Lothians and Border Horse (left 17 July 1945) 4th Queen's Own Hussars (from 28 July 1945) 2nd Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles (from 16 October 1940, became 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 15 January 1941, left 29 May 1944) 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (from 22 July 1945) 6th Support Group (from 1 November 1940, disbanded 1 June 1942) 12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (left 31 May 1942) 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (left 31 May 1942) 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (left 31 May 1942) 9th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (left 24 April 1942) 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade (from 9 June 1942, left 16 February 1943) 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Guards Brigade (from 24 March 1943, left 29 May 1944) 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards 61st Infantry Brigade (from 29 May 1944) 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (from 30 May 1944, disbanded 20 March 1945) 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (from 8 March 1945, left 22 July 1945) 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment (from 29 June 1945) 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (from 19 July 1945) 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (from 19 July 1945) Divisional Troops 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry (Reconnaissance Regiment, from 10 November 1940) 12th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) 152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 5th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 19 November 1940, left 6 March 1944) 8th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 15 December 1940) 625th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 7 March 1944) 144th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 19 November 1940) 6th Bridging Troop, Royal Engineers (from 25 December 1943, left 21 August 1945) 6th Armoured Divisional Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals Brigade Attachments The following brigades were, at various points in time, attached to the 6th Armoured Division. 36th Infantry Brigade 201st Guards Motor Brigade 24th Guards Brigade 21st Indian Infantry Brigade See also List of British divisions in World War II British Armoured formations of World War II Notes Citations References External links World War II Battlefields Armoured divisions of the British Army in World War II British armoured