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The Coldstream Guards |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
1650 when raised in Northumberland as Monck's Regiment of Foot, for service
in the Parliamentary Army. Became the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards in 1670 |
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| Motto: |
Nulli Secundus = Second to None |
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Regimental Journal: |
Coldstream Gazette |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 36 |
Victoria Crosses; 7 |
Died; 3860 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 53 |
Victoria Crosses; 2 |
Died; ??? |
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2nd Battalion of regulars was operational 1711-1993, and a 3rd
Battalion, 1897-1959. |
Egypt
Campaign 1801 (1st Battalion) and the Peninsula War 1808 -
1814 |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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70 | 141 |
104 | 36 |
108 | 116 |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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175 | 27 |
72 | 80 |
337 | 10 |
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Battle Honours: Talavera, Barrosa,
Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Nive, Peninsula, and a Sphinx superscribed Egypt was permitted to
be borne on the colours |
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Battle of Waterloo 1815 2nd Battalion |
Waterloo Medal 1815 (names on roll, includes died, missing etc) |
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Casualties 16th, 17th & 18th June
1815 (extracted London Gazette 8/7/1815 & "Medals of the British
Army and how they were won" T. Carter 1861*) |
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Officers: 1 Lieutenant killed. 2
Captains and 2 Lieutenants and 3 Ensigns wounded. |
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*Sergeants, Trumpeters, Drummers, Farriers
and Rank and File: |
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Wounded |
Missing |
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Suffered
amputation |
Discharged |
Transferred to Veteran or Garrison Battalions |
Rejoined the
Regiment |
Remaining in hospitals in April 1816 |
Total |
Rejoined the
Regiment | Not
since heard of, supposed dead. |
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241 |
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turn extracted from the return prepared by the Adjutant-Generals
office, 13th April 1816. |
Battle Honour; Waterloo. |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856
1st Battalion | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | | Clasp: → | ..none... |
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Total Medals | | | Number: → |
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751? | 708 |
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*1148 = main roll figure only, there are more. | | | Battle Casualties; | | Action. | Killed | Died of Wounds | 'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing | Total | |
The Battle of the Alma |
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14 | - |
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- | 14 | | First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and minor actions |
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The Battle of Inkermann |
70 | 3 |
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67 | 49 |
1 | 190 | | Assault on the Quarries |
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- | 2 | | Final Attack on the Redan |
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- | - | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor Actions. |
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- | 68 | | Magazine explosion at the French Siege Train |
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| | | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | |
VCs: 4; Conolly (Late 49th
Regiment) , Goodlake, Stanlock, Strong.
see VC
& GC page | | | | | Battle Honours:
Alma; Inkerman Sevastopol. |
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Revolt of Arabi Pasha and the 1st Sudan War 1882 2nd Battalion | Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 | | | | clasp: | ....none.... |
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754 | | | | Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star "1882" | Battle Honours: Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 |
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The Nile Expedition 1884-5
Both Battalions provided detachments for service with the Guards Camel Regiment and
the 1st Battalion served at Suakin 1885 |
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 |
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combined figure (battalion not indicated on the roll) |
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Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star dated 1884-6 |
Battle Honour: Suakin 1885 |
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3rd Battalion formed 1897 | | |
Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st and 2nd Battalions, both
served November 1899 to the end
of the War |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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Casualties: |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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Battle Honours: Modder River, South Africa 1899-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 6 battalions; 4 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Pioneers |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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13/8
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15/8
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Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Macedonia |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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Died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 80 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) (note SDGW does not
distinguish OR's Battalion for this regiment) |
3637 Other
Ranks |
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31 Officers |
19 Officers |
3 Officers |
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Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
1 officer and 3 men of the Coldstream Guards also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 7; Frisby, Jackson, Whitham, Dobson, Brooks,
Campbell, Wyatt.
see VC
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All Awards (MID to VC, inc. Foreign) Surname quick checker: |
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Officers. Other Ranks:
A-G,
H - L,
M - Z. |
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Battle Honours: Retreat from Mons; Marne
1914; Aisne 1914; Ypres 1914, 1917; Loos; Somme 1916, 1918; Cambrai
1917, 1918; Arras 1918; Hazebrouck; Hindenburg Line. Mons;
Langemarck 1914; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; Givenchy 1914; Neuve
Chapelle; Aubers; Festubert 1915; Mount Sorrel; FlersCourcelette;
Morval; Pilckem; Menin Road; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin;
Bapaume 1918; Lys; Albert 1918; Scarpe 1918; Drocourt-Quéant;
Havrincourt; Canal du Nord; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders
1914-18. |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
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3rd |
4th |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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Notes. |
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7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) for France and Belgium 1940. Evacuated
31/5/40. Became "1st Armoured Coldstream Guards". Served in
the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade from 15/9/41 (titled 5th Guards
Brigade from 12/6/45)
Landed NW Europe 30/6/44 |
1st Infantry Brigade 3/9/39-3/3/45 &
24th Infantry Brigade (Guards) 10/3/45-31/8/45 |
22nd Infantry Brigade, redesignated 22nd Guards Brigade, then became
200th and 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group: 25/7/40-12/3/44
Battalion evaded capture at Tobruk, escaping to Egypt.
Joined ex-24th
Infantry Brigade (then functioning as an Independent Brigade Group)
in Italy 13/3/44. |
Known as the 4th Tank Battalion Coldstream Guards 15/1/43-1/2/45 and
4th Armoured Coldstream Guards 15/9/41-14/1/43 and 2/2/45-16/6/45
6th Guards Tank Brigade* 2/2/45-31/8/45. *Redesignated 6th
Guards Brigade 17/6/45
Landed NW Europe 18/7/44 |
32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards)
Landed NW Europe 25/6/44 |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
France and Germany |
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VCs: 2; Wright, Liddell.
see VC
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Dunkirk 1940; Mont Pinçon; Rhineland;
North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Sidi Barrani; Tobruk 1941, 1942;
Tunis; Salerno; Monte Ornito; Italy 1943-5. Dyle; Defence
of Escaut; Cagny; Quarry Hill; Estry; Heppen; Nederrijn; Venraij;
Meihel; Rocr; Reichswald; Cleve; Goch; Moyland; Hochwald; Rhine;
Lingen; Uelzen; Egyptian Frontier 1940; Halfaya 1941; Msus;
Knightsbridge; Defence of Alamein Line; Medenine; Mareth; Longstop
Hill 1942; Sbiba; Steamroller Farm; Hammam Lif; North Africa 1940-3;
Battipaglia; Cappezano; Volturno Crossing; Monte Piccolo; Monte
Camino; Calabretto; Garigliano Crossing; Capture of Perugia; Arezzo;
Advance to Florence; Monte Domini; Catarelto Ridge; Argenta Gap. |
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Jewish / Arab Unrest, Palestine 1945 - 48 1st
and 3rd Battalions
(1948 and 1945) | General Service Medal 1918 -62 | | clasp: |
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The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60
2nd Battalion (1948) | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | clasp: |
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1959: Regulars reduced to two Battalions, 1st and 2nd. | | | |
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Northern Ireland "Operation Banner" 1969-2007 1st and 2nd Battalions; numerous tours | General Service Medal 1962-2007 | | clasp: |
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Gulf War to liberate Kuwait 1990-1991
1st Battalion: Prisoner of War Guard Force | Gulf Medal 1990-91 | | clasp: | ....none.... |
| 16th Jan to 28th Feb 1991 |
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Battle Honour: Gulf 1991 |
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1993 Regulars reduced to a single Battalion; the 1st . | | |
Iraq War, or Second Gulf War 2003 and Aftermath. 1st Battalion.
12 Mechanised Brigade, Operation Telic 6 (2005) | Iraq Medal 2003- | | | | | number: | ? | | | |
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Afghanistan 2002 - date
1st Battalion: 52 Infantry Brigade, Operation Herrick VII
(October 2007-April 2008) | Operational Service Medal : Afghanistan 2002- | | | | | clasp | .....none.... |
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Selected Links |
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The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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| Author/ Ed.. Etc. |
Title |
Publisher |
| Col. MacKinnon |
Origin and Services of the
Coldstream Guards. 2 vols. |
London: Richard Bentley,
1835 |
| G. Davies. |
The Early History of the
Coldstream Guards. 160 pp. |
Oxford : Clarendon Press,
1924. |
| Lt.-Col. Ross of
Bladensburg. Illustrated by Lieut. Nevile R.
Wilkinson. |
A History of the
Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895. 492 pp. |
London: A. D. Innes & Co.,
1896 |
| Col. Sir John Hall, Bart. |
The Coldstream Guards,
1885-1914. 394 pp |
Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1929 |
| Lieut.-Col. Sir John
Ross-of-Bladensburg. |
The Coldstream Guards,
1914-1918. 2 vols. and separate vol. of maps. |
Oxford: University Press,
1928 |
| Michael Howard and John
Sparrow |
The Coldstream Guards,
1920-1946. 593 pp. |
London: Oxford University
Press, 1951 |
| Col. R. J. Marker,
Major-Gen. A. G. C. Dawnay & Col. E. R. Hill; edited by Col.
the Earl of Lucan |
Nulli Secundus. The Record
of the Coldstream Guards, 1650-1950. 91
pp. |
?? 1950 |
| Lt.-Col.
Ross-of-Bladensburg. |
The Coldstream Guards in
the Crimea. 312 pp. |
London: A. D. lines & Co.,
1897. |
| John Wyatt, Battalion
Surgeon. |
History of the First
Battalion Coldstream Guards during the Eastern Campaign,
from February, 1854, to June, 1856. 138 pp. |
London: S. Straker's Steam
Printing Works 1858. |
| Compiled and edited by D.
C. Quitter. |
"No. Dishonourable Name."
The 2nd and 3rd Battalions Coldstream Guards in France,
North Africa and Italy, 1939-1946. 334 pp |
London: William Clowes &
Sons, Ltd. 1947 |
| Capt. J. Pereira, with a
Foreword by Gen. Sir Charles Loyd. |
A Distant Drum. War
Memories of the Intelligence Officer of the 5th Bn.
Coldstream Guards, 1944-45. 213 pp. |
Aldershot: Gale & Polden
Ltd., 1948 |
| Foreword by Gen. Sir John
Harding. |
" Clothed all in Green-o,"
being an account in narrative and pictorial form of the
activities of 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in Malaya in
1948 and 1949. 54 pp., |
Ipoh, Perak; printed by
Charles Grenier & Co. Ltd., 1950 |
| F. W. Walker. |
The Great Deeds of the
Coldstream Guards. 176 pp. (The Story of the Regiments
series). |
London: J. M. Dent & Sons
Ltd. 1916 |
| Richard Crichton |
The Coldstream Guards
1946-1970. 206 pp. |
London: Coldstream Guards,
1972 |
| Charles Grant. |
The Coldstream Guards.
40 pp. |
Reading:. Osprey
Publishing, 1971 |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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