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5th Foot Guards

unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I
Organization Infantry Regiment Q239008

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
infantry regiment

Status and dates

Inception
March 22, 1897[7]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1919[8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1919 GND (DNB) 1918 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Headquarters location
Spandau[4]
Country
Kingdom of Prussia, German Reich[2][3]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata Kingdom of Prussia · German Reich GND (DNB) Germany edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Relations

Part of
Prussian Army[6]
More facts +4
Colonel-in-chief
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1914–1919)[11]
Military branch
Imperial German Army[5]
Nickname
Weiße Teufel[10]
Participated in conflict
World War I[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en 5th Foot Guards de 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß ja 近衛歩兵第5連隊 (ドイツ帝国軍) pl 5 Pułk Piechoty Gwardii (Cesarstwo Niemieckie) sv 5:e fotvaktsregementet
🔖 Identifiers · 4
VIAF cluster ID
744151353512652720007
GND ID
1148344551
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Waldorf-Astoria-Sammelalbum, Bild Nr. 32, 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0f_cx2

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Summary

5th Foot Guards is an infantry regiment[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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