6th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
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The 6th Cavalry Brigade was part of the 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom) , which was a British Army
First World War and Second World War formation formed in 1939 from Yeomanry
Regiments.
as a garrison and occupation force.
On 1 August 1941 the Division was converted into the 10th Armoured Division, and the 6th Cavalry now the 8th Armoured Brigade
, would take part in the battles at El Alamein
and land at Gold Beach
on D Day
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...
First World War and Second World War formation formed in 1939 from Yeomanry
Yeomanry
Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Territorial Army, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments. Today, Yeomanry units may serve in a variety of different military roles.-History:...
Regiments.
History in World War Two
The only British cavalry division during the War, this formation was sent in January 1940 to the Middle EastMiddle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
as a garrison and occupation force.
On 1 August 1941 the Division was converted into the 10th Armoured Division, and the 6th Cavalry now the 8th Armoured Brigade
British 8th Armoured Brigade
The 8 Armoured Brigade was a British Army brigade, formed in August 1941 during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the re-designation of 6th Cavalry Brigade when the 1st Cavalry Division based in Palestine , converted from a motorised formation to an armoured...
, would take part in the battles at El Alamein
El Alamein
El Alamein is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, it lies west of Alexandria and northwest of Cairo. As of 2007, it has a local population of 7,397 inhabitants.- Climate :...
and land at Gold Beach
Gold Beach
Gold Beach was the code name of one of the D-Day landing beaches that Allied forces used to invade German-occupied France on 6 June 1944, during World War II....
on D Day
Brigade Units
- The Cheshire YeomanryCheshire YeomanryThe Cheshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment that can trace its history back to 1797 when Sir John Fleming Leicester of Tabley raised a county regiment of light cavalry in response to the growing fears of invasion from Napoleonic France....
- The Staffordshire Yeomanry
- The Warwickshire Yeomanry