153:
547:
73:
55:
589:
The division was initially organised on Basic
Organisation No. III (340 tanks) but on arrival in the Middle East was partially reorganised along the lines of Basic Organisation No. IV; depending on the tanks used, resulting in 44 or 48 tanks per regiment at full strength. However, owing to casualties
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a plan was put forth to use the remains of the division as a self-contained pursuit force to dart forward into the German-Italian rear as far as possibly Tobruk, however the plan to use the division was shelved and units in the forward area were used instead. Afterwards, the name of the division was
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337:
378:
176:
The division was sent to North Africa but never saw active service as a complete formation. As the division could not be provided with a lorried infantry brigade, it was broken up and was finally disbanded in
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2621:
2478:
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384:
1916:
1599:
1267:
2609:
834:
320:
1029:
1751:
1734:
1729:
1724:
1719:
1714:
1709:
1704:
1699:
1694:
1689:
1684:
1679:
1335:
1034:
608:
565:
246:
1301:
560:
475:
456:
2170:
1857:
1833:
1554:
1489:
1221:
604:
302:
241:
157:
141:
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2580:
2575:
2570:
2565:
1628:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1574:
1569:
1509:
1504:
1479:
1469:
1393:
1388:
1383:
1378:
1211:
1165:
1119:
603:
This is the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division for 1942; for information on how divisions changed over the war, please see
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2703:
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1449:
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1419:
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1358:
1353:
1348:
1325:
1320:
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1160:
1155:
1150:
1114:
1024:
265:
224:
2641:
2549:
2394:
2389:
2384:
2225:
1813:
1549:
1529:
1236:
757:
522:
2528:
2200:
1524:
1170:
827:
2748:
2301:
2256:
372:
325:
1618:
983:
309:
2306:
2276:
2266:
1464:
779:
696:
292:
282:
208:
144:. It was deployed to Egypt in June 1942 but never operated as a complete formation and was disbanded in January the following year.
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2286:
2215:
1876:
1539:
1459:
1454:
1409:
1245:
152:
2281:
2230:
2175:
1514:
1494:
1226:
1175:
820:
396:
331:
2361:
2351:
2346:
2341:
2220:
2143:
2138:
2133:
2128:
2123:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2087:
2082:
2077:
2061:
2056:
2051:
2046:
2041:
2036:
1931:
1926:
1921:
1653:
1544:
1484:
1251:
1216:
488:
197:
The units which formed part of the division included (day/month/year). Worth to note, in the six months the division was in
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2180:
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1519:
1499:
1424:
1231:
1206:
1201:
1191:
1145:
1140:
1135:
1088:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
968:
914:
909:
904:
873:
772:
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Mediterranean and Middle East, volume 4: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa
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2205:
2190:
1643:
1474:
2336:
2296:
1828:
1797:
1792:
1782:
1658:
185:
298:
2523:
2518:
2251:
361:
2431:
2311:
1663:
1638:
1272:
471:
452:
2356:
2210:
2005:
1995:
1964:
1610:
1534:
1343:
1241:
767:
482:
465:
409:
251:
2015:
2010:
1974:
1969:
1954:
1777:
1648:
218:
2235:
2118:
1823:
1772:
1767:
1623:
1559:
531:
212:
1787:
2020:
2000:
1979:
1959:
1633:
552:
770:; Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; Flynn R.N., Captain F.C. & Gleave C.B.E., Group Captain T.P. (2004) .
2426:
2420:
2415:
2410:
1277:
257:
1093:
973:
883:
591:
137:
98:
347:
1078:
958:
807:
1098:
978:
775:
753:
692:
390:
720:
1818:
513:
134:
118:
88:
1073:
953:
445:
438:
431:
796:
2718:
2651:
1083:
963:
888:
878:
60:
2737:
528:
519:
510:
425:
367:
277:
236:
260:
later 7th
Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) (London Rifle Brigade)
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78:
812:
321:
14th
Battalion, The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)
169:
161:
542:
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504:
391:
146th (Pembrokeshire and
Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
165:
403:
56th (East
Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
338:
56th (East
Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
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Military units and formations of the
British Empire in World War II
379:
11th (Honourable
Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
303:
11th (Queen's
Westminsters) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
201:, it never operated as a complete formation. Order of battle was:
27:
198:
178:
151:
689:
The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War
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2606:
2456:
1854:
1298:
1055:
935:
855:
816:
594:, the change to Basic Organisation No. IV was never completed.
168:, 22 December 1941. The regiment was about to embark for the
387:(Field) 13/9/42–26/9/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
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385:
104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1943
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2403:
2377:
2370:
2329:
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2163:
2156:
2111:
2070:
2029:
1988:
1947:
1940:
1869:
1806:
1760:
1743:
1672:
1608:
1402:
1334:
1313:
1260:
1184:
1128:
1107:
1066:
992:
946:
897:
866:
752:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
112:
107:
94:
84:
66:
48:
40:
20:
2754:Military units and formations established in 1940
399:25/9/42–26/10/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
334:25/9/42–26/10/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
417:Commander Royal Engineers, 8th Armoured Division
405:23/7/42–6/11/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
393:19/9/42–6/11/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
355:Commander Royal Artillery, 8th Armoured Division
340:23/7/42–6/11/42 (part of Hammerforce, see above)
487:8th Armoured Division Military Police Company,
451:Divisional Engineers 'B' Light Aid Detachment,
1030:Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)
828:
750:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
721:"8th Armoured Division, 10th Corps, 23.10.42"
470:8th Armoured Division Maintenance Battalion,
8:
1752:British deception formations in World War II
189:used for the purpose of military deception.
1035:Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)
609:British Armoured formations of World War II
566:British Armoured formations of World War II
351:from 18/10/42–3/11/42 (see below for units)
2665:
2603:
2468:
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2374:
2160:
1944:
1866:
1851:
1310:
1295:
1063:
1052:
943:
932:
863:
852:
835:
821:
813:
656:
654:
507:Arthur George Kenchington 4/11/40–14/12/40
247:46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment
561:List of British divisions in World War II
476:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
464:8th Armoured Division Service Battalion,
457:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
317:8th Support Group Headquarters Detachment
160:, 8th Armoured Division, at Warren Camp,
605:British Army during the Second World War
397:73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
332:73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
270:22/11/40–10/10/42 then 31/10/42–6/11/42
142:British Army during the Second World War
623:
582:
481:8th Armoured Division Field Ambulance,
288:45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
17:
706:
704:
242:40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment
158:40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment
7:
499:Commanders of the brigade included:
441:15/1/41–11/7/42 then 15/9/42–9/11/42
276:23rd Armoured Brigade Signal Troop,
235:23rd Armoured Brigade Signal Troop,
424:Divisional Engineers Signal Troop,
373:5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
326:5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
273:23rd Armoured Brigade Headquarters
232:23rd Armoured Brigade Headquarters
205:8th Armoured Division Headquarters
14:
293:47th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment
283:41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment
545:
71:
53:
44:4 November 1940 – 1 January 1943
26:
768:Playfair, Major-General I.C.O.
489:Corps of Royal Military Police
172:, hence the desert camouflage.
1:
915:6th (United Kingdom) Division
910:3rd (United Kingdom) Division
905:1st (United Kingdom) Division
209:8th Armoured Division Signals
357:(HQ Hammerforce, see above)
186:Second Battle of El Alamein
2780:
2749:British armoured divisions
2302:66th (2nd East Lancashire)
2257:57th (2nd West Lancashire)
2679:
2664:
2617:
2602:
2467:
2452:
1865:
1850:
1309:
1294:
1273:1st Commonwealth Division
1062:
1051:
984:Scottish, Welsh and Irish
942:
931:
862:
851:
678:Playfair, pp. 81–82
472:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
453:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
444:145 Field Park Squadron,
362:Commander Royal Artillery
25:
2307:67th (2nd Home Counties)
2277:61st (2nd South Midland)
2267:59th (2nd North Midland)
483:Royal Army Medical Corps
466:Royal Army Service Corps
410:Royal Army Medical Corps
375:(Field) 19/9/42–11/11/42
346:CRA, 8th Armoured as HQ
328:(Field) 19/9/42–11/11/42
299:The Queen's Westminsters
258:The London Rifle Brigade
252:50th Royal Tank Regiment
2317:69th (2nd East Anglian)
2287:63rd (2nd Northumbrian)
1629:Durham and North Riding
748:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
514:Richard Loudon McCreery
421:HQ Divisional Engineers
381:(Field) 12/8/42–20/8/42
219:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
2282:62nd (2nd West Riding)
2231:55th (West Lancashire)
2171:42nd (East Lancashire)
1555:55th (West Lancashire)
1490:42nd (East Lancashire)
532:Charles Henry Gairdner
213:Royal Corps of Signals
173:
1834:British Army in India
797:"8 Armoured Division"
553:United Kingdom portal
408:CRA Medical Section,
267:24th Armoured Brigade
226:23rd Armoured Brigade
155:
131:8th Armoured Division
21:8th Armoured Division
2196:48th (South Midland)
2186:46th (North Midland)
2181:44th (Home Counties)
1565:59th (Staffordshire)
1520:48th (South Midland)
1500:44th (Home Counties)
1278:17th Gurkha Division
1232:44th (Home Counties)
1067:Administrative units
947:Administrative units
937:Post-Cold War period
874:Guards and Parachute
867:Administrative units
801:Orders of Battle.com
119:Sir Richard McCreery
2292:64th (2nd Highland)
2272:60th (2/2nd London)
2262:58th (2/1st London)
2236:56th (1/1st London)
2226:54th (East Anglian)
2206:50th (Northumbrian)
2191:47th (1/2nd London)
1550:54th (East Anglian)
1530:50th (Northumbrian)
1475:23rd (Northumbrian)
1237:50th (Northumbrian)
592:Middle East Command
523:Charles Wake Norman
181:on 1 January 1943.
2337:63rd (Royal Naval)
2297:65th (2nd Lowland)
2201:49th (West Riding)
1798:82nd (West Africa)
1793:81st (West Africa)
1783:11th (East Africa)
1619:Devon and Cornwall
1611:"County Divisions"
1525:49th (West Riding)
1300:Second World War (
1268:Artillery Division
1171:49th (West Riding)
437:9 Field Squadron,
430:6 Field Squadron,
366:CRA Signal Troop,
174:
2731:
2730:
2727:
2726:
2670:Napoleonic Wars (
2660:
2659:
2598:
2597:
2594:
2593:
2458:Second Boer War (
2448:
2447:
2444:
2443:
2440:
2439:
2325:
2324:
2252:45th (2nd Wessex)
2157:Territorial Force
2152:
2151:
1856:First World War (
1846:
1845:
1842:
1841:
1290:
1289:
1286:
1285:
1222:42nd (Lancashire)
1089:Prince of Wales's
1047:
1046:
1043:
1042:
1000:1st (UK) Armoured
969:Prince of Wales's
927:
926:
923:
922:
843:Divisions of the
759:978-1-84342-474-1
691:. Phoenix. 2005.
516:14/11/40–15/10/41
311:8th Support Group
229:22/11/40–11/7/42
156:Scout car of the
124:
123:
34:Division insignia
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2666:
2604:
2469:
2454:
2375:
2312:68th (2nd Welsh)
2161:
1945:
1867:
1852:
1819:Beauman Division
1311:
1296:
1064:
1053:
944:
933:
864:
853:
837:
830:
823:
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804:
785:
763:
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731:
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711:
708:
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640:
639:Joslen, p. 5, 22
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631:
628:
612:
601:
595:
587:
555:
550:
549:
548:
525:15/10/41–24/8/42
448:27/11/40–9/11/42
434:27/11/40–9/11/42
314:7/11/40–23/7/42
221:27/11/40–20/8/42
215:4/11/40–16/12/42
77:
75:
74:
59:
57:
56:
30:
18:
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2778:
2774:
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2772:
2770:
2769:
2768:
2734:
2733:
2732:
2723:
2675:
2656:
2613:
2590:
2554:
2538:
2463:
2436:
2399:
2366:
2357:74th (Yeomanry)
2321:
2240:
2211:51st (Highland)
2148:
2107:
2066:
2025:
2006:17th (Northern)
1996:15th (Scottish)
1984:
1965:11th (Northern)
1936:
1861:
1838:
1802:
1756:
1739:
1668:
1604:
1535:51st (Highland)
1465:15th (Scottish)
1398:
1330:
1305:
1282:
1256:
1180:
1124:
1103:
1058:
1039:
988:
938:
919:
893:
858:
847:
841:
795:
792:
782:
766:
760:
747:
744:
739:
729:
727:
719:
718:
714:
710:Joslen, pp. 22.
709:
702:
687:Thaddeus Holt.
686:
682:
677:
673:
668:
664:
659:
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634:
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616:
615:
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598:
588:
584:
574:
551:
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544:
541:
497:
446:Royal Engineers
439:Royal Engineers
432:Royal Engineers
297:1st Battalion,
256:1st Battalion,
195:
193:Order of battle
150:
127:
114:
102:
72:
70:
54:
52:
36:
12:
11:
5:
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2775:
2767:
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2761:
2756:
2751:
2746:
2736:
2735:
2729:
2728:
2725:
2724:
2722:
2721:
2716:
2711:
2706:
2701:
2696:
2691:
2686:
2680:
2677:
2676:
2669:
2662:
2661:
2658:
2657:
2655:
2654:
2649:
2644:
2639:
2634:
2629:
2624:
2618:
2615:
2614:
2607:
2600:
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2596:
2595:
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2591:
2589:
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2583:
2578:
2573:
2568:
2562:
2560:
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2555:
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2546:
2544:
2540:
2539:
2537:
2536:
2531:
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2506:
2501:
2496:
2491:
2486:
2481:
2475:
2473:
2465:
2464:
2457:
2450:
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2446:
2445:
2442:
2441:
2438:
2437:
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2434:
2429:
2424:
2418:
2413:
2407:
2405:
2401:
2400:
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2397:
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2387:
2381:
2379:
2372:
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2320:
2319:
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2299:
2294:
2289:
2284:
2279:
2274:
2269:
2264:
2259:
2254:
2248:
2246:
2242:
2241:
2239:
2238:
2233:
2228:
2223:
2218:
2216:52nd (Lowland)
2213:
2208:
2203:
2198:
2193:
2188:
2183:
2178:
2173:
2167:
2165:
2158:
2154:
2153:
2150:
2149:
2147:
2146:
2141:
2136:
2131:
2126:
2121:
2115:
2113:
2109:
2108:
2106:
2105:
2100:
2095:
2090:
2085:
2080:
2074:
2072:
2068:
2067:
2065:
2064:
2059:
2054:
2049:
2044:
2039:
2033:
2031:
2027:
2026:
2024:
2023:
2018:
2016:19th (Western)
2013:
2011:18th (Eastern)
2008:
2003:
1998:
1992:
1990:
1986:
1985:
1983:
1982:
1977:
1975:13th (Western)
1972:
1970:12th (Eastern)
1967:
1962:
1957:
1955:9th (Scottish)
1951:
1949:
1942:
1938:
1937:
1935:
1934:
1929:
1924:
1919:
1914:
1909:
1904:
1899:
1894:
1889:
1884:
1879:
1873:
1871:
1863:
1862:
1855:
1848:
1847:
1844:
1843:
1840:
1839:
1837:
1836:
1831:
1826:
1821:
1816:
1810:
1808:
1804:
1803:
1801:
1800:
1795:
1790:
1785:
1780:
1778:11th (African)
1775:
1770:
1764:
1762:
1758:
1757:
1755:
1754:
1747:
1745:
1741:
1740:
1738:
1737:
1732:
1727:
1722:
1717:
1712:
1707:
1702:
1697:
1692:
1687:
1682:
1676:
1674:
1670:
1669:
1667:
1666:
1661:
1656:
1654:Northumberland
1651:
1646:
1641:
1636:
1631:
1626:
1621:
1615:
1613:
1609:Anti-Invasion
1606:
1605:
1603:
1602:
1597:
1592:
1587:
1582:
1577:
1572:
1567:
1562:
1557:
1552:
1547:
1542:
1540:52nd (Lowland)
1537:
1532:
1527:
1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1467:
1462:
1460:12th (Eastern)
1457:
1455:9th (Highland)
1452:
1447:
1442:
1437:
1432:
1427:
1422:
1417:
1412:
1406:
1404:
1400:
1399:
1397:
1396:
1391:
1386:
1381:
1376:
1371:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1351:
1346:
1340:
1338:
1332:
1331:
1329:
1328:
1323:
1317:
1315:
1307:
1306:
1299:
1292:
1291:
1288:
1287:
1284:
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