Middle East Command Lieutenant-General
Harold Alexander British Eighth Army Lieutenant-General
Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Under direct Army command :
1st Army Tank Brigade (Brigadier
Thomas Price) ::
42nd Royal Tank Regiment ::
44th Royal Tank Regiment :
1st Armoured Brigade (reforming) (Brigadier G.N. Todd) ::
4th Hussars (elements) ::
8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars (elements) ::
2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars :
12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Brigadier Percy Calvert-Jones) ::
14th (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery :: 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :: 27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::
88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :: 94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::
27th (London Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (two troops) :
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Brigadier Murray McIntyre) :: 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::
69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (199th and 261st batteries) :
21st Indian Infantry Brigade (reforming) (Brigadier J.J. Purves) :: 1st Battalion,
6th Rajputana Rifles :: 3rd Battalion,
7th Rajput Regiment :: 2nd Battalion,
8th Gurkha Rifles :: 9th Indian Field Company,
Corps of Signals Army troops : B Squadron,
6th Royal Tank Regiment : 6th South African Armoured Car Regiment (one troop) : 566th Army Troops Company,
Royal Engineers :
588th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers : 25th Field Company, South African Engineers : 27th Field Company, South African Engineers : 31st Field Company, South African Engineers :
8th Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals British XXX Corps XXX Corps occupied the northern sector of the Allied front. : Lieutenant-General
Oliver Leese ::
Under direct Corps command ::: XXX Corps Defence Squadron ::: C Squadron, 4th/6th South African Armoured Car Regiment ::: 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 66th Mortar Company, Royal Engineers (two sections detached to 9th Australian Division) ::: 11th Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 13th Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 22nd Field Park Company, South African Engineers ::: XXX Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
Divisions deployed north to south :
Australian 9th Division : Major-General
Leslie Morshead ::
Division-level units ::: 9th Division Cavalry Regiment ::: 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion ::: 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion ::: 2/7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ::: 2/8th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ::: 2/12th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ::: 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ::: 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ::: 2/3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers ::: 2/7th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers ::: 2/13th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers ::: 2/4th Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers ::: 9th Australian Division Signals ::
Australian 24th Brigade (Brigadier Arthur H.L. Godfrey) ::: 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion, Western Australia ::: 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria ::: 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion, South Australia ::
Australian 26th Brigade (Brigadier
David A. Whitehead) ::: 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria ::: 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria :::
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, SA ::
Australian 20th Brigade (Brigadier
Hugh Wrigley) ::: 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales ::: 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Queensland ::: 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales :
British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division : Major-General
Douglas Wimberley ::
Division-level units ::: 51st Battalion, Reconnaissance Regiment ::: 1/7th Battalion,
Middlesex Regiment (machine gun battalion) :::
50th Royal Tank Regiment (attached from 23rd Armoured Brigade) :::
126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
61st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 51st (Highland) Divisional Engineers :::: 274th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 276th Field Company, Royal Engineers :::: 239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers ::: 51st Highland Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals ::
British 152nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier George Murray) ::: 2nd Battalion,
Seaforth Highlanders ::: 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders ::: 5th Battalion,
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders ::
British 153rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Douglas Graham) ::: 5th Battalion,
Black Watch ::: 1st Battalion,
Gordon Highlanders ::: 5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders ::
British 154th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Henry W. Houldsworth) ::: 1st Battalion, Black Watch ::: 7th Battalion, Black Watch ::: 7th Battalion,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders :
New Zealand 2nd Division : Lieutenant-General
Bernard Freyberg ::
Division-level units :::
2nd New Zealand Division Cavalry Regiment :::
27th (Machine Gun) Battalion :::
4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery :::
5th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery :::
6th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery :::
7th Anti-Tank Regiment, New Zealand Artillery :::
14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, New Zealand Artillery ::: 6th Field Company,
New Zealand Engineers ::: 7th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers ::: 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers ::: 5th Field Park Company, New Zealand Engineers ::: New Zealand 2nd Division Signals ::
New Zealand 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Howard Kippenberger) :::
21st Battalion, New Zealand Infantry :::
22nd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry :::
23rd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry :::
28th (Maori) Battalion, New Zealand Infantry ::
New Zealand 6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
William Gentry) :::
24th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry :::
25th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry :::
26th Battalion, New Zealand Infantry ::
British 9th Armoured Brigade (Brigadier
John Currie) :::
3rd (The King's Own) Hussars :::
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry :::
Warwickshire Yeomanry ::: 14th Battalion,
Sherwood Foresters :
South African 1st Infantry Division : Major-General
Dan Pienaar ::
Division-level units :::
8th Royal Tank Regiment ::: South African 3rd Armoured Car Reconnaissance Regiment :::
Regiment President Steyn (machine gun battalion) ::: 2nd Regiment Botha (in reserve until 31 October) ::: 1st Field Regiment,
Cape Field Artillery,
South African Artillery :::
4th Field Regiment, South African Artillery ::: 7th Field Regiment, South African Artillery ::: 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, South African Artillery ::: 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, South African Artillery ::: 1st Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 2nd Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 3rd Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 5th Field Company, South African Engineers ::: 19th Field Park Company, South African Engineers ::: South African 1st Division Signals ::
South African 1st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E.P. Hartshorn) ::: 1st
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles ::: 1st
Royal Natal Carabineers ::: 1st
Transvaal Scottish ::
South African 2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Evered Poole) ::: 1st
Cape Town Highlanders ::: 1st
Natal Mounted Rifles ::: 1st/2nd Field Force Battalion ::
South African 3rd Infantry Brigade ::: 1st
Imperial Light Horse ::: 1st
Rand Light Infantry ::: 1st
Royal Durban Light Infantry :
Indian 4th Infantry Division : Major-General '
Francis Tuker :: Division-level Units :::
Central India Horse (reconnaissance regiment) ::: 5th Battalion,
6th Rajputana Rifles (machine gun battalion) ::: 1st Field Regiment
Royal Artillery ::: 11th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 149th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 2nd Field Company,
Bengal Sappers and Miners ::: 4th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners ::: 12th Field Company,
Madras Sappers and Miners ::: 11th Field Park Company, Madras Sappers and Miners ::: 4th Indian Division Signals ::
Indian 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Dudley Russell) ::: 1/4th Battalion,
Essex Regiment ::: 4th (Outram's) Battalion,
6th Rajputana Rifles ::: 3rd (Queen Mary's Own) Battalion,
10th Baluch Regiment ::
Indian 7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Arthur Holworthy) ::: 1st Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment ::: 4th Battalion,
16th Punjab Regiment ::: 1st Battalion,
2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles ::
Indian 161st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Francis E.C. Hughes) ::: 1st Battalion,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ::: 1st Battalion,
1st Punjab Regiment ::: 4th Battalion,
7th Rajput Regiment :
Corps Reserve ::
British 23rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier
George W. Richards) :::
8th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 1 SA Division) :::
40th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 9 Australian Division) :::
46th Royal Tank Regiment :::
50th Royal Tank Regiment (detached to 51st Highland Division) ::: 121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 168th Battery, 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
295th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
British XIII Corps XIII Corps occupied the southern sector of the Allied front. : Lieutenant-General
Brian Horrocks ::
Under direct Corps command ::: South African 4th/6th Armoured Car Regiment (one troop) :::
XIII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers ::::
578th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
576th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers ::: XIII Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
Divisions deployed north to south :
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division : Major-General
John S. Nichols ::
Division-level units ::: 2nd Battalion,
Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion) ::: 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers,
Royal Engineers ::::
233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
505th Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers :::
50th Northumbrian Division Signals,
Royal Corps of Signals ::
Greek 1st Infantry Brigade (Colonel
Pausanias Katsotas) ::: 1st Infantry Battalion ::: 2nd Infantry Battalion ::: 3rd Infantry Battalion ::: 1st Greek Field Artillery Regiment ::: 1st Greek Machine Gun Company ::: 1st Greek Field Company, Greek Engineers ::
British 151st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Joscelyn E.S. Percy) ::: 6th Battalion,
Durham Light Infantry ::: 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ::: 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ::
British 69th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Edward C. Cooke-Collis) ::: 5th Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment ::: 6th Battalion,
Green Howards ::: 7th Battalion, Green Howards ::
2nd Free French Brigade Group (under command) ::: 5th Battalion de Marche ::: 11th Battalion de Marche ::: 21st and 23rd North African Anti-Tank Companies ::: 2nd Company, Free French Engineers :
British 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division : Major-General '
Ivor Hughes ::
Division-level units ::: 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (detached to 7th Armoured Division) ::: 6th Battalion,
Cheshire Regiment (machine gun battalion) ::: 53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
44th (Home Counties) Divisional Engineers :::: 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
209th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
210th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers ::::
211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers ::::
577th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (attached from
XIII Corps Troops Royal Engineers) :::
44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals ::
British 131st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
William Donovan Stamer) ::: 1/5th Battalion,
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::: 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) ::
British 132nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Lashmer Whistler) ::: 2nd Battalion,
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) ::: 4th Battalion,
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ::: 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ::
British 133rd (Lorried) Infantry Brigade (Detached to 10th Armoured Division) :
British 7th Armoured Division : Major-General
John Harding ::
Division-level units :::
1st Household Cavalry Regiment :::
11th Hussars (under command from 4th Armoured Brigade, in reserve]) :::
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry (under command from 8th Armoured Division) ::: 44th Reconnaissance Regiment (under command from 44th Infantry Division) :::
3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery :::
4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 7th Armoured Divisional Engineers :::: 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 21st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 143rd Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers ::: 7th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals ::
British 4th Light Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Marcus G. Roddick) :::
Royal Scots Greys ::: 4th/8th Hussars ::: 1st Battalion,
King's Royal Rifle Corps ::
British 22nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier
George "Pip" Roberts) :::
1st Royal Tank Regiment :::
5th Royal Tank Regiment :::
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) ::: 1st Battalion,
Rifle Brigade ::
1st Free French Brigade Group (under command) (Brigadier
Marie Pierre Koenig) ::: 1st Battalion, Foreign Legion ::: 2nd Battalion, Foreign Legion ::: 3rd Battalion, Pacific Marine Infantry ::: 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (attached) ::: 1st Free French Artillery Regiment ::: 2nd Anti-Aircraft Company, 1st Marine Fusiliers ::: 2nd Free French Anti-Tank Company ::: 22nd North African Anti-Tank Company ::: 1st Field Company, Free French Engineers ::
With (under command) ::: 1st Free French Flying Column ::: Armoured Car Squadron and Portee troop, 1st Morocco Spahis ::: 1st Free French Tank Company ::: Anti-Aircraft troop, 1st Battalion,
French Foreign Legion British X Corps X Corps supplied reserve divisions behind the main Allied line. : Lieutenant-General
Herbert Lumsden ::
Under direct Corps command :::
X Corps Troops, Royal Engineers :::: 571st Army Field Company (attached to 10th Armoured Division) :::: 572nd Army Field Company (attached to 1st Armoured Division) :::: 573rd Army Field Company (attached to 10th Armoured Division) :::: 570th Corps Field Park Company ::: X Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
Divisions deployed north to south :
British 1st Armoured Division : Major-General
Raymond Briggs ::
Division-level units :::
12th Royal Lancers :::
2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery :::
4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery :::
11th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (ex-8th Armoured Division) :::
76th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 1st Armoured Divisional Engineers :::: 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 8th Armoured Division) :::
1st Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals ::
British 2nd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier
Arthur Fisher) :::
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) :::
9th Queen's Royal Lancers :::
10th Royal Hussars :::
Yorkshire Dragoons (Motor battalion) ::: X Company,
1st Battalion,
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (
machine gun battalion) ::
British 7th Motor Brigade (Brigadier
Thomas Bosvile) ::: 2nd Battalion,
Kings Royal Rifle Corps ::: 2nd Battalion,
Rifle Brigade ::: 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade ::
Hammerforce (attached from 8th Armoured Division) ::: 4th/6th South African Armoured Car Regiment :::
146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: Z Company,
1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun company) ::: 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers ::: 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers ::
Minefield Task Force (under Commanding Officer, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade) ::: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (one troop) ::: 9th Queen's Royal Lancers (one troop) ::: 10th Royal Hussars (one troop) ::: 7th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers ::: 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (from 8th Armoured Division) ::: 572nd Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers) ::: 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (less Support Company) :
British 10th Armoured Division : Major-General
Alexander Gatehouse ::
Division-level units :::
Royal Dragoons :::
1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery :::
5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (attached from 8th Armoured Division) :::
104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (attached from 8th Armoured Division) :::
98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 84th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery :::
53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery ::: 10th Armoured Divisional Engineers :::: 2nd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers :::: 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (attached to Minefield Task Force) :::: 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (attached from 8th Armoured Division) :::: 141st Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers ::: 10th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals ::
British 8th Armoured Brigade (Brig. Edward C.N. Custance) :::
3rd Royal Tank Regiment :::
Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry :::
Staffordshire Yeomanry ::: 1st Battalion,
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) ::
British 24th Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Arthur G. Kenchington) (Attached from 8th Armoured Division) :::
41st Royal Tank Regiment :::
45th Royal Tank Regiment :::
47th Royal Tank Regiment ::: 11th Battalion,
Kings Royal Rifle Corps ::
British 133rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier
Alec W. Lee) ::: 2nd Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment :::
4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment :::
5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment ::: W Company,
1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun company) (attached from 8th Armoured Division) ::
Minefield Task Force (Lt.-Col. G.R. McMeekan, Commanding Royal Engineer, 10th Armoured Division) (attached to 133rd Bde for mine clearance) ::: 3rd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers ::: 571st Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers) ::: 573rd Army Field Company (from X Corps Troops Royal Engineers) ::: 141 Field Park Squadron (detachment) :
British 8th Armoured Division : Major-General
Charles Gairdner :: 6th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (detached to 10th Armoured Division) :: 9th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers (detached to 1st Armoured Division) :: 145th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers :: 8th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals == Axis ==