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