Guards_Support_Group_(United_Kingdom)

Guards Support Group (United Kingdom)

Guards Support Group (United Kingdom)

Military unit

The Guards Support Group was a brigade size formation within the British Guards Armoured Division. The Support Group (or "pivot group") provided whatever support the division's armoured brigades needed for the operation in hand. It was able to provide motorised infantry, field artillery, anti-tank artillery or light anti-aircraft artillery as needed. It was formed in 1941 by the conversion of the 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) which had served in the Battle of France, and disbanded in 1942 (prior to seeing any active service) when it was converted into Headquarters, Royal Artillery, for Guards Armoured Division.[1]

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Commanders

The following officers commanded the support group during its existence:[1]

Order of Battle

See also

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Joslen, p. 214.

References

  • Boscawen, Robert. Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary, June 1944 – April 1945. Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword, 2001.
  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
  • Sanders, J, British Guards Armoured Division 1941-1945, Osprey Vanguard, 1979
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