Household Cavalry Regiment

The Household Cavalry Regiment
Badge of the Household Cavalry[1]
Active19 October 1992 – present
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeHorse guards
RoleArmoured cavalry regiment
SizeOne regiment
Part ofHousehold Cavalry
Garrison/HQPowle Lines,[2] Bulford Camp, Wiltshire
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
EquipmentWarrior
Ajax
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col Roland J. Spiller
Colonel-in-ChiefCharles 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.

  1. ^ "The Household Cavalry". British Army website. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Army Basing Programme, PAC Information Leaflet – Issue 16 October 2019". army.mod.uk. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.