Historical List of army units called Guards

1 historical

1.1 bavaria
1.2 byzantine
1.3 china
1.4 east germany
1.5 ethiopia
1.6 finland
1.7 france
1.8 german empire
1.9 iran
1.10 japan
1.11 morocco
1.12 prussia
1.13 papal states
1.14 poland
1.15 portugal
1.16 roman empire
1.17 russian empire
1.18 saxony
1.19 soviet union
1.20 spanish netherlands
1.21 sri lanka
1.22 sweden
1.23 united kingdom
1.24 vatican
1.25 vietnam

historical
bavaria

royal bavarian infantry lifeguards regiment

byzantine

varangian guard, unit of byzantine emperor chiefly made of troops of scandinavian , north west european origin.

china

imperial guards (qing dynasty)
imperial guards (tang dynasty)
manchukuo imperial guards

east germany

felix dzerzhinsky guards regiment
friedrich engels guard regiment
guard regiment hugo eberlein

ethiopia

kebur zabagna ( honorable guard )

finland

for guards units before 1918, see russian empire.

france

garde du corps

garde Écossaise


imperial guard (napoleon i)

1st polish light cavalry regiment of imperial guard
2e régiment de chevau-légers lanciers de la garde impériale
chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale
dragons de la garde impériale
Éclaireurs of guard
gendarmes d élite de la garde impériale
grenadiers à cheval de la garde impériale
lithuanian tartars of imperial guard
mamelukes of imperial guard


imperial guard (napoleon iii)

cent-gardes squadron



german empire

guards corps

guards cavalry division
1st guards infantry division
2nd guards infantry division


guards reserve corps

3rd guards infantry division
1st guards reserve division


4th guards infantry division

5th guards infantry brigade
guards reserve uhlans
2nd guards field artillery


5th guards infantry division
2nd guards reserve division
guard ersatz division

iran

imperial guard

japan

imperial guard (imperial japanese army, 1867–1945)

morocco

black guard

prussia

guards corps

cavalry

gardes du corps, known prussian guard prussian formation until 1918
guards cuirassier regiment
1st (queen victoria of great britain , ireland) guards dragoons
2nd (empress alexandra of russia) guards dragoons
1st guards uhlans
2nd guards uhlans
3rd guards uhlans
life guards hussars

infantry(each of foot guards , 4 of guards grenadiers form reserve (landwehr) units upon mobilization in august 1914)

1st foot guards
2nd foot guards
3rd foot guards
4th foot guards
5th foot guards
1st (emperor alexander) guards grenadiers
2nd (emperor francis) guards grenadiers
3rd (queen elizabeth) guards grenadiers
4th (queen augusta) guards grenadiers
5th guards grenadiers
guards fusiliers
guards jäger battalion
palace guards company
1st guards machine gun detachment
2nd guards machine gun detachment

artillery

1st guards field artillery
2nd guards field artillery
3rd guards field artillery
4th guards field artillery
guards foot artillery

support units

guards engineers
guards trains

papal states

corsican guard
noble guard
palatine guard

poland

royal guards

portugal

royal guard of archers

roman empire

praetorian guard

russian empire

imperial guard

1st guard cavalry division
1st guards infantry division
2nd guard cavalry division
3rd guard infantry division
chevalier guard regiment
egersky guards regiment
finland guard regiment
finnish guards rifle battalion
moscow guard regiment



saxony

1st royal saxon guards heavy cavalry

soviet union

guards unit, type of military unit of former soviet union

spanish netherlands

walloon guards

sri lanka

president s guard

sweden

life guard dragoons
svea life guards
göta life guards

united kingdom

1st regiment of life guards
2nd regiment of life guards
royal horse guards - predecessor unit blues , royals
1st king s dragoon guards -1959
2nd dragoon guards (queen s bays) -1922
3rd dragoon guards (prince of wales s) 1746-1922
4th royal irish dragoon guards -1922
5th (princess charlotte of wales s) dragoon guards 1788-1922
carabiniers (6th dragoon guards) 1788-1922
7th (the princess royal s) dragoon guards -1922
1st queen s dragoon guards 1959-
3rd carabiniers (prince of wales s dragoon guards) 1922-1971 (also known 3rd/6th dragoon guards )
4th/7th royal dragoon guards 1922-1992
5th royal inniskilling dragoon guards 192-
horse grenadier guards 1687 - 1788
horse guards regiment - number of temporary regiments carried name.

1st troop of horse guards


guards machine gun regiment
royal guards reserve regiment


organizational units


brigade of guards
guards division
guards armoured division
1st guards brigade
2nd guards brigade
3rd guards brigade
4th guards brigade
5th guards armoured brigade 1941-1945 (later 5th guards brigade)
6th guards tank brigade (united kingdom) 1941-1945 (later 6th guards brigade)
20th independent infantry brigade (guards)
22nd guards brigade
32nd guards infantry brigade 1941-1945

vatican

noble guard

vietnam

red guards (tự vệ Đỏ) precursor force of vietnam s today police. red guards formed indochinese communist party in 1930 - 1931, during nghệ-tĩnh uprising against french rule.