2nd ARMOURED DIVISION
Formed:
15th December 1939
Disbanded 10th May 1941
Service Record:
Great Britain
Egypt
Libya
Unit Structure 1939 to 1941:
Divisional Staff
Commanding Officers:
Major General F.E. Hotblack (15th December 1939)
Brigadier C.W.M. Norrie (17th April 1940)
Major General J.C. Tilly (10th May 1940)
Brigadier H.B. Latham (16th January 1941)
Major General M.D. Gambier-Parry (12th February 1941)
Brigades:
1st Light Tank Brigade (19th January to 13th April 1940)
Commanders: Brigadier C.W.M. Norrie (3rd September 1939)
Units:
3rd The King's Own Hussars
4th Queen's Own Hussars
1st King's Dragoon Guards
1st Armoured Brigade (19th January 1940 to 27th February 1941)
Commanders:
Brigadier C.W.M. Norrie (14th April 1940)
Brigadier H.V.S. Charrington (5th November 1940)
Units:
3rd The King's Own Hussars
4th Queen's Own Hussars
1st King's Dragoon Guards
3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade (15th January 1939 to 14th April 1940)
Commander: Brigadier J. Scott- Cockburn (3rd September 1939)
Units:
2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
3rd County of London Yeomanry
4th County of London Yeomanry
22nd Armoured Brigade (15th January to 5th October 1940)
Commander: Brigadier J. Scott- Cockburn (15th January 1940)
Units:
2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
3rd County of London Yeomanry
4th County of London Yeomanry
3rd Armoured Brigade (5th October 1940 to 31st January 1941)
Commanders:
Brigadier V.V. Pope (14th April 1940)
Brigadier J.T. Crocker (20th April 1940)
Brigadier R.G.W. Rimington (21st September 1940)
Units:
2nd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Indian Motor Brigade (6th April to 8th April 1941)
Commander: Brigadier E. W. D. Vaughan (July 1940)
Units:
2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
2nd Support Group (5th February 1940 to 8th April 1941)
Commanders:
Brigadier H.B. Latham (5th February 1940)
Brigadier W.H.E. Gott (8th April 1941)
Brigadier H.B. Latham (16th April 1941)
Units:
1st Battalion the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (1st March 1940 to 25th February 1941)
1st Battalion Tower Hamlets Rifles, Rifle Brigade (1st March 1940 to 19th February 1941 & 22nd March to 15th May 1941)
102nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment (1st March 1940 to 6th February 1941)
12th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (19th April to 7th August 1940)
2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (1st March to 9th June 1940 / moved to Divisional Troops)
3rd Field Squadron Royal Engineers (30th March to 9th June 1940 / moved to Divisional Troops)
142nd Field Park Troop (30th March to 9th June 1940)
Divisional Troops:
Royal Corps of Signals:
2nd Armoured Signals (4th March 1940 to 8th April 1941)
Reconnaissance:
1st Kings Dragoon Guards (24th January to 9th May 1941)
Royal Engineers:
3rd Field Squadron RE (moved from 2nd Support Group / 9th June 1940 to 26th February 1941)
142nd Field Park Squadron RE (7th February to 26th February 1941)
142nd Field Park Troop RE (moved from 2nd Support Group / 10th June 1940 to 6th February 1941)
