Editing Coldstream Guards (section)

{{Short description|Infantry regiment of the British Army}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Coldstream Guards
| image                         = Coldstream Guards Badge.png
| caption                       = Regimental badge of the Coldstream Guards{{efn|The breast star of the [[Order of the Garter]].}}
| dates                         = 1650–present
| country                       = {{flag|Commonwealth of England}} (1650–1660)<br>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of England}}<br>(1660–1707)<br>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}} (1707–1800)<br>{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}<br/>(1801–present)
| branch                        = {{army|UK}}
| type                          = [[Infantry]]
| size                          = One battalion – 559 personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616|title=Army – Question for Ministry of Defence|page=1|access-date=14 December 2020|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226013531/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616|url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>One 
independent incremental company<br/>One [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|reserve]] company
| role                          = 1st Battalion and No 17 Company&nbsp;– Light Role Infantry<br />No 7 Company&nbsp;– [[Public Duties]]
| command_structure             = [[Guards and Parachute Division]]
| ceremonial_chief              = [[King Charles III]]
| ceremonial_chief_label        = Colonel-in-Chief
| colonel_of_the_regiment       = Lt Gen Sir [[James Bucknall]]
| commander4                    = Col. Toby P. O. Till
| commander4_label              = Regimental Lieutenant Colonel
| garrison                      = RHQ – [[Wellington Barracks|London]]<br>1st Battalion—[[Victoria Barracks, Windsor|Windsor]]<br>No 7 Company—[[Wellington Barracks|London]]<br>No 17 Company [[Hammersmith]]
| identification_symbol         = [[Image:GuardsTRF.svg|65px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Tactical Recognition Flash
| identification_symbol_2       = Red<br /><small>Right side of [[Bearskin]] cap</small>
| identification_symbol_2_label = Plume
| identification_symbol_4       = COLDM GDS
| identification_symbol_4_label = Abbreviation
| nickname                      = ''The Lilywhites''
| motto                         = ''[[Nulli Secundus (disambiguation)|Nulli Secundus]]''<br />([[Latin]] for 'Second to None')
| march                         = Quick: "[[Milanollo#Coldstream|Milanollo]]"<br />Slow: "Figaro" ("[[Non più andrai]]" from ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'')
| battles                       = {{Plainlist|
* [[English Civil War]]
* [[Monmouth Rebellion]]
* [[War of the Spanish Succession]]
* [[War of the Austrian Succession]]
* [[Seven Years' War]]
* [[American War of Independence]]
* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
* [[Crimean War]]
* [[Second Boer War]]
* [[World War I]]
* [[World War II]]
* [[Malayan Emergency]]
* [[Mau Mau Uprising]]
* [[Cyprus Emergency]]
* [[Gulf War]]
* [[UNPROFOR|Bosnia]]
* [[Iraq War]]
* [[Operation Herrick]]
}}
| anniversaries                 = [[St George's Day]] (23 April)
}}

The '''Coldstream Guards''' is the oldest continuously serving regular{{efn|The [[Honourable Artillery Company]], a reserve unit, being the oldest continuously serving regiment in the British Army as a whole.}} [[regiment]] in the [[British Army]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Coldstream Guards|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/coldstream-guards/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref> As part of the [[Household Division]], one of its principal roles is the protection of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchy]]; due to this, it often participates in state ceremonial occasions. The Regiment has consistently provided formations on deployments around the world and has fought in the majority of the major conflicts in which the British Army has been engaged.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Coldstream Guards Official Charity Website|url=https://coldstreamguards.org.uk/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=Coldstream Guards|language=en}}</ref>

The Regiment has been in continuous service and has never been amalgamated. It was formed in 1650 as 'Monck's Regiment of Foot' and was then renamed 'The Lord General's Regiment of Foot Guards' after the [[Stuart Restoration|Restoration]] in 1660.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|last=Davies|first=Godfrey|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001589030|title=The early history of the Coldstream guards|date=1924|publisher=The Clarendon press|location=Oxford}}</ref> With [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|George Monck's]] death in 1670 it was again renamed 'The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards' after [[Coldstream|the location in Scotland]] from which it marched to help restore the monarchy in 1660.<ref name="auto1"/> Its name was again changed to the 'Coldstream Guards' in 1855 and this is still its present title.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/TheColdstreamGuards1650-2000|title=The Coldstream Guards|language=English}}</ref>

Today, the Regiment consists of: Regimental Headquarters, a single [[battalion]] (the 1st Battalion), an independent incremental company (Number 7 Company, maintaining the customs and traditions, as well as carrying the Colours of 2nd Battalion), a Regimental Band, a [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|reserve company]] (Number 17 Company) and individuals at training establishments and other extra regimental employment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regimental Headquarters|url=https://coldstreamguards.org.uk/pages/regimental-headquarters|access-date=2021-03-10|website=Coldstream Guards|language=en}}</ref>