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{{Short description|British Army cavalry regiment}}
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| dates                         = 1788–1922
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The '''1st Regiment of Life Guards''' was a [[Cavalry regiments of the British Army|cavalry regiment]] in the British Army, part of the [[Household Cavalry]]. It was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]]. In 1922, it was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards|2nd Life Guards]] to form [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]].
==History==
The regiment was formed in 1788 by the union of the [[1st Troop of Horse Guards]] and 1st Troop of [[Horse Grenadier Guards]].<ref>White-Spunner, p. xii</ref>  It fought in the [[Peninsular War]] and at the [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. In 1877, it was renamed '''1st Life Guards''' and contributed to the [[Household Cavalry Composite Regiment]] in the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]], in the [[Second Boer War]] and in the [[World War I|First World War]] from August to November 1914. From 1916 to 1918, the Reserve Regiment contributed to the [[Household Battalion]]. In 1918, the regiment was converted to the 1st Battalion, [[Guards Machine Gun Regiment]]. It was reconstituted in 1919 and was amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Life Guards|2nd Life Guards]] in 1922 to form [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]].<ref name=regt/>
==Battle honours==
The battle honours of the regiment were:<ref name=regt/>
* ''Early Wars'': [[Battle of Dettingen|Dettingen]], [[Peninsular War|Peninsula]], [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]], [[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]], [[1882 Anglo-Egyptian War|Egypt 1882]], [[Relief of Kimberley]], [[Battle of Paardeberg|Paardeberg]], [[Second Boer War|South Africa 1899–1900]]
* ''The Great War'':  [[Battle of Mons|Mons]], [[Battle of Le Cateau|Le Cateau]], [[Great Retreat|Retreat from Mons]], [[First Battle of the Marne|Marne 1914]], [[First Battle of the Aisne|Aisne 1914]], [[Battle of Messines (1914)|Messines 1914]], [[Battle of Armentières|Armentières 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Ypres 1914]] [[Second Battle of Ypres|'15]] [[Third Battle of Ypres|'17]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Langemarck 1914]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Gheluvelt]], [[First Battle of Ypres|Nonne Bosschen]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|St. Julien]], [[Second Battle of Ypres|Frezenberg]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme 1916]], [[Battle of Albert (1916)|Albert 1916]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Arras 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Arras (1917)|Scarpe 1917]] [[Battle of Arras (1918)|'18]], [[Battle of Broodseinde|Broodseinde]], [[Battle of Poelcappelle|Poelcappelle]], [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]], [[Hundred Days Offensive|Hindenburg Line]], [[Battle of Cambrai (1918)|Cambrai 1918]], [[Western Front (World War I)|France and Flanders 1914–18]]
==Colonels-in-Chief==
The Colonels-in-Chief of the regiment were:<ref name=regt>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |title=1st Life Guards |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=27 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211171541/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/guards/c-1LG.htm |archive-date=11 February 2006 }}</ref>
*1815–1830: [[George IV|King George IV]]
*1831–1837: [[William IV|King William IV]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18768|page=97|date=18 January 1831}}</ref>
*1880–1910: [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24849|supp=y|page=3269|date=29 May 1880}}</ref>
*1910–1922: [[George V|King George V]]
==Regimental Colonels==
The colonels of the regiment were:<ref name= regt/>
*1788–1789: General The Most Hon. [[William John Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KT}}
*1789–1792: General The Rt Hon. [[Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover|The Lord Dover]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KB|PC}}
*1792–1829: General The Rt Hon. [[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington|The Earl of Harrington]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCH|PC|PC(Ire)}}
*1829–1865: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere|The Viscount Combermere]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCH|KSI|PC}}
*1865–1888: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan|The Earl of Lucan]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}}
*1888–1902: Field Marshal [[Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KP|GCB|GCH|GCVO|PC(Ire)}}
*1902–1907: Lieutenant General The Rt Hon. [[Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros|The Lord de Ros]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KP|KCVO|DL}}<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27501 |page=8439 | date=5 December 1902}}</ref>
*1907–1920: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell|The Lord Grenfell]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCMG|PC(Ire)}}
*1920–1922: Field Marshal The Rt Hon. [[Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby|The Viscount Allenby]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCMG|GCVO|KStJ}}
==See also==
*[[British cavalry during the First World War]]
* [[Life Guards (British Army)|Life Guards]]
==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hP7yDpMGiEMC&q=life+guards+four+troops&pg=PR12|last=White-Spunner|first=Barney|title=Horse Guards|year=2006|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1405055741}}
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