page_title: Brigade of Guards
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: Brigade of Guards / Units
caption_attribution_description: English: Europe London England Europe 2013 United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Grenadier Guards Queen's Guard architecture arch
context_page_description: The Brigade of Guards was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1856 to 1968. It was commanded by the Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and was responsible for administering the guards regiments.
  After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. Infantry Depot A at Wellington Barracks was the headquarters for the five guards regiments.
  In line with the reforms of the army, it was renamed as the Guards Division on 1 July 1968.
context_section_description: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards [1656-]
  2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards [1656-1994]
  3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards [1760-1961]
  1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards [1650-]
  2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards [1711-1994]
  3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards [1897-1959]
  1st Battalion, Scots Guards [1660-]
  2nd Battalion, Scots Guards [1689-1994]
  1st Battalion, Irish Guards [1900-]
  1st Battalion, Welsh Guards [1915-]
  Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1917-1920]
  Composite Guards Parachute Battalion [1946-1948]
  Guards Independent Parachute Company [1948-1968]
caption: A sentry from the Grenadier Guards on duty outside Buckingham Palace
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