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| country = United Kingdom
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| service = British Army
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| branch = Regular Army
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| type = Machine gun
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| specific_type = Machine gun battalion
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| size_at_full_strength = 600
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| unit_name1 = 1st (1st Life Guards) Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment<ref name="james-11">{{RefJames|11}}</ref>
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| parent = Guards Machine Gun Regiment, UK
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| relationship_type = Administrative
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1918
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| command_end_date = 30/11/1918
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| parent = Army Troops, First Army, UK
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| parent_level = {{BritishBrigade}}
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| relationship_type = Tactical
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| date_entered_ToW = 01/04/1918
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| date_left_ToW = 30/11/1918
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| ToW_code = 1
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7349491|WO 95/247|01/04/1918|30/11/1918}}
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[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
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[[Category:All British Army units]]
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Revision as of 12:20, 23 January 2016

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.


1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army
Years active:
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Regular Army
Type: Machine gun
Specific type: Machine gun battalion
Full size: 600
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Name1: 1st (1st Life Guards) Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment[1]
Name1 Start:
Name1 End:
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: Guards Machine Gun Regiment, UK
Parent level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Army Troops, First Army, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1918
End date: 30/11/1918
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/04/1918
Date left: 30/11/1918
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/247 (01/04/1918–30/11/1918)


Unit histories

Other official documents

Other sources


References

  1. Template:RefJames
This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.