42nd Support Group (United Kingdom)
The 42nd Armoured Division was a First Line Territorial Army formation during the Second World War. It was formed by converting an infantry division into an armoured role. It was never deployed overseas and was disbanded before seeing combat.
The division was formed by converting the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, a First Line Territorial Army infantry formation, on 1 November 1941 into an Armoured Division. The division was not posted overseas and its divisional headquarters was disbanded on 17 October 1943; the division's infantry was assigned to the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division and its armour to the 79th Armoured Division.
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