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Wikipedia says it’s the Royal Artillery Company from 1537. The Yeoman of the Guard is older, but not a full regiment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourabl
by hnbear 3y ago
Wikipedia says it’s the Royal Artillery Company from 1537. The Yeoman of the Guard is older, but not a full regiment.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company
Also, interesting or amusingly, the Coldstream Guards are the oldest regular army regiment, but originally it was raised by the roundheads in the civil war and fought the monarchy. Now it’s in the household division and used for royal protection.
- ttepasse 3y agoA touch more amusingly: In the order of precedence of the Foot Guards of the Household Division the Coldstream Guards are second after the Grenadier Guards. The latter's predecessor was founded in 1656 for the then still exiled Charles II. The Coldstream Guards motto is Nulli Secundus - Second to None.