4th Royal Tank Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Royal Tank Regiment


caption=Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment
dates=28 July 1917- 1993
country=United Kingdom
allegiance=
branch=Army
type=Armoured
role=
size=
command_structure=Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Tank Regiment
current_commander=
garrison=Tidworth
ceremonial_chief=HM The Queen
ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
colonel_of_the_regiment=Lt-General Andrew Peter Ridgway, CB, CBE
colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Colonel-Commandant
nickname=
patron=
motto="Fear Naught"
colors=
identification_symbol_2= [http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/rose.htm Hunting Rose (pipes and drums)]
identification_symbol_2_label=Tartan
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
march=Quick: "My Boy Willie"
Slow: "The Royal Tank Regiment Slow March"
mascot=
battles=
notable_commanders=Hugh Elles
anniversaries=Cambrai, 20 November
decorations=
battle_honours=see Battle Honours

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as D Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917.

In 1940, it briefly amalgamated with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, as the 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment, returning to its previous title four months later.

In 1946, 4 RTR was stationed at Shandur, Suez Canal Zone. It assisted in the ending of the British Mandate over Palestine.

In 1959, it again amalgamated with 7th Royal Tank Regiment, this time without change of title, and in 1993 due to Options for Change, amalgamated with 1st Royal Tank Regiment.

The 4th Royal Tank Regiment has strong Scottish connections and in the late 1970s, a pipes and drums was formed, wearing the Hunting Rose tartan. The Pipes & Drums were transferred to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment upon amalgamation in 1993. The Regiment lives on, in commemorative form, as D Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment.

References

* [http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/rtr4.htm 4th Royal Tank Regiment at regiments.org]

External links

* [http://www.4rtr.com The History of the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiment]
* [http://www.rtrmerseysidebranch.co.uk Merseysidebranch Royal Tank Regiment ]