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The memorial stands to the west side of Horse Guards Parade. The Guards Memorial, also known as the Guards Division War Memorial, [1] is an outdoor war memorial located on the west side of Horse Guards Road, opposite Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom.
Trooping the Colour, Horseguards Parade, Central London, June 2013. Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign. [1]
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 parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden ...
Following the trooping at the Horse Guards Parade, the royal family took part in the return procession that escorted them back to Buckingham Palace. The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery fired a 41 gun salute from St James' Park while at the Tower of London , the Honourable Artillery Company fired 62 guns. [ 2 ]
The equestrian statue of the Viscount Wolseley is an outdoor sculpture depicting Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, located at the Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom. It is by Sir William Goscombe John and was unveiled by the Duke of Connaught in 1920. The front of the plinth contains an inscription which reads "Wolseley", while ...
The royal family posted a two-minute-long video of the guards playing an orchestral version of Swift's hit "Shake It Off" to X (formerly Twitter)."Can't stop, won't stop groovin,'" the royal ...