2nd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)

2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

Armored Brigade of the British Army during World War 2

The 2nd Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, part of the pre-war Regular Army, during the Second World War, prior to 14 April 1940 titled 2nd Light Armoured Brigade.[1]

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History

The 2nd Armoured Brigade was part of the 1st Armoured Division when it was sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to France in 1940. It was evacuated from Brest without its heavy equipment.[2]

Sherman tanks of 'C' Squadron, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, 5 November 1942.

After being reformed it was sent in November 1941 to North Africa, where it served with the 1st and the 7th Armoured Divisions. It fought at Gazala, El Alamein, the Tunisia Campaign and the Italian Campaign.

Commanders

Component Units during the Second World War

Notes

  1. [1]
    Taylor, Dick (2022). Armoured Warfare in the British Army 1939-1945. Pen & Sword Military. p. 282. ISBN 9781399081030.
  2. [2]
    Bright p. 23

See also

References

  • Bright, Joan, ed. (1951). The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1936–1945. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.


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