149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
| 149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941โ1946 |
| Country |  Grant tank |
| Engagements | World War II |
149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (149 RAC) was an armoured regiment of the
Origin
149th Regiment RAC was formed on 22 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of 7th Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI).[1] Raised in 1940, 7th KOYLI had been serving with 207th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), a Home Defence formation in Essex that was broken up in August 1941 and its battalions transferred to the RAC.[2] In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, all personnel would have continued to wear their KOYLI cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.[3]
Burma Campaign
7th KOYLI arrived in India on 24 October 1941, and was assigned for conversion to the Heavy Armoured Brigade, which was soon afterwards redesignated 50th Indian Tank Brigade.[1]
149 RAC moved to the Manipur Road area in April 1944, and came under the command of
In August 1944 149 RAC returned to
149 RAC was disbanded in 1946.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c Joslen, p. 497.
- ^ Joslen, p. 370.
- ^ Forty pp. 50โ1.
- ^ "Commonwealth Tank, Armoured, Cavalry & Recce Regiments In The Burma Theatre Of Operations Jan 1944 To Aug 1945" (PDF). fireandfury.com.
- ^ Zaloga & Johnson.
- ^ Joslen, p. 496.
- ^ "Royal Armoured Corps". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
References
- Forty, George. (1998). British Army Handbook 1939-1945. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1403-3.
- Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939โ1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
- Steven J. Zalgoa, Hugh Johnson, M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45.