The 23rd Armoured Brigade, originally formed as the 23rd Army Tank Brigade, was an armoured brigade of the British Army that saw service during the Second World War. The brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army (TA) formation. It was reorganised and renamed the 23rd Armoured Brigade, when it was assigned to the 8th Armoured Division, although it never operated under command of the division.
A Matilda tank and a Valentine of the 40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment being 'bulled up' at Crowborough in Sussex for a 'Speed the Tanks' parade in London, 28 July 1941.
A Valentine tank of the 50th RTR carries infantrymen of the 5th Battalion, Black Watch during an exercise, 12 March 1943.
A Sherman tank of 'A' Squadron, 50th Royal Tank Regiment, silhouetted by the setting sun, Sicily, 1 August 1943.
A Sherman tank of the 46th Royal Tank Regiment towing a German 155 mm gun, captured by the 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, 23 January 1944. The gun was a French piece of First World War French vintage.
Battle of Alam el Halfa
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The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika, attempted an envelopment of the British Eighth Army. In Unternehmen Brandung, the last big Axis offensive of the Western Desert Campaign, Rommel intended to defeat the Eighth Army before Allied reinforcements arrived.
Italian XX Motorised Corps (XX Corpo d'Armata, Generale Giuseppe de Stefanis)
A British Hurricane fighter brought down by Italian anti-aircraft fire during the battle.
RAF Baltimore day bomber
A British Valentine tank in North Africa.