The Grenadier Guards were originally raised in Holland in 1656 as bodyguard to exiled Charles II. and named Lord Wentworth's Regiment.

Previous to that in 1660 John Russell's Regiment was raised in London.

In 1665 The 1st Regiment of Foot Guards was formed by merging Russells (1st Bn) and Wentworth's (2nd Bn).

1815.07.29 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards
1877 Grenadier Guards

Battle Honours WW1

The Great War (5 battalions): Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '17, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Pilckem, Menin Road, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Arras 1918, Lys, Hazebrouck, Albert 1918, Scarpe 1918, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

Battle Honours WW2

The Second World War: Dyle, Dunkirk 1940, Cagny, Mont Pincon, Gothic Line, Nijmegen, Battaglia, Reichswald, Rhine, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Mareth, Medjez Plain, North Africa 1942-43, Salerno, Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Anzio, Italy 1943-45

Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991

 

Guards Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1st Battalion

1877 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1881 London: Chelsea
1882 Ireland: Dublin
1885 England: Windsor
1889 London: Tower
1892 London: Chelsea
1894 London: Wellington Barracks
1897 London: Tower
1897.09 Gibraltar
1898.09 Egypt
1898.09 Sudan
1898.10 England: Windsor
1901 London: Wellington Barracks
1903 London: Chelsea
1905 London: Tower
1907 London: Wellington Barracks
1908 Aldershot
1910 London: Wellington Barracks
1911 London: Chelsea
1912 Aldershot
1914 Warley
1914.10 France and Flanders 7 Div
1915.08 France and Flanders Gds Div
1919 London: Tower
1921 London: Chelsea
1923 Aldershot 1 Bde
1925 London: Wellington Barracks
1927 Aldershot 1 Bde
1929 London: Tower 4 Bde
1931 Egypt
1933 England: Warley
1934 Aldershot 4 Bde
1935 Windsor 4 Bde
1936 London: Chelsea
1939 London: Pirbright 7 Bde
1939.09 France & Belgium 3 Inf Div, BEF
1940.06 UK
1941.09 UK motor bn, Gds Armd Div
1944.06 NW Europe
1946 UK?
1948.02 Palestine 1 Gds Bde
1948 Libya
1951 London
1952.02 Egypt
1954 Berlin Berlin Bde
1955 Germany: Hubblerath 4 Gds Bde
1957 London
1959.04 England: Tidworth 2 Inf Bde
1959.10 Tidworth 1 Gds Bde
1960.10 Tidworth 5 Inf Bde
1961.05 (Cameroons)
1961.10 England: Tidworth
1963.11 Germany: Hubblerath 4 Gds Bde
1966.04 London
1969.12 (Northern Ireland)
1970.04 London
1971.08 (Northern Ireland)
1971.10 London
1972.02 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1972.10 (Northern Ireland)
1973.03 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1974.03 (Northern Ireland)
1974.07 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1974.12 London
1976.10 (Northern Ireland)
1977.01 London
1978.11 (Northern Ireland)
1979.03 London
1979.07 Berlin Berlin Bde
1981.04 London
1983.10 (Northern Ireland)
1984.02 London
1986.01 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde [first Warrior bn]
1986.09 (Northern Ireland)
1987.01 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1991.11 London
1993.09 (Northern Ireland)
1994.03 London
1996.03 Northern Ireland: Ballykinler 39 Inf Bde
1998.01 England: London (Pirbright)
2000.04 Pirbright 12 Armd Bde
2001.05 Windsor (Victoria Barracks) 12 Armd Bde
2001.11 Northern Ireland
2002.05 Windsor (Victoria Barracks) 12 Mech Bde
2003.07 Falkland Islands
2003.10 Windsor (Victoria Barracks) 12 Mech Bde
<2004.12> (Bosnia)

2nd Battalion

1877 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1881 England: Windsor
1882 Egypt
1884 London: Tower
1885 London: Chelsea
1888 England: Windsor
1891 London: Tower
1893 Ireland: Dublin
1894 England: Windsor
1895 England: Chelsea Barracks
1897 London: Wellington Barracks
1898.09 Gibraltar
1900.03.18 at sea ship: Dunera
1900.04.11 South Africa 16 Bde, 8 Div
1902 London: Chelsea
1903 England: Aldershot
1904 England: Windsor
1906 England: Aldershot
1908 London: Chelsea
1910 England: Aldershot
1911 England: Windsor
1912 London: Tower
1914 London: Chelsea 4 Bde
1914.08 France and Flanders 2 Div
1915.08 France and Flanders Gds Div
1919 London: Wimbledon
1921 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1923 London: Tower
1925 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1927 London: Chelsea
1929 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1931 London: Tower 4 Bde
1932 London: Wellington Barracks
1933 England: Windsor
1934 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1935 London
1936 Egypt
1938 London: Pirbright 7 Bde
1939.09 France & Belgium 3 Inf Div, BEF
1940.06 UK
1941.10.21 2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
converted to tanks
1941.10 UK Gds Armd Div
1943.01.15 2nd (Tank) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1944.06 NW Europe Gds Armd Div
1945 Germany
1945.06.11 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
converted back to infantry
1948 Germany: Sennelager/Krefeld 4 Inf Bde
1952.11 London
1954.03 Egypt/Libya
1956 England: Lydd 1 Gds Bde
1958.06 (Cyprus)
1958.12 England: Lydd
1959.05 Germany: Hubblerath 4 Gds Bde
1961 London
1963.07 West Indies
1964.03 London
1966.01 Germany: Wuppertal
1967 Germany: Münster BAOR
1969.01 England: London/Caterham
1969.08 (Northern Ireland)
1970.01 London/Caterham
1973.07 (Northern Ireland)
1973.11 London/Caterham
1975.03 Hong Kong
1977.10 London
1977.11 (Northern Ireland)
1978.03 London
1979.02 Germany: Münster 2 Armd Div
1980.03 (Northern Ireland)
1980.07 Germany: Münster 2 Armd Div
1982.01 London
1986.02 Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde
1988.02 London
1991.11 Northern Ireland: Aldergrove
199? UK
1994.11.05 placed in suspended animation, retaining No. 2 Company as "incremental" Nijmegen Coy (officially est 3 Aug. 1994, attached to 1st Bn, Scots Guards) for Public Duties in London and custody of the Colours

3rd Battalion

1776.02.13 each coy found 15 men for composite Brigade of Guards for service in North America
1793 England
1799 Holland: Helder
1799? England
1802 England
1802 England
1806 Sicily
1807? England
1808.09.08 at sea (embarked at Ramsgate)
1808.10 Spain: Corunna
1808 Peninsular war
1809 at sea (embarked at Corunna)
1809.01 England
1809 Holland: Walcheren
1809 England
1810 Spain
1811 Peninsular war
1814.04 France
1814.07.27 at sea
1814 England
1815 Belgium
1815.06 Waterloo
1815 France Army of Occupation
1816.10 England
1854 Crimea
1856 England
1877 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
1881 London
1882 London: Wellington Barracks
1884 England: Windsor
1885 Sudan (Suakin expedition)
1886 London: Chelsea
1890 London: Tower
1893 London: Wellington Barracks
1896 London: Chelsea
Gibraltar
1899.10.25 at sea ship: Goorkha
1899.11.15 South Africa 1 Inf Bde(Gds)
1900.04 South Africa 1 Inf Bde(Gds), 9 Div
1902 England: Aldershot
1903 London: Wellington Barracks
1905 England: Aldershot
1907 England: Windsor
1909 London: Tower
1911 London: Wellington Barracks
1912 London: Chelsea
1913 England: Aldershot
1914 London: Wellington Barracks
1915.08 France and Flanders Gds Div
1919 London: Wimbledon
1921 London
1924 England: Aldershot
1929 London 4 Bde
1933 Egypt
1935 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1936 Egypt
1936 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
1937 London: Chelsea
1939.09 France & Belgium 1 Gds Bde, 1 Inf Div, BEF
1940.06 UK
1942.06 UK 1 Gds Bde, 78 Inf Div
1942.11 Tunisia
1943.02 Tunisia 1 Gds Bde, 6 Armd Div
1944.03 Italy
1945.05 Austria
1945.09 Palestine 1 Gds Bde
1948.02 UK
1948.08? UK 2 Gds Bde
1948.10 Malaya 2 Gds Bde
1949.07 London
1951.10 Egypt/Libya 1 Gds Bde
1954.02 London
1956.11 Cyprus
1959.08 London
1961.03.31 disbanded (permanent suspended animation), retaining Inkerman Coy in 2nd Battalion for Public Duties in London and custody of the Colours