24th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)

24th Army Tank Brigade
24th Armoured Brigade
Active3 September 1939 – 1 March 1943
Country United Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Army
TypeArmoured
SizeBrigade
Part ofNorthern Command
8th Armoured Division
10th Armoured Division
EngagementsWestern Desert Campaign
Second Battle of El Alamein

The 24th Army Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army. It was embodied in the United Kingdom at the outbreak of the Second World War. On 1 November 1940, it was redesignated as the 24th Armoured Brigade and reorganized. In July 1942, it transferred to Egypt and took part in the Western Desert Campaign, notably the Second Battle of El Alamein. The Headquarters was disbanded in the Middle East on 1 March 1943.