145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps | |
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Active | 1941–1944 |
Disbanded | December 1944 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Armoured Regiment |
Role | Infantry Support |
Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
The 145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (8th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) (145 RAC) was an armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps that served in North Africa, Tunisia and Italy during World War II.
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment's two junior battalions, the 8th Battalion (8 DWR) and the 9th Battalion (9 DWR) were both simultaneously converted into armoured regiments, becoming respectively 145 RAC and 146 RAC.