Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment

The Grenadiers and Rifles Guards Regiment (

History

The two antecedent regiments were formed in 1829 following the withdrawal of the regiments of

The regiment has a museum in Arnhem.^[1]

Bands

Serving the Guards in musical support, the few numbers of military bands in service, are the Royal Military Band "Johan Willem Friso" and the Traditional Grenadier Bugle Band of the Grenadiers' and Rifles Guard Regiment (Grenadiers) and the Veterans Fanfare band and Bugles and Fanfare orchestra of the Grenadiers and Rifles (Rifles). These are the only bands in service in the Guards units of the RNA as the Band and Corps of Drums of the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene remain disbanded. The present day fanfare brass band (known as the Regimentsfanfare) consists of 21 musicians and a permanent conductor. It has existed since 5 September 2005. A brass quintet has existed within the regiment since 2007.^[2]

Battle honours

• • Tiendaagse Veldtocht 1831
  • Ypenburg en Ockenburg 1940
  • West-Java 1946 - 1949
  • East Java 1947 - 1949
  • Sangin 2007
• Metalen Kruis

Gallery

• 
  Garderegiment Jagers during the

  King Baudouin

  in 1959
• 
  The standard of the Garderegiment Grenadiers in 1992/
• 
  Grenadiers and Jagers march through The Hague on Prinsjesdag, 2013.
• 
  The regimental banner.
• 
  Members of the regiment in full dress uniform in September 1948.
• 
  Members of the regiment during Prinsjesdag in 1992.

References

External links

• Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers

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