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The following text may date back to the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1713), since it refers to the grenadiers throwing grenades and the men wearing "caps and pouches" (i.e. the tall grenadier caps, [10] worn by these elite troops, and the heavy satchel [11] in which grenades were carried) and "loupèd clothes" – coats with broad bands of 'lace' across the chest that distinguished early ...
2nd Bombay Grenadiers of the Indian Army in Hampton Court Camp on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902. The Grenadiers is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army, formerly part of the Bombay Army and later the pre-independence British Indian Army, when the regiment was known as the 4th Bombay Grenadiers.
1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers; 1st Cavalry Regiment (Chile) 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers; 5th Guards Grenadiers; 11th Fanagoriysky Grenadier Regiment; 14th Georgian Grenadier Regiment; 101st Grenadiers; 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
The Band of the Royal Grenadiers on a postcard during the opening night ceremony of Maple Leaf Gardens. The band was established in 1863, just one year after its home regiment was established as the Royal Grenadiers. It was originally composed of members of the Toronto-based volunteer militia band.
Serving the Guards in musical support, the few numbers of military bands in service, are the Royal Military Band "Johan Willem Friso" and the Traditional Grenadier Bugle Band of the Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment (Grenadiers) and the Veterans Fanfare band and Bugles and Fanfare orchestra of the Grenadiers
On 7 August 1944, the 1st Grenadiers Regiment was shipped to Afragola in southern Italy, followed by the 2nd Grenadiers Regiment on 11 August. On 21 August 1944, the 1st Grenadiers Regiment was disbanded and its personnel used to form a Grenadiers Battalion, which was assigned to the 87th Infantry Regiment "Friuli" as the regiment's III ...
The latter was part of the British Indian Army and claimed to be the first and oldest grenadier regiment (as opposed to grenadier companies) in the British Empire. In 1747 the grenadier companies of a number of disbanded French infantry regiments were brought together to form a single permanent unit - the Grenadiers de France.
The grenadier company comprised the tallest soldiers in the regiment and when in combat were used as assault troops, [3] though by the end of the 18th Century the hand grenade had fallen out of use, the grenadiers still wore a special headgear such as a bearskin or mitre originally designed to facilitate the effective throwing of hand grenades.