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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 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 ...
The Belgian Cenotaph Parade is an annual event which takes place in London, United Kingdom in July. Elements of the Belgian Armed Forces participate in an armed parade from the Cenotaph , through Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade , to the Guards Memorial .
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 ...
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 ...
The public were also able to watch the ceremony on a large screen at St James's Park. [2] 7,500 ticketed spectators were present at the Horse Guards Parade, and another 7,000 at the Victoria Memorial. [3] During the rehearsals at Horse Guards Parade, five people were injured after a section of the spectator stands fell apart. [4]
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during ...