Egyptian Expeditionary Force - Egyptian Expeditionary Force Order of Battle 1917 - Order of Battle April 1917

Order of Battle April 1917

General Headquarters Commander in Chief Lieutenant General (temp. General) A. J. Murray

Eastern Force GOC Major General (temp. Lieutenant General C. M. Dobell Brigadier General General Staff Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General G. P. Dawnay

Force Troops

Mounted Troops

Imperial Camel Brigade GOC Major (temp. Brigadier General C. L. Smith

1st (Australian and New Zealand) Battalion

2nd (Imperial) Battalion

3rd (Australian and New Zealand) Battalion

Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery

Brigade Signal Section

Brigade Field Troop

Brigade Machine Gun Company

1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance

Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade GOC Major (temp. Brigadier General) M. H. Henderson

Mysore Lancers

1st Hyderabad Lancers

Kathiwar Signal Troop

124th Indian Cavalry Field Ambulance

Artillery

XCVI Heavy Artillery Group (four 4-gun 60-pdr, one siege battery)

Nos. 30, 38, 55, 85, 96 Anti-Aircraft Sections

Machine Gune Corps

"E" Company, Heavy Section (Tanks)

Nos. 11 and 12 Light Armoured Car Batteries

17th Motor Machine Gun Battery

Nos. 1 and 3 Armoured Trains

Engineers

220th and 555th Army Troops Companies

No. 10 Company (Queen's Own) Sappers and Miners

1/23rd and 2/23rd Sikh Pioneers

360th Company, RE (water unit)

Signal Service

GHQ Signal Company

Pigeon Section

N 14, N 15, N 23, N 24, No. 61 Airline Sections

BR, NA, NB, NN Cable Sections

No. 9 Wagon and London Pack W/T Sections

52nd (Lowland) Division GOC Brevet Colonel (temp. Major General) W. E. B. Smith

155th Infantry Brigade

156th Infantry Brigade

157th Infantry Brigade

Artillery

261st Brigade RFA

262nd Brigade RFA

263rd Brigade RFA (troops same as April 1916 oob less cyclist company)

53rd (Welsh) Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) A. E. Dallas

158th Infantry Brigade

159th Infantry Brigade

160th Infantry Brigade

Artillery

265th Brigade RFA

266th Brigade RFA

267th Brigade RFA

(troops same as April 1916 oob)

54th (East Anglian) Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) S. W. Hare

161st Infantry Brigade

162nd Infantry Brigade

163rd Infantry Brigade

Artillery

270th Brigade RFA

271st Brigade RFA

272nd Brigade RFA

(troops same as April 1916 oob)

74th (Yeomanry) Division GOC Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Major General) E. S Girdwood

229th Infantry Brigade

16th (R. 1st Devon and R. N. Devon Yeo Bn) Devonshire Regiment

12th (W. Somerset Yeo. Bn) Somerset Light Infantry

14th (Fife and Forfar Yeo. Bn) Royal Highlanders

12th (Ayr and Lanark Yeo Bn) Royal Scots Fusiliers

4th Machine Gun Company

230th Infantry Brigade

10th (R.E. Kent and W. Kent Yeo. Bn) East Kent Regiment

16th (Sussex Yeo. Bn) Sussex Regiment

15th (Suffolk Yeo. Bn) Suffolk Regiment

12th (Norfolk Yeo. Bn) Norfolk Regiment

209th Machine Gun Company

231st Infantry Brigade

10th (Shrop. and Chester Yeo. Bn) Shropshire Light Infantry

24th (Denbigh Yeo. Bn) Royal Welch Fusiliers

24th (Pemb. and Glam. Yeo. Bn) Welch Regiment

25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeo. Bn) Royal Welch Fusiliers

210th Machine Gun Company

Divisional Troops

Mounted Troops

1 Squadron 1/2nd County of London Yeomanry

Engineers

5th Royal Monmouth Field Company RE

5th Royal Anglesey Field Company RE

Signal Service

74th Divisional Signal Company

ASC

74th Divisional Train

Medical Units

229th, 230th, 231st Field Ambulances

Desert Column GOC Major General (temp. Lieutenant General P. W. Chetwode

Anzac Mounted Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) H. G. Chauvel

1st Australian Light Horse Brigade GOC Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Cox

1st Light Horse Regiment

2nd Light Horse Regiment

3rd Light Horse Regiment

1st Australian Light Horse Signal Troop

1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron

2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General G. de L. Ryrie

5th Light Horse Regiment

6th Light Horse Regiment

7th Light Horse Regiment

2nd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop

2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade GOC Brigadier General E. W. C. Chaytor)

Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment

Canterbury Mounted Rifle Regiment

Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop

New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron

22nd Mounted Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) F. A. B. Fryer

1/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

1/1st East Riding Yeomanry

22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop

18th Machine Gun Squadron

Divisional Troops same as April 1916 oob except

batteries not brigaded

Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column added

Nos 26 and 27 Australian Units of Supply substituted for Light Horse Supply Column

1/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance substituted for 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance

Imperial Mounted Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) H. W. Hodgson

3rd Light Horse Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) J. R. Royston

8th Light Horse Regiment

9th Light Horse Regiment

10th Light Horse Regiment

3rd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop

3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron

4th Light Horse Brigade GOC Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General J. B. Meredith

4th Light Horse Regiment

11th Light Horse Regiment

12th Light Horse Regiment

4th Australian Light Horse Signal Troop

4th Australian Machine Gun Squadron

5th Mounted Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) E. A. Wiggin

1/1st Warwick Yeomanry

1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry

1/1st Worcester Yeomanry

5th Mounted Signal Brigade Troop

16th Machine Gun Squadron

6th Mounted Brigade GOC Lieutnant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) T. M. S. Pitt

1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry

1/1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry

6th Brigade Signal Troop

17th Machine Gun Squadron

Divisional Troops

Artillery

1/1st Nottinghamshire and 1/1st Berkshire Batteries RHA

"A" and "B" Batteries, H.A.C.

Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column

Engineers

Imperial Mounted Division Field Squadron

Signal Service

Imperial Mounted Division Signal Squadron

ASC (unidentified)

Medical Units

3rd and 4th Light Horse, 1/1st and 1/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigades Field Ambulances

Northern Canal Section GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) H. D. Watson commander of 20th Indian Brigade

Mounted Troops

1/2nd County of London Yeomanry (less two squadrons)

16th Company Imperial Camel Corps (attached from 4th Battalion)

Infantry

20th (Indian) Infantry Brigade (attached)

Alwar Infantry

Gwalior Infantry

Patiala Infantry

Signal Section

121st (Indian) Field Ambulance

1st Battalion British West Indies Regiment

2nd Battalion British West Indies Regiment

1st Garrison Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment (two companies)

19th Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Medical Units

1/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

Delta and Western Force GOC Brevet Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) H. G. Casson

Mounted Troops

Bikanir Camel Corps

Nos. 8 and 10 Companies Imperial Camel Corps

"B" Squadron 1/2nd County of London Yeomanry (attached Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun)

Infantry

2nd Garrison Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

2/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

6th Garrison Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

20th Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade

21st Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade

22nd Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade

1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment

1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment

1 Coy, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Egyptian Army

Artillery

Detachment, Royal Marine Artillery (2 Naval 4-inch guns)

No. 2 Armoured Train

Detachments RFA dismounted (three 15-pdr, Q.F., two 15-pdr BLC, two 15-pdr Ehrhardt and two 9-pdr Krupp guns)

Nos 1, 2, 3 Light Armoured Motor Batteries

Six Light Car Patrols (Ford cars)

Signal Service

Western Force Signal Company

No. 42 Airline Section

UU Cable Section

Pigeon Section (detachment)

No. 6 Wagon and No. 6 Pack W/T Section

ASC

Mechanical transport

5th, 6th, 29th Reserve Field Ambulance and Workshop Units

Western Force Mechanical Transport Supply Company

Advanced M.T. Supply Depot (Samalut)

No. 303 (M.T.) Company ASC

Camel Transport

"H" and "O" Companies, Egyptian Camel Transport Corps

Alexandria District GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General R. C. Boyle

Coast Defence Artillery

No. 103rd Local Company, RGA

Ras el Tin Fort

Royal Malta Artillery (detachment)

Quarantine and Chatby Batteries

Mex Fort

Infantry

5th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment

1st Garrison Battalion, Liverpool Regiment

2nd Garrison battalion, Cheshire Regiment

General Headquarters Troops

Royal Flying Corps Middle East Brigade RFC GOC Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) W. G. H. Salmond

5th Wing

Nos 14 and 67 (Australian) Squadrons

20th Reserve Wing

Nos 21, 22, 23, 57, 58 Reserve Squadrons

Engineers

Railway Operating Division

115th and 116th Railway Companies RE

2 Companies Railway Battalion Sappers and Miners

Topographical Section RE

Signal Service

"M" (L. of C.) Signal Company

Nos 12 and 62 Airline Sections

BQ, BS Cable Sections

Northern Wagon, Southern Motor and No. 12 Pack W/T Sections

ASC

Mechanical transport

HQ, ASC Motor Boat Company

Two Advanced M.T. Sub Depots (Ismailia and Qantara)

52nd Highland Mounted Brigade, 6th Reserve and 29th Field Ambulance and Workshop Units

Camel Transport

Nos 1 and 2 Came Transport Depots

"O" and "R" Companies, Egyptian Camel Transport Corps

Southern Canal Section GOC Brevet Colonel (temp. Brigadier General P. C. Palin in addition to GOC 29th Indian Brigade

Mounted Troops

4th (Australian and New Zealand) Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps (less 15th Coy, attached 3rd Battalion and 16th Coy attached Northern Canal Section with 13th Coy from 3rd Battalion attached)

Engineers

14th Army Troops Company RE

496th (Kent) Field Company (less detachment)

Infantry

232nd Infantry Brigade (first brigade of the yet to be formed 75th Division )

2nd Loyal North Lancashire

1/4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (both temporarily attached to Eastern Force)

1/5th Devonshire Regiment

2/5th Hampshire Regiment

29th Indian Infantry Brigade

2/3rd Gurkhas

3/3rd Gurkhas

123rd Rifles

Brigade Signal Section

123rd Indian Field Ambulance

Indian Brigade Supply Column

49th Indian Infantry Brigade

58th Rifles

1/101st Grenadiers

1/102nd Grenadiers

110th Indian Field Ambulance

1st Garrison Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment (less two companies)

1st Garrison Battalion, Northampton Regiment

ASC

No. 900 Company ASC (Axiliary Horse Transport Company, Ismailia)

Cyprus Detachment

1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots

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