9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, raised during the Second World War. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division.

History
The 9th Armoured was created on 1 December 1940 and dispersed and disbanded on 31 July 1944. It never saw active service during the war as a complete division, although its 27th armoured brigade fought in the Normandy campaign and NW Europe in 1944.

General Officer Commanding
The 9th Armoured Division had three men who held the position of General Officer Commanding during the Second World War.

Component Units
Component units included:

27th Armoured Brigade (transferred from division on 10 August 1942)
 * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
 * 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
 * 1st East Riding Yeomanry
 * 1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941

28th Armoured Brigade
 * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
 * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
 * 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
 * 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles - renamed 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps on 22 March 1941

9th Support Group (disbanded 12 June 1942)
 * 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
 * 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
 * 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
 * 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

7th Infantry Brigade (transferred to division on 5 June 1942)
 * 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
 * 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
 * 2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Divisional Troops
 * 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - (16 January 1943 - 10 July 1943)
 * 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944)
 * 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 10 July 1944)
 * 74th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 6 November 1943)
 * 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 November 1943 - 10 July 1944)
 * 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (12 June 1942 - 2 March 1944)
 * 150th (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - (2 March 1944 - 10 July 1944)