Corps of two regiments: The Life Guards The Blues and Royals
Part of
Household Division
Garrison/HQ
RHQ – Horse Guards, London
Nickname(s)
The Plungers (obsolete by the 1930s),[2] Unfortunate Gentlemen[3]
Motto(s)
Honi soit qui mal y pense (Middle French for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it')
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief
The King
Colonels of the regiments
The Princess Royal (Blues and Royals) Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne (The Life Guards)
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Abbreviation
HCav
Military unit
The Household Cavalry (HCAV) is a corps of the Household Division, made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). These regiments are divided between the Household Cavalry Regiment stationed at Wing Barracks in Wiltshire, with an armored reconnaissance role, and the ceremonial mounted unit, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, garrisoned at Hyde Park Barracks in London. Both the HCMR and HCR are made up of elements of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. The Household Cavalry is part of the Household Division and is the King's official bodyguard. Although the Household Cavalry Regiment is armoured, it is not part of the Royal Armoured Corps, being assigned to the Household Division.[4]
^"The Household Cavalry". British Army website. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^Powell, Anthony (1975) [1957]. At Lady Molly's. Fontana Books. p. 5.
^Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
^"War Office and Ministry of Defence: Royal Armoured Corps: Correspondence and Reports". National Archives. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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