1st Tank Brigade moved to the UK in the summer of 1941; personnel arrived in the Clyde on 30 June and were promptly moved to Salisbury Plain and issued sufficient Churchill tanks for training purposes. The Calgary Regiment participated in the Dieppe landing in 1942, and the entire brigade moved to the Mediterranean in 1943, with The Three Rivers Regiment in the assault landing at Pachino. The brigade campaigned on Sicily and was in reserve and preparing for the crossing to Italy when it was redesignated 1st Canadian Armored Brigade at the end of August 1943.
Organization:
The Ontario Regiment The Three Rivers Regiment The Calgary Regiment