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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.
Cruiser tank Mk I of 1 RTR at Abbasia, Egypt, 30 May 1940.. During the Second World War (1939–1945) the regiment took part in the Siege of Tobruk in the summer of 1941 and the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the advance up Italy in late 1943, the Normandy landings in June 1944 and the Western Allied invasion of Germany in 1945. [1]
5th Royal Tank Regiment (5 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army in existence for 52 years, from 1917 until 1969. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment , itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps .
Two Royal Tank Corps armoured car companies in Egypt, the 3rd and 5th, were brought together and reformed as 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Corps. [1] However, this unit was understrength - it only consisted of two companies - and was not brought up to full strength with a third company until early 1939, by which time it had been renamed the 6th ...
The 41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment (41 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from 1938 until 1956. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment , itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps . It was originally formed before World War II by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment , a Territorial Army infantry battalion ...
The regiment originally saw action as D Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917. In 1940, it was briefly amalgamated with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, as the 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment, returning to its previous title four months later. [2] [3] 4 RTR was captured at Tobruk on 21 June 1942.
The regiment was mobilised on the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 as part of 21st Army Tank Brigade, composed of three TA battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment. [4]The unit formed part of 1st Army Tank Brigade in 1941–42, serving with it in the Western Desert Campaign including the Second Battle of El Alamein.
26th (East Riding of York Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Regiment; 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment; 40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment; 41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment; 42nd Royal Tank Regiment; 43rd Royal Tank Regiment; 44th Royal Tank Regiment; 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment; 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment ...