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noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg/220px-Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg/330px-Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg/440px-Matilda_II_tank_UK_July_1940_IWM_H_2622.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption><div style="text-align: center;">Troops of the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> shelter behind a <a href="/wiki/Matilda_II" title="Matilda II">Matilda II tank</a> of 42 RTR during manoeuvres at Knowsley Park, <a href="/wiki/Prescot" title="Prescot">Prescot</a>, 30 July 1940</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>42nd Royal Tank Regiment</b> (<b>42 RTR</b>) was an <a href="/wiki/Armoured_warfare" title="Armoured warfare">armoured</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> from 1938<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> until 1956. It was part of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a>, itself part of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mobilisation">Mobilisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=42nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mobilisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/23rd_(County_of_London)_Battalion,_London_Regiment" title="23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment">23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment</a></div> <p>The unit was formed on 1 November 1938 by converting the <a href="/wiki/23rd_(County_of_London)_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd (County of London) Battalion">7th (23rd London) Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment" title="East Surrey Regiment">East Surrey Regiment</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, into a tank unit. For a short while it was 42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment) Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps before the corps was redesignated the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a> in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Regts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=42nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was mobilised on the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 as part of <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Tank_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Army Tank Brigade">21st Army Tank Brigade</a>, composed of three TA battalions of the Royal Tank Regiment.<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>The unit formed part of <a href="/wiki/1st_Army_Tank_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Army Tank Brigade</a> in 1941–42, serving with it in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Northern Europe</a> in 1944, it was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Canal_Defence_Light" title="Canal Defence Light">Canal Defence Light</a> <a href="/wiki/Grant_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Grant tank">Grant tanks</a>. These were not used in battle.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=42nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1947, when the TA was reconstituted, the regiment was in <a href="/wiki/22nd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">22nd Armoured Brigade</a> under the <a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London) Infantry Division</a>.<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>In 1956, the regiment was converted back to infantry, becoming the <b>23rd London</b> again.<sup id="cite_ref-Regts_3-1" 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160325095837/http://royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/betweenthewars.aspx">"Between the Wars - The Royal Tank Regiment Association"</a>. <i>Royaltankregiment.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/betweenthewars.aspx">the original</a> on 25 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Royaltankregiment.com&rft.atitle=Between+the+Wars+-+The+Royal+Tank+Regiment+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royaltankregiment.com%2Fen-GB%2Fbetweenthewars.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A42nd+Royal+Tank+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=9289&Tab=Uhi">"42 Royal Tank Corps"</a>. <i>Ordersofbattle.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(2003) [1960]. <i>Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945</i>. 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href="/wiki/4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="4th Royal Tank Regiment">4th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="5th Royal Tank Regiment">5th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="6th Royal Tank Regiment">6th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="7th Royal Tank Regiment">7th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="8th Royal Tank Regiment">8th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="9th Royal Tank Regiment">9th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="10th Royal Tank Regiment">10th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="11th Royal Tank Regiment">11th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">12th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=39th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="39th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">39th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_(The_King%27s)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment">40th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th/41st_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment">40th/41st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_(Oldham)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment">41st RTR</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">42nd (7th East Surrey) RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="43rd Royal Tank Regiment">43rd (6th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="44th Royal Tank Regiment">44th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_(Leeds_Rifles)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment">45th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(Liverpool_Welsh)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment">46th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(Oldham)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="47th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment">47th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="48th Royal Tank Regiment">48th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="49th Royal Tank Regiment">49th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="50th Royal Tank Regiment">50th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Leeds_Rifles)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment">51st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=60st_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="60st Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">61st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=62nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="62nd Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">62nd RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=65th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="65th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not 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Royal Armoured Corps">108 (Lancashire Fusiliers) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">109 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">110 (Border) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="111th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">111 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="112th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">112 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=113th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="113th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">113 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=114th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="114th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">114 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=115th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="115th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">115 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=116th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">116 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/141st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">141 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/142nd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">142 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/143rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">143 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/144th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">144 (East Lancashire) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/145th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">145 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/146th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">146 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/147th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="147th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">147 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/148th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="148th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">148 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/149th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">149 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=150th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="150th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">150 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/151st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="151st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">151 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=152nd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="152nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">152 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">153 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/154th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="154th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">154 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=155th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="155th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">155 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=156th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="156th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">156 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=157th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="157th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">157 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/158th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="158th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">158 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/159th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="159th Regiment Royal Armoured 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