11th ARMOURED DIVISION
Formed:
9th March 1941
Service Record:
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Overlord
Operation Goodwood
Operation Bluecoat
Operation Market Garden
Operation Varsity
Ardennes Campaign
Unit Structure 1941 to 1945:
Divisional Staff:
Commanding Officers:
Major General P. Hobart (9th March 1941)
Brigadier C. Peto (22nd February 1942)
Major General C. Keightley (21st April 1942)
Major General P. Hobart (17th May 1942)
Major General B. Burrows (15th October 1942)
Major General G. Roberts (6th December 1943)
Brigades:
29th Armoured Brigade (9th March 1941 to 14th December 1944 & 14th March to 31st August 1945)
Commanders:
Brigadier C.H.M. Peto (28th December 1940)
Lieutenant Colonel M.H. Aird (22nd February 1942)
Brigadier C.H.M. Peto (21st April 1942)
Brigadier J.A. Aizlewood (17th August 1942)
Brigadier O.L. Prior-Palmer (26th August 1942)
Brigadier C.B.E. Harvey (22nd September 1943)
Units:
22nd Dragoons (30th December 1940 to 8th January 1941)
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (7th June 1941 to 31st August 1945)
24th Lancers (30th December to 6th February 1944)
23rd Hussars (8th January 1941 to 31st August 1945)
3rd Royal Tank Regiment (6th February 1944 to 28th August 1945)
8th Battalion, (Prince Consort's Own) Rifle Brigade (18th January 1941 to 31st August 1945)
30th Armoured Brigade (9th March 1941 to 20 April 1942)
Commanders:
Brigadier J.H. Anstice (31st December 1940)
Lieutenant Colonel J.G. Crabbe (14th April 1941)
Brigadier C. Keightley (13th May 1941)
Brigadier J.J. Kingstone (24th December 1941)
Brigadier O.L. Prior-Palmer (4th March 1942)
Units:
2nd Battalion, the Queens Westminster Dragoons (27th December 1940 to 21st March 1941)
23rd Hussars (30th December 1940 to 21st March 1941)
22nd Dragoons (8th January 1941 to 31st August 1945)
2nd Battalion County of London Yeomanry (8th March 1941 to 31st August 1945)
1st Lothians and Border Horse (9th March 1941 to 31st August 1945)
12th (Queen's Westminster) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (22nd March 1941 to 15th October 1943)
141st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (2nd July 1944 to 4th September 1944)
11th Royal Tank Regiment (22nd December 1944 to 27th January 1945 & 31st March to 25th April 1945)
4th Royal Tank Regiment (30th March to 25th April 1945)
11th Support Group (disbanded 1 June 1942)
Commanders:
Brigadier M.A.B. Johnston (9th March to 14th November 1941)
Brigadier E.P.N. Jones (14th November 1941 to 1st June 1942)
Units:
13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (9th March 1941 to 31st May 1942)
75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (9th March 1941 to 31 May 1942)
58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th May 1941 to 31st May 1942)
12th Battalion, Green Howards (9th May 1941 to 8th May 1942)
Divisional Troops:
Infantry:
2nd Independent Machine Gun Company (16th March 1944)
Armoured Division Signals: (Royal Corps of Signals)
11th Armoured Divisional Signals Regiment (RCS)
Royal Artillery:
13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (1st June 1942)
151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1st June 1942 to 31st August 1945)
75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (1st June 1942 to 2nd June 1945)
58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1st June 1942 to 2nd June 1945)
Royal Engineers:
12th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (16th March 1941 to 1st January 1943)
13th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (16th March 1941)
612th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (1st January 1943)
147th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers (16th March 1941)
10th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers (1st October 1943)
Reconnaissance:
15/19 The King's Royal Hussars (17th August 1944)
27th Lancers (10th March 1941 to 25th March 1943)
2th Northamptonshire Yeomanry (25th March 1943 to 17th August 1944)
