The 2nd Footguards (Coldstream) on Parade at HorseGuards, by John Chapman, c.
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces HorseGuards Road and St.
It is flanked on the north by the Old Admiralty and the Admiralty Citadel, on the east by HorseGuards — formerly the headquarters of the British Army — and on the south by HM Treasury and the back wall of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
HorseGuards is named after the troops who have mounted the Queen's Life Guard on this spot since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
HorseGuards remains the official entrance to St James's and Buckingham Palace and this is why The Queen's Life Guard is still mounted here.
As the New Guard arrives, each Guard carries the Standard and the Trumpeters of both Old and New Guards sound the Royal Salute on the arrival of the New Guard and on the departure of the Old Guard.
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HorseGuards from St. James's Park, with the London Eye in the background.
HorseGuards Road, usually just HorseGuards, is a road in the City of Westminster, London.
Also to the east is a large courtyard, HorseGuards Parade, where the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony is held in the presence of the reigning monarch.
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Dating back to 1745, it is named after the troops who have been the monarch's life guard on the site since the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
HorseGuards Parade is the venue, every hour, for one of London's most popular tourist attractions - the Changing of the Guard - as well as being the setting for the annual Trooping the Colour parade.
When HM the Queen is in residence, the Queen's Life Guard consists of 15 men (including a trumpeter); when she is away, it drops to 12.
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HorseGuards' is a large building on (A wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices) Whitehall, at the eastern end of (Click link for more info and facts about HorseGuards Parade) HorseGuards Parade.
It was once the headquarters of the whole (Click link for more info and facts about British Army) British Army and is now the headquarters of its London District.
HorseGuards is always guarded by troopers of the (Click link for more info and facts about Household Cavalry) Household Cavalry, both mounted and on foot.
The origin of the ceremony goes back to the early eighteenth century, and possibly even earlier, when the guards and sentries for the Royal Palaces and other important buildings in the capital were mounted daily on the parade ground by the HorseGuards building.
A feature of guard mounting was for the colours (or flags) of the battalion, which were - and still are - symbols of honour, but also in the past served as rallying points in battle, to be carried (or 'trooped') slowly down the ranks so that they could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.
The Royal Horse Artillery fired a salute in one of the Royal parks, but it was later decided that they would also rank past the King at Buckingham Palace at the end of the ceremony.
When daylight arrived it was discovered that Private T.W. Olson of Battery D, First Battalion of Coast Artillery, assisted by Private J.A. Gibney of Battery C of the same regiment, had succeeded in killing a tethered horse belonging to A.F. Cook of 64 Castro Street.
The horse was riddled with bullets and died after pawing up the ground and sidewalk where he had been tied for the night.
A shower of sparks was emitted from the animals hoofs as it tried to arise from a recumbent position on the stone sidewalk.
He was also a member of the Equites Singulares, and was keeping the governor under surveliance to guard against plots on the emperors' life.
The upper part shows Epona sitting between two horses to her right and four to her left, and the lower part shows to the left, a four-wheeled cart pulled by two horses (cf Alise-Ste-Reine 2) and to the right, two people sacrificing a pig (cf find context of Nuits-St-Georges).
Found in the Equites Singulares horseguard barracks, near the imperial palace where Galerius dwelt from 299 until his death in 311.
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From 1660 to 1687, the Horse Grenadiers were an integral part of each troop of HorseGuards, and then assumed a separate existence as independent troops.
Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1835.
Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1836.
In 1808 he entered the studio of Charles Vernet, from which, in 1810, he passed to that of Guérin, whom he drove to despair by his passion for Rubens, and by the unorthodox manner in which he persisted in interpreting nature.
Two years later (1814) he re-exhibited this work accompanied with the reverse picture Cuirassier blessé (Louvre), and in both subjects called attention to the interest of contemporary aspects of life, treated neglected types of living form, and exhibited that mastery of and delight in the horse which was a feature of his character.
His health was now completely undermined by various kinds of excess, and on the 26th of January 1824 he died, at the age of thirty-three.
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The HorseGuards and Admiralty lie on the east side of St James' Park.
Annually on the day officially appointed, on the open space called the Parade, between the Park and the Admiralty, the imposing military ceremony known as "trooping the colours" is performed by the Guards.
By an unknown photographer; the volume containing these photographs bears the imprint "With H. and C. Feist's compliments" but no name, date, or place of publication.
The relief of the troop of Life Guards performing sentinel duty here takes place at 11 a.m.
It must be a painful ordeal at first to shy Life Guardsmen, if any such there be, to act as sentinel at the entry to the Commander-in-Chief's office; for the curious generally halt to take stock of them, and audibly to criticise them, and when they are relieved a crowd is invariably attracted.
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