Household Cavalry
As Household Cavalry in the countries of is the Commonwealth the Guard - Cavalry referred. If the unit is not specified in more detail, it usually refers to the British Guard Cavalry.
organization
The British Guard Cavalry consists of two regiments , the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals . It forms its own corps within the British Army . Along with the five Fußgarden they form the household troops ( Household Division ).
The unit commander is silver stick-in-waiting at the royal court. In everyday life, he takes on a significant part of the tasks of the Gold Stick , which is only used on special ceremonial occasions.
Operationally, the two regiments of the Household Cavalry are divided into two units, which have very different tasks and are each composed of soldiers from both regiments. This is the Household Cavalry Regiment , which like most British units with the designation regiment and an origin in the cavalry has the strength of a battalion . The Household Cavalry Regiment is a regular reconnaissance unit equipped with armored vehicles from the Scorpion family. It is stationed in Windsor . A squadron serves as a reconnaissance element for the 16th Air Assault Brigade .
The second unit is the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment , which is mounted and has purely ceremonial tasks. It takes part - in some cases dismounted - in all important protocol events in the United Kingdom, e.g. B. Trooping the Color or the annual opening of parliament . It also puts the guard in front of Horse Guards . The mounted unit is stationed in Hyde Park Barracks , Knightsbridge .
Ranks
As the only formation in the British Army, the Household Cavalry has several different designations for ranks. That's the name of the lieutenants Cornet .
Further, the total are non-commissioned officer - and sergeant ranks not on the name sergeant but on the Corporal ranks up (eg Corporal of Horse and Staff Corporal.). This also applies to the warrant officers , insofar as the functions otherwise include the term sergeant, e.g. B. Regimental Sergeant Major .
Hierarchy
In the ranking of the British Army ( British Army Order of Precedence ), which is important, for example, in military parades , the Household Cavalry comes first, unless units of the Royal Horse Artillery with guns participate. Without weapons, the Royal Horse Artillery ranks after the Guard Cavalry.