Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Badge of the Household Cavalry[1]
Active1945–Present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeHorse Guards
RolePublic duties/ceremonial
SizeRegiment
341 personnel[2]
250 horses[3]
Part ofHousehold Cavalry
Garrison/HQHyde Park Barracks, London
Motto(s)Honi soit qui mal y pense
(Middle French for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it')
MarchLife Guards: Quick - Millanollo
Slow - Life Guards Slow March
Trot Past - Keel Row
Blues and Royals: Quick - Quick March of the Blues and Royals
Slow - Slow March of the Blues and Royals
Trot Past - Keel Row
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefCharles III

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army tasked primarily with ceremonial duties. Part of the Household Division, it is classed as a regiment of guards, and carries out mounted (and some dismounted) ceremonial duties on State and Royal occasions. The HCMR is one of two operational units that form the Household Cavalry (HCav), the other being the Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR), a formation reconnaissance regiment, with front-line combat duties.

  1. ^ "The Household Cavalry". British Army website. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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