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The 9th Royal Tank Regiment (9 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army active during the Second World War. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It was reformed in late 1940 as a hostilities-only regiment.
The 31st Army Tank Brigade was formed in the UK on 15 January 1941, in Northern Command and comprised the 9th Royal Tank Regiment and 10th Royal Tank Regiment.The 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (141 RAC) was added on 8 November 1941 and on 29 November the brigade was transferred to South Eastern Command.
This is a list of regiments within the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War.. On the creation of the corps in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, it comprised those regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry regiments that had been mechanised, [1] together with the Royal Tank Regiment. [2]
286th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 391st Battery, 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 20th Field Company, Royal Engineers 31st Independent Tank Brigade [10] [3] [27] Brigadier G.S. Knight Attached for Operation Epsom 7th Royal Tank Regiment: Churchill tanks: 9th Royal Tank Regiment: Churchill tanks
The Fighting Ninth – 9th Regiment of Foot later The Norfolk Regiment [1] [3] [10] The First and the Last – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards [39] First of Track 1st Royal Tank Regiment (humorous from the infantry's history being named xth of Foot) Fitch's Grenadiers – The Royal Irish Rifles [1] [3] The Five-and-threepennies – 53rd Foot [3]
The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, ... (Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 November 1943 - 10 July 1944)
The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War. [1] Today, it is the armoured regiment of the British Army's 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. Formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps, it is part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
3rd/5th Royal Tank Regiment; 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (from 7 July, until 13 July) 6th Royal Tank Regiment (from 7 July) 9th Queen's Royal Lancers (from 13 July) 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (from 7 July) 11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (until 7 July) 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (until ...