The 26th Armoured Brigade was part of the
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 ...
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 opposin ...
.
History
This brigade was converted from the
British 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade
The 26th Armoured Brigade was part of the British Army during the Second World War.
History
This brigade was converted from the British 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade on 12 October 1940. It served with British 6th Armoured Division during the N ...
on 12 October 1940. It served with
British 6th Armoured Division during the
North African Campaign and then through the
Italian Campaign. During this time it was briefly attached to the
British 4th Infantry Division
The 4th Infantry Division was a Regular army, regular infantry Division (military), division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War, the Crimean War, the First World War, and during the Second ...
and the
British 78th Infantry Division.
Commanders
*Brigadier Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie 1942−1943
*Brigadier
Philip George Bradley Roberts March−June 1943
*Brigadier
Richard Amyatt Hull June−December 1943
*Brigadier
Francis Mitchell
Francis Mitchell (c. 1556 – died in or after 1628) was the last English knight of the realm to be publicly degraded (stripped of his knighthood), after being found guilty of extorting money from licensees following his being granted monopol ...
January 1944−July 1945
*Brigadier
David Dawnay
Major-General Sir David Dawnay (10 July 19039 October 1971) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was also a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Military ca ...
August 1945−1946
Units
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16th/5th Lancers
The 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 16th The Queen's Lancers and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in 1922. The reason for the uniquely atypical regimental title (wit ...
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17th/21st Lancers
The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen' ...
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2nd Lothians and Border Horse
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4th Queen's Own Hussars
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to ...
* 10th Battalion
The Rifle Brigade
The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...
* 1st Battalion
The King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...
*165th Light Field Ambulance
*B/72 Anti Tank Regiment
*8 Field Squadron Royal Engineers
*C Squadron 1 Derby Yeomanry
*1 Guards Brigade
*153 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
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.
* List of British airborne brigades o ...
References
External links
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History of Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry
Armoured brigades of the British Army
Military units and formations established in 1940
Armoured brigades of the British Army in World War II
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