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The following 12 pages use this file: 11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 21st Army Group; 29th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) British military vehicle markings of World War II
After the German surrender, the 11th Armoured Division was used as an occupation force in the Schleswig-Holstein area. On 23 May, units of the division were employed in the capture of members of the Dönitz Government in Flensburg. [37] The 11th Armoured Division was disbanded shortly after the end of the war at the end of January 1946.
Divisional troops and unbrigaded units such as armoured car and armoured recce regiments used white tac signs. Within an armoured brigade, each regiment used a different colour which indicated their seniority (Red for the senior regiment, yellow for the 2nd regiment, blue for the junior regiment, and green for the motorised infantry battalion).
The Australian militia used the inherited colour patches used in the First World War, the units of the Second Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) added a grey border to the patch for those troops reusing the same colours and introduced new division shapes for the armoured divisions. The grey border was allowed to be worn by individuals in a ...
Men of the 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, painting divisional and arm of service markings on a German Schwimmwagen captured from the 12th SS Panzer Division (HitlerJugend), in Normandy, 6 July 1944. The 11th Armoured Division landed in France in June 1944, taking heavy casualties in the Battle of Normandy.
20th (Light) Division [4] 59th, 60th, and 61st Brigade patches. These patches were worn by all in the brigade on both sleeves with the infantry battalions wearing a number of bars under the sign to indicate seniority. 31st Division [5] 92nd, 93rd and 94th Brigade patches. These patches were worn by all in the brigade on the back below the collar.
Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts, CB, DSO & Two Bars, MC (5 November 1906 – 5 November 1997), better known as "Pip", was a senior officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Second World War, most notably as General Officer Commanding of the 11th Armoured Division (nicknamed the "Black Bull") throughout the campaign in Northwestern Europe from June 1944 ...
Another armoured division, beyond the initial request for seven more formations, was formed in 1942. The 79th Armoured Division was short-lived as a traditional armoured division, and in April 1943 was assigned to the development and use of Hobart's Funnies (specialised tanks). In this capacity, it did not act en masse, it maintained command ...