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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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  • known as the 6th Guards Tank Brigade which served during World War II: the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) the 6th Guards Tank Brigade of the Red...
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    the brigade 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment was transferred from XXX Corps on 12 June 1945 as the new reconnaissance unit 6th Guards Tank Brigade (three...
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    2s of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and 14 Iraqi tanks, all of the Iraqi tanks being destroyed. Initially the brigade was faced by very spirited but...
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    Brigade 3rd Guards Brigade 4th Guards Brigade 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1941-1945 (later 5th Guards Brigade) 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) 1941-1945...
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    World War from elements of the Guards units, the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, and the Household Cavalry...
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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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    during the Second World War, as the 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards). During various designations, the brigade was active throughout the Cold War and existed...
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    Tank Corps (Colonel Hamazasp Babadzhanian) (25 August 1944 – 9 May 1945) 40th Guards Tank Brigade 44th Guards Tank Brigade 45th Guards Tank Brigade 27th...
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    Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards (at Chelsea Barracks, London) 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) Anti-Tank Company...
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    the brigade was moving forward as fast as possible, supported by the 4th (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards, part of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade. Steinhuder...
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    formed in the United Kingdom under Northern Command on 12 September 1940, commanded by Major-General John Crocker, an officer of the Royal Tank Regiment who...
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    The division consisted of the 3rd and 5th Parachute Brigades along with the 6th Airlanding Brigade and supporting units. The division's initial operation...
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  • (Ukraine) 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) 6th Guards Brigade 6th Infantry...
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  • The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War. A Tank Brigade was intended to support the Infantry and was...
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    currently based in Catterick, North Yorkshire as part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. The brigade, now known as the 'Black Rats', was formed in 1939 and fought...
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  • formed for service in the United Kingdom After a brief spell attached to the East Anglian 18th Infantry Division, the Brigade became part of the Norfolk...
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  • of the British Army. At the start of World War II, the brigade was based in the United Kingdom, initially as part of the 1st Armoured Division and then...
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  • infantry brigade, with each of the battalions (the 6th Grenadier Guards, fresh from England, and 3rd Coldstream Guards and 2nd Scots Guards, both veterans)...
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  • 1980 to 1992. The brigade was formed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 1944 by the re-naming of the 33rd Tank Brigade. The brigade took part in the Normandy...
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    and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the renaming of 6th Cavalry Brigade, when the 1st Cavalry Division based in Palestine (of which it was...
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  • The 6th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (notably at the Battle of Waterloo), in the First...
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    Mark Berry (late Life Guards) 1st Airborne Division 6th Airborne Division "4th Division". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Archived from the original...
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    British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Paras, along with the Guards, are the only line infantry regiment of the British Army...
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    The 25th Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army that was active before and during the Second World War. It served with...
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  • Tank Regiment (under command) 229th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery (under command) (As 6th Guards Tank Brigade) 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards 3rd...
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  • Armoured Brigade, attached to the Guards Armoured Division, and the 4th Battalion was part of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade Group. They subsequently served...
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    Foot Guard regiment, the Governor General's Foot Guards of Ottawa. The Canadian Grenadier Guards is an allied regiment to the British Grenadier Guards. The...
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    left the United Kingdom. It was disbanded on 6 October 1943. The following units constituted the brigade: 6th Battalion, Coldstream Guards (from 30 October...
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  • January 1943, left the 15th Division and was replaced by 6th Guards Tank Brigade. The Brigade was then assigned to the 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division...
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