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  • Source: 26th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

    • The 26th Armoured Brigade was part of the British Army during the Second World War.


    History


    This brigade was converted from the British 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade on 12 October 1940. It served with British 6th Armoured Division during the North African Campaign and then through the Italian Campaign. During this time it was briefly attached to the British 4th Infantry Division and the British 78th Infantry Division.


    = Commanders

    =
    Brigadier Charles Anderson Lane Dunphie 1942−1943
    Brigadier Philip George Bradley Roberts March−June 1943
    Brigadier Richard Amyatt Hull June−December 1943
    Brigadier Francis Mitchell January 1944−July 1945
    Brigadier David Dawnay August 1945−1946


    Units


    16th/5th Lancers
    17th/21st Lancers
    2nd Lothians and Border Horse
    4th Queen's Own Hussars
    10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Tower Hamlets Rifles)
    1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps
    165th Light Field Ambulance
    B/72 Anti Tank Regiment
    8 Field Squadron Royal Engineers
    C Squadron 1 Derby Yeomanry
    1 Guards Brigade
    153 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery


    See also



    British Armoured formations of World War II
    List of British brigades of the Second World War


    References




    External links


    "26 Armoured Brigade". Orders of Battle.com.
    History of Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry

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