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British Army: Type: Regular: Role: Major General Commanding The Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District: Part of: London District: Motto(s) Latin: Septem juncta in uno, lit. 'Seven joined in one' Website: www.householddivision.org.uk: Commanders; Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiments of the Household Division: King Charles III
This is three-quarters of a mile from Buckingham Palace, close enough for the officers and men of the Household Cavalry to be available to respond speedily to any emergency at the Palace and also to conduct their ceremonial duties. [12] The Household Cavalry Coach Troop is a unit of the Mounted Regiment based at Combermere Barracks in
The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") was used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit. The "quarter of London" mentioned by Magna Carta as the national standard measure for wine, ale, and grain [1] was ¼ ton or tun. It continued to be used, e.g. to regulate the prices of bread. [2]
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Enfilade: a unit (or position) is "enfiladed" when enemy fire can be directed along the long axis of the unit. For instance, a trench is enfiladed if the enemy can fire down the length of the trench. May also refer to placing a unit in a position to enfilade, or the position so enfiladed. Envelope
The Quartermaster-General to the Forces (QMG) is a senior general in the British Army. The post has become symbolic: the Ministry of Defence organisation charts since 2011 have not used the term "Quartermaster-General to the Forces"; they simply refer to "Chief of Materiel (Land)". [1] [2] [3]
Quarter (unit), various obsolete customary units of measurement; Quarters of nobility or quarterings, the number of generations in which noble status has been held by a family; Hanged, drawn and quartered, formerly a punishment for treason in England; Quarter (heraldry) William Quarter (1806–1848) The back and rearward sides of a shoe
The Magna Carta of 1215 stipulates that there should be a standard measure of volume for wine, ale and corn (the London Quarter), and for weight, but does not define these units. [6] Later development of the English system was by defining the units in laws and by issuing measurement standards. Standards were renewed in 1496, 1588, and 1758. [7]