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5th Guards Armoured Brigade

Index 5th Guards Armoured Brigade

The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division, that served in World War II in North-west Europe from June 1944 until May 1945. [1]

25 relations: Battle of the Bulge order of battle, British brigades of the Second World War, David Fraser (British Army officer), Giles Vandeleur, Gloucestershire Regiment, Grenadier Guards, Guards Armoured Division, Guards Division (United Kingdom), John Gorman (politician), John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham, List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign, List of army units called Guards, Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, Norman Gwatkin, Operation Goodwood order of battle, Operation Market Garden order of battle, Robert Boscawen, RP-3, 20th Brigade (United Kingdom), 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards), 504th Infantry Regiment (United States), 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 5th Brigade, 69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom).

Battle of the Bulge order of battle

This is the order of battle of German and Allied forces during the Battle of the Bulge — specifically, at a point near the end of the battle, which lasted from 16 December 1944 until 25 January 1945.

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British brigades of the Second World War

This is a list of British Brigades in the Second World War.

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David Fraser (British Army officer)

General Sir David William Fraser, (30 December 1920 – 15 July 2012) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1978 until his retirement from military service in 1980.

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Giles Vandeleur

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Alexander Meysey Vandeleur, DSO (2 September 1911 – 9 March 1978) was a British Army officer during the Second World War.

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Gloucestershire Regiment

The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994.

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Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Guards Armoured Division

The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War.

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Guards Division (United Kingdom)

The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed in the Great War in France in 1915 from battalions of the elite Guards regiments from the Regular Army.

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John Gorman (politician)

Sir John Reginald Gorman CVO, CBE, MC, DL (1 February 1923 – 26 May 2014) was between 1998 and 2003 an Ulster Unionist Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down.

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John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham

John Edward Poynder Grigg (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001) was a British writer, historian and politician.

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List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign between 6 June-25 August 1944.

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List of army units called Guards

This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard.

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Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard

Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, (22 October 1917 – 2 November 2007) was a senior officer in the British Army.

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Norman Gwatkin

Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin (2 August 1899 – 31 July 1971) was a British Army officer and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II.

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Operation Goodwood order of battle

This is the order of battle for Operation Goodwood, a World War II battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 18 July and 20 July 1944.

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Operation Market Garden order of battle

This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.

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Robert Boscawen

Robert "Bob" Thomas Boscawen, MC, PC (17 March 1923 – 28 December 2013) was a British Conservative politician.

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RP-3

The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British rocket projectile used during and after the Second World War.

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20th Brigade (United Kingdom)

20th Brigade (20 Bde) was an infantry formation of the British Army first organised in the Second Boer War.

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20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)

The 20th Independent Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, raised during World War II.

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504th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 504th Infantry Regiment, originally the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, with a long and distinguished history.

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50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw distinguished service in the Second World War.

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5th Brigade

In military terms, 5th Brigade may refer to.

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69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 69th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army in World War II.

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6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 6th Guards Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army during the Second World War formed from the Foot Guards in 1941 as the 6th Guards Armoured Brigade when the United Kingdom was under the threat of invasion and more armoured formations were required.

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5th Guards Brigade, British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, British 5th Guards Brigade.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Guards_Armoured_Brigade

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