Editing Grenadier (section)

==Grenadier regiments==
[[File:Guard Grenadier at Eylau.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale|Horse Grenadiers]], a [[heavy cavalry]] regiment of the French [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)|Imperial Guard]] during the [[Battle of Eylau]] by [[Édouard Detaille]].]]

The term grenadier was retained or adopted by various elite infantry units, including the Prussian [[Potsdam Giants|Potsdam Grenadiers]]; the {{lang|it|[[Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade|Granatieri di Sardegna]]}} (Grenadiers of Sardinia) in Italy; France's Foot Grenadiers, Fusilier-Grenadiers, Tirailleur-Grenadiers and {{lang|fr|[[Grenadiers à Cheval de la Garde Impériale]]}}; the [[Russian Empire]]'s [[Imperial Guard (Russia)|Imperial Guard]]; Britain's [[Grenadier Guards]] and the [[101st Grenadiers]]. The latter was part of the [[British Indian Army]] and claimed to be the first and oldest grenadier regiment (as opposed to grenadier companies) in the [[British Empire]]. In 1747 the grenadier companies of a number of disbanded French infantry regiments were brought together to form a single permanent unit - the {{lang|fr|Grenadiers de France}}.

[[File:02 169 Book illustrations of Historical description of the clothes and weapons of Russian troops.jpg|thumb|upright|Russian grenadier from [[Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment]], 18th century]]
During the [[American Revolution]] of 1775–1783, the Connecticut 1st Company [[Governor's Guards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governorsfootguard.com/|title=First Company Governor's Foot Guard}}</ref> and the 11th Regiment of Connecticut Militia had grenadier companies.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221003635/http://ctssar.org/putnams_regiment.htm|url=http://ctssar.org/putnams_regiment.htm|archive-date=2006-02-21|title=The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - Color Guard Putnam's Regiment}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312030446/http://www.connecticutline.org/grenadier.html|url=http://www.connecticutline.org/grenadier.html|archive-date=2007-03-12|title=The Company of Grenadiers in the Eleventh Regiment of Connecticut Militia Raised 1774}}</ref>
New York City also had a Grenadier unit,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-historians.org/company/plates/images/562.htm}}</ref> as did [[South Carolina]] – the elite 1st South Carolina Regiment, raised and commanded by [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]].

In Mexico [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] created the Grenadier Guards of the Supreme Power on 7 December 1841. The formation remained in service until 1847.<ref>{{cite book|page=42|last=Chartrand|first=René|title=Santa Anna's Mexican Army 1821-48|publisher=Osprey Publishing|date=25 March 2004}}</ref>

A [[Toronto]] [[Canadian Militia|militia unit]] was renamed the [[10th Royal Grenadiers]] in 1881, then later became [[the Royal Regiment of Canada]].