By John Moher
Cromwells equipped a total of 8 Armoured Regiments in North-West Europe (21st Army Group). They were: 22nd Armoured Brigade (7th Armd Div)
5th RTR 4th CLY (disbanded late July 1944) 5th RIDG (joined July/Aug 1944) 8th Hussars (7th Armd Recce Regt) 2nd Northants Yeo (11th AD Recce until disbanded Aug 1944) 15th/19th Hussars (11th AD Recce from Aug 1944) 2nd Btn, Welsh Guards (Guards AD Recce Regt) Subsequently 11th Armoured Division re-equipped with Comets, partially started in Dec 1944, postponed because of Ardennes, then completed in March 1945: 29 Armd Bde (11th AD):
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