Order of battle for 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

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 Hussars
  • 6th Royal Tank Regiment
• 7th Armoured Brigade
  • 8th Hussars
  • 1st Royal Tank Regiment
• Support Group
  • 4th Royal Horse Artillery
  • 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • 2nd Rifle Brigade
• Divisional Troops
  • 11th Hussars
  • 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

Order of Battle Italy (September 1943)^[1]

• 22nd Armoured Brigade
  • 1st Royal Tank Regiment
  • 5th Royal Tank Regiment
  • 4th County of London Yeomanry
  • 1st Rifle Brigade
• 131st (Queens) Infantry Brigade
  • 1/5th Queen's Royal Regiment
  • 1/6th Queens Royal Regiment
  • 1/7th Queens Royal Regiment
  • 'C' Company, 1st Cheshire Regiment. (Machine Gun)
• Divisional Troops
  • 11th Hussars
  • King's Dragoon Guards
• Royal Artillery
  • 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. (RHA)
  • 5th RHA
  • 15th Light AA Regiment RA
  • 24th Field Regiment RA
  • 65th Anti tank Regt. RA (Norfolk Yeomanry)
  • 69th Medium Regiment RA
  • 146th Field Regiment RA

Order of Battle, Normandy (June 1944)^[1]

• 22nd Armoured Brigade
  • 1st Royal Tank Regiment
  • 5th Royal Tank Regiment
  • 4th County of London Yeomanry, to January 1945
  • 1st Rifle Brigade
  • 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, From January 1945
• 131st (Queens) Brigade, January 1945 became 131st Infantry Brigade
  • 1/5th Queens Royal Regiment
  • 1/6th Queens Royal Regiment, to January 1945
  • 1/7th Queens Royal Regiment, to January 1945
  • 2nd Devonshire Regiment, from January 1945
  • 9th 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 RHA
  • 15th Light AA Regiment RA
  • 65th Anti tank Regt. RA (Norfolk Yeomanry)

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Paterson, Ian A.. "Divisional Organisation". The History of the British 7th Armoured Division. http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/org.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-17.