Guards Machine Gun Regiment
| Guards Machine Gun Regiment | |
|---|---|
Foot Guards | |
| Role | Machine Gunner |
| Size | 5 Battalions |
| March | Quick – Machine Gun Guards Slow – The Soldier's Chorus |
The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a
First World War
.
When the
Royal Warrant in May 1918 as the Guards Machine Gun Regiment.[3] In June, the regiment was reorganised into battalions.[4]
Battalions
The battalions of the regiment were:[5]
- 1st (Life Guards) Battalion – conversion of 1st Life Guards
- 2nd (Life Guards) Battalion – conversion of 2nd Life Guards
- 3rd (Royal Horse Guards) Battalion – conversion of Royal Horse Guards ("The Blues")
- 4th (Foot Guards) Battalion – re-designation of the existing Machine Gun Guards battalion
- 5th (Reserve) Battalion – re-designation of Guards Machine Gun Training Centre
The first three battalions served with the
1st Army of the British Expeditionary Force, while the 4th Battalion remained with the Guards Division. In November 1918, after the end of the war, the three Household Cavalry battalions resumed their old role as cavalry, with the 4th Battalion disbanded in February 1919.[1]
The regimental establishment of HQ and four machine gun companies was retained until 1920, and the regiment took part in the
King's Official Birthday in June 1919 alongside the other regiments of foot guards.[6]
On 26 February 1920 an army order was issued announcing that the regiment was to be immediately disbanded and the 1918 royal warrant cancelled.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Guards Machine Gun Regiment at the archive of regiments.org
- ^ "No. 13070". The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 March 1917. p. 631.
- ^ "No. 30678". The London Gazette. 10 May 1918. p. 5603.
- ^ "The 6th Guards. A Machine Gun Regiment". The Times. 11 May 1918. p. 7.
- ^ Frederick 1984, p. 398
- ^ "Trooping The Colour. Stately Ceremony In Hyde Park, Pageant Of Household Troops". The Times. 4 June 1919. p. 10.
- ^ "Guards Machine-Gun Regiment". The Times. 28 February 1920. p. 16.
References
- Frederick, J. B. M. (1984). Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978, Volume II. ISBN 1-85117-008-1.