The 9th Armoured Division was an

armoured Armour (British English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or fr ...

division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

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 ...

, raised 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 ...

. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division.

History

The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division, although its 27th armoured brigade fought in the Normandy campaign and NW Europe in 1944.

General Officer Commanding

The 9th Armoured Division had three men who held the position of General Officer Commanding during the Second World War.

Component Units

Component units included:Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates
/ref> 27th Armoured Brigade ''(transferred from division on 10 August 1942)'' * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards * 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) *

1st East Riding 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 ...

* 1st Battalion,

Queen Victoria's Rifles The 9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) was a Territorial Army infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantr ...

- ''renamed 7th Battalion,

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 ...

on 22 March 1941'' 28th Armoured Brigade * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars * 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry * 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - ''renamed 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941'' 9th Support Group ''(disbanded 12 June 1942)'' * 11th Battalion,

Worcestershire Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. The regimen ...

6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery was a Regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery that acted as a training formation during World War II. It was the last RHA unit to serve in India between December 1945 and April 1947, before being redesignated a ...

* 74th Anti-Tank Regiment,

Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

* 54th (

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 7th Infantry Brigade ''(transferred to division on 5 June 1942)'' * 2nd Battalion,

South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In ...

6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment The 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the county of Sussex in 1859. It later became the 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. A detachment served in the Second Boer War. During the First World W ...

* 2/6th Battalion,

East Surrey Regiment The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th ...

Divisional Troops * 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - (''16 January 1943 - 10 July 1943'') * 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery - (''12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944'') * 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - (''12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944'') * 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (''12 June 1942 - 6 November 1943'') * 92nd (

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) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (''12 November 1943 - 10 July 1944'') * 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (''12 June 1942 - 2 March 1944'') * 150th (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (''2 March 1944 - 10 July 1944'')

Notes

; Footnotes ; Citations

References

* *Cole H (1973) ''Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire'' Arms and Armour Press SBN 85368 078 7

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