Guards Armoured Division

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British Army armoured division military unit

The Guards Armoured Division was an elite British Army armoured formation of Guards regiments that fought prominently in Northwest Europe during the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
Guards Armoured Division canonical 13
Guards Division 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army armoured division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
commander Major-General Allan Adair ⓘ
Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair ⓘ
composedOf Foot Guards regiments ⓘ
Household Cavalry ⓘ
surface form: Household Cavalry elements
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
equipment Churchill tanks ⓘ
Cromwell tanks ⓘ
Sherman tanks ⓘ
armoured cars ⓘ
formed 1941 ⓘ
garrison United Kingdom ⓘ
hasUnit 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars ⓘ
surface form: 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars

1st Battalion Coldstream Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Scots Guards ⓘ
1st Battalion Welsh Guards ⓘ
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (Armoured) ⓘ
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Armoured)

2nd Battalion Irish Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Irish Guards ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards (Armoured)

2nd Battalion Scots Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards ⓘ
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards (Armoured)

The Household Cavalry ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment

32nd Guards Brigade ⓘ
5th Guards Armoured Brigade ⓘ
94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ⓘ
nickname Guards Armoured ⓘ
notableEngagement advance along the Eindhoven–Nijmegen–Arnhem corridor ⓘ
breakout from the Normandy beachhead ⓘ
notableFor elite Guards regiments armoured formation ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

Operation Bluecoat ⓘ
Operation Goodwood ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
advance to the Rhine ⓘ
liberation of Antwerp approaches ⓘ
liberation of Brussels ⓘ
partOf British Army of the Rhine ⓘ
role armoured spearhead in Northwest Europe ⓘ
successor Guards Division ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British XXX Corps → subordinateUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
Grenadier Guards → partOf → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guards Division
Coldstream Guards → partOf → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guards Division
Operation Garden → supportUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
British Second Army → includedUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
30th Corps → notableUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
subject surface form: XXX Corps
Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) → involvesMilitaryUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
Liberation of Brussels → militaryUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
5th Guards Armoured Brigade → partOf → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery → servedIn → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery → notableAssociation → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
32nd Guards Brigade → partOf → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair → militaryUnit → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
subject surface form: Allan Henry Shafto Adair
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (Armoured) → partOf → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (Armoured) → subordinateTo → Guards Armoured Division ⓘ