56th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, British Army

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56th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, British Army
Years active:	–
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Machine gun
Specific type:	Machine gun battalion
Full size:	600
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Name1:	56th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	Divisional Machine Gun Units, 56th Division, British Army
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/03/1918
End date:	30/04/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/03/1918
Date left:	30/04/1919
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2943/2 (01/03/1918–30/04/1919)

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.