6th Guards Tank Brigade

A Brief History

15th June 1943: Created by the transfer of three battalions from 6th Guards Armoured Division.
20th July 1944: Landed in Normandy over beaches Gold and Juno, twenty-four days after D-Day. The delay being due to Field Marshal Montgomery refusing to deploy the Brigade, only reversed following Winston Churchill's approach to King George VI.
July 1945: Brigade disbanded. The men rejoined the ranks of the Guards Divison.

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Arm of Service Insignia

  Brigade Headquarters

  4th Battalion Grenadier Guards

  4th Battalion Coldstream Guards

  3rd Battalion Scots Guards

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See Tank Photographs and/or Names

4th Battalion Grenadier Guards

4th Battalion Coldstream Guards

3rd Battalion Scots Guards