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2nd Life Guards |
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1788 - 1922
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Earliest recognised formation: |
1788, as the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, which came in to being during the
reorganisation of the two troops of Horse Guards and two troops of
Horse Grenadier Guards, the 2nd Life Guards being composed of the 2nd troop
of each of these two earlier units. These earlier units trace their
origin back to 1661 as Royal mounted bodyguards. |
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| Motto: |
Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Household Brigade Magazine |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 28 |
Victoria Crosses; 0 |
Died; 139 |
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1922 with the
1st Life Guards to form
The
Life Guards |
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Battle of Waterloo 1815 |
Waterloo Medal 1815 |
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Number: |
188 |
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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 Captain killed, 1 Lieutenant
missing |
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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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7 |
1 |
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44 |
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57 |
35 |
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Horses: 100, 21 wounded,
25
missing. |
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*Carter's figures are in turn extracted from the
return prepared by the Adjutant-Generals
office, 13th April 1816. |
Battle Honour; Waterloo. |
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Egypt Campaign 1882 (as
part of the Household Cavalry Regiment with the 1st Life Guards and
the Royal Horse Guards) |
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 | | |
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Clasp: |
...none... |
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Total medals | |
Number: |
58* |
102 |
160** |
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3 dead on the roll. |
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* final number may be reduced by the second campaign below. |
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**clasps and total corrected for forfeited |
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Recipients also
entitled to a Khedive's Star dated 1882 |
Battle Honours: Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 |
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The Nile Expedition 1884-5 49 served in the
Heavy Camel Regiment. |
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Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 |
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Clasp: |
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Number: |
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38 |
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Recipients who had
not served in the earlier 1882 campaign would also be entitled
to a Khedive's Star
dated 1884-6 |
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South African War 1899 - 1902 or "Boer War" (Main Body, Dec 1899
-November 1900 as part of the Household
Cavalry Regiment with the 1st Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards) |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902. |
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| number: |
118 |
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7 |
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4 |
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154 |
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Total
Medals |
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122 |
67 |
111 |
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12 |
283 |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW |
Wounded |
Death from disease |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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11 |
14 |
(12 captured at Sanna's post and released) |
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Battle Honours: Relief of Kimberley;
Paardeburg; South Africa 1899-1900. |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 Served France and Flanders |
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One squadron of the Regiment arrived France
16th August 1914 as a component of the Household Cavalry
Composite Regiment, with squadrons from the 1st Life Guards and
Royal Horse Guards. This configuration was broken up 11th November
1914 and the advance squadron reunited with the remainder of the
regiment which had arrived in theatre 7th November 1914. On
the 10th March 1918 the regiment was converted to No.2 (2nd Life Guards)
Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. The regiment returned to its
normal cavalry designation in 1919. |
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Men landed France and Flanders prior to 1/1/1916
entitled to a 1914 or 1914-15 Star
as appropriate. Also
the
British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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| Soldiers/Officers
Died records 119 other ranks and 18 officer deaths with the 2nd LG
and No.2, (2LG) Btn. GMGR. |
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Battle Honours: Mons; Le Cateau; Marne 1914; Aisne 1914;
Messines 1914; Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917,
1918; Hindenburg Line; France and Flanders 1914-18. Retreat from
Mons; Armentières 1914; Langemarck 1914; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen;
St Julien; Frezenberg; Albert 1916; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Broodseinde;
Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Bapaume 1918; Epéhy; St Quentin Canal;
Beaurevoir; Cambrai 1918; Selle. |
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