honor guard
guard of honor

They came by day, and we made an honor guard for the General.

Behind him two men stood to attention, like an honor guard.

They were an honor guard; or so she thought of them.

"The one whose body you sent home with an honor guard?"

The party moved on and the honor guard closed around them like a hand.

They were going to take a fine honor guard to hell.

Certainly you may be one of my uncle's honor guard.

They were an honor guard of some sort, I suppose.

She thought the members of the honor guard were beginning to look impatient.

The six men of the honor guard set the coffin on the stand.