Overview[edit] The Foot Guards are the Regular Infantry regiments of the Household Division of the British Army.

There have been six active regiments of foot guards and one re serve regiment, five of which still exist. The Royal Guards Reserve Regiment was a reserve[1] formation of the Household Brigade in existence from 1900-1901. Th e Machine Gun Guards, which was formed during the First World War, was disbanded in 1920: Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Scots Guards Irish Guards Welsh Guards Guards Machine Gun Regiment ("Machine Gun Guards") Royal Guards Reserve Regiment