British 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
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The 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade was a regular British Army
unit during the Second World War.
in 1940 from the RAC
Regiments from the regular divisions. The brigade saw action during the Battle of France
. On 26 November 1940 it was converted into the 27th Armoured Brigade
.
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 during the Second World War.
History
Formed in FranceFrance
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in 1940 from the RAC
Royal Armoured Corps
The 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...
Regiments from the regular divisions. The brigade saw action during the Battle of France
Battle of France
In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...
. On 26 November 1940 it was converted into the 27th Armoured Brigade
British 27th Armoured Brigade
- History :This armoured brigade was formed from the conversion of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade on 26 November 1940 and attached to the 9th Armoured Division...
.
Component Units
- (France)
- 1st The East Riding Yeomanry
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- (United Kingdom)
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- 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards