British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943
This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.
- British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson- British V Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Walter Allfrey- North Irish Horse
- 7eme Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens
- 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
- British 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
- British 78th Infantry Division
- British IX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks - French XIX Corps
Commanded by: General Koeltz- One Tank Battalion
- Division d'Algers
- Division du Maroc
- Division d'Oran
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group[1])
Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley- Corps Franc d'Afrique (three battalions)
- One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
- U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
- U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
- U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment)
- U.S. 1st Infantry Division
- U.S. 9th Infantry Division
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division
- Army Reserve
- British V Corps
See also
References
- Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth (1946). Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942–13 May 1943 published in The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37779. pp. 5449–5464. 5 November 1946. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- Playfair, Major-General I.S.O.; Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; with Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.) & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO:1966]. Butler, Sir James, ed. The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. p. 446. ISBN 1-84574-068-8.
Footnotes
- ↑ Anderson (1946), p. 11 The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37779. p. 5459. 5 November 1946. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
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