The Royal Life Guard
However, they maintain their regimental identity, with distinct uniforms and traditions, and their own colonel. In brief, they lack sergeants , replacing them with multiple grades of corporal. Names used by the regiment were as follows: On ceremonial occasions the Life Guards wear a scarlet tunic, a metal cuirass and a matching helmet with a white plume worn bound on the top into an 'onion' shape; the exceptions to this are the regiment's trumpeters, who wear a red plume, and farriers, who wear blue tunics and have a black plume.
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The battle honours are: The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were: The Regimental Colonels were: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Lifeguard disambiguation. Troopers in full dress uniform. Life Guards performing ceremonial drills on both horseback and with vehicles in London's Hyde Park. Quentin Canal" of the 1st Life Guards.
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Life Guard Regiment - Swedish Armed Forces
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. September Learn how and when to remove this template message. The motto of the Life Guards is " Possunt nec posse videntur " meaning "They can [do], what it seems they cannot" or more directly "They do what seems impossible". The infantry battalion Guards Battalion trained ordinary infantry soldiers in both the mechanized and rifle roles, as well as training clerical soldiers.
The Guards Battalion consists of three companies:. They are light mechanized companies trained for urban combat with the defense of Stockholm as its first and foremost wartime duty.
Lifeguard (military)
The cavalry battalion Dragoons Battalion had the responsibility for training military police , counter-sabotage units, depot soldiers and guards. The soldiers of the Life Guards are also frequently used for ceremonial duties like the Royal Guard at the Stockholm Palace , state occasions like the annual opening of the Riksdag and as a guard of honour on the occasion of royal audiences and visits. The Life Guards as it exists today has been part of the Swedish Army since , when the functions of three separate guards units, the Svea Life Guards , the Household Brigade and the Life Guards Dragoons , all of which were classed as Household troops, were amalgamated into a single regiment.
As of , the unit employs officers, active soldiers, part-time soldiers, civilian employees and reserve officers; totalling 1, The King's Guards Battalion is a combined arms infantry and cavalry unit of battalion size responsible for state ceremonial activities and, in the event of war, to protect the Head of state , Prime Minister of Sweden , government and military leadership.
The unit specializes in urban warfare and is organized into five companies:. Three of the companies are infantry Foot Guards and two are cavalry Horse Guards. The battalion is commanded by the Battalion Headquarters with support from a Staff- and Support Platoon. The battalion carries the cavalry traditions from the old Life Guard Dragoons.
The battalion can operate both nationally and internationally and is a new battalion as of The main part of the battalion consists of part-time officers and soldiers. The Staff and Support Company consists of full-time officers and soldiers.
The battalion thus is descendant of the Svea Life Guards and carries the traditions of the guards infantry. The 13th Security Battalion is a unit focused on peacekeeping and peace-enforcement tasks. The task is to manage the five generic security threats: The Battalion carries the cavalry traditions from the old Life Guard Dragoons. The Staff is responsible for planning and managing state ceremonial duties in Stockholm and work as a link between the Swedish Armed Forces, the Cabinet Office and the Royal Court.
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It consists of three military bands:. The units with infantry traditions wear the uniform of the Svea Life Guards dating from Some alterations have taken place since, but the basic design of the uniform consists unchanged. The blue ceremonial uniform includes a tunic with a yellow collar and one buttonhole on each side.
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The cuffs are yellow with three white embroidered buttonholes. One Of the three buttons on each cuff is unbuttoned. On the tunic front are eight buttons. The shoulder straps are yellow with the royal cypher in silver.
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The buttonholes are edged in silver braid for non-commissioned officers OR-6 and up and silver embroidery for commissioned officers. The headgear is a casque or pickelhaube dating from and made out of varnished leather, with silver metal details. The spike on top can be replaced with a white plume made of white buffalo hair. The pickelhaube plate on front portrays the Lesser Coat of Arms with a lion holding a banner on each side. The bearskin headdresses are still worn by the Grenadier Company during state visits and the State Opening of Parliament each year. It is today made of nylon instead of real bearskin because the smell would it get wet is said to scare the horses during parades.
The standard issue Ak 5c may also be used as an exception together with the parade uniform.
The epaulets for officers are a bit different as well, from Drummers wear white or silver chevrons across the sleeves of the tunic to stand out in battle. This was originally on the uniform from and earlier, but has been added as of As most of the musicians are civil ranks, they wear all cockades in blue and yellow instead of full yellow.
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