British Army Units 1945 on

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7th Royal Tank Regiment 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Germany  
1946.09England: Barnard Castle  
1947.01India: Sialkot
1947: Absorbed personnel of 146th Regiment RAC
Mar 47: RHQ at Sialkot: A Sqn: Lahore: B Sqn: Amritsar: C Sqn: Jullundur
July 47: Regiment concentrated a one location
 9 Sept 47: at sea  
1947England: Tidworth Tank training regt
Nov 50 - Jul 51: C Sqn - Korea: (equipped with flamethrower, AVRE and flail tanks)29 Inf Brigade Group
 Jul- Oct 51: C Sqn - Korea: (equipped with flamethrower, AVRE and flail tanks)1 Commonwealth Division 
1952.02Hong Kong: Sek Kong  40 Infantry Division 
1954.11England: Shaiba Lines, Catterick Tank training regt
1956England: Bourlon Barracks, Catterick Tank training regt
1957.09Germany: Haig Barracks, Hohne11 Infantry Brigade Group
3 Apr 59: Amalgamated at Hohne with 4th Royal Tank Regiment

 

8th Royal Tank Regiment 

DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Italy7 Armoured Brigade 
1945.07UK9 Armoured Brigade  
1946.01Austria: Graz  
1946.05Egypt:
 Jun 46 - Jan 47: Palestine: HQ Sqn at Lajun then Rafah, A Sqn Acre. B Sqn Hadera.2 Infantry Brigade 
1947.08England: Shaiba Lines, Catterick Tank training regt
 Feb 51: Gave up training regiment and converted to operational status.  
1951.07Germany: Barker Barracks, Paderborn33 Armoured Brigade 
 Mar 56: Barker Barracks, Paderborn6 Infantry Brigade 
1959.04Germany: Wessex Barracks, Fallingbostel7 Armoured Brigade
1 Jul 60: Amalgamated at Lumsden Barracks, Fallingbostel with 5th Royal Tank Regiment

 

1st Independent Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment  

DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1951.11Formed in Germany  
1952.01Berlin: Smuts Barracks as Berlin Armoured Sqn
Dec 57: Disbanded in Berlin
 
Independent Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1963.03Formed in Berlin  
1963Berlin: Smuts Bks
Nov 65: Disbanded in Berlin
 
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