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On a raised platform to the east side of the memorial, facing Horse Guards Parade, are five large bronze sculptures by Gilbert Ledward, one representing each of the Foot Guards Regiments, standing easy with their rifles above stone carvings showing the badge of each regiment, each slightly larger than life size, about 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m ...
The daily ceremony of Changing The King's Life Guard on Horse Guards Parade. Main article: King's Guard § The King's Life Guard Every morning, the mounted King's Life Guard rides from Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge , by way of Hyde Park Corner , Constitution Hill and The Mall , to take over guard duties in a ceremony at 11:00 am, or 10:00 ...
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse ...
The plinth extends from the balustrade of the former Admiralty Extension building on Horse Guards Parade, a military parade ground off Whitehall, the centre of the British government. To the rear and left of the memorial is the Admiralty Citadel, a bomb-proof command centre built during the Second World War. Relief carvings of the Royal Naval ...
More than 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians and 200 horses take part in the ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London, where the military presents regimental "colours," or flags, ...
The Cádiz Memorial, also known as the "Prince Regent's Bomb", is an early 19th-century French mortar mounted on a brass monster, located in Horse Guards Parade in Westminster, London. [1] It was first "exposed to public view" on 12 August 1816 [ 2 ] and has been classified as a Grade II listed building since 1 December 1987. [ 3 ]
The barracks are 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Buckingham Palace, enabling the officers and soldiers of the Household Cavalry to be available to respond speedily to any emergency at the Palace, practice drills at Horse Guards Parade or beyond and conduct other more ceremonial duties.
Carl Court/Getty Images One of King Charles III’s guard horses bit a tourist posing for a photo in London. Footage taken outside of the Household Cavalry Museum on Monday, July 22, showed a ...