25th Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom) explained

Unit Name:25th Army Tank Brigade
2nd Motor Machine Gun Brigade
25th Army Tank Brigade
25th Tank Brigade
Dates:1939–1945
Country: United Kingdom
Type:Armoured
Size:Brigade
Battles:Tunisia Campaign, Italian Campaign
25th Army Tank Brigade
Date:September 1939
Parent:Northern Command
Subordinate:43rd Royal Tank Regiment
49th Royal Tank Regiment
51st Royal Tank Regiment
25th Army Tank Brigade
Date:December 1940
Parent:Northern Command
Subordinate:11th Royal Tank Regiment
12th Royal Tank Regiment
51st Royal Tank Regiment
25th Tank Brigade
Date:June 1942
Parent:43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Subordinate:11th Royal Tank Regiment
51st Royal Tank Regiment
142nd Regiment, RAC

The 25th Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army that was active before and during the Second World War. It served with the British First Army and the British Eighth Army during the battles in North Africa and Italy.

History

The unit was formed on 3 September 1939 as a 2nd Line Territorial Army Tank Brigade, but had very few tanks. On 28 May 1940, it was converted to the 2nd Motor Machine Gun Brigade in recognition of this lack of tanks, but converted back to an Army Tank Brigade on 10 December 1940. It was redesignated the 25th Tank Brigade on 1 June 1942.[1]

It fought in Tunisia under the British First Army and in the Italy as part of the British Eighth Army.

Commanding officers

Order of battle

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Joslen, p. 203
  2. Web site: Organization of British Tank Brigades Structure and Brigade Elemental Assignments by Regiment 1939-1945 . 16 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202832/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/939BXAC.pdf . 23 September 2015 . dead . dmy-all . citing Joslen 1960.