9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

9th Armoured Division
9th Armoured Division
	Formation sign of the 9th Armoured Division.
Active	1 December 1940–31 July 1944
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Armoured
Size	14,964 men; 227 tanks
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Major-General Brian Horrocks

The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, raised during the Second World War. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division.

History

The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division, although its 27th armoured brigade fought in the Normandy campaign and NW Europe in 1944.^[5]

General Officer Commanding

The 9th Armoured Division had three men who held the position of General Officer Commanding during the Second World War.

Appointed	General Officer Commanding
4 December 1940	Major-General Brocas Burrows^[2]
20 March 1942	Major-General Brian Horrocks^[2]
12 August 1942	Major-General John D'Arcy^{[nb 3]}

Component Units

Component units included:^[6]

27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942)

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1st East Riding Yeomanry
1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941

28th Armoured Brigade

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941

9th Support Group (disbanded 12 June 1942)

11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

7th Infantry Brigade (transferred to division on 5 June 1942)

Divisional Troops

1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - (16 January 1943 - 10 July 1943)
6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944)
141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944)
74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 6 November 1943)
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 November 1943 - 10 July 1944)
54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 2 March 1944)
150th (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (2 March 1944 - 10 July 1944)

Notes

Footnotes

^ 201 tanks and 26 anti-aircraft tanks.^[4]
^ These two figures are the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division; for information on how divisions size changed over the war please see British Army during the Second World War and British Armoured formations of World War II.
^ D'Arcy was appointed as the acting General Officer Commanding on 12 August 1942 at the rank of Brigadier, he took official command of the division on 8 September 1942 with the rank of Major-General.^[2]

Citations

^ Cole p34
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joslen, p. 23
^ Joslen, p. 129
^ Joslen, p. 6
^ Anderson, Richard C. (2009). Cracking Hitler's Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Engineers on D-Day: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day. Stackpole Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0811705899.
^ Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates

References

Joslen, Lieutenant-Colonel H.F. (1960) . Orders Of Battle Second World War 1939-1945. Naval & Military Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
Cole H (1973) Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire Arms and Armour Press SBN 85368 078 7

External links

"9 Armoured Division". Orders of Battle.com.

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[5] 201 tanks and 26 anti-aircraft tanks.^[4]

[6] These two figures are the war establishment, the on-paper strength, of the division; for information on how divisions size changed over the war please see British Army during the Second World War and British Armoured formations of World War II.

[8] D'Arcy was appointed as the acting General Officer Commanding on 12 August 1942 at the rank of Brigadier, he took official command of the division on 8 September 1942 with the rank of Major-General.^[2]

[1] Cole p34

[Joslen23-2] Joslen, p. 23

[3] Joslen, p. 129

[4] Joslen, p. 6

[7] Anderson, Richard C. (2009). Cracking Hitler's Wall: The 1st Assault Brigade Engineers on D-Day: The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers on D-Day. Stackpole Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0811705899.

[9] Ordersofbattle.com 9th Armoured Division subordinates

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9th Armoured Division
Formation sign of the 9th Armoured Division.^[1]
Active	1 December 1940–31 July 1944^[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Armoured
Size	14,964 men^[3] 227 tanks^{[nb 1]}^{[nb 2]}
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major-General Brian Horrocks