Guards Support Group

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dates= 1941 - 1942
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branch= British Army
type= Armoured Support
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command_structure=Guards Armoured Division
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The Guards Support Group was a brigade size formation within the British Guards Armoured Division. The Support Group (or "pivot group") provided whatever support the division's armoured brigades needed for the operation in hand. It was able to provide motorised infantry, field artillery, anti-tank artillery or light anti-aircraft artillery as needed. It was formed in 1941 by the conversion of the 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) which had served in the Battle of France, and disbanded in 1942 without seeing any active service. [cite web|title=order of battle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=4156&Tab=Uhi]

Commanders

*15-Sep-1941 10-Oct-1941 Brigadier A de L Cazenove
*10-Oct-1941 31-May-1942 Brigadier LC Manners-Smith

Formation

*1st Battalion Welsh Guards
*153 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
*21 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
*94 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillry [cite web|title=order of battle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=4156&Tab=Sub]

Footnotes

*Boscawen, Robert. "Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary, June 1944-April 1945". Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword, 2001.
*Sanders, J, British Guards Armoured Division 1941-1945, Osprey Vanguard, 1979