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

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