TEXT: British 7th Armored Division 
   
   
            September, 1942 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  October, 2009 
  1st 
  Royal 
  Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 6 
  22nd 
  Armored 
  Brigade 
  6th 
  Royal 
  Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 6 
  4th County 
  Of London 
  Yeomanry 
  Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 4 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  1st Battalion, 
  Rifle 
  Brigade 
  Motor 
  Battalion 
  x 10 
  x 6 
  x 4 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  Minefield 
  Task 
  Force 
  x 15 
  44th 
  Reece 
  Carrier 
  Regiment 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Attached 
  from 44th 
  Infantry 
  Division 
  Royal 
  Engineers 
   
  x 4 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  4th 
  Royal 
  Horse 
  Artillery 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  97th 
  Royal 
  Horse 
  Artillery 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Tank 
  Support 
  
  x 16 
  x 16 
  65th 
  Anti-Tank 
  Regiment 
   
  1st Battalion, 
  Kings Royal 
  Rifle Corps 
   
  x 8 
  x 8 
  15th 
  Light 
  AA 
  Regiment 
  4th/8th 
  Hussars 
  Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 5 
  x 1 
  4th 
  Light 
  Armored 
  Brigade 
  Royal 
  Scots 
  Greys 
  Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  11th 
  Hussars 
  Recon 
  Regiment 
  x 10 
  2nd 
  Derbyshire 
  Yeomanry 
  Recon 
  Regiment 
  x 8 
  Attached 
  from 8th 
  Armored 
  Division 
  x 2 
  x 12 
  x 8 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  3rd 
  Royal 
  Horse 
  Artillery 
  11th 
  Royal 
  Engineers 
  (-) 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  131st 
  Queen’s 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  x 2 
  5th 
  Battalion, 
  Queen’s 
  Regiment 
  x 13 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  6th 
  Battalion, 
  Queen’s 
  Regiment 
  7th 
  Battalion, 
  Queen’s 
  Regiment 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 13 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 13 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  
          The 7th Armored Division began the battle near the southern end of the front.  Its job in this battle 
  was to attack, along with the 44th Infantry, against what was perceived to be the weak end of the Axis 
  line.  It was hoped that the 7th could break through the Italian infantry facing it and threaten the Axis 
  rear while the main thrust pushed through in the north.  Failing that, it was expected that the attack 
  would pin the Axis armored reserve in the south so that they could not respond to the northern attack.  
  The 7th was able to have some initial success but the tough Italian paratroopers of the Folgore Division 
  proved equal to the task, stopping the drive and forcing it back.  On November 4th, the still relatively 
  fresh 7th Armored was sent to the northern part of the line to participate in the pursuit of the Axis forces 
  as their defense crumbled.  The 7th continued to flank Axis forces on the coast road, driving to the bor-
  der of Libya by November 11th. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Second Battle of El Alamein/7thArmoredAlamein.pdf