The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham on the orders of Oliver Cromwell.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 198 recorded WW1 deaths for the Royal Horse Guards.
BURTON, Herbert Moss. Trooper, 1108. 1st, Household Battalion, Formerly :- Royal Horse Guards. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 04-06-1917. Age 21. Son of Mrs. E. Burton of Turner Lodge, Fairfield, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK.
De GUNZBURG, Baron Alexis George. Second Lieutenant. Royal Horse Guards, On Attachment From :- 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars. Zillebeke Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 06-11-1914. Age 27. Youngest son of the late Baron & Baroness of de Gunzburg of Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France. Born 06-05-1887. Brother of Baron Robert Joseph de Gunzburg.
FORSHAW, D. Trooper, 2148. Royal Horse Guards. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 04-01-1917. Age 21. Son of John Forshaw of Park Street, Haydock, Lancashire, UK.
MARSHALL, G. Trooper, 2304. Royal Horse Guards. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 14-04-1916. Age 25. Son of Richard & Annie Marshall of Darlington, County Durham, UK.
MATTHEWS, Cecil Wilmot. Trooper, 1756. Royal Horse Guards. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 30-10-1917. Age 26. Son of Henry Richard & Ellen Warren Matthews of Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, London, UK.
NELSON, Lawrence James. Corporal of Horse, 1306. Farrier. Royal Horse Guards. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 19-05-1918. Age 28. Son of Matilda M. & the late James John Nelson of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK.
OWEN, Robert. Corporal, 1609. 3rd (Royal Horse Guards) Company, Machine Gun Guards. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 01-04-1918. Age 25. Son of Mr. & Mrs. A. Owen of Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.
PELHAM, Lord Charles Sackville. Lieutenant. "C" Squadron. Machine Gun Section, Royal Horse Guards. Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 30-10-1914. Age 27. Lord Worsley. Son of Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl Yarborough & the Countess of Yarborough of Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire, UK. Husband of Lady Worsley of 8, Great Cumberland Place, London, UK.
SMITH, Godfrey. Trooper, 1316. Royal Horse Guards. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 22-04-1918. Age 30. Son of Henry & Alice Mary Smith of Bradfield, Berkshire. Husband of M.L. Smith.
WILSON, (MVO.MiD). Gordon Chesney. Lieutenant Colonel. Royal Horse Guards. Zillebeke Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 06-11-1914. Age 49. Eldest son of Sir Samuel Wilson, Kt. Husband of Lady Sarah I.A. Wilson R.R.C. of Bruton Street, London, UK. Born Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, 03-08-1865. On 21 November 1891, Gordon married Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill, youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and aunt of Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill.