The 30th Armoured Brigade was an armoured formation of the British Army that served in Western Europe Campaign as part of the 79th Armoured Division. After the reformation of the Territorial Army in 1947, the brigade was re-created within the Territorials based in Scotland and finally disbanded by 1967.
A Valentine tank of the 30th Armoured Brigade which broke down in a stream during exercises near Kirkby Lonsdale in Lancashire, 1 April 1942.
A disabled Sherman Crab flail tank of the Westminster Dragoons on Sword Beach, 7 June 1944.
Brigadier N. W. Duncan, commander of the 30th Armoured Brigade, observes the attack on Caen from beside his Humber Scout Car outside Beuville, 8 July 1944.
John Aldam Aizlewood
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Major-General John Aldam Aizlewood was a senior officer of the British Army who served during World War I, the interwar years, and World War II.
