British 30th Armoured Brigade
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The 30th Armoured Brigade (created on 27 December 1940) was a World War II
British Army
unit that served in the campaign in Western Europe
as part of the 79th Armoured Division.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
unit that served in the campaign in Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
as part of the 79th Armoured Division.
Commanders
- Brig. J.H. AnsticeJohn Henry AnsticeBrigadier John Henry Anstice DSO & bar was an officer in the British Army during World War II.-Military career:John Anstice was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps on 7 April 1916 and from August that year he saw service in France and Belgium until the end of World War I. In October 1922,...
- Brig. C.F. KeightleyCharles KeightleyGeneral Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, GCB, GBE, DSO was a senior officer in the British Army during and following World War II.-Military career:...
- Brig. J.J. KingstoneJames Joseph KingstoneBrigadier James Joseph Kingstone DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War II.During the Anglo-Iraqi War, Brigadier Kingstone was under the command of Major General J. G. W...
- Brig. O.L. Prior-Palmer
- Brig. J.A. AizlewoodJohn Aldam AizlewoodMajor General John Aldam Aizlewood MC was an officer in the British Army and British Indian Army during the interwar years and World War II.-Military career:John Aizlewood was commissioned into 4th Dragoon Guards in 1914....
- Brig. P.G.S. Gregson-EllisPhilip Gregson-EllisMajor-General Philip George Saxon Gregson-Ellis CB OBE was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division.-Military career:Gregson-Ellis was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1917 towards the end of World War I. He was appointed an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1937...
- Brig. G.P.B. RobertsGeorge Philip Bradley RobertsMajor-General George Philip Bradley Roberts CB, DSO, MC, , better known as "Pip", was a British commander of an armoured division during the Second World War.-Military career:...
- Brig. N.W. Duncan
Component Units
- 141st Regiment, Royal Armoured CorpsRoyal Armoured CorpsThe Royal Armoured Corps is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army...
, formerly 7th Battalion, The Buffs - 11th Royal Tank Regiment
- 22nd Dragoons22nd DragoonsThe 22nd Dragoons was the title held by a series of four Cavalry regiments of the British Army raised and disbanded between 1716 and 1945. The last regiment of this name existed during the Second World War, from 1 December 1940 until 30 November 1945....
- 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)Westminster DragoonsThe Westminster Dragoons are central London’s only Territorial Army cavalry unit. One of the Royal Yeomanry's five squadrons, their current role is to support the Formation Reconnaissance Regiments and the Joint Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Regiment on operations by providing...
- 1st Lothian and Border HorseLothian and Border HorseThe Lothians and Border Horse was a Yeomanry regiment, part of the British Territorial Army. It was ranked 36th in the Yeomanry order of precedence, and based in the Scottish Lowland area, recruiting in the Lothian and along the border with England.-Origins:...
- 4th Royal Tank Regiment4th Royal Tank RegimentThe 4th Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...
- 12th The King's Royal Rifle Corps