Comprised of all the different regiments of foot guards, its soldiers were tall, smart and well disciplined.
The foot guards now opened fire with live ammunition.
‘We the undersigned urge the queen to call on the Ministry of Defence to cease the use of real fur on the uniforms for regiment of foot guards,’ it said.
When they visited bombed areas they were booed, and regiments of foot guards had to be deployed in London's east end to keep order.
Synonyms
infantrymen, foot soldiers
1.1(in the British army) the regiments of the Brigade of Guards: the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh Guards.