Arms and Armour

1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles

The 1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army during World War II. It fought as a motor battalion in the Western Desert campaign, 1941–42, including the Battles of Mersa Brega, Gazala, Mersa Matruh and First Alamein.

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• ▸Capture of Schwaben Redoubt
• ▸Basauri
• ▸Axis capture of Tobruk

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