British Vickers Mark VIB Light Tank.
Near Dunkirk, May-June 1940, France.
The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own)
On 9
September 1922, the 13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own)
was formed by amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and
the 18th Royal
Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own).
In December
1935, it was named as 13th/18th Royal Hussars
(Queen Mary’s Own).
In April 1939 was integrated into the Royal Armoured Corps as a Regular Cavalry
Regiment.
During the
Battle of France of 1940, was added to the 1st Infantry Division as H.Q.
Divisional Troops, serving as the reconnaissance regiment (armoured) of the
Division.
The 13th/18th
Regiment during the French campaign, was composed of twenty-eight Vickers Mark
VIB light tanks and forty-four Carriers.
1st
Infantry Division (United Kingdom) - Battle of France 1940
Order of Battle (OOB), France 1940
G.H.Q. (1st Infantry
Division)
General Officer
Commanding: Major-General H. R. L. G. Alexander
Divisional Troops
(H.Q. Troops)
HQ Royal Artillery
2nd Field
Regiment, (35, 42, 53 & 87 Batteries) Royal Artillery
19th
Field Regiment, (29, 39, 96 & 97 Batteries) Royal Artillery
67th
(South Midland) Field Regiment, (265 (Worcester) & 266 (Worcester)
Batteries) Royal Artillery
21st
Anti-Tank Regiment, (Q, Y, Z & BB Batteries) Royal Artillery
HQ Royal Engineers
23rd
Field Company, Royal Engineers
238th
Field Company, Royal Engineers
248th
Field Company, Royal Engineers
6th Field
Park Company, Royal Engineers
Other
H.Q. Troops
13th/18th
Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) [Divisional Cavalry]. Attached from G.H.Q.
Troops
2nd
Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun). Attached from G.H.Q.
Troops
1st
Divisional Signals
1st
(Guards) Infantry Brigade – (Brigadier M.B. Beckwith-Smith)
3rd
Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
2nd
Battalion, The Coldstream Guards
2nd
Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
1st
Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
2nd
Infantry Brigade – (Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson)
1st
Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
2nd
Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
6th
Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
2nd
Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
3rd
Infantry Brigade – (Brig T.N.F. Wilson)
1st
Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
2nd
Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
1st
Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
3rd
Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
