The Household Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | 19 October 1992 – present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Horse guards |
Role | Armoured cavalry regiment |
Size | One regiment |
Part of | Household Cavalry |
Garrison/HQ | Powle Lines,[2] Bulford Camp, Wiltshire |
Motto(s) | Honi soit qui mal y pense (Middle French for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it') |
March | Life 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 |
Equipment | Warrior Ajax |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt Col Roland J. Spiller |
Colonel-in-Chief | Charles III |
Insignia | |
Tactical Recognition Flash |
The Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR) is an Armoured Cavalry regiment of the British Army based in Bulford Camp in Wiltshire. It is the brother regiment of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) based at Hyde Park Barracks in London - both regiments together form the Household Cavalry (HCav). The Household Cavalry Regiment was formed in 1992, under the Options for Change reforms, by the union of The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals in order to preserve the distinct identities of the regiments. A precedent for the Household Cavalry Regiment has previously been set by the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment - active during the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Second Boer War and latterly during both the First and Second World Wars.
The HCR is part of the Household Cavalry, rather than the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC), which encompasses all other armoured and cavalry regiments of the British Army.