Armoured Divisions from D Day in NW Europe

Does anyone have a list of the Armoured Divisions (British) operating in North West Europe from D Day until the end of the War?
I know of the 7th Armoured Division, The 11th Armoured Division, and the Guards Armoured Division (and 79th Armoured Division see below) but are there any more?

I'm trying to track down how many Valentine Scissors bridges were operating in Europe at that time. My fathers troop in the 7th Armoured Division had 3.

The information from the tank museum is that Infantry Divisions were being supported by Churchill Bridgelayers from 79th Armoured Division so I can rule these out. The infantry Divisions I've come across so far, who worked alongside the 7th Armoured in the Netherlands, (53 Welsh, 15 Scottish and 51 Highland) all seemed to have Churchill bridge layers with them.
Thanks

 

Wiki says you have them all: 21st Army Group - Wikipedia

Trux shows x3 bridge layers: ARMOURED REGIMENT PLUS ARMOURED BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS and TANK BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS. Plus a general overview: Trux 21st Army Group | WW2Talk

I did spot one armoured brigade (6th Guards Armoured) landed on D-Day, but you asked for divisions.

 

As noted, those are the four British Armoured Divisions in NW Europe. In terms of the Valentine bridge-layers though, these were carried on the WE of Armoured Brigade HQs so are found with the Independent Armoured Brigades as well. The standard was three bridge-layers per Brigade HQ for the following British fmns;

22, 29 and 5 Gds in the three Armd Divs
4, 8, 27 and 33 for the four Indep Armd Bdes
1 Tk Bde (equipped with M3s converted to the CDL role) also had them (but perhaps oddly not 30 Armd Bde; perhaps they couldn't navigate them with the Flail attachment?)

Also on the same basis were the two, later four, Canadian Armoured Brigades, and also the Polish and the Czech Armoured Brigades.

21 Army Group unit entitlement as of June 1944 was 36 Valentine bridge-layers, reduced accordingly with the disbandment/suspension of 27 Armd Bde and 1 Tk Bde. Looking at my old notes I 'think' there was a switch somewhere, by or during early 1945. The three Tank Brigades, 6 Gds, 31 and 34, each had three bridge-layers on their HQs, being Churchill types, which gave a UE of 9 in June 1944. This had increased to 12 by January 1945, with Valentine types dropping to 27, rather than 30. Offhand I can't recall if there is an contemporary explanation for the change.

Gary

 

Thanks for the information

 

Thank you for taking the time for this really detailed information. I shall take some time to digest this. Much appreciated

 

Thanks I'm digesting this. Great information.

 

Thank you everyone for the information. I thought you maybe interested in this. These are the Scissors bridges laid by 7th Armoured Division (3 Scissors bridges attached to 143 Field Park Squadron) during Operation Blackcock plus the Churchill SBG bridges laid by 222 Assault Squadron (part of 79th Armoured Division and listed as additional troops in the review of Operation Blackcock).
I'm writing a fact sheet for each one and a narrative if there is a story attached to the bridging operation as in Montfort.