49th Royal Tank Regiment
Encyclopedia
The 49th Royal Tank Regiment (49 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army
during the Second World War. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment
, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps
.
It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 43rd (6th (City) Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Royal Tank Regiment
, a newly mobilised Territorial Army unit.
It was subsequently added to the 79th Armoured Division for the invasion of Normandy.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
during the Second World War. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Tank Regiment
The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment...
, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army...
.
It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 43rd (6th (City) Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Royal Tank Regiment
43rd (6th (City) Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Royal Tank Regiment
The 43rd Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army from 1938 until 1956...
, a newly mobilised Territorial Army unit.
It was subsequently added to the 79th Armoured Division for the invasion of Normandy.
Further reading
- 49th unparalleled: the story of the 49th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment later designated as an armoured personnel carrier regiment, 1939-1945. L.V. Scull, 2002.