Engagements And Campaigns Fought By The 4th Armoured Brigade (The Black Rats) As An Independent Unit

During the early years of Second World War the 4th Armoured Brigades fought as part of 7th Armoured Division (or under its command) and was involved in many of the major campaigns and engagements in the Western Desert. The accounts of these actions can be found as detailed below under the link for 1940 to 1943 (marked with a ), with a separate section for the engagements from the end of the North African campaign in 1942 and 1943, when although an Independent Armoured Brigade it was under the command of 7th Armoured Division and used the Divisional Badge. This page and the ones dealing with the respective years, contain as much information that I have found so far each campaign and engagement the Brigade was involved in after it left 7th Armoured Division and fought as an Independent Armoured Brigade, but I apologise if I have omitted anything.