The Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene is a regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

 of the Royal Netherlands Army

Royal Netherlands Army

The Royal Netherlands Army is the land forces element of the military of the Netherlands.-Short history:The Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, but its origins date back to 1572, when the so-called Staatse Leger was raised...

, named after Princess Irene

Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Princess Irene of the Netherlands is the second child of the late Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.-Childhood and ancestry:thumb|left|215px|Princesses Margriet, Irene, and Beatrix in 1944...

, the sister of Queen Beatrix

Beatrix of the Netherlands

Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...

. It is one of two regiments, along with the Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers

Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers

Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army; it is one of two, along with the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene that is classed as 'Guards'...

, to be classed as 'Guards'

Foot Guards

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. The regiment was formed in 1946 as the Regiment Prinses Irene, to perpetuate the traditions of the Princess Irene Brigade, a formation of Free Dutch troops formed after the German

Nazism

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 invasion of the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 in 1940. The regiment was awarded the status of guards in 1952. Today, the regiment serves in the armoured infantry role as part of 13 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade

13 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade

The 13 Gemechaniseerde Brigade is one of the two mechanized brigades in the Royal Netherlands Army the other being the 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade. The Brigade has armored and non-armored vehicles to its disposal...

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Battle Honours

• • St. Come 1944
  • Pont Audemer 1944
  • Beeringen 1944
  • Tilburg 1944
  • Hedel 1945
  • West-Java 1946-1949
  • Oost-Java 1947-1949
  • Uruzgan, Afghanistan 2006-2007, 2009
• Militaire Willems-Orde
  Order of William
  The Military William Order, or often named Military Order of William , is the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Order's motto is Voor Moed, Beleid en Trouw...