The 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade was a regular
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
unit during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
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History
Formed in
France
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in 1940 from the
RAC Regiments from the regular divisions. The brigade saw action during the
Battle of France. On 26 November 1940 it was converted into the
27th Armoured Brigade.
Order of Battle
The Order of battle of the brigade during the war was:
[Joslen, p. 146.] (day/month/year), units in
order of precedence
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4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 18/6/40–25/11/40
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13th/18th Royal Hussars 18/6/40–25/11/40
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The Fifeshire and Forfarshire Yeomanry (Dragoons) 7/4/40–17/6/40
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East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed in 1902.
Units of Yeomanry Cavalry were raised in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the 18th and early 19th centuries at times of national emergency: the Jacobite Rising ...
(Lancers) 30/4/40–25/11/40
See also
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British Armoured formations of World War II
During the Second World War the British Army deployed armoured divisions and independent armoured and tank brigades.
Background
During the interwar period, the British Army examined the lessons learnt from the First World War; and a need was seen ...
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List of British brigades of the Second World War
This is a list of British Brigades in the Second World War. It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of brigade size that served in the British Army during the Second World War
World War II or the Sec ...
Notes
References
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Military units and formations established in 1940
Armoured brigades of the British Army in World War II