Historine vous donne aujourd'hui l'ordre de bataille Anglais pour la bataille de Sidi Rezeigh
(novembre 1941)...
Bonne lecture.
Les forces du Commonwealth:
Commandant en chef pour le Moyen Orient : General Claude Auchinleck
8ème Armée Anglaise
Lieutenant-General Alan Cunningham, (jusqu’au 26 Novembre et remplacé par le Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie
XXX Corps
Lieutenant-General Willoughby Norrie
· 7th Armoured Division (Major-General William Gott)
o 4th Armoured Brigade
§ 8th Hussars
§ 3rd Royal Tank Régiment
§ 5th Royal Tank Regiment
§ 2nd bataillon Scots Guards
§ 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
o 7th Armoured Brigade
§ 7th Hussars
§ 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
§ 6th Royal Tank Regiment
o 22nd Armoured Brigade
§ 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
§ 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
§ 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
o 7th Support Group
§ 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
§ 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
§ 1st bataillon Kings Royal Rifle Corps
§ 2nd bataillon The Rifle Brigade
§ 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
§ Batterie du 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
o Divisional troops
§ 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment
§ King's Dragoon Guards
§ 11th Hussars
§ 102nd Royal Horse Artillery
§ 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
· 1st South African Division (Major-General George Brink)
o 1st South African Infantry Brigade
o 5th South African Infantry Brigade
· 22nd Guards Brigade
o 9th bataillon Rifle Brigade
o 3rd bataillon Coldstream Guards
XIII Corps
Lieutenant-General Reade Godwin-Austen
· 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Bernard Freyberg)
o 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
§ 18th Infantry Battalion
§ 19th Infantry Battalion
§ 20th Infantry Battalion
o 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
§ 21st Infantry Battalion
§ 22nd Infantry Battalion
§ 23rd Infantry Battalion
o 6th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
§ 24th Infantry Battalion
§ 25th Infantry Battalion
§ 26th Infantry Battalion
· 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy)
o 5th Indian Infantry Brigade
§ 1st bataillonThe Buffs
§ 3rd bataillon1st Punjab Regiment
§ 4th bataillon (Outram's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
o 7th Indian Infantry Brigade
§ 1st bataillon Royal Sussex Regiment
§ 4th bataillon 11th Sikh Regiment
§ 4th bataillon 16th Punjab Regiment
- 11th Indian Infantry Brigade
§ 1st bataillon (Wellesley's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
§ 2nd bataillon Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
§ 2nd bataillon 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
§ The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) (Reconnaissance)
§ 1 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
§ 25 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
§ 31 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
· 1st Army Tank Brigade
o 8th Royal Tank Regiment - Valentine Infantry Tank
o 42nd Royal Tank Regiment
o 44th Royal Tank Regiment - Matilda Mk II Infantry Tank
Tobruk Fortress
Major-General Ronald Scobie
· 70th Infantry Division
o 14th Infantry Brigade
§ 1st bataillon Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
§ 2nd bataillon Black Watch
§ 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
o 16th Infantry Brigade
§ 2nd bataillon King's Own Royal Regiment
§ 2nd bataillon Leicestershire Regiment
o 23rd Infantry Brigade
§ 1st bataillonDurham Light Infantry
§ 1st bataillonEssex Regiment
§ 4th bataillon Border Regiment
· Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade
o I Carpathian Rifle Battalion
o II Carpathian Rifle Battalion
o III Carpathian Rifle Battalion
o 11 Czechoslovakian Infantry Battalion
o 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion
o Carpathian Machine Gun Battalion
o Carpathian Field Regiment
· 32nd Army Tank Brigade (Brigadier A.C. Willison)
o 1st Royal Tank Regiment
o 4th Royal Tank Regiment
o 'D' Squadron 7th Royal Tank Regiment
Oasis Force
Brigadier Denys Reid
· 29th Indian Infantry Brigade
· 6th South African Armoured Car Regiment
Réserve d’armée
· 2nd South African Division (Major-General Isaac de Villiers)
o 3rd South African Infantry Brigade
o 4th South African Infantry Brigade
o 6th South African Infantry Brigade