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- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment abstract "The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as D Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917.In 1940, it briefly amalgamated with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, as the 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment, returning to its previous title four months later.4 RTR was captured at Tobruk on 21 June 1942. On 1 March 1945, 144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps was redesignated 4th Royal Tank Regiment to replace the original The newly retitled regiment equipped with Buffalo LVTs took part in Operation Plunder, ferrying troops of 51st Highland Division across the Rhine on the night of 23/24 March 1945. The Commanding Officer (Lt-Col Alan Jolly) carried the same standard that was originally carried across by 17th Armoured Car Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps in World War I. Once again the RTR were first across the Rhine!In 1946, 4 RTR was stationed at Shandur, Suez Canal Zone. It assisted in the ending of the British Mandate over Palestine.In 1959, it again amalgamated with 7th Royal Tank Regiment, this time without change of title, and in 1993 due to Options for Change, amalgamated with 1st Royal Tank Regiment.Fighting or 'A' vehicles of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment carried a distinctive "Chinese" eye on each side, a tradition continued by the 1st Royal Tank Regiment upon amalgamation. Tanks were generally named, with all names beginning with the letter "D". Examples of names include Destroyer, Dakeyne, etc.The 4th Royal Tank Regiment has strong Scottish connections and in the late 1970s, a pipes and drums was formed, wearing the Hunting Rose tartan. The Pipes & Drums were transferred to the 1st Royal Tank Regiment upon amalgamation in 1993. The Regiment lives on, in commemorative form, as D Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment.".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment activeYearsEndYear "1993".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment activeYearsStartYear "1917".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment battleHonours "see Battle Honours".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment commandStructure Royal_Armoured_Corps.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment commandStructure Royal_Tank_Regiment.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment country United_Kingdom.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment garrison Tidworth.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment identificationSymbol "Hunting Rose (pipes and drums)".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment militaryBranch British_Army.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment motto "Fear Naught".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment notableCommander Hugh_Elles.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment thumbnail RTR_cap_badge.gif?width=300.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Armoured_warfare.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink www.4and7royaltankregiment.com.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink www.4rtr.co.uk.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink www.4rtr.com.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink www.merseysidertr.com.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink rtr4.htm.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageExternalLink rose.htm.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageID "4468912".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wikiPageRevisionID "592304821".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment anniversaries "--11-20".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment battleHonours "see Battle Honours".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment branch British_Army.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment caption "Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment ceremonialChief Elizabeth_II.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment ceremonialChiefLabel "Colonel-in-Chief".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment colonelOfTheRegiment "Lt-General Andrew Peter Ridgway, CB, CBE".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment colonelOfTheRegimentLabel "Colonel-Commandant".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment commandStructure Royal_Armoured_Corps.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment commandStructure "Royal Tank Regiment".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment country United_Kingdom.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment dates "--07-28".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment garrison Tidworth.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment hasPhotoCollection 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment identificationSymbol "Hunting Rose (pipes and drums)".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment identificationSymbol2Label "Tartan".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment identificationSymbolLabel "Tactical Recognition Flash".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment march "Quick: My Boy Willie".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment march "Slow: The Royal Tank Regiment Slow March".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment motto "Fear Naught".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment notableCommanders Hugh_Elles.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Armoured_warfare.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment unitName "4".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wordnet_type synset-unit-noun-3.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment subject Category:Regiments_of_the_British_Army_in_World_War_II.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment subject Category:Royal_Tank_Regiment.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Agent.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type MilitaryUnit.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Organisation.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Organization.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment type Troop_MilitaryUnit.
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- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment comment "The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as D Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917.In 1940, it briefly amalgamated with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment, as the 4th/7th Royal Tank Regiment, returning to its previous title four months later.4 RTR was captured at Tobruk on 21 June 1942.".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment label "4th Royal Tank Regiment".
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment sameAs m.0c45ct.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment sameAs Q4639442.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment sameAs Q4639442.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment wasDerivedFrom 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment?oldid=592304821.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment depiction RTR_cap_badge.gif.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment isPrimaryTopicOf 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment.
- 4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment name "4th Royal Tank Regiment".