Английская Википедия:42nd Royal Tank Regiment
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The 42nd Royal Tank Regiment (42 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from 1938[1] until 1956. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
Mobilisation
Шаблон:Main The unit was formed on 1 November 1938 by converting the 7th (23rd London) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, a Territorial Army (TA) infantry battalion, into a tank unit. For a short while it was 42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment) Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps before the corps was redesignated the Royal Tank Regiment in 1939.[2][3]
World War II
The regiment was mobilised on the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 as part of 21st Army Tank Brigade, composed of three TA battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment.[4]
The unit formed part of 1st Army Tank Brigade in 1941–42, serving with it in the Western Desert Campaign including the Second Battle of El Alamein.[5]
For the invasion of Northern Europe in 1944, it was equipped with Canal Defence Light Grant tanks. These were not used in battle.Шаблон:Citation needed
Postwar
From 1947, when the TA was reconstituted, the regiment was in 22nd Armoured Brigade under the 56th (London) Infantry Division.[6]
In 1956, the regiment was converted back to infantry, becoming the 23rd London again.[3][7]
Notes
References
External links
- Merseyside RTR (Brian Gill's website)
- Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
- Graham Watson, The Territorial Army 1947
Шаблон:RAC armoured regiments of the Second World War
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 23rd Londons at Regiments.org.
- ↑ Joslen, p. 200.
- ↑ Joslen, pp. 195, 566.
- ↑ Watson, TA 1947
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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