9th ARMOURED DIVISION
Formed:
1st December 1940
Disbanded 31st July 1944
Service Record:
Great Britain
Operations and Campaigns:
None
Unit Structure 1940 to 1944:
Divisional Staff
Commanding Officers:
Major General B. Burrows (4th December 1940)
Major General B. Horrocks (20th March 1942)
Major General J. D’Arcy (12th August 1942)
27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942)
Commanders:
Brigadier C.W. Norman (26th November 1940)
Brigadier H.F. Fisher (15th October 1941)
Brigadier J.G. De W Mullens (1st March 1942)
Brigadier G.E. Prior-Palmer (25th April 1943)
Units:
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1st East Riding Yeomanry
1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles (renamed 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941)
28th Armoured Brigade
Commanders:
Brigadier H. Lumsden (1st December 1940)
Brigadier E.S.D. Martin (15th October 1941)
Brigadier H.R. Mackeson (30th October 1942)
Lieutenant Colonel A.D. Taylor (5th August 1944)
Lieutenant Colonel W.G.N. Walker (13th August 1944)
Units:
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles (renamed 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941)
9th Support Group (disbanded 12 June 1942)
Commanders:
Brigadier F.C.F Cleeve 16th December 1940)
Brigadier J.C. D’Arcy (26th May 1941)
Units:
11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th Infantry Brigade (transferred to division on 5 June 1942)
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
7th Infantry Brigade (5 June 1942 to 30th July 1944)
Commander: Brigadier B.B. Rackham (1st June 1942)
Units:
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Divisional Troops
1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (16th January to 10th July 1943)
6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (12th June 1942 to 10th July 1944)
141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (12th June 1942 to 10th July 1944)
74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (12th June 1942 to 6th November 1943)
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (12th November 1943 to 10th July 1944)
54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (12th June 1942 to 2nd March 1944)
150th (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2nd March to 10th July 1944)
