1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

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The 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British airborne artillery unit of the Second World War that provided light gun support to glider-borne infantry formations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army unit
Second World War military unit
airborne artillery regiment
allegiance Allied forces
surface form: Allied powers
branch British Army
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
deploymentMethod glider-borne
equipmentClass light guns
era 20th century
forceType airborne
garrisonType field unit
historicalPeriod 1939–1945
militaryFunction indirect fire support
mobility airlanding
notableFeature designed to be transported by glider
provided artillery support to airborne infantry operations
partOf Royal Regiment of Artillery
surface form: Royal Artillery
role airborne artillery support
light gun support
service airborne forces
subordination British airborne forces command structure
supported glider-borne infantry formations
theatre European theatre of World War II
type light artillery regiment

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1st Airlanding Brigade subordinateUnit 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery