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 Subordinates

Brigade
FromToSubordinateNationNotes
15-Jan-194005-Oct-194022 Armoured BrigadeBritish
19-Jan-194027-Feb-19411 Armoured BrigadeBritish
05-Feb-194008-Apr-19412 Support GroupBritish
05-Oct-194031-Jan-19413 Armoured BrigadeBritish
20-Mar-194108-Apr-19413 Armoured BrigadeBritish
06-Apr-194108-Apr-19413 Indian Motor BrigadeIndian 
Battalion
FromToSubordinateNationNotes
24-Jan-194115-Feb-1941 ?1 King's Dragoon GuardsBritish
Company
FromToSubordinateNationNotes
10-Jun-194026-Feb-19413 Field Squadron REBritish 
07-Feb-194126-Feb-1941142 Field Park Squadron REBritish 
24-Mar-194108-Apr-19414 Field Squadron REBritishAttached from RE 7 Armoured Division
Troop
FromToSubordinateNationNotes
10-Jun-194006-Feb-1941142 Field Park Troop REBritish 
24-Mar-194108-Apr-1941143 Field Park Troop REBritishAttached from RE 7 Armoured Division