British 8th Army
Under the command of Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery
- 1st Army Tank Brigade under Brigadier Price
- 42 Royal Tank Regiment
- 44 Royal Tank Regiment
- both equipped with minesweeping Matilda tanks
- 1st Armoured Brigade (reforming) under Brigadier G.N. Todd
- 4th Hussars (elements)
- 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars (elements)
- 2 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- 12th Anti-aircraft Brigade
- 14 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 16 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 27 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 88 Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 94 Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 27 Searchlight Regiment RA (two troops)
- 2nd Anti-aircraft Brigade
- 2 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment RA
- 69 Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment RA (199 & 261 batteries)
- 21st Indian Infantry Brigade (reforming) under Brigadier J.J. Purves
- 1st battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
- 3rd battalion 7th Rajput Regiment
- 2nd battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles
- 9th Indian Field Company, Indian Engineers
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