (Hebrew: Mishmar HaKnesset) responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of its members (MKs).
Netherlands
North Korea
Guard Units
- 105th Guards Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Tank Division
- 2nd Guards Kang Kon Infantry Division
- 3rd Guards Seoul Infantry Division
- 4th Guards Seoul Kim Chaek Infantry Division
- 6th Guards Infantry Division
- 12th Andong Choe Chun Guk Infantry Division
- 10th Guards Infantry Regiment
- 14th Guards Infantry Regiment
- 18th Guards Ri Hun Infantry Regiment
- 86th Guards Infantry Regiment
- 19th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 23rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 2nd Guards Torpedo Boat Fleet
- 56th Guards Hero Kim Ji Sang Fighter Regiment
Units with the word guards
- Worker-Peasant Red Guards
- Youth Red Guards
- Supreme Guard Command - also known as KPA Unit 963
Romania
30th Honor Guard Regiment "Mihai Viteazul"
Russia
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Serbia
- Military of Serbia Guard, elite military unit of Serbian Army used for ceremonial and special duties.
Sri Lanka
Singapore
- Singapore Guards, elite Singapore infantry unit used for special operations.
Sweden
- The Life Guards regiment
Switzerland
- Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at foreign European courts.
Ukraine
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United Kingdom
Current Guards units of the British Army are under the administrative control of the Guards Division
- Cavalry Guards Regiments
Former
With dates Guards title carried
- 1st Regiment of Life Guards
- 2nd Regiment of Life Guards
- Royal Horse Guards - predecessor unit to the Blues and Royals
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards -1959
- 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) -1922
- 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) 1746-1922
- 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards -1922
- 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1788-1922
- Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) 1788-1922
- 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards -1922
- 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 1959-
- 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) 1922-1971 (also known as "3rd/6th Dragoon Guards")
- 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1922-1992
- 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 192-
- Horse Guards Regiment - a number of temporary regiments carried this name.
- Organizational units
- 1st Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 2nd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 3rd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 4th Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1941-1945 (later 5th Guards Brigade)
- 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945 (later 6th Guards Brigade)
- 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
- 22nd Guards Brigade
- 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade 1941-1945
Vietnam
- Vietnam People's Army:
- Vietnam Border Guard: border protection
- Vietnam Coast Guard: coast protection
- General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army:
- Ministry of Defense:
- Command of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Guard: protection of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum [3]
Historical
Byzantine
- Varangian Guard, a unit of the Byzantine emperor chiefly made up of troops of Scandinavian and North West European origin.
France
- Imperial Guard of the Napoleonic era
Prussia
Cavalry
- Gardes du Corps, also known as the "Prussian Guard" a Prussian formation until 1918
- 1st (Silesian) Life Cuirassiers "Great Elector"
- 1st (Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland) Guards Dragoons
- 2nd (Empress Alexandra of Russia) Guards Dragoons
- 1st Guards Uhlans
- 2nd Guards Uhlans
- 3rd Guards Uhlans
- Life Guards Hussars
Infantry(each of the Foot Guards and four of the Guards Grenadiers would form reserve (Landwehr) units upon mobilization in August 1914)
- 1st Foot Guards
- 2nd Foot Guards
- 3rd Foot Guards
- 4th Foot Guards
- 5th Foot Guards
- 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers
- 2nd (Emperor Francis) Guards Grenadiers
- 3rd (Queen Elizabeth) Guards Grenadiers
- 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers
- 5th Guards Grenadiers
- Guards Fusiliers
- Guards Jäger Battalion
- Palace Guards Company
- 1st Guards Machine Gun Detachment
- 2nd Guards Machine Gun Detachment
Artillery
- 1st Guards Field Artillery
- 2nd Guards Field Artillery
- 3rd Guards Field Artillery
- 4th Guards Field Artillery
- Guards Foot Artillery
Support units
Imperial Russia
Japan
Soviet Union
- Guards unit, a type of military unit of the former Soviet Union
Vietnam
- Red Guards (Tự vệ Đỏ) is the precursor force of Vietnam's today police. The Red Guards were formed by Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 - 1931, during Nghệ-Tĩnh uprising against French rule.
See also
- Royal Guard, which see for a list
Notes
References
Philip Mansel, Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984, ISBN 0-7043-2424-5
