Royal and Imperial Cypher in a Garter, bearing the motto of the Order of tho Garter, and a Tudor crown above. Indian officers.— Brass, with crossed lances ; Tudor crown in upper angle, and "G. G. B. G." across the lower angle. On field cap, — A Tudor crown in gold embroidery. On forage cap. — Tudor crown surmounted by a lion, passant, regardant, in gold ombvoidery. On pouch. — In gold embroidery the monogram "G. G. B. G." surmounted by a Tudor crown. On pouch belt. — Gilt burnished, side prickers and chains. World War I and II In the First World War, men of the regiment were deployed to the Middle East in the fight against the German allied Ottoman Empire, seeing service in Mesopotamia (now Iraq). In 1944, the regiment became a mechanised one, though retaining a ceremonial mounted squadron. The regiment subsequently re-roled as an airborne unit and joined the 44th Indian Airborne Division, being renamed the 44th Indian Airborne Division Reconnaissance Squadron (Governor General's Bodyguard) It would retain the name until sometime after the war, when it reverted to its former name. Independence In 1947, the Partition of India saw the country of Pakistan established and Muslim personnel from the regiment were transferred to the Pakistani Army to form the Governor General's Bodyguard, Pakistan. The rest of the regiment remained with the Indian Army as the President's Bodyguard upon India proclaiming itself a republic in 1950. Battle honours Java Ava Mahrajapore Moodkee Ferozeshah Aliwal Sobraon See also President's Bodyguard (India) President's Bodyguard (Pakistan) Household Cavalry References Military units and formations established in 1773 Military units and formations disestablished in 1950 British Indian Army regiments British Indian Army cavalry regiments Indian World War I regiments Indian World War II regiments