8th Support Group (United Kingdom)

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unit_name= 8th Support Group
abbreviation= 8th Sup Gp


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dates= 1940 - 1943
country= Great Britain
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type= Armoured Support Group
role= Infantry, Artillery Formation
size= Brigade
command_structure=8th Armoured Division
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The 8th Support Group was a brigade size formations attached to the 8th Armoured Division , composed of regular British Army units. The Support Group as part of 8th Armoured Division was sent to North Africa but never saw active service as a complete formation. As the division could not be provided with a lorried infantry brigade it was broken up and [Playfair, Pg7] was finally disbanded in Egypt on 1 January 1943.

Following the Second Battle of El Alamein a plan was put forth to use the remains of the division as a, self contained pursuit force to dart forward into the German-Italian rear as far as possibly Tobruk however the plan to use the division was shelfed and units in the forward area were used instead [Playfair, Pg81-82] .

upport Group Units

* 14th The Sherwood Foresters
* 2nd The Derbyshire Yeomanry
* 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
* 11th (HAC) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
* 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
* 146th (Pembroke and Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

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