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Originally Posted by Cactus
AlbanyRifles,
Rifleman is on the right track to the answer. The Grenadier Guards, while rightly tracing its origins back to the First of the Foot Guards formed in 1656, was not accorded the Grenadier honor until the Battle of Waterloo.
Oh, and I must add this unit wasn't at Battle of Long Island (or anywhere on North America) at all. The Battle of Long Island was the earliest I have seen the terminology being used, hence the reference.
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Well is it Foot Guards?
Or is it light infantry?
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