| Unit Name: | 1st Light Armoured Brigade 1st Armoured Brigade 1st Armoured Brigade Group |
| Dates: | Until November 1942 |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Type: | Armoured formation |
| Role: | Armoured warfare |
| Size: | Brigade |
| Command Structure: | BEF Force HQ Greece Eighth Army |
| Battles: | Battle of France Battle of Mount Olympus Second Battle of El Alamein |
| Commander1: | Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie |
| Commander1 Label: | Brigadier |
| Commander2: | Reginald Keller |
| Commander2 Label: | (Acting) Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1st Light Armoured Brigade | |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Parent: | 1st Armoured Division |
| Subordinate: | 1st King's Dragoon Guards 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars |
| 1st Armoured Brigade | |
| Date: | 1941 |
| Parent: | 2nd Armoured Division |
| Subordinate: | 1st King's Dragoon Guards 4th Queen's Own Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 1st Royal Tank Regiment 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 1st Battalion, The Rangers 2nd Regiment, RHA 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA 55th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 3 Field Squadron, RE 142 Field Park Squadron, RE 1st Armoured Brigade Company, RASC 1st Support Group Company, RASC 4th Light Field Ambulance |
| 1st Armoured Brigade Group | |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Parent: | 7th Armoured Division |
| Subordinate: | 1st King's Dragoon Guards 4th Queen's Own Hussars 1st Royal Tank Regiment 6th Royal Tank Regiment 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, RHA 67 Company, RASC 307 Company, RASC 12th Light Field Ambulance |
The 1st Armoured Brigade, raised as the 1st Light Armoured, on 14 April 1940 its designation changed to 1st Armoured Brigade Group, an armoured formation of the British Army.
At the start of World War II, the brigade was based in the United Kingdom, initially as part of the 1st Armoured Division and then as part of the newly formed 2nd Armoured Division. In November 1940, it was shipped to Egypt, arriving on 1 January 1941.[1] In March 1941, the brigade was dispatched to Greece as part of General Maitland Wilson's unsuccessful attempt at stopping the German invasion. On 29 April 1941, the brigade was evacuated to Egypt.
The 1st Armoured Brigade served in the Western Desert Campaign with the 7th Armoured Division at the Battle of El Alamein. The brigade was used for tank delivery from August to October 1942 before being disbanded on 21 November 1942.[2]
The Order of battle of the brigade during the war was:[3] (day/month/year), units in order of precedence.
Armoured Brigade Establishment
Greece Deployment Group (The following units were attached when the brigade was engaged in Greece between 26/02/41–1/05/41)
Armoured Brigade Group (March–June 1942)
Commanding officers of the brigade included: