7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) a kangaroo than a jerboa. The colour was also changed to black. Commanders included: Seargeant John Dickens There is a monument to the 7th Armoured at Brandon in Thetford Forest where the 7th trained prior to D-day. 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army that saw distinguished active service during World War II, where its exploits in the Western Desert Campaign gained it the "Desert Rats" nickname. After the Munich Agreement, the division was formed in Egypt during 1938 as the Mobile Division (Egypt) and its first divisional commander was
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