28th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade
28th Armoured Brigade
Active30 March 1940 – 21 August 1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeArmoured
SizeBrigade
Part of9th Armoured Division

The 28th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade formation of the British Army, raised during the Second World War.

History

Covenanter tanks of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 9th Armoured Division, on parade at Guisborough in Yorkshire, 19 August 1941.

Formed from II Corps Cavalry Reconnaissance Regiments on 30 March 1940 as the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade.[1] After the Dunkirk evacuation, with the lack of armoured vehicles, it was converted into the 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade on 23 June 1940. As more equipment became available, it was converted into the 28th Armoured Brigade on 1 December 1940 and served in the United Kingdom throughout the war, under the command of the 9th Armoured Division.[2] It was disbanded on 21 August 1944, without having seen active service as a unit. However, its constituent Armoured Regiments would see service in the Northwest Europe Campaign, replacing units disbanded by heavy losses.

Order of battle

Commanders

  • Brigadier H. Lumsden (until 15 October 1941)
  • Brigadier E.S.D. Martin (from 15 October 1941 until 30 October 1942)
  • Brigadier H.R. Mackeson (from 30 October 1942 until 5 August 1944)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel A.D. Taylor (acting, from 5 August 1944 until 13 August 1944)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel W.G.N. Walker (acting, from 13 August 1944)

See also


Notes

  1. ^ Palmer, Robert. "B.E.F., G.H.Q. TROOPS (1940)" (PDF). British Military History. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert. "9 ARMOURED DIVISION (1944-45)" (PDF). British Military History. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

References

  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.



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