4th Canadian Armoured Brigade
The 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Canadian Army during World War II. It was part of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division.
Organization
As of 1942 the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade comprised:- 21st [Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)]
- 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)
- 28th Armoured Regiment (The [British Columbia Regiment)]
- 1st Battalion, [The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)]
Arriving in Normandy in July 1944, the brigade saw service in the battles that took the Canadians from Caen to Falaise. Unlike their peers in the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, the 4th Armoured Brigade almost always fought in support of its affiliated 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
Following the Normandy campaign the brigade saw service in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany before being disbanded in the Netherlands in 1946.