Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a British Army unit formed during World War I from the Guards Division to provide specialized machine-gun support on the Western Front.

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Guards MG Regiment 1
Guards Machine Gun Regiment canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army unit ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
associatedWith Coldstream Guards ⓘ
Grenadier Guards ⓘ
Irish Guards ⓘ
Scots Guards ⓘ
Welsh Guards ⓘ
branch Foot Guards ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDisbanded 1920 ⓘ
dateFormed 1917 ⓘ
disbanded post-World War I ⓘ
equipment Vickers machine gun ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
formedFrom Guards Division ⓘ
machine-gun companies of Guards infantry regiments ⓘ
function direct fire support ⓘ
sustained fire operations ⓘ
garrison London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
nickname Guards MG Regiment ⓘ
notableCommander Field Marshal Douglas Haig (as overall C-in-C BEF) ⓘ
linked to: Douglas Haig
notableEngagement Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
German Spring Offensive ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
parentFormation Guards Division ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role machine-gun support ⓘ
serviceBranch infantry ⓘ
specialization medium machine guns ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ
type machine-gun regiment ⓘ

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

Guards Memorial → dedicatedTo → Guards Machine Gun Regiment ⓘ
Guards Machine Gun Regiment → nickname → Guards MG Regiment ⓘ
linked to: Guards Machine Gun Regiment