List of higher formations British 1st Armoured Division served under
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This is a list of higher formations British 1st Armoured Division served under during World War II, taken from official sources. Following the end of direction by No.1 District the formation's subordination is not fully verified.
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- Southern CommandSouthern Command (United Kingdom)-History:The Command was established in 1905 from the Second Army Corps and was initially based at Tidworth but in 1949 moved to Fugglestone Farm near Wilton in Wiltshire....
03/09/39-03/11/39 - Eastern CommandEastern Command (United Kingdom)-History:The Command was established in 1905 from the Fourth Army Corps and was based in London. Among the formations raised under its supervision in World War I was the 12th Division. Its headquarters was initially located at Horseguards in London. During World War II the Command relocated to...
04/11/39-25/01/40 - Southern Command 26/01/40-13/05/40
- General Headquarters British Expeditionary ForceBritish Expeditionary Force (World War II)The British Expeditionary Force was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force....
14/05/40-25/05/40 - French Seventh Army 25/05/40-29/05/40
- French Tenth Army 29/05/40-16/06/40
- Southern Command 17/06/40-29/06/40
- Aldershot CommandAldershot Command-History:After the success of the Chobham Manoeuvres of 1853, a permanent training camp was established at Aldershot in 1854 on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, Viscount Hardinge...
29/06/40-04/07/40 - XII Corps 04/07/40-12/07/40
- VII Corps 13/07/40-23/12/40
- Canadian Corps 24/12/40-31/12/40
- General Headquarters Home Forces 01/01/41-26/08/41
- War Office Control 27/08/41-13/11/41
- General Headquarters Middle East ForcesMiddle East CommandThe Middle East Command was a British Army Command established prior to the Second World War in Egypt. Its primary role was to command British land forces and co-ordinate with the relevant naval and air commands to defend British interests in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean region.The...
13/11/41-12/12/41 - Eighth Army 13/21/41-02/01/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
/ Western Desert Force]] 02/01/42-23/04/42 - XXX Corps 24/04/42-12/06/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
12/06/42-15/06/42 - XXX Corps 15/06/42-24/06/42
- Eighth Army 24/06/42-25/06/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
25/06/42-01/07/42 - XXX Corps 01/07/42-02/07/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
02/07/42 - XXX Corps 03/07/42-10/07/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
10/07/42-26/07/42 - XXX Corps 26/07/42-29/07/42
- XIII CorpsXIII Corps (United Kingdom)XIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I and World War II.-World War I:XIII Corps was formed in France on 15 November 1915 under Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve to be part of Fourth Army. It was first seriously engaged during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. On the First day on...
29/07/42-03/08/42 - General Headquarters Middle East Forces 03/08/42-15/08/42
- Headquarters British Troops in Egypt 15/08/42-01/09/42
- Eighth Army 01/09/42-08/09/42
- General Headquarters Middle East Forces 08/09/42-30/09/42
- X CorpsX Corps (United Kingdom)The X Corps was a British Army formation in the First World War and was later reformed in 1942 during the North African campaign of the Second World War as part of the Eighth Army.- First World War :...
30/09/42-23/03/43 - XXX Corps 23/03/43
- X Corps 23/03/43-12/04/43
- Eighth Army 12/04/43-14/04/43
- IX Corps 15/04/43-01/05/43
- First ArmyBritish First ArmyThe First Army was a field army of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French during the Second World War.-First World War:The...
01/05/43-08/05/43 - IX Corps 08/05/43-22/05/43
- Eighth Army 22/05/43-26/05/43
- X Corps 27/05/43-19/07/43
- Allied Forces HeadquartersAllied Forces HeadquartersAllied Force Headquarters was the headquarters that controlled all Allied operational forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II from late 1942 to the end of the war....
19/07/43-02/08/43 - V CorpsV Corps (United Kingdom)V Corps was an army corps of the British Army in both the First and Second World War. It was first organised in February 1915 and fought through World War I on the Western front...
22/08/43-12/09/43 - Allied Forces Headquarters 12/09/43-27/05/44
- Eighth Army 27/05/44-22/06/44
- V Corps 22/06/44-05/08/44
- Headquarters Allied Armies in ItalyAllied Armies in ItalyAllied Armies in Italy, commanded by Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, was the title of the highest Allied field headquarters in Italy, during the middle part of the Italian campaign...
05/08/44-14/08/44 - V Corps 14/08/44-28/09/44
- Eighth Army 29/09/44-05/10/44
- X Corps 05/10/44-14/10/44
- Polish II CorpsPolish II CorpsPolish II Corps , 1943–1947, was a major tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and by the end of 1945 it had grown to well over 100,000 soldiers....
14/10/44-28/10/44 - Eighth Army 28/10/44-17/12/44
- British No. 1 District|No. 1 District 18/12/44-10/01/45
- British Army of the RhineBritish Army of the RhineThere have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine . Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War, and the other after the Second World War.-1919–1929:...
until re-formation of I BR Corps - I (BR) Corps until disbandment in 1992-3
- Headquarters Land Command From 1 January 1995
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British 1st Armoured Division
The 1st Armoured Division is an armoured division of the British Army. Originally formed in November 1937 as the Mobile Division, it saw extensive service during the Second World War, was disbanded afterward, was reconstituted in 1976, and remains in service today...
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