Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Guards Machine Gun Regiment
Guards Machine Gun Regiment cap badge, 1918.png
Regimental cap badge from May 1918
Active1918–1920
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Type Foot Guards
RoleMachine Gunner
Size5 Battalions
MarchQuick – Machine Gun Guards
Slow – The Soldier's Chorus
Machine Gun Guards, other ranks cap badge, 1917-18 Guards Machine Gun Battalion cap badge, 1916.jpg
Machine Gun Guards, other ranks cap badge, 1917–18

The Guards Machine Gun Regiment was a regiment of the British Army, formed for service in the First World War.

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When the Guards Division was formed in August 1915, it included three machine gun companies, with a fourth added in March 1917. [1] In April 1917, the four companies were grouped together as a single battalion named the Machine Gun Guards, [2] before being re-designated by Royal Warrant in May 1918 as the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. [3] In June, the regiment was reorganised into battalions. [4]

The regiment does not have any battle honours of its own as these were awarded to the parent units. [1]

Battalions

The battalions of the regiment were: [5]

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 Trooping the Colour ceremony in Hyde Park, London to mark 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

  1. 1 2 3 Guards Machine Gun Regiment at the archive of regiments.org
  2. ↑ "No. 13070". The Edinburgh Gazette . 27 March 1917. p. 631.
  3. ↑ "No. 30678". The London Gazette . 10 May 1918. p. 5603.
  4. ↑ "The 6th Guards. A Machine Gun Regiment". The Times . 11 May 1918. p. 7.
  5. ↑ Frederick 1984 , p. 398
  6. ↑ "Trooping The Colour. Stately Ceremony In Hyde Park, Pageant Of Household Troops". The Times . 4 June 1919. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Guards Machine-Gun Regiment". The Times . 28 February 1920. p. 16.

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