1st Royal Tank Regiment

Armoured regiment of the British Army 1st Royal Tank Regiment ROYAL TANK REGIMENT.png Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment. 28 July 1917–August 2014 United Kingdom United Kingdom Armoured Div Troops/Land Warfare training One regiment Royal Armoured Corps Warminster, Wiltshire. RAF Honington HM The Queen Colonel-in-Chief Colonel-Commandant Fear Naught Hunting Rose (Pipers kilts and plaids) Tartan 75px Tactical Recognition Flash Lippe Detmold Quick: My Boy Willie Slow: The Royal Tank Regiment Slow March Hugh EllesMichael Carver, Baron Carver Cambrai, 20 November see Battle Honours The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps and operationally under 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade. History Formation The regiment was originally formed as A Company, Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps in May 1916 during the First World War (1914–1918). It took part in the first ever tank offensive in 1916 and saw action on the Western Front again in the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 and later in the Hundred Days Offensive. Remaining active in the army during the interwar period, in 1939 it was renamed the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. Second World War thumb|right|Cruiser tank Mk I of 1 RTR at Abbasia, Egypt, 30 May 1940. During the Second World War (1939–1945) the regiment took part in the Siege of Tobruk in the summer of 1941 and the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942, the advance up Italy in late 1943, the Normandy landings in June 1944 and the Western Allied invasion of Germany in 1945.http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28510.aspx 1st Royal Tank Regiment: History Ministry of Defence 4 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140306123709/http://www.army.mod.uk/armoured/regiments/28510.aspx 6 March 2014 From the Battle of El Alamein the regiment was part of the 22nd Armoured Brigade, itself part of the 7th Armoured Division, for the rest of the war. Post war After a period based in Germany, 1 RTR fought Communist forces during the Korean War. The regiment was in the Suez Canal Zone as part of 25 Armoured Brigade to protect British interests in the Zone from in January 1954 to August 1955.1st Royal Tank Regiment post 1945 history /www.royaltankregiment.com In 1957 the regiment was posted to Hong Kong as part of the 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade. When it left Hong Kong in 1960 it replaced the Comet tanks with Centurions at Hohne, West Germany. Amalgamation In 1993, it amalgamated with the 4th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title. It incorporated both of the original regiments' traditional recruiting areas of Merseyside and Scotland.1st Royal Tank Regiment takes part in homecoming parade in Glasgow https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1st-royal-tank-regiment-takes-part-in-homecoming-parade-in-glasgow Ministry of Defence 11 December 2012 In 1999, two squadrons were split off as part of the Joint NBC Regiment with No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment. In December 2011 the Regiment handed over its responsibility for CBRN to the RAF Regiment.Future of 1 RTR http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/Page/News/59.aspx 5 August 2011 13 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131010045057/http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/Page/News/59.aspx 10 October 2013 dead On 25 June 2008 at Buckingham Palace, both 1RTR and 2 RTR were presented with their new Standard by The Queen, which included the new Battle Honour of Al Basrah 2003.House of Commons https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051110/wmstext/51110m01.htm Battle Honour Awards (Operation Telic) 10 November 2005 21WS 22WS On 2 August 2014 the regiment merged with 2RTR to form a single Regiment Royal Tank Regiment (RTR), based at Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth and is one of three armoured regiments equipped with the Challenger 2 tank.http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/aff/latest_news_information/cregulararmybasingannouncementgridunclas.pdf Regular Army Basing Matrix by Formation and Unit Army Families Federation (AFF) 2014 6 January 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160814181412/http://www.aff.org.uk/linkedfiles/aff/latest_news_information/cregulararmybasingannouncementgridunclas.pdf 14 August 2016 The history and traditions of 1 RTR are preserved by 'Ajax" Squadron of the RTR. Commanding Officers February 2021 The Commanding Officers have been:http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/REGIMENTAL%20COs.pdf Regiments and Commanding Officers, 1960 - Colin Mackie 30 4 February 2021 | style="text-align:left; width:50%; vertical-align:top;"| 1959–1961: Lt.-Col. Tresham D. Gregg 1961–1963: Lt.-Col. John D. Masters 1963–1966: Lt.-Col. Richard E. Simpkin 1966–1967: Lt.-Col. Laurie W.G. Gingell 1967–1969: Lt.-Col. Ian H. Baker 1969–1972: Lt.-Col. Simon J. Beardsworth 1972–1974: Lt.-Col. John P. Maxwel 1974–1976: Lt.-Col. Antony K.F. Walker 1976–1979: Lt.-Col. David L. Lewis 1979–1981: Lt.-Col. A.S. Jeremy Blacker 1981–1984: Lt.-Col. Michael Seymour 1984–1986: Lt.-Col. Michael I. Keun 1986–1989: Lt.-Col. Mark J.H. Goodson 1989–1991: Lt.-Col. Timothy E. Hall | style="text-align:left; width:50%; vertical-align:top;"| 1991–1993: Lt.-Col. Adrian G.R. Carroll 1993–1995: Lt.-Col. Peter Gilchrist 1995–1997: Lt.-Col. Ian J. Rodley 1997–2000: Lt.-Col. David C. Eccles 2000–2002: Lt.-Col. Christopher M. Deverell 2002–2004: Lt.-Col. Patrick J. Kidd 2004–2006: Lt.-Col. Hamish S. De Bretton-Gordon 2006–2009: Lt.-Col. Ian J. Gibb 2009–2011: Lt.-Col. Gavin J. Thompson 2011–2013: Lt.-Col. Andrew M. Britton 2013–2016: Lt.-Col. Nicholas J. Cowey 2016–2018: Lt.-Col. Simon A. Ridgway 2018–present: Lt.-Col. James R. Howard Associated Cadet Forces Mildenhall Detachment, Suffolk Army Cadet Force Cadbury Heath Detachment, Bristol Army Cadet Force Ainsdale Detachment, Merseyside Army Cadet Force Westbury Detachment, Wiltshire Army Cadet Force Oldham Detachment, Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force 131 (Battersea) Detachment, South West London Army Cadet Force Bovington and Purbeck Detachment, Dorset Army Cadet ForceCadet Expression of Interest Form https://armycadets.com/cadet-more-info/?unitId=1759 2024-08-20 Army Cadets UK en-GB References External links Official Army site History of 1 RTR United Kingdom June 2017 1-001 Royal Tank Regiment Category:British organisations established in 1917 Category:Military units and formations established in 1917 Category:Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Korean War Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2014