Infantry regiment of the British Army, tracing its history back to 1656. Fought in numerous conflicts during its history, including the Napoleonic, Crimean and Second Boer Wars.
The regiment was expanded to five regiments during the First World War, and was entrenched on the Western Front, fighting at Loos, the Somme, Cambrai and Arras. At Ypres the First Battalion lost all but 4 officers and 200 men, while the Second Battalion lost all but 4 officers and 140 men of the 2nd fell in action. The regiment won the battle honour ‘Ypres’ twice; firstly in 1914 and then again in 1917.
Commonwealth War Graves
Boucher, Guardsman John (d1918, aged 24, wounded in action)
Madge, Guardsman Frederick (d1917, aged 31, wounded in action)
Death and Service 