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| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
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| command_end_date = 31/10/1918
 
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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===
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=== Other official documents ===
 
=== Other official documents ===
 
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* [http://www.1914-1918.net/Diaries/wardiary-4grenadier.html Report by William Weeks] covering this battalion and its brigade in the fighting on the Lys, 11-14 April 1918.
  
 
== Other sources ==
 
== Other sources ==

Latest revision as of 11:14, 11 November 2017

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4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army
Years active: unknown – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Regular Army (British Army)
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created: unknown. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards
Name1 Start: unknown
Name1 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
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: Grenadier Guards, British Army
Parent level:
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 3rd Guards Brigade, British Army
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 19/08/1915
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 4th Guards Brigade, British Army
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 08/02/1918
End date: 31/10/1918
Sources: [1]
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 14/7/1915
Date left: 28/02/1919
Sources: [2]


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1223/2 (01/08/1915–31/01/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1226/2 (01/02/1918–31/10/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1223/3 (01/11/1918–28/02/1919)

Unit histories

Other official documents

Other sources

References

  1. ↑ Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail: The Grenadier Guards in 1914-1918
  2. ↑ Chris Baker, The Long, Long Trail: The Grenadier Guards in 1914-1918
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