3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade

The Motor Machine Gun Brigades were formed in May and June 1940. They were formed to provide a rapid reaction force to the potential invasion threat.

Date formed: 23 June 1940
Date disbanded: 01 December 1940 – Reorganised and redesignated as 28th Armoured Brigade.
Commander: Brigadier H. Lumsden
Units
5th Dragoon Guards 23 June 1940 to 30 November 1940
15th/19th Hussars 23 June 1940 to 30 November 1940
1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 23 June 1940 to 30 November 1940
Higher formations served under:
Western Command (UK) 23 June 1940 to 18 November 1940
4 Corps (UK) 19 November 1940 to 30 November 1940

 


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