11th Infantry Regiment (Thailand)

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11th Infantry Regiment, King's Close Bodyguard
กรมทหารราบที่ 11 มหาดเล็กราชวัลลภรักษาพระองค์
Emblem of the 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard
Active	1902–present
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Army
Type	Royal Guard
Role	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	1st Division, King's Guard (de facto) Royal Security Command (de jure)
Garrison/HQ	Bang Khen District, Bangkok
Nickname(s)	Tahan Lorm Wang (ทหารล้อมวัง, The palace bodyguards)
Colors	Blue-White
March	Royal Guards March (มาร์ชราชวัลลภ, March Raja Vanlok)
Engagements	Boworadet rebellion World War II Franco-Thai War Pacific War Cold War Korean War Vietnam War Communist insurgency in Thailand Vietnamese border raids in Thailand South Thailand insurgency

The 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Close Bodyguard (Thai: กรมทหารราบที่ 11 มหาดเล็กราชวัลลภรักษาพระองค์) (ร.11 ทม.รอ.) is a King's Guard regiment under the 1st Division, King's Guard of the Royal Thai Army. The regiment is divided into three battalions, all of them based in Bangkok.^[1] Formerly having a duty to guard the palace in the reign of King Mongkut to practice military subjects in order to perform effective and set up a Royal Palace Guard Regiment or the army surrounded the palace with the blue uniform is likely to come from the color of Krom Wang (Bureau of the Lord Chamberlain) uniforms. The reign of King Chulalongkorn please King Vajiravudh, when he was the Siamese Crown Prince as a special colonel of the regiment which makes the unit have a bond with King Vajiravudh. Later, when King Vajiravudh ascended the throne he was accepted as a special commander of the Regiment which His Majesty's color is blue.