110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
| 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (Border Regiment)) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941–1943 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
|
| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Armoured Regiment |
| Role | Infantry Support Training |
| Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Anniversaries | Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos (28 October) |
| Equipment |
Covenanter Churchill |
| Disbanded | 1943 |
The 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (Border Regiment) (110 RAC) was an armoured regiment of the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps raised during the Second World War.
110th Regiment RAC was formed on 1 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of the 5th (Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment, a 1st Line Territorial Army infantry battalion. At the outbreak of war, 5th Border had been mobilised at Workington in 126th Infantry Brigade of 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, which were redesignated 11th Armoured Brigade (later 11th Tank Brigade) and 42nd Armoured Division respectively in November 1941. In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, all personnel would have continued to wear their Border cap badge on the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps. The regiment continued to add the parenthesis '(Border Regiment)' to its RAC title and celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos during the Peninsular War (28 October 1811) as a regimental holiday.
On conversion on 1 November 1941, 110 RAC was stationed at Skipton-in-Craven in West Yorkshire. It received its first tank (a Covenanter) in January 1942. In May the regiment moved to Bingley and was ordered to convert from Covenanter cruiser tanks to Churchill infantry tanks, when 11 Armoured Brigade was detached from 42nd Armoured Division and became an independent Army Tank Brigade.
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