9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) explained

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 never saw active service during the war as a complete division, although its 27th armoured brigade fought in the Normandy campaign and NW Europe in 1944.^[3]

General Officer Commanding

The 9th Armoured Division had three men who held the position of General Officer Commanding during the Second World War.

Appointed	General Officer Commanding
4 December 1940	Major-General Brocas Burrows
20 March 1942	Major-General Brian Horrocks
12 August 1942	Major-General John D'Arcy

Component Units

Component units included:^[4]

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

• Book: Joslen, Lieutenant-Colonel H.F.. Orders Of Battle Second World War 1939-1945. Naval & Military Press Ltd. 1960. 1960. 978-1-84342-474-1.
• Cole H (1973) Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire Arms and Armour Press SBN 85368 078 7

Notes and References

1. Joslen, p. 23
2. Joslen, p. 129
3. Book: Anderson, Richard C. . Cracking Hitler's Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Engineers on D-Day: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day. Stackpole Books. 2009. 978-0811705899. 8.
4. http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitSubordinates?UniX=3273 Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates