9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
Commanding Officer's Iron Duke
Iron Duke under temporay command of Sgt. Bowen.
Churchill of 11 Troop, Roosenthaal, Holland.
Allocated Tank Names
Commanding Off. 2nd In Command Liasson Off. Adjutant Iron Duke Ironside Iron Ration Ironclad
A Squadron B Squadron C Squadron OC Inverness OC Iroquois OC Incredible 2 I/C Invergordon 2 I/C Imperator 2 I/C Ich Dien R.O. Inverary O.R. O.R. ARV Iron Lung ARV ARV Troop Troop Troop 1 Impudent 6 Intact 11 Incisive 1A Imp 6A 11A Intensive 1B 6B 11B Impassive Troop Troop Troop 2 7 Invincible 12 Ibn el Kelb 2A Iceni 7A Impunity 12A Infamous 2B 7B Imperial 12B Ibn saud Troop Troop Troop 3 8 Infernal 13 Impenitent 3 A Irate 8A Inferno 13A Independent 3B Impetous 8B Infidel 13B Impertinent Troop Troop Troop 4 9 Inspire 14 Indomitable 4A Illusive 9A Immune 14A Indefatigable 4 B Ibex 9B Impulse 14B Impregnable Troop Troop Troop 5 Iraq 10 Intercept 15 Ilford 5A Ismailia 10A Immoral 15A Ilkley 5B India 10B Imprint 15B Irlam Other names identified in histories and photographs, for which the allocation is unknown, are:
Indus, (possibly B Squadron). Infighter. Incisor Injector
My thanks to Peter Beale, author of Tank Tracks - 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment at War, for permission to reproduce the above material.
34th Tank Brigade Insignia
