| 03-Sep-1939 | 03-Sep-1939 | Active | | Titled Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt). |
| 16-Feb-1940 | 16-Feb-1940 | Renamed | | 4 Heavy Armoured Brigade |
| 14-Apr-1940 | 14-Apr-1940 | Renamed | | 4 Armoured Brigade. |
| 27-Jul-1941 | 27-Jul-1941 | Event | | Handed over units to 1 Army Tank Brigade in Western Desert. |
| 31-Jul-1941 | 31-Jul-1941 | Event | | New Units come under command in the Nile Delta. |
| 09-Feb-1942 | 09-Feb-1942 | Reorganised | | As Armoured Brigade Group. |
| 15-Jul-1942 ? | 15-Jul-1942 ? | Reorganised | | Light Armoured Brigade Group with two Armoured Car Regiments and a Regiment of Light (Stuart) Tanks. |
| 06-Jun-1943 | 06-Jun-1943 | Reorganised | | As Armoured Brigade |
| 10-Jul-1943 | 10-Jul-1943 | Event | | Brigade HQ arrived in Sicily where it took command of units already in Sicily. |
| 31-Aug-1945 | 31-Aug-1945 | Active | | Still Active. |