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1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Operation Charnwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)">Operation Jupiter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Clipper" title="Operation Clipper">Operation Clipper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Line_campaign" title="Siegfried Line campaign">Siegfried Line campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blackcock" title="Operation Blackcock">Battle for the Roer Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritable" title="Operation Veritable">Operation Veritable</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data">Major-General <a href="/wiki/Percy_Hobart" title="Percy Hobart">Sir Percy Hobart</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>79th Armoured Division</b> was a specialist <a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">armoured</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> created during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. The division was created as part of the preparations for the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy invasion</a> on 6 June 1944, D-Day. </p><p>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Percy_Hobart" title="Percy Hobart">Percy Hobart</a> commanded the division and was in charge of the development of armoured vehicles that were solutions to problems of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">amphibious landing on the defended French coastline</a>; these unusual-looking tanks it developed and operated were known as "<a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">Hobart's Funnies</a>". They included tanks that floated, could clear mines, destroy defences, carry and lay bridges, and roadways. The practical use of these specialist tanks was confirmed during the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">landings on the beaches</a>. Its vehicles were distributed as small units across the divisions taking part in the landings and subsequent operations. The division remained in action during the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">North-west European Campaign</a>, providing specialised support during assaults to the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> and, occasionally, to American units outside 21st. Again they were of significant use during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Rhine crossings</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B6656.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1277" /></a><figcaption>Brigadier N. W. Duncan of the <a href="/wiki/30th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Armoured Brigade">30th Armoured Brigade</a> watches the attack on Caen from beside his <a href="/wiki/Humber_scout_car" title="Humber scout car">Humber scout car</a> outside Beuville, 8 July 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hobart had formed the <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Division</a> (then known as the Mobile Division) in Egypt before being removed by GOC <a href="/wiki/British_Troops_in_Egypt" title="British Troops in Egypt">British Troops in Egypt</a> and went into retirement. He was brought back into regular army by Churchill in 1941 to train the new <a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Armoured Division">11th Armoured Division</a> but ill-health meant he was considered unfit to command the division in battle and he had to give up the appointment. In 1942 Hobart was selected to train another new division.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 79th was formed as a standard armoured formation serving in the UK under <a href="/wiki/Northern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Northern Command (United Kingdom)">Northern Command</a> in August 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Sir Alan Brooke</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a>, who foresaw the need for specialised armoured vehicles, offered command of the division to <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Percy_Hobart" title="Percy Hobart">Percy Hobart</a> in October 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially the division based on the 27th Armoured Brigade included infantry, artillery and engineers but the infantry unit, <a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th</a>, and its artillery regiments were all removed by April 1943. Its engineer units were generally removed by November 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1943 Hobart met Brooke who gave him the role of developing and training a division of specialist armoured vehicles that would lead the invasion of France in 1944<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial new organization of the 79th was a tank brigade, an armoured brigade, and a Royal Engineers assault brigade; this was expanded with additional brigades of the new armoured vehicles developed by the 79th.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobart gave firm direction and the strange-looking tanks it developed and operated were known as <a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">Hobart's Funnies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iwm_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iwm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They included tanks that floated, could clear mines, destroy defences, carry and lay bridges, and roadways - anything that would enable the invasion force to get ashore and break through the German defences. The division landed in France in June 1944. The division was further used during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Battle for Brest</a>, the battle for the <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> estuary (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Infatuate" title="Operation Infatuate">Operation Infatuate</a>), the battle for the <a href="/wiki/Roer_Triangle" class="mw-redirect" title="Roer Triangle">Roer Triangle</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Blackcock" title="Operation Blackcock">Operation Blackcock</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> crossings (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a>), the Elbe crossing and (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritable" title="Operation Veritable">Operation Veritable</a>), the battle for the Reichswald.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 79th Armoured Division was disbanded on 20 August 1945. Hobart subsequently commanded the Specialized Armour Development Establishment (SADE), which was formed from elements of the 79th together with the Assault Training and Development Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The equipment included the following:<sup id="cite_ref-iwm_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iwm-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/DD_tank" title="DD tank">"Duplex Drive" tank</a> was a Sherman tank converted for amphibious use with twin types of locomotion: tracks and propellers; the design was used by the Allies in the opening phases of the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> in 1944.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mine_flail#World_War_II" title="Mine flail">Sherman Crab</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Mine_flail" title="Mine flail">mine flail</a> tank designed to clear a safe path through a mine-field by deliberately detonating mines in front of the vehicle; the design was first used during the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a> in 1942.</li> <li>The Churchill <a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers</a> (AVRE) was a heavily modified <a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill III or IV</a> armed with a "Petard", a 230mm<sup id="cite_ref-youtube.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Spigot_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Spigot mortar">spigot mortar</a> that fired a 40 pound (18 kg) "Flying dustbin" demolition bomb.</li> <li>The 'Bobbin' Carpet Layer was a Churchill AVRE fitted out with a roll of matting for laying on a beach or other soft surface.</li> <li>The Fascine Carrier was a Churchill AVRE which could carry and lay large bundles of sticks to repair holes in the ground.</li> <li>The Small Box Girder ('SBG') bridge layer was a Churchill AVRE fitted and lay a bridge large enough to cross a 30 foot gap.</li> <li>The Churchill Armoured Ramp Carrier ('ARK') was a turretless Churchill tank with ramps at either end which, when lowered, could form a mobile bridge.</li> <li>The "Buffalo" <a href="/wiki/Landing_Vehicle_Tracked" title="Landing Vehicle Tracked">Landing Vehicle Tracked</a> ('LVT') was a tracked vehicle intended to carry replenishments from ships ashore; the design was used at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a> during the crossing of the Rhine in 1945.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">Kangaroo</a> armoured personnel carrier was a self-propelled gun or other armoured vehicle, surplus to requirements which was converted by removal of the gun or turret into an infantry carrier. The Kangaroo was not developed until after the D-day landings.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Canal_Defence_Light" title="Canal Defence Light">Canal Defence Light</a> ('CDL') was a powerful <a href="/wiki/Arc_lamp" title="Arc lamp">carbon-arc</a> <a href="/wiki/Searchlight" title="Searchlight">searchlight</a> mounted on a tank which could be deployed to dazzle and confuse enemy troops.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Churchill_Crocodile" title="Churchill Crocodile">Churchill Crocodile</a> was a Churchill VII tank in which the hull machine gun was replaced with a flamethrower; fuel was carried behind the tank in an armoured wheeled trailer.</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1275594942">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center .gallery{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left .gallery{justify-content:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right .gallery{justify-content:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery.gallery.gallery{line-height:1.35em;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;column-gap:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{outline:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "],html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{outline:solid #d7d7d7 1px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{background:none!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb img:not([alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]):not([alt*="\200b \200b \200c "]){background:white!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]{filter:invert(1)hue-rotate(180deg)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "],html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{outline:solid #d7d7d7 1px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .skin-invert-image .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb.thumb.thumb img{background:none!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb img:not([alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]):not([alt*="\200b \200b \200c "]){background:white!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .mod-gallery img[alt*="\200b \200b \200b "]{filter:invert(1)hue-rotate(180deg)}}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>Equipment used by the 79th Armoured Division</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DD-Tank.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Duplex Drive Sherman tank with its flotation screen lowered"><img alt="A stationary tank with a canvas skirt around the top of the hull" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/DD-Tank.jpg/200px-DD-Tank.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/DD-Tank.jpg/300px-DD-Tank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/DD-Tank.jpg/400px-DD-Tank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3469" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Duplex Drive Sherman tank with its flotation screen lowered</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sherman Crab; flail lowered into a dip; turret traversed rear to avoid flails"><img alt="A spinning flail in front of a tank throws dirt into the air" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg/181px-Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg/271px-Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg/361px-Sherman_crab_flail_tank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="782" data-file-height="779" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sherman Crab; flail lowered into a dip; turret traversed rear to avoid flails</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Churchill AVRE from 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers - Sword Beach, 6 June 1944."><img alt="A tank on a beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg/180px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg/269px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg/359px-D-day_-_British_Forces_during_the_Invasion_of_Normandy_6_June_1944_B5095.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Churchill AVRE from 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers - Sword Beach, 6 June 1944.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Close-up of an AVRE's Petard Mortar"><img alt="Petard Spigot mortar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg/200px-Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg/300px-Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg/400px-Churchill_AVRE_Petard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="451" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Close-up of an AVRE's Petard Mortar</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AVRE-Bobbin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Carpet roll Type D" - the Churchill is fitted with extended radiator intakes and exhausts so that it could wade ashore"><img alt="A tank with a large reel of matting carried in front of it" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/AVRE-Bobbin.jpg/181px-AVRE-Bobbin.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/AVRE-Bobbin.jpg/271px-AVRE-Bobbin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/AVRE-Bobbin.jpg/362px-AVRE-Bobbin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="796" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Carpet roll Type D" - the Churchill is fitted with extended radiator intakes and exhausts so that it could wade ashore</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="AVRE with Fascine Carrier (a cradle that could tilt forward to deposit fascine)"><img alt="A tank with bundle of wooden stakes in front of it" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg/200px-Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg/300px-Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg/400px-Churchill_VII_AVRE_With_Fascine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="543" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">AVRE with Fascine Carrier (a cradle that could tilt forward to deposit fascine)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Small Box Girder bridge layer in North-west Europe 1944-45"><img alt="A tank with a section of bridge held out at 45 degrees in front of it, with another tank to its side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg/200px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg/300px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg/400px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU860.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Small Box Girder bridge layer in North-west Europe 1944-45</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Armoured Ramp Carrier"><img alt="Churchill ARK" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg/200px-Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg/300px-Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg/400px-Armoured_Ramp_Carrier_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Armoured Ramp Carrier</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Acrossthescheldt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Buffalo amphibious vehicles taking Canadians across the Scheldt 1944"><img alt="An amphibious vehicles carrying troops drives up out of the water onto a beach. A similar vehicle is yet to reach the shore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Acrossthescheldt.jpg/200px-Acrossthescheldt.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Acrossthescheldt.jpg/300px-Acrossthescheldt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Acrossthescheldt.jpg/400px-Acrossthescheldt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Buffalo <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_vehicle" title="Amphibious vehicle">amphibious vehicles</a> taking Canadians across the Scheldt 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ram tank converted to Kangaroo personnel carrier being used by infantry of 53rd (Welsh) Division, on the outskirts of Ochtrup, 3 April 1945"><img alt="Troops sat in the top of a turretless tank" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg/200px-IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg/300px-IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg/400px-IWM-BU-2956-Ram-Kangaroo-Ochtrup-19450403.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1210" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ram tank converted to <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">Kangaroo</a> personnel carrier being used by infantry of 53rd (Welsh) Division, on the outskirts of Ochtrup, 3 April 1945</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="M3 tank fitted with Canal Defense Light in the turret"><img alt="Canal Defense Light" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg/183px-M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg" decoding="async" width="183" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg/274px-M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg/365px-M3_Canal_Defense_Light.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="788" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">M3 tank fitted with Canal Defense Light in the turret</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChurchillTank.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Churchill Crocodile"><img alt="tanks moving along a muddy road beside a low building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ChurchillTank.jpg/200px-ChurchillTank.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ChurchillTank.jpg/300px-ChurchillTank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ChurchillTank.jpg/400px-ChurchillTank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="306" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Churchill Crocodile</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>14 August 1942</dt></dl> <p>The 79th Armoured Division was first raised as a conventional armoured division, with one Armoured Brigade, one Infantry Brigade and supporting arms.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/27th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Armoured Brigade">27th Armoured Brigade</a> - Attached to the 79th Armoured Division from 8 September 1942 until 20 October 1943. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4th/7th_Royal_Dragoon_Guards" title="4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards">4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars_(Queen_Mary%27s_Own)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)">13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_East_Riding_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st East Riding Yeomanry">1st East Riding Yeomanry</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th Infantry Brigade</a> - Transferred out to <a href="/wiki/3rd_Mechanised_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Mechanised Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Infantry Division</a> on 9 April 1943. </p> <ul><li>2nd Bn <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Bn <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Bn <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a></li></ul> <p>HQ <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> – converted into <a href="/wiki/9th_Army_Group_Royal_Artillery" title="9th Army Group Royal Artillery">9th Army Group Royal Artillery</a> on 1 May 1943<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Devon_Yeomanry" title="Royal Devon Yeomanry">142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Nottinghamshire_Hussars" title="South Nottinghamshire Hussars">150th (South Notts Hussars Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Yeomanry" title="Suffolk Yeomanry">55th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/119th_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>1943</dt></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/30th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Armoured Brigade">30th Armoured Brigade</a> - Transferred to the division on 17 October 1943. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Dragoons" title="Westminster Dragoons">2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Lothians_and_Border_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Lothians and Border Horse">1st Lothians and Border Horse</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers" title="1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers">1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron</a> RE - Formed on 1 November 1943 </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Assault_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Assault Regiment">5th Assault Regiment</a> RE</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Assault_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Assault Regiment (page does not exist)">6th Assault Regiment</a> RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Royal_Engineers#42nd_Assault_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Royal Engineers">42nd Assault Regiment</a> RE</li></ul> <dl><dt>Operation Overlord (Normandy landings)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <p>The division was under direct command of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>, portions being placed in support of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Army (United Kingdom)">Second Army</a> for Operation Overlord. </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers" title="1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers">1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron</a> RE (<a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">AVRE</a>) </p> <ul><li>149 Assault Park Squadron, RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Assault_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Assault Regiment">5th Assault Regiment</a> RE <ul><li>77 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li>79 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li>80 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li>26 Assault Squadron, RE</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Assault_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Assault Regiment (page does not exist)">6th Assault Regiment</a> RE <ul><li>81 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li>82 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li>87 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=284_Assault_Squadron,_RE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="284 Assault Squadron, RE (page does not exist)">284 Assault Squadron, RE</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Royal_Engineers#42nd_Assault_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Royal Engineers">42nd Assault Regiment</a> RE <ul><li>16 Assault Squadron, RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/617_Assault_Squadron,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="617 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers">617 Assault Squadron</a>, RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/222_Assault_Squadron,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="222 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers">222 Assault Squadron</a>, RE</li> <li>557 Assault Squadron, RE – <i>remained in England as training unit</i></li></ul></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/30th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Armoured Brigade">30th Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherman_Crab" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Crab">Sherman Crab</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Dragoons" title="Westminster Dragoons">2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Lothians_and_Border_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Lothians and Border Horse">1st Lothians and Border Horse</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>September 1944</dt></dl> <p>This is the order of battle on 17 September 1944, at the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>. The division was not involved in that battle, but was involved heavily in the battles for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_ports" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel ports">Channel ports</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Astonia" title="Operation Astonia">Operation Astonia</a> at <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt" title="Battle of the Scheldt">Battle of the Scheldt</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/30th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Armoured Brigade">30th Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherman_Crab" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Crab">Sherman Crab</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Dragoons" title="Westminster Dragoons">2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Lothians_and_Border_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Lothians and Border Horse">1st Lothians and Border Horse</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers" title="1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers">1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron</a> RE (<a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">AVRE</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Assault_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Assault Regiment">5th Assault Regiment</a> RE</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Assault_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Assault Regiment (page does not exist)">6th Assault Regiment</a> RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Royal_Engineers#42nd_Assault_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Royal Engineers">42nd Assault Regiment</a> RE</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_Tank_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Tank Brigade</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="11th Royal Tank Regiment">11th Royal Tank Regiment</a> - Grant CDL tank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="42nd Royal Tank Regiment">42nd Royal Tank Regiment</a> - Grant CDL tank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="49th Royal Tank Regiment">49th Royal Tank Regiment</a> - Grant CDL tank</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/31st_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Armoured Brigade">31st Tank Brigade</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/141st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps</a> - Churchill Crocodile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry">1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry</a> - Churchill Crocodile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Armoured_Carrier_Regiment" title="1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment">1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier</a></li></ul> <p>Divisional troops, Royal Armoured Corps </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry,_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps">Staffordshire Yeomanry</a>– Sherman <a href="/wiki/DD_tank" title="DD tank">DD tanks</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Operation Varsity (Rhine crossing)</dt></dl> <p>This is the order of battle for the division on 23 March 1945, which was the commencement of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">crossing of the River Rhine</a>, and the beginning of the final advance into Germany. As can be seen, the establishment of the division had grown as the requirement for specialised armour had increased. </p><p><a href="/wiki/1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers" title="1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers">1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armoured_Vehicle_Royal_Engineers" title="Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers">AVRE</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Assault_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Assault Regiment">5th Assault Regiment</a> R.E.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_Assault_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="6th Assault Regiment (page does not exist)">6th Assault Regiment</a> R.E.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Royal_Engineers#42nd_Assault_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Royal Engineers">42nd Assault Regiment</a> R.E.</li> <li>87 Assault Dozer Squadron, R.E.</li> <li>149 Assault Park Squadron, R.E.</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/30th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="30th Armoured Brigade">30th Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherman_Crab" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Crab">Sherman Crab</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Dragoons" title="Westminster Dragoons">2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Lothians_and_Border_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Lothians and Border Horse">1st Lothians and Border Horse</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/31st_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Armoured Brigade">31st Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Churchill_Crocodile" title="Churchill Crocodile">Churchill Crocodile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_(armoured_personnel_carrier)" title="Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)">Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fife_and_Forfar_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry">1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry</a> (Crocodile)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/141st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps</a> (Crocodile)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="7th Royal Tank Regiment">7th Royal Tank Regiment</a> (Crocodile)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Armoured_Personnel_Carrier_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment">49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment</a> (Kangaroo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Armoured_Carrier_Regiment" title="1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment">1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment</a> (Kangaroo)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">33rd Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/LVT_4" class="mw-redirect" title="LVT 4">LVT 4</a>) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Northamptonshire_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry">1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_East_Riding_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st East Riding Yeomanry">1st East Riding Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="4th Royal Tank Regiment">4th Royal Tank Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="11th Royal Tank Regiment">11th Royal Tank Regiment</a></li></ul> <p>Divisional troops, Royal Armoured Corps </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Yeomanry,_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Staffordshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps">Staffordshire Yeomanry</a>– Sherman <a href="/wiki/DD_tank" title="DD tank">DD tanks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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London: Pan. p. 396. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-330-39012-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-330-39012-0"><bdi>0-330-39012-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Overlord&rft.place=London&rft.pages=396&rft.pub=Pan&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-330-39012-0&rft.aulast=Hastings&rft.aufirst=Max&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A79th+Armoured+Division+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHobartMontgomery,_Field_Marshal1945" class="citation book cs1">Hobart, P C S; Montgomery, Field Marshal (1945). <i>The story of 79th Armoured Division October 1942-June 1945</i>. 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish,_Welsh_and_Irish_Division" title="Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division">Scottish, Welsh and Irish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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(South-West) (Bosnia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-East)_(Iraq)" title="Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)">Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cold_War469" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cold War</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th 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(Scottish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Artillery_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West">Artillery Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Gurkha_Division" title="17th Gurkha Division">17th Gurkha Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_World_War_(list)469" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of British divisions in World War II">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Armoured_formations_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British Armoured formations of World War II">Armoured</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">42nd</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">79th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Invasion <a href="/wiki/British_County_Divisions" title="British County Divisions">"County Divisions"</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devon_and_Cornwall_County_Division" title="Devon and Cornwall County Division">Devon and Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_County_Division" title="Dorset County Division">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_and_North_Riding_County_Division" title="Durham and North Riding County Division">Durham and North Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Division" title="Essex County Division">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Division" title="Hampshire County Division">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Division" title="Norfolk County Division">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Division" title="Northumberland County Division">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Division" title="West Sussex County Division">West Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Division" title="Yorkshire County Division">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">12th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deception</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/British_deception_formations_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British deception formations in World War II">British deception formations in World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">African</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(African)_Division" title="1st (African) Division">1st (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_(African)_Division" title="2nd (African) Division">2nd (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(African)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (African) Division">11th (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(East_Africa)_Division" title="11th (East Africa) Division">11th (East Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Division_(SDF)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Division (SDF) (page does not exist)">12th (SDF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_(West_Africa)_Division" title="81st (West Africa) Division">81st (West Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_(West_Africa)_Division" title="82nd (West Africa) Division">82nd (West Africa)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauman_Division" title="Beauman Division">Beauman Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Y Division (United Kingdom)">Y Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of Indian divisions in World War II">British Army in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_World_War_(list)469" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British divisions in World War I">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)_in_the_First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Scottish)_Division" title="9th (Scottish) Division">9th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(Irish)_Division" title="10th (Irish) Division">10th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_(Light)_Division" title="14th (Light) Division">14th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_(Northern)_Division" title="17th (Northern) Division">17th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_(Eastern)_Division" title="18th (Eastern) Division">18th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_(Light)_Division" title="20th (Light) Division">20th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="21st Division (United Kingdom)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Division (United Kingdom)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Division (United Kingdom)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Division (United Kingdom)">26th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="30th Division (United Kingdom)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Division (United Kingdom)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="34th Division (United Kingdom)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="35th Division (United Kingdom)">35th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/36th_(Ulster)_Division" title="36th (Ulster) Division">36th (Ulster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="39th Division (United Kingdom)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="41st Division (United Kingdom)">41st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territorial Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(1/2nd_London)_Division" title="47th (1/2nd London) Division">47th (1/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (1/1st London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/45th_(2nd_Wessex)_Division" title="45th (2nd Wessex) Division">45th (2nd Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_(2nd_West_Lancashire)_Division" title="57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division">57th (2nd West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_(2/1st_London)_Division" title="58th (2/1st London) Division">58th (2/1st London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_North_Midland)_Division" title="59th (2nd North Midland) Division">59th (2nd North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_(2/2nd_London)_Division" title="60th (2/2nd London) Division">60th (2/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(2nd_West_Riding)_Division" title="62nd (2nd West Riding) Division">62nd (2nd West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(2nd_Northumbrian)_Division" title="63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division">63rd (2nd Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_(2nd_Highland)_Division" title="64th (2nd Highland) Division">64th (2nd Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_(2nd_Lowland)_Division" title="65th (2nd Lowland) Division">65th (2nd Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(2nd_East_Lancashire)_Division" title="66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division">66th (2nd East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_(2nd_Home_Counties)_Division" title="67th (2nd Home Counties) Division">67th (2nd Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(2nd_Welsh)_Division" title="68th (2nd Welsh) Division">68th (2nd Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_(2nd_East_Anglian)_Division" title="69th (2nd East Anglian) Division">69th (2nd East Anglian)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division" title="63rd (Royal Naval) Division">63rd (Royal Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="71st Division (United Kingdom)">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="72nd Division (United Kingdom)">72nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="73rd Division (United Kingdom)">73rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Yeomanry)_Division" title="74th (Yeomanry) Division">74th (Yeomanry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="75th Division (United Kingdom)">75th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Mounted_Division" title="1st Mounted Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Mounted_Division" title="2nd Mounted Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Mounted_Division" title="3rd Mounted Division">2/2nd</a> (later 3rd)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Mounted_Division" title="4th Mounted Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeomanry_Mounted_Division" title="Yeomanry Mounted Division">Yeomanry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_Boer_War_(list)469" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second Boer War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Army_formations_during_the_Second_Boer_War" title="List of British Army formations during the Second Boer War">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_between_1809%E2%80%931909" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Division 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" 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