Book List
There is a wealth of books on The Guards. Some give a broad overview while others are written by Guardsmen themselves. This is not an exhaustive list, but it covers most topics. Unfortunately, older works may be out of print and hard to find.
Grenadier Guards
History of the Grenadier Guards, 3 Volumes – F W Hamilton
The Grenadier Guards in the Great War 3 Volumes – F Ponsonby
Seventy Ones Years Of A Guardsman’s Life – G Higginson
A Bearskin’s Crimea – A Percy
The Grenadier Guards 1939-45 2 Volumes – P Forbes
The Grenadier Guards – D Fraser
The Grenadier Guards – B Horrocks
The Men of the 1st Foot Guards at Waterloo and Beyond – B J Chambers
John Collett and a Company of Foot Guards 2 Volumes – B J Chambers
Once A Grenadier 1745-1995 – O Lindsay
The British Grenadiers 350 Years of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1656-2006 – H Hanning
Grenadier Guards, An Account Of Operations 1996-2015
Coldstream Guards
The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914 – J Hall
A History Of The Coldstream Guards – Ross of Bladensburg
The Coldsteam Guards 1914-1918 2 Volumes – Ross of Bladensburg
You’ve Lost Your Name – Hook
Origin and Service Of The Coldstream Guards 2 Volumes – D MacKinnon
The Coldstream Guards 1946-97 – R Crichton
A Guards Officer In The Peninsular – I Fletcher
The Coldstream Guards – C Grant
Lloyds Regiment/Monck’s Regiment – New Model Army – B Denton
It All Culminated At Hougoumont – J L Blackman
Journal Of Ensign John Drummond 1812-14 – C Yorke and G Glover
Tunisia 1942-42, 2nd Battalion – A Robson
No Dishonourable Name, 2nd and 3rd Battalions 1939-46 – D C Quilter
The Coldstream Guards – F W Walker
The Coldstream Guards in the Crimean War – Ross of Bladensburg
Sergeant Major – The Biography of RSM Brittian – J Leasor
Second To None, The Coldstream Guards 1650-2000
10 Years In Afghanistan, Guardsmen’s Stories – Nulli Secundus
The Coldstream Guards Dress And Appointments 1658-1972 – C Stadden
Scots Guards
Scots Guards In The Great War 1914-18 – F L Petre, W Ewart, C Lowther
A Pilgrimage of Remembrance 1944-45 – M Curtis
Scots Guards – H Dundas
Scots Guards On The Western Front 1915-18 – W Ewart
The Scots Guards 1642-1914 2 Volumes – F Maurice
The Scots Guards 1919-1955 – D Erskin
Among Friends, The Scots Guards 1956-1993 – M Naylor
Full Deployment A Year In The Life Of The Scots Guards – L Snow
A Short History Of The Scots Guards 1642-to date various issues – Regimental
The Scots Guards – W F Hendrie and J Smith
Bob Of The Scots Guards – G Robinson
An Ensign In The Peninsular War, The Letters of John Aitchison – W F K Thompson
Scots Guards Standard Settings Of Pipe Music various issues – Regimental
Irish Guards
Irish Guards In The Great War 2 Volumes – R Kipling
History Of The Irish Guards In World War Two – Fitzgerald
Father Dolly, The Guardsman’s Monk – H Melland
A Short History Of The Irish Guards 1900-1927 – T H Grayson
The Micks The Story Of The Irish Guards – P Verney
Lieutenant Colonel C G Jaeger, Director of Music Irish Guards – C Dean
Irish Guards 1st One Hundred Years – Regimental
Up The Micks Illustrated History – Regimental
Welsh Guards
Bearskins, Bayonets and Body Armour – T Royle
The Welsh Regiment Of Foot Guards – D Ward
The Welsh Guards – J Retallack
The Welsh At War – L F Ellis
This History Of The Welsh Guards – The London Stamp Exchange
When The Grass Stops Growing – C Mather
Non-Regimental
The Story Of The Guards – J Paget (up to 1975)
Guardsman Of The Sky – J N P Watson
The Diary Of A Forgotten Battalion – The Household Battalion – G W Harvey
The History Of The Foot Guards – H L Aubrey-Fletcher
The Guards – Edgeworth
Excellence In Action – A Portrait Of The Guards – R Uloth
The Guards and Caterham, The Soldier’s Story – R Melvin
All the Queen’s Men – R Braddon
Uniforms Of The Foot Guards – W Carman and B Fosten
The King’s Guards – H Legge-Bourke
The Brigade Of Guards – H Legge-Bourke
The Standards, Guidons and Colours Of The Household Division – N P Dawnay
British Guards Armoured Division 1941-45 – J Sandars
Trooping The Colour – M Gow
All The Queen’s Men – B Hoey
The Guards Division In The Great War 2 Volumes – Headlam
Fighting With The Guards – K Briant
The Story Of The Guards Armoured Division 1941-45 – Rosse and Hill
The Guards Armoured Division, A Short History – G L Varney
6th Guards Tank Brigade – P Fores
The Guards Divisions 1914-45 – M Chappell
The Foot Guards Regiments 1880-1914 – A H Bowling
Gentlemen’s Sons: Guards in the Peninsula and at Waterloo- Ian Fletcher & R. Poulter
Wellington’s Foot Guards- Ian Fletcher
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