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Although the regiment was formed in 1656, during King Charles the 11's exile, and was originally named the First Footguards, the name Grenadier was given after 1815, when they had defeated the French Grenadiers at Waterloo; after which the bearskin of the grenadier company was adopted by the entire regiment, and the "grenade" replaced the former badge of "royal cypher and crown."
Christopher's Story Part 3 The War Belinda 2009
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The Grenadier is a mass of flowers, while the pink and white crowns of Rattler, Gooch's Seedling and Fern Pippin tower ever higher.
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He served with the elite English army corp called the Grenadier Guards.
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Even at the time of the battle men did not always see what they thought they saw, which is why Britain now has a regiment called the Grenadier Guards.
Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990
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Arthur, Percy, and Davlin agreed in calling the two maids, respectively, "Grenadier" and "Griffin."
Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Lawrence L. Lynch
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It was the noisy ones that he could not abide; and, writing to Gleim about his "Grenadier" verses, he advises him to soften the tone of them a little, he himself being a "declared enemy of imprecations," which he would leave altogether to the clergy.
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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'Arabian Night', or scarlet 'Grenadier', but there are masses to choose from.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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'Arabian Night', or scarlet 'Grenadier', but there are masses to choose from.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Mr. Motian's Trio 2000, usually with bassist Larry Grenadier and tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, is frequently augmented, most notably by pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, with whom Mr. Motian has found intimate rapport.
Master of Time, Defier of Age Larry Blumenfeld 2011
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Beaton took photographs of Elizabeth at various stages of her reign: as a 16-year-old on becoming colonel-in-chief of the Grenadier Guards, at her coronation, and after the birth of each of her four children.
Unseen Cecil Beaton pictures of Queen to go on show at V&A 2011
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An island in the St. Lawrence River once known for its eel fishery.
December 5, 2013