I joined the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade, part of the 11th Armoured Division, in May 1942. After training for over a year, I expected to be sent to the Middle East to support Monty’s 8th Army.

My Regiment was the Heavy Armoured Recce Regiment for the 11th Armoured division, equipped with ‘Cruiser’ tanks. All our training had been of fluid movement and we were told to expect that ...

Once released from the actions of the Teutoburger Wald and having forced their way through the other road at Tecklenburg, the 11th Armoured Division became the spearhead Division — travelling ...

In preparation for an upcoming engagement with 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the Decisive Action Rotation, Soldiers from C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment performed ...

The 99-year-old counted himself “lucky” as he reflected on his experiences during the war when he served as a tank driver in the 7th Armoured Division ... was driving a Cromwell tank in ...

The Second World War Cromwell tank, known as Little Audrey ... She commemorates the men of the 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats), who were stationed in Thetford Forest between January and ...

A Cromwell tank driver, Richard Aldred was attached to the 7th Armoured Division and arrived in Normandy in July 1944. The British tank advance had been halted by German Tiger Tanks under the ...