3rd His Majesty's Life Guards Rifle Regiment

The 3rd Life Guards Rifle Regiment officially known as the 3rd (His Majesty's) Life Guards Rifle Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Imperial Russian Army. The regiment's seniority is dated as 29 September 1799 but was fully formed in 1897. The regiment's history continued until May 1918 when it was disbanded, and in 1919 was reformed as a part of the Guards Consolidated Regiment.

History
In 1799, a new Life Guards Garrison Battalion was formed, this battalion was made from more senior members of the guards regiments. The battalion was formed to provide "lighter-service" to other guards regiments. By 1824 the Guards Invalids Brigade was formed with several companies. By 1859, the brigade was disbanded with its companies going to the HQ of the Guards Corps and assigned to regimental HQ and regimental hospitals.

In 1873, the battalion was reformed as the Life Guards Reserve Infantry Battalion and by 1878 was expanded to the size of a large regular battalion. In 1878 the battalion was renamed as the Life Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment and in 1902 as the Life Guards Rifle Regiment. In 1910, the regiment was granted the "3" title as the former 3rd Finnish Life Guards Rifle Regiment was disbanded. Just before the outbreak of World War I, the regiment had the following structure;


 * Regimental Headquarters
 * Band of the Regiment
 * 1st Line Regimental Transport
 * 2nd Line Regimental Transport
 * 1st Battalion
 * Battalion Headquarters
 * Communications Detachment
 * Scouts Section
 * 1st Company
 * 2nd Company
 * 3rd Company
 * 4th Company
 * 2nd Battalion (Same as 1st)
 * Machine-Gun Detachment

During World War I, the regiment was part of the Guards Rifle Brigade based in St Petersburg.

Commanding Officers
Regimental Commanders


 * Major General, Alexander Nestorovich Chebykin
 * Major General, Adrian Usov