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Latest revision as of 14:36, 5 January 2020
| 9th Armoured Division | |
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| Active | 1 December 1940–31 July 1944[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Type | Armoured division |
| Size |
14,964 men[2] 227 tanks[nb 1][nb 2] |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Major-General Brian Horrocks |
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.
| Appointed | General Officer Commanding |
| 4 December 1940 | Major-General Brocas Burrows[1] |
| 20 March 1942 | Major-General Brian Horrocks[1] |
| 12 August 1942 | Major-General John D'Arcy[nb 3] |
Component Units
27th Armoured Brigade
Main article: 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
Main article: 28th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 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
Main article: 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards)
- 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
Notes
- Footnotes
- ↑ 201 tanks and 26 anti-aircraft tanks.[3]
- ↑ These two figures are the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division; for information on how divisions size changed over the war please see British Army during the Second World War and British Armoured formations of the Second World War.
- ↑ D'Arcy was appointed as the acting General Officer Commanding on 12 August 1942 at the rank of Brigadier, he took official command of the division on 8 September 1942 with the rank of Major-General.[1]
- Citations
References
- Joslen, Lieutenant-Colonel H.F (1960) [1960]. Orders Of Battle Second World War 1939-1945. Naval & Military Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
External links
- 9 Armoured Division at Orders of Battle.com
The original article can be found at 9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) and the edit history here.