The 7th Armoured Division is thought to have in excess of 100 Cromwell tanks in its possession at the time, but unfortunately there is no central database detailing when and where British tanks ...

My name is Noel Barwick and I was known as nobby, I was a tank wireless operator in the Middlesex Yeomanry 7th Armoured Division known as the Desert rats, I served in North Africa, Italy and Europe.

It may only be 60 years old, but the 7th Armoured Brigade, better known as the Desert Rats, has one of the proudest histories in the British Army. Now part of the 1st Armoured Division and based in ...

The British 7th Armoured Brigade ... The 7th Armoured Division was formed in 1938 to protect the Suez Canal, and went on to fight in some of the war’s bloodiest battles.

Deployed variously to North Africa, Italy and eventually participating in the D-Day landings at Normandy, the British 7th Armoured Division — better known as the “Desert Rats” — would go ...

Richard Aldred, Age: 99, Royal Armoured Corps. Interviewed 3 June 2023. A Cromwell tank driver, Richard Aldred was attached to the 7th Armoured Division and arrived in Normandy in July 1944.

It may only be 60 years old, but the 7th Armoured Brigade, better known as the Desert Rats, has one of the proudest histories in the British Army. Now part of the 1st Armoured Division and based ...