This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign.
- British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson- British V Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey- 1st North Irish Horse
- 7eme Régiment Tirallieurs Algériens
- British 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
- British 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
- British 78th Infantry Division
- British IX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks- British 25th Tank Brigade (less two battalions)
- British 201st Guards Brigade
- British 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery
- British 4th Infantry Division
- Indian 4th Infantry Division
- British 6th Armoured Division
- British 7th Armoured Division
- French XIX Corps
Commanded by: General Koeltz- One Tank Battalion
- Division d'Algers
- Division du Maroc
- Division d'Oran
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group[1])
Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley- Corps Franc d'Afrique (three battalions)
- One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
- U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
- U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
- U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment)
- U.S. 1st Infantry Division
- U.S. 9th Infantry Division
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division
- Army Reserve
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards
- 51st Royal Tank Regiment
- British 139th Infantry Brigade
- British 1st Armoured Division
- British V Corps
See also[]
References[]
- Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth (1946). Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942–13 May 1943 published in "No. 37779". 5 November 1946. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37779/page/
- Playfair, Major-General I.S.O.; Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; with Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.) & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO:1966]. Butler, Sir James. ed. The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. p. 446. ISBN 1-84574-068-8.
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Anderson (1946), p. 11 "No. 37779". 5 November 1946. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37779/page/
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