The Horse Guards

a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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At the end of the ornamental water was the gray mass of the Horse Guards. The ordered elegance of the scene had the charm of an eighteenth-century picture.
And what I tell you is this--that as long as our people go backwards and forwards, to and fro, up and down, to that there jolly old Maypole, lettering, and messaging, and fetching and carrying, you couldn't help your son keeping company with that young lady by deputy,--not if he was minded night and day by all the Horse Guards, and every man of 'em in the very fullest uniform.'
They said that they did not know who had authorised the movements of the troops; their idea was that a dispute had arisen at the Horse Guards. The ordinary sapper is a great deal better educated than the common soldier, and they discussed the peculiar conditions of the possible fight with some acuteness.
too much to herself sometimes--not that she ever doubted; for, to be sure, George must be at the Horse Guards; and he can't always get leave from Chatham; and he must see his friends and sisters, and mingle in society when in town (he, such an ornament to every society!); and when he is with the regiment, he is too tired to write long letters.
The officers may write to the papers demanding the heads of the Horse Guards in default of cleaner redress for grievances; the men may break loose across a country town and seriously startle the publicans; but neither officers nor men have it in their composition to mutiny after the continental manner.
The hurry in such cases is immediately over, and the place clear as soon as the king is gone by; but as there is always a great running and clutter just as the king passes, so having dropped the two little ladies, and done my business with them without any miscarriage, I kept hurrying on among the crowd, as if I ran to see the king, and so I got before the crowd and kept so till I came to the end of the Mall, when the king going on towards the Horse Guards, I went forward to the passage, which went then through against the lower end of the Haymarket, and there I bestowed a coach upon myself, and made off, and I confess I have not yet been so good as my word, viz.
Simon Crisford is another trainer with plenty to look forward to at the Thameside track, courtesy of Waterfront in the Horse Guards London Dry Gin Mcintyre Novice Stakes and Alnadir in the Horse Guards London Dry Gin Falls Handicap.
LONDON -- Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa was greeted by Britain's Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Sir Nick Carter with a Guard of Honour on Thursday at the Horse Guards.
*Amir holds talks with UK Secretary of State for Defence His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held on Tuesday a meeting with UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson and ranking military officials at the Horse Guards in London.
The Life Guard was snapped standing to attention in all his finery at the Horse Guards building in Whitehall yesterday.
Which military parade is held on the Horse Guards parade ground in London, on the sovereign's official birthday?
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