1st Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

1st Light Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Brigade Group
ActiveUntil November 1942
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeArmoured formation
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeBrigade
Part ofBEF
Force HQ Greece
Eighth Army
EngagementsBattle of France
Battle of Mount Olympus
Second Battle of El Alamein
Commanders
BrigadierWilloughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie
(Acting) Lieutenant-ColonelReginald Keller

The 1st Armoured Brigade, raised as the 1st Light Armoured, on 14 April 1940 its designation changed to 1st Armoured Brigade Group, an armoured formation of the British Army.


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