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The Grenadiers of the 1st Foot Guard Regiment on parade at the Lustgarten in Potsdam in 1894. The 1st Foot Guard Regiment or 1st Guards Regiment of Foot (German: 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß) was an infantry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army formed in 1806 after Napoleon defeated Prussia in the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
4th Foot Guards: 5 May 1860: Berlin: Guards Corps: 5th Foot Guards: 31 March 1897: Spandau: Guards Corps: 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers: 14 October 1814: Berlin: Guards Corps: 2nd (Emperor Francis) Guards Grenadiers: 14 October 1814: Berlin: Guards Corps: 3rd (Queen Elizabeth) Guards Grenadiers: 5 May 1860: Charlottenburg: Guards ...
1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers; 1st Foot Guards (German Empire) 3rd Foot Guards (German Empire) 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadiers; 4th Foot Guards (German Empire) 5th Foot Guards (German Empire) 5th Guards Grenadiers
The Imperial Guard was created at the start of the First Empire by imperial decree on July 29, 1804, replacing the Consular Guard.It initially comprised three cavalry units: the régiment des mounted chasseurs, the mounted grenadier regiment, and the mameluk company (attached to the mounted chasseurs).
1st Foot Guards (German Empire) 1st (Emperor Alexander) Guards Grenadiers; 1st (1st East Prussian) Grenadiers "Crown Prince" SS Fortress Regiment 1; Greece.
The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria on parade The Guard Battalion during the Estonia 100 parade in 2018 This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard . Border guards , coast guards , civil guards , home guards , national guards , honor guards , republican guards , imperial guards and royal guards are listed ...
The Guards Corps/GK (German: Gardekorps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th century to World War I.. The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz).
From 1768, the regiment was ranked after the Guard (6th Grenadier Guards and 15th Foot Guards), regardless of the seniority of the Chef. [2]The regiment's numeric successor, the 1st Infantry Regiment (1st East Prussian) would later be raised to the status of Grenadiers and serve with distinction until its disbanded in 1919.