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The Irish Guards (IG), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army and, together with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish infantry regiments still remaining in the British Army.〔(Army.mod.uk – Infantry Regiments (listing Irish Guards and Royal Irish Regiment) )〕〔(Irish Times – The fighting Irish – 31 July 2010 )〕〔(Irish Independent – Kevin Myers: However we view war, let's wish our lads a safe return – 7 October 2010 )〕 The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland〔(Ministry of Defence website )〕 and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities.〔(Ministry of Defence website )〕 Although restrictions in the Republic of Ireland's Defence Act make it illegal to induce, procure or persuade enlistment of any citizen of the Republic of Ireland into the military of another state,〔(Restrictions on recruiting for other States. )〕 people from the Republic do enlist in the regiment. Nowadays they recruit from all around the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and recently, the regiment has also seen several "non-traditional" recruits, notably Christopher Muzvuru of Zimbabwe who qualified as a piper before becoming one of the regiment's two fatal casualties in Iraq in 2003. In November 1942, during the Second World War, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg joined the British Army as a volunteer in the Irish Guards.〔(Biography of Grand Duke Jean, Luxembourg government website )〕 One way to distinguish between the five regiments of Foot Guards is the spacing of the buttons on their tunics. The Irish Guards have buttons arranged in groups of four as they were the fourth Foot Guards regiment to be founded. They also have a prominent St. Patrick's blue plume on the right side of their bearskins. ==Current organisation== The 1st Battalion Irish Guards is broken down into five separate Companies; three rifle companies, Numbers One, Two and Four Companies, the Support Company (3 Company) and Headquarter Company.〔http://www.irishguards.org.uk/pages/batt_layout/index.html.〕 The rifle companies use the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle. The Regiment also includes the Band of the Irish Guards and the Drums and Pipes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irish Guards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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