51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment

The 51st Royal Tank Regiment (51 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army during World War II

British Army during World War II

The British Army during the Second World War was, in 1939, a volunteer army, that introduced limited conscription in early 1939, and full conscription shortly after the declaration of war with Germany. During the early years of the war, the army suffered defeat in almost every theatre in which it...

. 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...

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It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment

45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment

The 45th Royal Tank Regiment 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....

, a newly mobilised Territorial Army unit.

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