Guards Machine Gun Regiment
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The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a British Army unit formed during World War I from the Guards Division to provide specialized machine-gun support on the Western Front.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guards Machine Gun Regiment canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army unit
ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coldstream Guards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grenadier Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ Welsh Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Foot Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateDisbanded | 1920 ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1917 ⓘ |
| disbanded | post-World War I ⓘ |
| equipment | Vickers machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Guards Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
machine-gun companies of Guards infantry regiments ⓘ |
| function |
direct fire support
ⓘ
sustained fire operations ⓘ |
| garrison | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Guards MG Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Field Marshal Douglas Haig (as overall C-in-C BEF) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Cambrai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German Spring Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Days Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentFormation | Guards Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British Army ⓘ |
| role | machine-gun support ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | infantry ⓘ |
| specialization | medium machine guns ⓘ |
| theatre | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | machine-gun regiment ⓘ |
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