Sherwood Rangers, 8th Armoured Brigade, (D Day and 30 Corp Route March) BD Badge set

The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, 8th Armoured Brigade is the Armoured unit choosen to be represent in the 30 Corp Route March in 2024 

The Sherwood rangers were first Yeomanry ashore in France on D-Day, landing two minutes before H hour in DD Sherman Tanks then It took part in the liberation of Bayeux and was in the thick of the tank fighting around Caen using Sherman firefly Tanks.

The Regiment was then part of the rapid advance which followed across Northern France, Belgium and Holland. The Sherwood Rangers were in the 8th Independent Armoured brigade which was part of XXX Corp in operation market Garden and in its Reconnaissance Troop was the first British unit to enter Germany.

This brigade was formed in August 1941 when the 6th Cavalry Brigade was renamed the 8th Armoured Brigade and saw much action including. 

1942 -North Africa, El Alamein
1943- Tunisia 
1944- D- Day Operation Overlord Normandy
1944 - Arnhem Operation Market Garden
1944 - Reichswald Forest
1945- Operation Plunder, crossing the Rhine