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The 11th Armoured Division was organized in March 1941, in Yorkshire under Northern Command, under Major-General Percy Hobart. A veteran of the Royal Tank Regiment, he had already strongly influenced the shape of the 7th Armoured Division, but his original and innovative ideas had led to his early retirement from the army. Reinstated after the ...
Charles S. Kilburn (January 2, 1895 – December 28, 1978) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of brigadier general and was most notable for his World War II command of the 11th Armored Division from 1944 to 1945.
Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts, CB, DSO & Two Bars, MC (5 November 1906 – 5 November 1997), better known as "Pip", was a senior officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Second World War, most notably as General Officer Commanding of the 11th Armoured Division (nicknamed the "Black Bull") throughout the campaign in Northwestern Europe from June 1944 ...
The 11th Armored Division (11 AD) was a division of the United States Army in World War II. It was activated on 15 August 1942 at Camp Polk , Louisiana and moved on 24 June 1943 for the Louisiana Maneuvers .
Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor. 11th Armoured Division, Major-General G. P. B. Roberts. 29th Armored Brigade, Brigadier C. B. C. Harvey . 23rd Hussars; 2nd Fife ...
On 15 April 1945, while attached to the 11th Armoured Division, Hughes became the first Allied Medical Officer to enter the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Hughes took control of the camp and the 4,600 German and Hungarian soldiers placed at his command by the German authorities. [ 9 ]
The camp was liberated on April 15, 1945, by the British 11th Armoured Division. [4] The soldiers discovered approximately 60,000 prisoners inside, most of them half-starved and seriously ill, [5] and another 13,000 corpses lying around the camp unburied. [4] A memorial with an exhibition hall currently stands at the site.
From 23 January 1941 until 15 January 1943, the regiment was part of the 9th Armoured Division in Great Britain. [14] From 1943, it was under the direct command of I Corps, the assault formation of 21 Army Group and later led the advance of 11th Armoured Division. [15]