Lifeguard (military)
Not to be confused with lifeguard, in the meaning of an emergency service worker..
Leibgarde (also life-guard, or household troops[1]) has been, since the 15th century, the designation for the military security guard of Fürsten (Royal and noble ranks) — usually members of the highest nobility who ruled over states of the Holy Roman Empire and later its former territory — from danger. The Leibgarde should not be mixed up with bodyguard (de: Leibwächter), which may refer also to a private or single individual.[2]
The France Garde du Corps was established (with reference to the „Sargeants d'Arms“) in 1440. It was abolished after the French Revolution, 1815 re-established, and 1830 finally dissolved. Finally, Napoleon III set up the so-called Centgardes.
Examples of lifeguard elite units
- Denmark - Royal Life Guards (Denmark), a Danish Army regiment
- Germany - Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment, a Bavarian Army regiment
- Russia - Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment, military elite / gurd regiment of the Russian Imperial Army until 1917
- Sweden - Life Guards (Sweden), a Swedish Army regiment
- UK - Life Guards (United Kingdom), a British Army regiment
- US - Commander-in-Chief's Guard or Washington's Life Guard, was a short-lived Continental Army infantry and cavalry unit (1776–1783)
See also
References
- ↑ Langenscheidt´s Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: „Der Große Muret-Sander“, Part I German-English First Volume A–K, 9th edition 2002, p. 1006 – «de: Leibgarde / en: mil. especially – lifeguard, Br. life-guard»
- ↑ Dictionary to the German military history, 1st edition (Liz.5, P189/84, LSV:0547, B-Nr. 746 635 0), military publishing house of the GDR (VEB) – Berlin, 1985, Volume 1, page 223, definition: Garde, Leibgarde.
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