Governor General's Bodyguard

Governor General's Bodyguard
Governor General's Bodyguard
	Insignia of the Unit after it was renamed as Viceroy's Bodyguard
Active	1773 - 1950
Country	Company ruled India; British India; Dominion of India
Allegiance	East India Company Army; British Indian Army; Indian Army
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry, Royal guard
Role	Household Cavalry
Garrison/HQ	Ballygunge
Motto(s)	Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
Colors	Uniform: red; facings blue.
Engagements	Operations against the Sanyasis, 1773-74; First Rohilla War; Insurrection of Maharaja Chait Singh, 1781; Third Anglo-Mysore War; French campaign in Egypt and Syria, 1801; Capture of Barabati fort, 1803 Second Anglo-Maratha War; Invasion of Java (1811); Paika Rebellion; Third Anglo-Maratha War; Kol uprising; Barrackpore mutiny of 1824; First Burmese War; Gwalior War; First Anglo-Sikh War; Second Anglo-Sikh War; Santhal rebellion; Indian Rebellion of 1857; Third Burmese War; North-West Frontier; Mesopotamia; World War I; World War II
Decorations	Capture of Seringapatam; Egypt Medal (1801); Java Medal; Burma Medal; Gwalior Star; Sutlej Medal; Burma 1885; Army of India Medal
Battle honours	Java; Ava; Mahrajapore; Moodkee; Ferozeshah; Aliwal; Sobraon
Commanders
Notable; commanders	William Mayne (1847-51)
Insignia
Identification; symbol	GGBG, later VRBG

The Governor General's Bodyguard was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and served as the British Indian equivalent to the Household Cavalry of the British Army.

^ ^a ^b ^c Hodson, Vernon Charles Paget (1910). Historical records of the Governor-General's Body Guard. University of California Libraries. London : W. Thacker.