29th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

29th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 29th Armoured Brigade was a Second World War British Army brigade.

History

Created in 1940 it served mainly with the 11th Armoured Division, notably in the Battle of Normandy and the campaign in Western Europe.

Component Units

*6th Royal Tank Regiment
*22nd Dragoons - Transferred to British 30th Armoured Brigade
*24th Lancers- Disbanded 24 July 1944 due to lack of reinforcements
*23rd Hussars
*2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
*8th The Rifle Brigade

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