Grand Ducal Guard: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (16 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''Grand Ducal Guard''' |
The '''Grand Ducal Guard''' ({{lang-fr|Corps de la Garde Grand-Ducale}}) was the ceremonial guard unit of the [[military of Luxembourg]] from 1945 to 1966.<ref>[http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php Virtual Museum Tour<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609090841/http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php |date=2008-06-09 }}</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | |||
==History== |
==History== |
||
| ⚫ | |||
Formed in March |
Formed in March 1945 the Company of Guards of 120 men was organised into three [[platoon]]s. The Company mounted its first postwar guard at the [[Grand Ducal Palace]] on 12 April 1945. Though it was planned for the Guard to be at [[battalion]] strength, it never was larger than a company. From 1947 the company was referred to as the ''Corps de la Garde Grand-Ducale''. |
||
The Corps performed their final [[Changing of the Guard]] at the Palace on |
The Corps performed their final [[Guard Mounting|Changing of the Guard]] at the Palace on 29 January 1966 with the Guard being disbanded on 28 February 1966. |
||
Troops of the [[ |
Troops of the [[Army of Luxembourg]] perform the duty today, with frequently only one guard visible at the palace.<ref>[http://photos.igougo.com/pictures-photos-b95915-s2-p117412-One_Lone_Guard.html One Lone Guard – Palais Grand Ducal Photos<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
||
==Notes== |
==Notes== |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
==References== |
==References== |
||
http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080609090841/http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php GRAND-DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG] – Virtual Museum Tour |
||
[[Category:Former guards regiments]] |
|||
[[Category:Royal guards]] |
|||
[[Category:Military of Luxembourg]] |
|||
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1945]] |
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1945]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1966]] |
||
[[Category:1945 establishments in Luxembourg]] |
|||
[[Category:1966 disestablishments in Luxembourg]] |
|||
{{Luxembourg-stub}} |
|||
Latest revision as of 19:10, 12 April 2023
The Grand Ducal Guard (French: Corps de la Garde Grand-Ducale) was the ceremonial guard unit of the military of Luxembourg from 1945 to 1966.[1]
History
[edit]
Formed in March 1945 the Company of Guards of 120 men was organised into three platoons. The Company mounted its first postwar guard at the Grand Ducal Palace on 12 April 1945. Though it was planned for the Guard to be at battalion strength, it never was larger than a company. From 1947 the company was referred to as the Corps de la Garde Grand-Ducale.
The Corps performed their final Changing of the Guard at the Palace on 29 January 1966 with the Guard being disbanded on 28 February 1966.
Troops of the Army of Luxembourg perform the duty today, with frequently only one guard visible at the palace.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Virtual Museum Tour Archived 2008-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ One Lone Guard – Palais Grand Ducal Photos
References
[edit]- GRAND-DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG – Virtual Museum Tour
 | This Luxembourg-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |