56th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, British Army

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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.


56th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, British Army
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Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Machine gun
Specific type: Machine gun battalion
Full size: 600
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Name1: 56th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 56th Division, British Army
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/03/1918
End date: 30/04/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/03/1918
Date left: 30/04/1919
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  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2943/2 (01/03/1918–30/04/1919)


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