The 48th regiment was an armoured division of the British army. It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 42nd Royal Tank Regiment.
In 1943, during engagements before the Battle of Longstop Hill in Tunisia, it disabled a German Tiger 1 tank which was sent back to the UK. It is currently the only operating Tiger tank in the world.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
42nd and 48th Royal Tank Regiment
Marking the service of units of the British army based in the Borough of Wand...
Born 18 Fitzroy Street. Pioneer in the fleet air arm. British first sea lord from 1960 -1963. Invested as Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) 1960. Died Hayle, Cornwall.
Born Kassel, now in Germany. Aged 15 joined the Austrian army, served in the Napoleonic wars and rose rapidly. His suppression of revolutionaries in Italy and Hungary including flogging women and ...
Hammersmith servicemen who were killed in both world wars.
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