The Black Rat Fund

The Black Rats is the collective nickname

for the Regiments and Units that form

the 4th Mechanized Brigade

The 4th Mechanized Brigade then subsequently adopted its own variation - the Black Rat emblem featuring a black jerboa - during their final push to expel the Axis forces from North Africa in April 1943.

Who are The Black Rats?

 During their tour in Afghanistan in 2010 these units are all part of 4th Mechanized Brigade.  To find out more about a particular unit, please click on the unit badge - this will then take you to  the appropriate page on the British Army Website. 

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Headquarters 4^th Mechanized Brigade

40 Commando Royal Marines

Royal Dragoon Guards

The Queen’s Royal Lancers

4^th Regiment Royal Artillery

21 Engineer Regiment

204 Signal Squadron

1^st Battalion Scots Guards

The Royal Scots Borderers, 1^st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland

1^st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment

1^st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire)

1^st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles

12 Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps

3 Medical Regiment

1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

150 Provost Company, 1^st Regiment Royal Military Police

The London Regiment

The 4th Mechanized Brigade is a British Army brigade formed during the Second World War in 1941, as an armoured brigade of the 7th Armoured Division. The brigade was reclassified as a mechanized brigade in December 2006, and is currently based in Catterick Garrison, England, forming part of the  3rd (UK) Armoured Division.