The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division, that served in the Second...
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armoured divisions at this time, with one armoured brigade replaced with a brigade of lorried infantry. At this point the 6th and 5th Guards Armoured...
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The 6th Guards Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed from the Foot Guards in 1941 as the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade when the...
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Shermans. Only the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade was committed prior to 31 January 1944. The 5th Armoured took part in the Italian Campaign until the...
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The 7th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army. The brigade is also known as the "Desert Rats", a nickname formerly held...
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part of the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, attached to the Guards Armoured Division, and the 4th Battalion was part of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade Group. They...
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Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Based in Battlesbury Barracks, Wiltshire, the regiment currently serves as the armoured cavalry...
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changes: 5th Guards Armoured Brigade (three armoured battalions and one motorized infantry battalion) was converted to infantry as 5th Guards Brigade 32nd...
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Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade is the largest tactical unit of the Croatian Army and is commanded by Brigadier General Mijo Validžić. The Guards Armoured...
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8th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed in August 1941, during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was...
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Group 5th Guards Brigade (Croatia) 5th Guards Infantry Brigade 5th Airmobile Brigade (Greece) 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 5th Brigade...
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Battalion, Coldstream Guards and 1st Battalion, Scots Guards moved to 2nd Guards Brigade, and the brigade was redesignated as the 1st Brigade. It was with the...
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which along with the Armoured Corps form the Mechanised Forces. The Brigade of Guards was raised in 1949 on the lines of the elite Guards units of the world...
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word guard. Border guards, coast guards, civil guards, home guards, national guards, honor guards, republican guards, imperial guards and royal guards are...
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The 3rd Armoured Brigade, before 14 April 1940 designated the 1st Heavy Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service...
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The 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches...
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Dragoon Guards to form the Royal Dragoon Guards. The regiment was formed in 1922, as the 5th/6th Dragoons, at Cairo, Egypt by the amalgamation of the 5th Dragoon...
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4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East, and before that as 4th Mechanized Brigade and before that 4th Armoured Brigade is a brigade formation of...
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Giles Vandeleur (category Irish Guards officers)
Market-Garden. He went on to become acting commander of the British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade in 1945. He retired from the Army in 1949. In the 1977 film A...
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The 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, previously the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade, is an armoured infantry brigade formation of the British Army, currently...
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Guards Armoured Division, Major-General A.H.S. Adair 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Brigadier Norman Gwatkin 1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards 2nd...
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became the 7th Guards Rifle Brigade, part of the 33rd Guards Rifle Corps. In October 1953, it became a division again. The 72nd Guards Rifle Division...
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The 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, formerly the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade, is a regular brigade of the British Army which has been in almost...
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Germany. 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards Brigadier...
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Infantry Brigade 304th Infantry Brigade Jewish Brigade 2nd Armoured brigade 4th Armoured Brigade 6th Guards Tank Brigade 7th Armoured Brigade 8th Armoured Brigade...
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Yeomanry 1 Guards Brigade 153 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery United Kingdom portal British Armoured formations of World War II List of British brigades of the...
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Regiment The Life Guards The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) Royal Armoured Corps 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Royal Lancers (Queen...
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The 22nd Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service during and after the Second World War. The brigade was formed on...
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brigade's main branch (infantry or armoured cavalry), which give the brigade its denomination (mechanized, armoured, airborne, mountain or jungle), plus...
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(Inniskilling) Dragoons to form the 5th/6th Dragoons. Its history and traditions continue today in the Royal Dragoon Guards, an armoured cavalry unit of the British...
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