List of component units of British 1st Armoured Division
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Artillery
- 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse ArtilleryRoyal Horse ArtilleryThe regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
24/08/24-26/09/44 - 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 21/09/42-25/10/43
- 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 24/08/42-26/09/44
- 60th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal ArtilleryRoyal ArtilleryThe Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
01/04/44-26/09/44 - 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 22/09/42-31/03/44
- 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 26/09/42-05/10/44
Engineers
- 1st Field Squadron, Royal EngineersRoyal EngineersThe Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
01/02/40-04/02/42; 02/09/42-29/09/44 - 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers 23/10/40-19/03/42; 01/10/42-20/08/44
- 627th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers 21/08/44-29/09/44
- 1st Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers 03/07/40-25/08/44
- 631st Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers 26/08/44-29/09/44
- 1st Field Park Troop, Royal Engineers 01/08/40-02/07/40
- 27th Bridging Troop, Royal Engineers 18/10/43-25/08/44
Scouting Forces
- 12th Lancers 01/11/40-12/05/42; 13/09/42-06/04/44
- Royals 12/05/42-13/09/42
- 4th Hussars 23/05/44-25/09/44
Brigades
- 2nd Light Armoured Brigade 03/09/39-14/04/40
- 1st Heavy Armoured Brigade 03/09/39-14/04/40
- 1st Support Group 03/09/39-11/02/42
- 2nd Armoured Brigade 14/04/40-25/09/44
- 3rd Armoured Brigade 14/04/40-04/10/40
- 22nd Armoured Brigade 14/10/40-07/11/41
- 200th Guards Brigade Group 12/02/42-20/05/42
- 201st Guard Brigade Group 21/05/42-14/06/42
- 7th Motor Brigade 23/09/42-19/07/43
- 18th Lorried Infantry Brigade 20/07/43-16/02/44
- 18th Infantry Brigade 05/10/43-16/02/44; 17/08/44-28/10/44