29th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 29th Armoured Brigade was a Second World War British Army brigade.

[edit] History

Created in 1940 it served mainly with the 11th Armoured Division, notably in the Battle of Normandy and the campaign in Western Europe.

[edit] Component Units

• 6th Royal Tank Regiment
• 22nd Dragoons - Transferred to British 30th Armoured Brigade
• 24th Lancers- Disbanded 24 July 1944 due to lack of reinforcements
• 23rd Hussars
• 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
• 8th The Rifle Brigade

[edit] External links

• 29 Armoured Brigade at Orders of Battle.com^?