2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) The 2nd Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army, part of the pre-war Regular Army, during the Second World War, originally titled 2nd Light Armoured Brigade. The 2nd Armoured Brigade was part of the 1st Armoured Division when it was sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to France in 1940. It was evacuated from Brest without its heavy equipment. After being reformed it was sent in November 1941 to North Africa where it served with the 7th Armoured Division at Gazala, El Alamein and with the 1st Armoured Division
10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) Squadron was expanded to 10th Armd Div Signals in May–June 1956, based in Tripoli. It began to wind up in April 1957, and disbanded completely in September 1957. Four men served as the General Officer Commanding of the division during World War II. The 10th Armoured Division was constituted as follows during the war: 8th Armoured Brigade ("left 16 February 1942, rejoined 27 March 1942, left 30 June 1942, rejoined 17 July 1942, left 21 November 1942") 9th Armoured Brigade ("from 9 October 1941, left 25 March 1942, rejoined 14 November 1942, left 27 May 1943") 7th Armoured Brigade ("from