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In battle, the Honour Guard Squad numbers between two and seven Honour Guards as well as the [[Company Standard Bearer|Chapter Ancient]] (Bearer of the Chapter Banner) and the [[Chapter Champion]]. They are armed with [[bolter]]s, Axes of Ultramar, [[frag grenade|frag]]s and [[krak grenade]]s. The Chapter Ancient is the bearer of the sacred Banner of Macragge and is entrusted with a suit of [[Artificer Armour]]. The Champion is equipped with [[Powered weapon]]s and artificer armour. They may be mounted in a [[Rhino]], [[Razorback]] or [[Land Raider]]. They may also replace a single unit in a [[Space Marine Command Squad|Command]], [[Tactical Squad|Tactical]] or [[Devastator Squad]].{{Fn|1}}
The [[Victrix Honour Guard]] were ==Notable Honour GuardMembers==*Commander of the Guard [[Aloysius]] — sacrificed his life to single-handily hold back the [[Swarmlord]] and its attending [[Tyrant Guard]] at Cold Steel Ridge during the [[Battle for Macragge]] to allow [[Marneus Calgar]], gravely wounded by the Swarmlord, to be evacuated off-world by the rest of his Honour Guard.{{Fn|2}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]] — ''Ultramarines Honour Guard''*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 13*{{Endn|3}}: [[Deathwatch: First Founding]], pg.71*{{Endn|4}}:
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- ''Ultramarines Honour Guard''* {{Endn|5}}: [[Codex Supplement: Ultramarines (8th Edition)]], pgs. 40-41
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