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 Armoured Brigade - Brigadier Alexander Gatehouse
- 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
- 11th Indian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Reginald Savory
- 7th Armoured Division - Major-General Michael O'Moore Creagh
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