For other uses, see Guards Division (disambiguation).
See also: Guards Division (United Kingdom)
Guards Division
Active
1968–2022
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Role
Administration and training
Size
Division
Part of
London District
Garrison/HQ
Wellington Barracks, London
Military unit
Arms of the British Army
Combat Arms
Royal Armoured Corps and Household Cavalry
Infantry
Guards and Parachute Division
Union Division
Queen's Division
Light Division
Special Air Service
Army Air Corps
Special Reconnaissance Regiment
Combat Support Arms
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Royal Corps of Signals
Intelligence Corps
Combat Services
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Royal Logistic Corps
Army Medical Services
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Adjutant General's Corps
Educational and Training Services Branch
Army Legal Services Branch
Provost Branch (Royal Military Police
Military Provost Staff
Military Provost Guard Service)
Small Arms School Corps
Royal Army Physical Training Corps
General Service Corps
Royal Corps of Army Music
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The Guards Division was an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the training and administration of the regiments of Foot Guards and the London Guards reserve battalion. The Guards Division was responsible for providing two battalions for public duties to London District (plus three incremental companies); although the guards are most associated with ceremony, they are nevertheless operational infantry battalions, and as such perform all the various roles of infantry. In 2022, the Guards Division was renamed as the Guards and Parachute Division.
administration of the regiments of Foot Guards and the London Guards reserve battalion. The GuardsDivision was responsible for providing two battalions for public...
of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the Household Cavalry. The division remained...
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was redesignated successively as 12th Guards Tank Corps (1943) and 12th Guards Tank Division (1946). The division was initially formed as 17th Tank Corps...
38th Guards Airborne Corps. On 8 December 1944, it became the 104th Guards Rifle Division, part of the 9th Guards Army. In March 1945, the division was...
the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division and became the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in 2009. The brigade was reorganized as the 114th Guards Motor Rifle...
foot guards – the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards. The Household Division also includes the following...
Motor Rifle Division, the 36th Guards was redesignated as the former and adopted its history in 1960. When the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division was transferred...