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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.
Pages in category "Royal Tank Regiment officers" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Pages in category "Royal Tank Regiment soldiers" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The regiment was originally formed as A Company, Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps in May 1916 during the First World War (1914–1918). It took part in the first ever tank offensive in 1916 and saw action on the Western Front again in the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 and later in the Hundred Days Offensive.
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, to
Royal Tank Regiment soldiers (39 P) T. Tank commanders (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Tank personnel" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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 ...