The 26th Armoured Brigade was part of the
British Army
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during the
Second World War
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.
History
This brigade was converted from the
British 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade on 12 October 1940. It served with
British 6th Armoured Division during the
North African Campaign
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and then through the
Italian Campaign. During this time it was briefly attached to the
British 4th Infantry Division
The 4th Infantry Division was a regular infantry division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, the Crimean and Boer Wars and both World Wars. It was disbanded after th ...
and the
British 78th Infantry Division.
Commanders
*Brigadier
Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie 1942−1943
*Brigadier
Philip George Bradley Roberts March−June 1943
*Brigadier
Richard Amyatt Hull June−December 1943
*Brigadier
Francis Mitchell Francis Mitchell may refer to:
* Francis Mitchell (knight) (c. 1556–c. 1628), English knight, last to be publicly degraded
* Francis Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) (1876–1946), British admiral
* Francis Mitchell (British Army officer) (1904–1 ...
January 1944−July 1945
*Brigadier
David Dawnay
Major-General Sir David Dawnay (10 July 19039 October 1971) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was also a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Military ca ...
August 1945−1946
Units
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16th/5th Lancers
The 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 16th The Queen's Lancers and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in 1922. The reason for the uniquely atypical regimental title (wit ...
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17th/21st Lancers
The 17th/21st Lancers was a Cavalry regiments of the British Army, cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the World War II, Second W ...
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2nd Lothians and Border Horse
The Lothians and Border Horse was a Yeomanry regiment, part of the British Territorial Army. It was ranked 36th in the Yeomanry order of precedence and was based in the Scottish Lowland area, recruiting in the Lothians – East Lothian (Hadd ...
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4th Queen's Own Hussars
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to ...
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10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Tower Hamlets Rifles)
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* 1st Battalion
The 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 Sta ...
*165th Light Field Ambulance
*B/72 Anti Tank Regiment
*8 Field Squadron Royal Engineers
*C Squadron 1 Derby Yeomanry
*1 Guards Brigade
*153 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
See also
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British Armoured formations of World War II
During the Second World War the British Army deployed armoured divisions and independent armoured and tank brigades.
Background
During the interwar period, the British Army examined the Lessons learned, lessons of the First World War; a need was ...
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List of British brigades of the Second World War
This is a list of British Brigades in the Second World War. It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of brigade size that served in the British Army during the Second World War.
* List of British airborne brigades ...
References
External links
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History of Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry
Armoured brigades of the British Army
Military units and formations established in 1940
Armoured brigades of the British Army in World War II
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