2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

2nd Light Armoured Brigade 2nd Armoured Brigade
Active	1939–1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Armoured
Size	Brigade
Engagements	Battle of France Second Battle of El Alamein Battle of Gazala
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Goodbody

The 2nd Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, part of the pre-war Regular Army, during the Second World War, originally titled 2nd Light Armoured Brigade.

History[]

The 2nd Armoured Brigade was part of the 1st Armoured Division when it was sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to France in 1940. It was evacuated from Brest without its heavy equipment.^[1]

Sherman tanks of 'C' Squadron, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, 5 November 1942.

After being reformed it was sent in November 1941 to North Africa where it served with the 7th Armoured Division at Gazala, El Alamein and with the 1st Armoured Division in the Tunisia Campaign and Italian Campaign.

Commanders[]

• Brigadier F. Thornton
• Brigadier Richard McCreery
• Brigadier Raymond Briggs
• Brigadier A.F. Fisher
• Brigadier R. Peake
• Brigadier Richard Goodbody
• Brigadier John Frederick Boyce Combe

Component Units during the Second World War[]

• The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
• 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
• 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
• 1st Bn. The Rifle Brigade
• 9th Bn. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Notes[]

See also[]

• British Armoured formations of World War II
• List of British brigades of the Second World War

References[]

• Bright, Joan, ed. (1951). The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1936–1945. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.

External links[]

• "2 Armoured Brigade". Orders of Battle.com.

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