Guards Support Group
The Guards Support Group was a brigade size formation within the British Guards Armoured Division. The Support Group (or "pivot group") provided whatever support the division's armoured brigades needed for the operation in hand. It was able to provide motorised infantry, field artillery, anti-tank artillery or light anti-aircraft artillery as needed. It was formed in 1941 by the conversion of the 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards) which had served in the Battle of France, and disbanded in 1942 without seeing any active service.[1]
| Guards Support Group | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941–1942 |
| Allegiance |  |
| Branch | British Army |
| Type | Armoured Support |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Guards Armoured Division |
Commanders
- 15 September 1941 – 10 October 1941 Brigadier A. de L. Cazenove
- 10 October 1941 – 31 May 1942 Brigadier L. C. Manners-Smith
Formation
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery[2]
Footnotes
- Boscawen, Robert. Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary, June 1944 – April 1945. Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword, 2001.
- Sanders, J, British Guards Armoured Division 1941-1945, Osprey Vanguard, 1979
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