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| type = Infantry
 
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| size_at_full_strength = 4,000
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| unit_name1 = 2nd Guards Brigade
 
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| command_start_date = 01/07/1915
 
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| command_end_date = 31/01/1919
 
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| parent = Guards Division, UK
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| parent = Guards Division, British Army
 
| parent_level = Division
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army
 
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| subordinate = 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, UK
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| subordinate = 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army
 
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== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
  
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14016658|WO 95/1217/1|01/07/1915|31/07/1916}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14016666|WO 95/1218/6|01/01/1918|31/03/1919}}
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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===

Latest revision as of 11:47, 11 November 2017

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2nd Guards Brigade, British Army
Years active: unknown – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry brigade
Full size: 4,500
Sources for overview:
Created: unknown. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 2nd Guards Brigade
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: Tactical
Parent unit: Guards Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/07/1915
End date: 31/01/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/07/1915
End date: 31/01/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/07/1915
End date: 31/01/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 31/01/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 31/01/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/07/1915
Date left: 31/01/1919
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1217/1 (01/07/1915–31/07/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1217/2 (01/08/1916–31/08/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1217/3 (01/09/1916–31/12/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/1 (01/01/1917–31/01/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/2 (01/02/1917–31/03/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/3 (01/04/1917–30/06/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/4 (01/07/1917–31/08/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/5 (01/09/1917–31/12/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1218/6 (01/01/1918–31/03/1919)


Unit histories

Other official documents

Other sources

References


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