2 Armoured Division

Armoured DivisionMostly destroyed in Cyrenaica in April 1941 during the first German offensive. Some component units escaped to Tobruk and subsequently to Egypt where HQ assets were used to form HQ XXX Corps.

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Unit AppointmentsCommand Appointments

General Officer Commanding
FromToRankLinkA
15-Dec-193917-Apr-1940Major-GeneralFE Hotblack 
17-Apr-194010-May-1940BrigadierCWM Norrie 
10-May-194005-Jan-1941Major-GeneralJC Tilly 
16-Jan-194112-Feb-1941BrigadierHB Latham 
12-Feb-194108-Apr-1941Major-GeneralMD Gambier-Parry 
* in the A column indicates Acting