The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, raised during the Second World War. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division.
History The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. It saw no active service during the war as a division, although its 27th armoured brigade fought in the Normandy campaign and NW Europe in 1944.
General Officer Commanding The 9th Armoured Division had three men who held the position of General Officer Commanding during the Second World War.
AppointedGeneral Officer Commanding4 December 1940Major-General Brocas Burrows20 March 1942Major-General Brian Horrocks12 August 1942Major-General John D'Arcy
Component Units Component units included:Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates
27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942) 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 1st East Riding Yeomanry 1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941
28th Armoured Brigade 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941
9th Support Group (disbanded 12 June 1942) 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th Infantry Brigade (transferred to division on 5 June 1942) 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Divisional Troops 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - (16 January 1943 - 10 July 1943) 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944) 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944) 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 6 November 1943) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 November 1943 - 10 July 1944) 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 2 March 1944) 150th (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (2 March 1944 - 10 July 1944)
See also
List of British divisions in World War II British Armoured formations of World War II
Notes Footnotes
Citations
References
Cole H (1973) Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire Arms and Armour Press SBN 85368 078 7
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