Operation Battleaxe Order of Battle - British and Commonwealth Forces

British and Commonwealth Forces

Commander in Chief, Middle East - General Archibald Wavell

• XIII Corps - Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
  • 7th Armoured Division - Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh
    • 4th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Alexander Gatehouse
      • 4th Royal Tank Regiment (Matilda tanks) - Lieutenant-Colonel Walter O'Carroll
      • 7th Royal Tank Regiment (Matilda tanks) - Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Groves
    • 7th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Hugh Russell
      • 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (Mk I, II and III/IV cruiser tanks)
      • 6th Royal Tank Regiment (Crusader tanks)
    • 7th Support Group - Brigadier John Campbell
      • 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 106th Regiments Royal Horse Artillery
      • 1st battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
      • 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade
    • Divisional troops
      • 11th Hussars (Reconnaissance regiment)
      • Engineers
        • 4th Field Squadron, RE
        • 143rd Field Park Squadron, RE
  • 4th Indian Infantry Division - Major-General Frank Messervy
    • 11th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Reginald Savory
      • 2nd battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
      • 1st battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
      • 2nd battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    • 22nd Guards Brigade - Brigadier Ian Erskine
      • 1st battalion Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
      • 2nd battalion Scots Guards
      • 3rd battalion Coldstream Guards
      • 22nd Guards Brigade Attack Company
    • Divisional troops
      • Central India Horse (Reconnaissance regiment)
      • 25th Field Regiment, RA
      • 31st Field Regiment, RA
      • Engineers:
        • 4th, 12th, 18th, and 21st Field Company (Sappers and Miners)
        • 11th Field Park Company