9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
- 9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
Infobox Military Unit
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dates=1 December 1940-31 July 1944
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branch= British Army
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The 9th Armoured Division was a Second World War British Army formation.
History
The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. This armoured division never saw active service during the war.
This formation's only use during the war was either as a training formation or when it was used to experiment with specialised armour.
Commanders
*Major-General M.B. Burrows
*Major-General Sir Brian Horrocks
*Major-General J.C. D'Arcy
Component Units
27th Armoured Brigade
*4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
*13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
*1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
*1st Bn, Queen Victoria's Rifles
*7th The King's Royal Rifle Corps
28th Armoured Brigade
*5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
*15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
*1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
*8th The King's Royal Rifle Corps
7th Infantry Brigade
*2nd Bn, The South Wales Borderers
*6th Bn, The Royal Sussex Regiment
*2nd/6th Bn, The East Surrey Regiment
9th Support Group
*11th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment
*6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
*74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
*54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
*141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
ubordinate Units
*1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
*6th Regt. Royal Horse Artillery
*141st(Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
*74th Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
*92nd (4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders)Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery
*54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
*150th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Royal Artillery
External links
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