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unusual facts about Guards Division


James Bellamy

The colonel agrees, and James is reassigned to the Guards Division of the Machine Gun Corps.


Edward FitzRoy

During World War I, whilst still an MP, he served in the military as a Captain of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, was injured at the First Battle of Ypres and commanded the mounted troops of the Guards Division from 1915–16.

Guards' Club

The Guards' Club, established in 1810, was a London Gentlemen's club for officers of the Guards Division, originally defined by the club as being the Coldstream, Grenadier Guards or Scots Guards, traditionally the most socially elite section of the British Army.


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Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington

He served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, the most senior regiment of the Guards' division.