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	The 8th Armoured Brigade, Chapter IV
		The 8th Armoured Brigade, the Flails of B Squadron Westminster Dragoons and the AVREs of 82 Assault Squadron Royal Engineers, were to support the 50th (Northumbrian) Division in the assault on the beaches at Arromanches.
		The 27th Armoured Brigade continued in action with the l3th/18th Hussars supporting the 6th Airborne Division and the 51st Highland Division in the woody mosquito ridden country East of the Orne while the Staffordshire and the East Riding Yeomanries fought on with the 3rd British Division in some of the costliest fighting of the campaign.
		The new line held by 8th Armoured was approximately 15 miles in length along the Maas and the Waal; the troops consisted of the 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, a squadron of the RAF.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/8th_armoured/chapter_4.html (4497 words)

	The Irish Guards - A Brief History, World War II
		The 3rd Battalion joined the Guards Armoured Division during the Autumn of 1943 to be one of the Infantry Battalions in the Division and from then until the end of the war they trained with the 2nd Armoured Battalion on the Regiment.
		The 2nd and 3rd Battalions landed with the Guards Armoured Division in Normandy in June 1944, and fought with the Division until the end of the war, taking part in the advance from Seine to Nijmegen.
		J.O.E. Vandeleur, Commander of the Irish Guards Group led an attack on the bridge over the Meuse-Escaut Canal at De Groote Barrier (which is forever immortalised by the film "A Bridge Too Far'.) This bridge is now known as 'Joe's Bridge' in Honour of his exploits.
	www.irishguards.org.uk /pages/history/ww2.html (681 words)

	Coldstream Guards at AllExperts
		The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division.
		In 1760, the 2nd Battalion was sent to Germany to campaign under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and fought in the Battle of Wilhelmstal and at the Castle of Arnoneberg.
		Later it served as part of the 2nd Guards Brigade in the chateau of Hougoumont on the outskirts of the battle of Waterloo.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/coldstream_guards.htm (1553 words)

	Coldstream Guards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division.
		In 1760, the 2nd Battalion was sent to Germany to campaign under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick and fought in the Battle of Wilhelmstal and at the Castle of Arnoneberg.
		Later it served as part of the 2nd Guards Brigade in the chateau of Hougoumont on the outskirts of the battle of Waterloo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coldstream_Guards (1519 words)

	20 September 1944
		The division was strung out over the road to the south and several of its units, particularly infantry, had been committed to assist the 82nd and 101st in their missions.
		The 45th Infantry Division upon crossing the Moselle at Epinal, is to seize Rambervillers and Baccarat and force the Saverne Gap.
		The 3d Infantry Division is to cross the Moselle in the Rupt area and seizes Gerardmer near the Schlucht Pass.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1944/09/20.htm (3093 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms
		In October 1944, the division was finally committed to action in the Scheldt fighting, and remained in Northwest Europe until after the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed in the United Kingdom in 1941, and after many reorganizations, moved to Northwest Europe on 28 Jun 1944, where it fought until the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		In 1939, the Armoured Division (Egypt) was a Regular Division; it was redesignated the 7th Armoured Division in 1940.
	britmods.freehosting.net /cmbrit.htm (1346 words)

	British Guards Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guards tanks cross the road bridge at Nijmegen during its capture.
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed on 17 June 1941.
		The division existed until 12 June 1945, when it was reorganised as an infantry division, the British Guards Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Guards_Armoured_Division (232 words)

	[AA:HTTR] Nijmegen Campaign AAR by Yackstock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 30 Corp HQ, and parts of the Guards Armoured Division should all be joining the battle in Nijmegen.
		Grenadier Guards Armoured Battalion is dispatched to the Hees area outside Nijmegen to prepare for attacking towards Nijmegen.
		Guards Infantry Battalion clears out the St Anna region, they head over to Somerchem to assemble for an attack towards Nijmegen on the Armoured Battalions right flank.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/DropZone/aars/nc3/nc3.html (1314 words)

	1 (British) Armoured Division
		It was decided to ensure that all armoured and armoured infantry units would standardise on the Challenger MBT and Warrior IFVs, which were still being phased in to the British Army at the time.
		Light Armoured Division performing a massive envelopment with a ground assault and heliborne forces blocking the Euphrates River valley to (a) prevent Iraqi reinforcements entering the Kuwaiti Theatre of Operations, (b) prevent the escape of Iraqi forces in Kuwait, thus securing the Coalition’s left flank.
		VII Corp in the middle was the armoured fist which was to fix and destroy the bulk of the Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait, especially it was hoped the Republican Guard.
	orbat.com /site/history/historical/uk/gulforbat1990.html (1442 words)

	Irish Guards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irish Guards officers tend to be drawn from the ranks of graduates of elite British public schools, particularly those with a Catholic affiliation, such as Ampleforth College and Stonyhurst College.
		Otherwise, the Irish Guards were stationed in the United Kingdom for the first fourteen years of its existence, performing a number of ceremonial duties in London during that time, until, in 1914, the 'Great War' began.
		The Irish Guards were one of the units of the rearguard during the retreat and took part in a small-scale action at Landrecies against the advancing Germans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Guards (6426 words)

	History page 3
		With the German army in retreat the 50th Div supported the 11th Armoured Div, with which the battalion in 231 Bde came under the Guards Armoured Division and advanced with them to be the first British infantry across the Belgian border and into Brussels on the 3rd September 1944.
		From Brussels the battalion followed the Guards Armour Div into Antwerp and on to form, and hold -he bridgehead over the Escaut canal on the Belgian~Holland border.
		The battalion was part of the infantry divisions defending the corridor behind the Guards Armour Div as they advanced to relieve the airborne forces defending the bridges at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem.
	www.hampshireregiment.co.uk /historypages/history3.htm (175 words)

	Welsh Guards
		The Welsh Guards are the youngest of the foot guards, being raised in 1915.
		On 28 October 1916 they proceeded to France for duty with the Guards Division, meeting the 1st Battalion, then returning from the front line, a few weeks later and playing the guardsmen back to their billets.
		The same year saw the last parade of the Guards Armoured Division, for which the Band of the Welsh joined the Band of the Scots Guards.
	military-bands.co.uk /welsh_guards.html (1083 words)

	Use of Arms in an Armoured Division
		Firstly, in attack it was to engage and destroy enemy armour which would then allow it to turn the normally open southern flank and get behind the infantry units holding the main defensive line, cutting of their supplies and routes of retreat.
		Once in Italy and then Northern Europe, the job of an armoured division changed due to the change in terrain which meant operations had to be confined to main roads and firm ground, capable of supporting the weight of a tank.
		An armoured division is a spearhead, with its point being its three regiments of tanks and in close support of each of them is a company of the Motorised Infantry in half-tracks and carriers.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/useofarms.htm (3379 words)

	The 101st Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		The reserve division was disbanded 15 August 1942, and concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as the 101st Airborne Division.
		In the division's southern sector, it was to seize the la Barquette lock and destroy a highway bridge northwest of the town of Carentan and a railroad bridge further west.
		On 1 March the new organizational structure for airborne divisions reached the 101st, and the 506th PIR became an organic element of the division.
	ww2-airborne.us /18corps/101abn/101_overview.html (5136 words)

	Grenadier Guards - Regiment History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Regiment, as the Royal Regiment of Guards, was formed in 1656 by King Charles II who was then in exile in Bruges, Flanders.
		It was known as the First Guards later becoming the First Regiment of Foot Guards and now bears the title "The First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards" in honour of the defeat of Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
		The 1st and 2nd Battalions served with the Guards Armoured Division and the 4th Battalion with 6th Guards Tank Brigade.
	www.medwaygrenadiers.org /reghist.htm (304 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Operation Bluecoat Info
		This formation was an Independant Armoured Brigade and the action south of Caumont on 30th July (this date is from memory and might be a couple of days out) was the Brigades first taste of action and the biggest "I" tank action of the war.
		While the Grenadier Guards brought an infantry battalion forward for belated support in order to hold the main British objective, Hill 309, the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards was ordered forward to protect the left flank and by early evening had reached their objective - Hill 226 (or Quarry Hill to the British).
		Commanding the Churchill tank, 'Lochinvar' in the 3rd Battalion Scots Guards during the advance from Caumont to Les Loges, Normandy, 30th July 1944 was Lt Robert Runcie later to become Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=61 (1893 words)

	British Guards Armoured Division, 1944
		The yellow triangle tactical sign indicates that the vehicle is from A Squadron 1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards, the second armoured regiment in the brigade.
		Armoured regiments and infantry battalions of the division were cross-attached to form battlegroups like the Irish Guards Group which spearheaded the advance of 30th Corps toward Arnhem, or the Coldstream Guards Battlegroup which captured Lingen on the Ems river in 1945.
		Similarly organised as the armoured regiments of the 5th Guards Brigade, but with the main difference that the unit was equipped with three Cromwells and one A30 Challenger tank per troop.
	www.miniatures.de /html/ger/toe-1944-guards-armoured-division.html (324 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Germans defending the bridge were reinforced by elements of the 10th SS Panzer Division which had crossed the canal at Pannerden.
		The 505th Regiment and the Guards Armoured Division would simultaneously attack the south ramp of the bridge This plan could not be carried out until the next day because the boats needed for the crossing were still in the rear of the slowly advancing British XXX Corps and had to be brought to Nijmegen first.
		The Grenadier Guards’ Sherman tanks leading the XXX Corps were the first to cross this bridge.
	www.rememberseptember44.com /190944.htm (897 words)

	panzer-prints001
		Panzer Prints are pleased to announce the launch of their new 1/35th and 1/76th scale decal sheets.
		Division sign as used by the 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions during WWII.
		Division sign as used by the Guards Armoured Division in NW Europe during WWII.
	home.freeuk.net /panzer.prints/decals.htm (137 words)

	History
		The Irish Guards appeared in uniforms similar to those of the other Foot Guards, and were distinguished by blue hackles to their bearskins and shamrock badges.
		The regiment of Irish Guards was raised in the early part of 1662, and the Earl of Arran, fifth son of the Duke of Ormond, was appointed to command it.
		Irish Guards were stationed at Wellington Barracks in London under the command of Lieut.-Colonel W. Faulkner, M.C. Once the Nazi invasion of Norway was underway, the 1st Battalion Irish Guards were made part of the 24th Guards Brigade with 1st Bn.
	home.att.net /~mick3ig/history.htm (14651 words)

	St-Charles-de-Percy, Le Beny-Bocage and Montchamp in Normandy 1944
		The 11th Armoured division was at the spearhead
		The 11th Armoured Division of the VIIth Corps under General O' Connor progressed with two Brigades of mix infantry and tank units.
		On 31 July the 11th Armoured Division commanded by General Roberts seized an intact bridge on the river Souleuvre.
	www.normandie44lamemoire.com /versionanglaise/fichesvillesus/stcharlebenyus2.html (385 words)

	Operation Market Garden September 17 - 27 1944
		The British 1st Airborne Division's landing zones were on the heathland west of Arnhem, and their targets were the road bridge in the town centre, the railway bridge out to the west on the lower Rhine and a pontoon bridge (which was discovered to have been dismantled on the eve of the operation).
		The Guards Armoured Division was broken up to provide support to the 82nd Airborne with the Grenadiers and Irish Guards preparing for the assault crossing, the Welsh Guards covered Grave bridge and the Coldstream Guards supported the Groesbeek position.
		The survivors of the division marched from Driel to Nijmegan where the seaborne tail of the division was waiting with clean uniforms and equipment.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_arnhem.html (9115 words)

	Euro Domination
		Each division will have 17 Countries ready to fight over; this is made up of the 15 standard Call Of Duty 2 maps and 2 custom maps.
		Divisions can be created at any time to accommodate the rising number of clans.
		Once in this division they have a two week period in which to make a challenge, if they sit dormant they may be placed back into the Holding Division.
	www.eurodomination.co.uk /cod2/rules.php (2898 words)

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		The Grenadier Guards were an Infantry Battalion that would have had an MG Section as part of its Battalion Headquarters.
		The MG Companies of the Guards Division were formed into the Guards Machine Gun Battalion on 1st March 1918.
		In 1922, the Machine Gun Corps and Guards MG Regiment were disbanded and the guns returned to the Infantry Battalion as a Machine Gun Platoon and then formed as a Machine Gun Company in the early 1930s.
	www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk /units-grenadier.htm (220 words)

	Alain Model © AB 2004/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In December 1944 the Welsh Guards had 11 Challengers which would mean that most or all of their 17pdr tanks were Challengers.
		The official markings would be the number 45 on a green and blue Arm of Service square divided horizontally with the green section above, and the Guards Armoured divisional sign which was a blue shield with a red border and a white "eye" in the centre of the red section.
		Note that the other Regiments in Guards Armoured Division had Shermans with 75mm guns and Fireflies, any photo of a Guards Armoured Division Firefly could be from one of those units.
	site.voila.fr /alain-s-visions/bxl.html (361 words)

	D Day Tanks and countdown to 60th anniversary of D-Day from the Tank Museum Bovington
		1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards was the Motor Battalion in 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division.
		Guards Armoured Division was a remarkable part of the British Army.
		On the eve of D-Day, like most other armoured divisions, Guards Armoured consisted of one infantry brigade (formed from battalions of the Coldstream, Welsh and Irish Guards) and 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, which comprised Grenadier, Coldstream and Irish Guards in tanks plus 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards as the Motor Battalion.
	www.d-daytanks.org.uk /regiments/grenadier.html (351 words)

	The 1st Infantry Brigade "PIRON" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The brigade comes under the operational command of the 6th Airborne Division of the 1st Canadian Army.
		The river Seine is crossed on September 1 1944 and the brigade prepares for the advance into Le Havre.
		On September 2 1944 the brigade is ordered to move in the direction of Arras, and to join the Guards Armoured Division.
	www.belgianbadges4046.be /BdePiron.htm (633 words)

	Missing Links Articles Template
		The 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats of North Africa fame, used them as their main equipment with three Armoured Regiments so equipped as well as their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, whose intended role was more scouting than combat though they managed their fair share of the latter.
		Armoured and the 1st Polish Armoured, all used mainly Shermans of various types but had Cromwells in their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiments.
		The style of markings is typical of that used by the 7th Armoured Division in North Africa and the unit continued to use it throughout the NW Europe.
	www.missing-lynx.com /articles/britain/pbcrom.htm (1524 words)

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