The 2nd Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army during World War II. It fought as a motor battalion in the Tunisian campaign, including the Run for Tunis and B
Cap badge of the Tower Hamlets Rifles
A motor battalion of 6th Armoured Division on parade in the UK with Universal carriers and Morris CS8 15-hundredweight trucks.
A Vickers machine gun team of 10th Rifle Brigade training near Bou Arada, Tunisia, 30 April 1943.
The 6th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, created in September 1940 during the Second World War and re-formed in May 1951 in the UK.
2nd Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles
…became 10th Bn Rifle Brigade (Tower Hamlets Rifles) (10th RB) on 15 January 1941 (when 1st THR also became 9th Rifle Brigade). 26th Armoured Bde joined 6th Armoured Division on 9 November, and the battalion remained with this formation for the rest of its service. At the time, the division was training in Southern Command…
Crusader III tank of the 17th/21st Lancers on a road near Bou Arada, Tunisia, 13 January 1943.
German prisoners of war (POWs) carry a wounded British soldier during the 6th Armoured Division's attack on the town of Pichon in Tunisia, 8 April 1943.
Priest 105 mm self-propelled gun of 12th Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company), 6th Armoured Division, 17 May 1944.