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149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

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that was broken up in August 1941 and its battalions transferred to the RAC. In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, all personnel would have continued to wear their KOYLI cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.
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7th KOYLI arrived in India on 24 October 1941, and was assigned for conversion to the Heavy Armoured Brigade, which was soon afterwards redesignated
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where it came once again under command of 50th Indian Tank Brigade and remained in India for the remainder of the war.
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149th Regiment RAC was formed on 22 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of 7th Battalion of the
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149 RAC moved to the Manipur Road area in April 1944, and came under the command of
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Index

United Kingdom
British Army
Armoured
Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps
Grant tank
World War II
Battle of Kohima
Battle of Imphal
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay
Battle of Kyaukmaung Bridgehead
Operation Dracula
British Army
Royal Armoured Corps
Burma Campaign
World War II
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
207th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
Essex
50th Indian Tank Brigade
254th Indian Tank Brigade
Grant
5th Indian Division
7th Indian Infantry Divisions
Burma
Imphal
Kohima
Kyaumaung Bridgehead
Meiktila
Rangoon Road

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