GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION
Formed:
17th June 1941
Lineage:
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Irish Guards
Welsh Guards
Service Record:
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Operations and Campaigns:
Normandy Campaign
Operation Goodwood
Operation Bluecoat
Operation Market Garden
Ardennes Campaign
Operation Veritable
Unit Structure 1941 to 1945:
Divisional Staff:
Commanding Officers:
Major General O.W.H. Leese (17th June 1941)
Major General A.H.S. Adair (21st September 1942)
Brigades:
5th Guards Armoured Brigade (15th September 1941 to 11th June 1945)
Commanders:
Brigadier W.A.F.L. Fox-Pitt (15th September 1941)
Lieutenant Colonel R. Myddleton (13th May 1943)
Brigadier C.M. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn (16th May 1943)
Brigadier N.W. Gwatkin (15th December 1943)
Units:
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Armoured) (21st October 1941 to 11th June 1945)
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards (Armoured) (15th September 1941 to 19th September 1944)
2nd Battalion Irish Guards (Armoured) (21st October 1941 to 16th September 1944)
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (15th September 1941 to 11th June 1945)
6th Guards Armoured Brigade (17th September 1941 to 3rd January 1943)
Commander:
Brigadier A.H.S. Adair (15th September 1941)
Units:
2nd Armoured Battalion Welsh Guards
3rd Armoured Battalion Scots Guards
4th Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards
4th Motor Battalion Coldstream Guards
32nd Guards Infantry Brigade (1st June 1942 to 11th June 1945)
Commanders:
Brigadier L. Bootle-Wilbraham (10th January 1941)
Brigadier G.L. Verney (7th March 1942)
Brigadier J.C.O. Marriott (3rd September 1942)
Brigadier G.F. Johnson (15th December 1943)
Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Windsor-Lewis (24th May 1945)
Units:
5th Battalion Coldstream Guards
3rd Battalion Irish Guards
1st Battalion Welsh Guards
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
Guards Support Brigade (15th September 1941 to 31st May 1942)
Commanders:
Brigadier A de L Cazenove (15th September 1941)
Brigadier L.C. Manners-Smith (10th October 1941)
1st Battalion Welsh Guards (Armoured) (15th September 1941 to 31st May 1942)
153rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (15th September 1941 to 31st May 1942)
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (15th September 1941 to 31st May 1942)
94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (15th September 1941 to 31st May 1942)
Divisional Troops:
Armoured Division Signals: (Royal Corps of Signals)
Guards Armoured Division Signals (RCS) (18th June 1941 to 11th June 1945)
Infantry:
1st Independent Machine Gun Company (24th March 1944 to 11th June 1945)
Royal Artillery:
153rd Field Artillery Regiment (Leicestershire Yeomanry) (1st June 1942 to 11th June 1945)
55th Field Artillery Regiment (Wessex) (8th June 1942 to 11th June 1945)
21st Anti-Tank Regiment (1st June 1942 to 29th May 1945)
75th Anti-Tank Regiment (1st June 1942 to 11th June 1945)
94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st June 1942 to 11th June 1945)
Royal Engineers:
14th Field Squadron (4th August 1941 to 11th June 1945)
15th Field Squadron (4th August 1941 to 22nd February 1943)
615th Field Squadron (1st March 1943 to 11th June 1943)
148th Field Park Squadron (4th August 1941 to 11th June 1945)
11th Bridging Troop (1st October 1943 to 11th June 1945)
Reconnaissance:
2nd Regiment Household Cavalry (15th September 1941 to 27th February 1943)
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards (13th March 1943 to 11th June 1945)
