List of army units called Guards

This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard. Border guards, coast guards, Home Guards, national guards, honour guards, republican guards, and royal guards are listed under their own articles. See also Presidential Guard (disambiguation) and Red Guards (disambiguation).

The Guard Battalion during the Estonia 100 parade in 2018.

Active

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Belarus

Bulgaria

Canada

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

India

Israel

  • Knesset Guard (Hebrew: Mishmar HaKnesset) responsible for the security of the Knesset building and the protection of its members (MKs).

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Montenegro

Morocco

Netherlands

Guard Units

Units with the word guards

Norway

Oman

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Swiss Guard, Swiss mercenary soldiers who served as guards at foreign European courts.

Thailand

  • King's Guard (ceremonial designation given to units from the three branches of service)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Vietnam

Military Honour Guard Battalion of the Vietnam People's Army

Historical

Bavaria

Byzantine

  • Varangian Guard, a unit of the Byzantine emperor chiefly made up of troops of Scandinavian and North West European origin.

China

East Germany

Ethiopia

Finland

For Guards units before 1918, see Russian Empire.

France

German Empire

Iran

Japan

Morocco

Prussia

Cavalry

  • Gardes du Corps, also known as the "Prussian Guard" a Prussian formation until 1918
  • Guards Cuirassier Regiment
  • 1st (Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland) Guards Dragoons
  • 2nd (Empress Alexandra of Russia) Guards Dragoons
  • 1st Guards Uhlans
  • 2nd Guards Uhlans
  • 3rd Guards Uhlans
  • Life Guards Hussars

Infantry(each of the Foot Guards and four of the Guards Grenadiers would form reserve (Landwehr) units upon mobilization in August 1914)

Artillery

Support units

  • Guards Engineers
  • Guards Trains

Papal States

Poland

Portugal

Roman Empire

Russian Empire

Saxony

Soviet Union

Spanish Netherlands

Sri Lanka

Army

Army reserve

Sweden

United Kingdom

Organizational units

Vatican

Vietnam

Notes

References

Philip Mansel, Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984, ISBN 0-7043-2424-5

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