Current Formation
In 1993 HQ 1st Armoured Division was disbanded and the 1st (UK) Armoured Division formed from the 4th Armoured Division. The Divisional Headquarters was deployed in command of Multi National Division South West in Bosnia in 1996–1997 and 1998–1999.
The Division headquarters again deployed to the Gulf area in 2003. It again commanded British forces in the area, this time with three full brigades under its control. Those were 7th Armoured Brigade again, along with 16 Air Assault Brigade, and 3 Commando Brigade. In a combined arms operation the division secured southern Iraq, including the city of Basra during the invasion. It came under I Marine Expeditionary Force during the 2003 conflict.
The 1st (UK) Armoured Division is currently the only British division to be stationed in Germany. The headquarters as been stationed since 1993 at Wentworth Barracks in Herford. The Division currently reports to Army Headquarters at Andover.
The divisional badge dates from 1983, and combines the hollow red triangular "spearhead" badge of 1st Infantry Division with the charging rhinoceros badge of 1st Armoured Division as displayed in World War II.
The following brigades make up the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division:
- 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats)
- 20th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist)
- 1st Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
- 1 Regiment Army Air Corps (Lynx)
- 28 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
- 1 Regiment, Royal Military Police
- 1 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
- 2 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
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