Sergeant, Grenadier Guards, 1901
£12.50
Founded 1656 as Lord Wentworth’s Regiment; from 1665 1st Regiment of Foot Guards; from 1815 Grenadier Guards – GREN GDS (scroll down for a more detailed Description)
Published 1970 by © Hugh Evelyn Limited; drawn by Colonel Philip Henry Smitherman (1910-1982), Royal Corps of Signals
Size: c. 24.5 x 37.5 cm [9 ½ ″ x 14 ½ ″] (may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago)
Printed on on medium cardstock weighing 144 g/sm2 faced in light greyish blue (RGB c. d4e1e8)
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Description
A Regiment of the Guards and Parachute Division. The most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, the most senior regiment of infantry. They trace their lineage to 1656, when Lord Wentworth’s Regiment was raised in Bruges, in Flanders, from gentlemen of the Honourable Artillery Company by the then heir to the throne, Prince Charles (later King Charles II) where it formed a part of the exiled King’s bodyguard.
A sergeant of the Grenadier Guards in the white jacket and ‘pill-box’ hat worn at the turn of the century for duties in barracks, and sometimes on exercises. The white jacket was worn only in the foot guards and Highland regiments and is said to be a relic of the white sleeved waistcoats, worn under the coat in the eighteenth century and used, with the coat removed, as a fatigue dress; whether this was so or not it was a smart and practical dress, which survived until 1914. There was no difference between the regiments of guards in the grouping of the buttons on this coat, which was worn only by those of the rank of sergeant and below. The corresponding coat for warrant officers was a red tunic, like the full-dress tunic, but with simpler appointments. The ‘pill-box’ hat was a rather dashing affair, but probably rather useless. It was really a cavalryman’s hat and was not worn by line regiments. It was superseded by the Brodrick hat, less handsome but more practical.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.0131 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 37 cm |
