This article supplements the 7th Armoured Division article by providing order of battle information for the division through various periods of the Second World War.
Order of Battle June 1940[1][]
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 7th Armoured Brigade
- Support Group
- 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- Divisional Troops
Order of Battle Italy (September 1943)[1][]
- 22nd Armoured Brigade
- 1st Royal Tank Regiment
- 5th Royal Tank Regiment
- 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
- 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 131st (Queens) Infantry Brigade
- 1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
- 1/6th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment
- 1/7th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment
- 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
- Divisional Troops
- 11th Hussars
- King's Dragoon Guards – attached
- Royal Artillery
- 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 15th (Isle of Man) Light AA Regiment Royal Artillery
- 65th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
- 24th Field Regiment Royal Artillery – attached
- 69th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery – attached
- 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment Royal Artillery – attached
Order of Battle, Normandy (June 1944)[1][]
- 22nd Armoured Brigade
- 1st Royal Tank Regiment
- 5th Royal Tank Regiment
- 4th County of London Yeomanry – to August 1944
- 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards – from August 1944
- 131st (Queens) Brigade, January 1945 became 131st Infantry Brigade
- 1/5th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment
- 1/6th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment – to January 1945
- 1/7th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment – to January 1945
- 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment – from January 1945
- 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry – from January 1945
- No. 3 Support Company, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun)
- Divisional Troops
- 8th Hussars
- 11th Hussars – from 30 July 1944
- Royal Artillery
- 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
- 15th (Isle of Man) Light AA Regiment Royal Artillery
- 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
Footnotes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Divisional Organisation at The History of the British 7th Armoured Division by Ian A. Paterson at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 October 2012)
The original article can be found at Order of battle for 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) and the edit history here.