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| dates =1941–1945
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
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| command_structure = [[Guards Armoured Division]]
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| battles =[[North West Europe Campaign]]
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
| date = September 1941
| parent = [[Guards Armoured Division]]
| subordinate = 1st Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]] <br/> 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards <br/> 1st Battalion [[Coldstream Guards]] <br/> 2nd Battalion, [[Irish Guards]]
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{{Infobox command structure
| name = 5th Guards Brigade
| date = June 1945
| parent = [[Guards Division (United Kingdom)|Guards Division]]
| subordinate = 1st Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]] <br/> 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards <br/> 1st Battalion [[Coldstream Guards]] <br/> 2nd Battalion, [[Irish Guards]]
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The '''5th Guards Armoured Brigade''' was an [[Armoured warfare|armoured]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Army]], a component unit of the [[Guards Armoured Division]], that served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] in [[Western Front (World War II)|North-west Europe]] from June 1944 until May 1945.

==History==
[[File:Allied Preparations For D-day H38532.jpg|thumb|left|Princess Elizabeth inspecting an honour guard during a Royal visit to 2nd (Armoured) Battalion Grenadier Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, at Hove, 17 May 1944.]]
[[File:The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU4676.jpg|thumb|right|Rocket-armed [[M4 Sherman|Sherman tank]]s of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, 28 April 1945]]
This brigade was converted from the [[20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)|20th Infantry Brigade (Guards)]] on 15 September 1941. It was stationed in the [[United Kingdom]] on training and home defence duties, anticipating a potential [[Operation Sea Lion|German invasion]]. The brigade remained in the United Kingdom until 30 June 1944 when it arrived in [[Invasion of Normandy|Normandy]] with the rest of the Guards Armoured Division as part of [[Operation Overlord]]. The brigade served throughout the [[North West Europe Campaign]]. On 12 June 1945 it was converted to the 5th Guards Brigade.

===Commanders===
* Brig. [[William Fox-Pitt (British Army officer)|W.A.F.L. Fox-Pitt]]
* Lieut. Col. R. Myddleton
* Brig. C.M. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn
* Brig. [[Norman Gwatkin|Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin]] 1943–45

==Component Units==
Structure upon formation in 1941:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitOrderofBattle?UniX=4154&OobDate=15+September+1941|title=5 Guards Armoured Brigade|website=www.ordersofbattle.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref>

* Headquarters
* 1st Battalion, [[Coldstream Guards]] - Armoured
* 1st Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]] - Motorized Infantry
* 2nd Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]] - Armoured
* 2nd Battalion, [[Irish Guards]] - Armoured

==See also==
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* [[British Armoured formations of World War II]]
* [[List of British brigades of the Second World War]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{oob unit | id = 4154 | name = 5 Guards Armoured Brigade }}
* {{oob unit | id = 6070 | name = 5 Guards Brigade }}


{{British mobile brigades of the Second World War}}
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[[Category:Armoured brigades of the British Army in World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1941]]
[[Category:Guards Division (United Kingdom)]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]


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