British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943

First Army: Tunisia 1943

This is the British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.

• British First Army
  Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
  • V Corps
    Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
    • British 25th Tank Brigade (less 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment)
    • British 1st Infantry Division (Major-General Walter Clutterbuck)
    • British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General John Hawkesworth)
    • British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh)
  • British IX Corps
    Commanded by: Lieutenant-General John Crocker
    • 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
    • British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
    • British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Charles Keightley)
    • British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood)
  • French XIX Corps
    Commanded by: Lieutenant General Louis Koeltz
    • Brigade Légère Mécanique (Tank Group)
    • 1st King's Dragoon Guards
    • Division d'Alger [fr] (Major General Pierre-Félix Conne [sl])
    • Division du Maroc (Lieutenant General Maurice Mathenet [sl])
    • Division d'Oran [fr] (Major-General Robert Boissau [fr])
  • 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 Francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
    • 4th and 6th Tabors of Moroccan goumiers
    • U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
    • U.S. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)
    • U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
    • U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)

See also

• List of orders of battle
• British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943

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 "No. 37779". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1946. pp. 5449–5464.
• 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. pp. 432–433. ISBN 1-84574-068-8.

Footnotes

1. Anderson (1946), p. 11 "No. 37779". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1946. p. 5459.