World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations
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British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
Heavy Armoured Brigade
3 September 1939
Heavy Armoured Brigades on 03.09.1939
Brigade
Regiments
*
1 Heavy Armoured
BG V.V. Pope
Hqs: Perham Down [1st Armoured Division]
Regular Brigade
2 RTR
3 RTR
5 RTR
22 Heavy Armoured
BG J. Scott-Cockburn
Hqs: St. John's Wood [London District]
TA Brigade
2 RGH
3 Sharpshooters
4 Cly
Heavy Armoured (Egypt)
LTC H.R.B. Watkins [1]
Hqs: Gerwala, Egypt [Armoured Division (Egypt)]
Regular Brigade
1 RTR [2]
6 RTR
Notes:
* Battalion-sized units.
[1] Acting commander
[2] The 1st RTR was a light armoured battalion. See
Light Armoured Brigade
.
