50th Royal Tank Regiment

50th Royal Tank Regiment

The 50th Royal Tank Regiment (50 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army during the Second World War. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps.

It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 44th Royal Tank Regiment, a newly mobilised Territorial Army unit.

Further reading

*"50th Royal Tank Regiment : the complete history", by Stephen D. Hamilton. Lutterworth, 1996. ISBN 0718829387


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