The Sarsfield Grenadier Guards were a military company from California in the nineteenth century, mustered on July 29, 1870, in Sacramento.
The Guards were mustered on July 29, 1870, as part of the California National Guard, with 33 men sworn in led by three officers - Captain W. H. Ashton, Jr., 1st Lieutenant Charles Brady and 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Nolan.
By tradition officers of the Grenadier Guards were elected by the men, a practice that continued into the 20th century.
[1] The Guards were named after Patrick Sarsfield, and despite a lack of equipment and uniforms entered active service immediately.
[1] The Guards served on the Mexican border from June 27, 1916, to April 9, 1917, where after the entry of the United States into World War I they were deployed in Europe.