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
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