9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

The 9th Armoured Division was a Second World War British Army formation. The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. The division never saw active service during the war. This formation's only use during the war was either as a training formation or when it was used to experiment with specialised armour.

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

27th Armoured Brigade

 * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
 * 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
 * 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
 * 1st Bn, Queen Victoria's Rifles
 * 7th The King's Royal Rifle Corps

28th Armoured Brigade

 * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
 * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
 * 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
 * 8th The King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th Infantry Brigade

 * 2nd Bn, The South Wales Borderers
 * 6th Bn, The Royal Sussex Regiment
 * 2nd/6th Bn, The East Surrey Regiment

9th Support Group

 * 11th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment
 * 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
 * 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

Divisional Troops

 * 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
 * 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
 * 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 74th Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
 * 92nd (4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders)Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
 * 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
 * 150th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery