22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/22nd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Brigadier_William_Hinde
Brigadier George Roberts
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:1st_Battalion,_Rifle_Brigade
gptkb:4th_County_of_London_Yeomanry
gptkb:5th_Royal_Tank_Regiment
gptkb:1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment
3rd County of London Yeomanry
1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1939
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 22nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:insignia Red jerboa (as part of 7th Armoured Division)
gptkbp:motto None officially recorded
gptkbp:nickname The Desert Rats (as part of 7th Armoured Division)
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:7th_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:successor 22nd Armoured Brigade (postwar formation)
gptkbp:type armoured brigade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:22nd_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8