3rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) explained

Unit Name:1st Heavy Armoured Brigade
3rd Armoured Brigade
Dates:September 1939 – November 1943
Country: United Kingdom
Type:Armoured formation
Role:Armoured warfare
Size:Brigade
1st Heavy Armoured Brigade
Date:1939
Parent:1st Armoured Division
Subordinate:2nd Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Royal Tank Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Armoured Brigade
Date:1940
Parent:2nd Armoured Division
Subordinate:1st King's Dragoon Guards
3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
6th Royal Tank Regiment
1st Regiment, RHA
1st Light AA Battery, RA
Australian Field Regiment, RAA
1st Tower Hamlet Rifles
18th Australian Infantry Brigade Anti-tank Company
Free French Motorized Battalion
4th Field Squadron, RE
3rd Armoured Brigade Company, RASC
3rd Light Field Ambulance

The 3rd Armoured Brigade, before 14 April 1940 designated the 1st Heavy Armoured Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service in the Second World War with the 1st Armoured Division and the 2nd Armoured Division in the North African Campaign. The brigade headquarters was disbanded on 11 January 1943.[1]

Order of battle

The 3rd Armoured Brigade:

Commanders

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Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Taylor, Dick . Armoured Warfare in the British Army 1939-1945 . 9781399081030 . Pen & Sword Military . 2022 . 282.