163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps

Armoured Corps 163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Royal20Armd20Corps.gif 150 Cap badge of the Royal Armoured Corps. 1942–1944 United Kingdom United Kingdom Armoured Regiment Royal Armoured Corps World War II 1 December 1944 The 163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (163 RAC) was a short-lived armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps that served in India during World War II. Origin 163 RAC was formed by the conversion to the armoured role of the 13th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, a hostilities-only battalion raised in 1940, on 30 July 1942, the day after it arrived in India.Joslen p. 497. In common with other infantry battalions transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, the personnel of 163 RAC would have continued to wear their Foresters cap badge on the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps.Forty pp. 50–51. Service 163 RAC was stationed at Rawalpindi under command of 267th Indian Armoured Brigade. However, there was a change of policy, and on 1 December 1944 (also reported as 1 December 1943) the regiment was re-converted to infantry, reverting to its previous title of 13th Foresters and coming under command of 67 Indian Training Brigade.Joslen pp. 497, 543. Notes References George Forty, "British Army Handbook 1939-1945", Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998, 0-7509-1403-3. June 2017 Royal Armoured Corps 160 Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 Category:1942 establishments in India