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 History of the 79th Armoured Division
May 1945 to August 1945
 
 

May 45 – 79th Armoured Division – HQ unknown disbanded Aug 45

 

General Officer Commanding: Major General Sir PCS Hobart KBE OBE CB DSO

 

13/18 Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) – Hulseberg to 8th Armoured Brigade Jul 45  

 

May 45 – 30th Armoured Brigade – HQ unknown disbanded Jun 45

Commanders: Lieutenant Colonel CJY Dallmeyer then Brigadier NW Duncan

22 Dragoons – Glinde to Rotenburg to Delmenhorst to 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division Jun 45

2 County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) to 5th Infantry Division Jun 45

1 Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry to 8th Armoured Brigade Jun 45

 

May 45 – 31st Armoured Brigade – HQ Rotenburg to 8th Corps District Aug 45

Commander: Brigadier AW Brown DSO MC

Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) –  

4 Royal Tank Regiment to 34th Armoured Brigade Jun 45

7 Royal Tank Regiment – Scheesel near Rotenburg to 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division Aug 45

141 Regiment (The Buffs the East Kent Regiment) RAC – Delmenhorst to Rotenburg end May 45

1 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry to 34th Armoured Brigade Jun 45

49 Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment to 34th Armoured Brigade Jun 45

1 Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment – Oldenburg to Penheim disbanded Jun 45

CO: Lieutenant Colonel Churchill 

Jun 45 – Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) from 21st Army Group – Rotenburg Lintfort to Leicester Barracks Husum to 4th Armoured Brigade Mar 46

 

May 45 – 33rd Armoured Brigade – HQ unknown disbanded Aug 45

Commander: Brigadier AB Scott

11 Royal Tank Regiment disbanded Aug 45

CO: Lieutenant ColonelHoward Jones DSO MC 

1 Battalion Northamptonshire Yeomanry – Bleckede to 5th Infantry Division Jun 45

1 Battalion Staffordshire Yeomanry Stedden to 8th Armoured Brigade Jun 45

 

May 45 – 1st Armoured Engineer Brigade – HQ unknown to 30th Corps District Jun 45

Commander: Brigadier P St B Sydenham

149 Armoured Engineer Park Squadron RE (Brigade HQ)

5 Armoured Engineer Regiment RE

6 Armoured Engineer Regiment RE

42 Armoured Engineer Regiment RE

 

more research to follow...additions and amendments most welcome...steve@baor-locations.co.uk  

 

Information sources

British Army Units 1945 on - Orders of  Battle - WW2Talk
The British Army in Germany an Organizational History 1947-2004 by Graham E Watson and Richard A Rinald