GHQ
Middle East Forces: The Western Desert and Egypt - September 1940
GHQ
Troops
No 50 Middle East Commando
Long
Range Patrol Unit
Western
Desert Force
Force Troops (Western Desert Force)
16th Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA
one section
1st Light Antiaircraft Battery, RA
less two troops (GHQ Troops)
4th
Royal Horse Artillery
less ‘C’ Battery
7th
Medium Regiment, RA
2nd Field Company, RE
54th Field Company, RE
7th
Armoured Division
11th
Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)
2nd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, RE
141st
Field Park Troop, RE
7th Support Group
'M'
Battery, 3rd Royal Horse Artillery
'C'
Battery, 4th Royal Horse Artillery
2nd
Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
1st
Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
4th
Armoured Brigade
7th
Queen's Own Hussars
6th Royal Tank Regiment
7th
Armoured Brigade
8th
(King's Royal Irish) Hussars
1st Royal Tank Regiment
4th Indian Infantry Division
Central India Horse
3rd Royal Horse Artillery
less ‘M’ Battery
1st Field Regiment, RA
31st Field Regiment, RA
4th (Bengal) Field Company, IE
12th
(Madras) Field Company, IE
18th
(Bombay)Field Company, IE
11th(Madras) Field Park Company, IE
1st
Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
MG battalion attached from WDF
troops
5th Indian Infantry Brigade
1st
Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers
4th
Battalion (Outram's), 6th Rajputana Rifles
3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
11th Indian Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1st Battalion (Wellesley's), 6th Rajputana Rifles
4th
Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
16th
Infantry Brigade
attached
104th
(Essex Yeomanry) Royal Horse Artillery
attached
56th Field Company, RE
HQ BTE Troops attached
2nd
Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
2nd
Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
1st
Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
HQ Mersa Matruh Sub-Area (or ‘Mersa Matruh Fortress’)
16th Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA
less one section
1st
Light Antiaircraft Battery, RA
two troops (GHQ Troops)
8th
Field Regiment, RA
(GHQ Troops)
107th
(South Notts Hussars) Royal Horse Artillery
12th Field Company, RE
42nd Field Company, RE
3rd
Battalion, Coldstream Guards
1st
Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
MG battalion
2nd
Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment
1st
Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
1st
Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
Line of Communication Sub-Area (WDF)
HQ
British Troops Egypt
2nd
New Zealand Infantry Division
NZ Divisional Cavalry
Regiment
'A' and 'B' Sqns only
33rd Anti-Tank Battery, NZA
detached from 7 NZ Anti-Tank Regiment (in UK)
4th
Field Regiment, NZA
6th
Field Regiment, NZA
19th
Army Troops Company, NZE
6th
Field Company, NZE
5th Field Park Company, NZE
27th New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
4th
New Zealand Infantry Brigade
18th New Zealand Battalion
19th
New Zealand Battalion
20th
New Zealand Battalion
6th Australian Infantry Division
less 19th Brigade in Palestine
6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment
2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA
2/1st Field Regiment, RAA
2/2nd
Field Regiment, RAA
2/3rd
Field Regiment, RAA
2/3rd
Light Antiaircraft Regiment, RAA
2/1st Field Company, RAE
2/2nd
Field Company, RAE
2/8th
Field Company, RAE
2/1st
Field Park Company, RAE
2/1st
Machine Gun Battalion
2/1st
Pioneer Battalion
16th
Australian Infantry Brigade
2/1st
Battalion
2/2nd
Battalion
2/3rd
Battalion
17th
Australian Infantry Brigade
2/5th
Battalion
2/6th
Battalion
2/7th
Battalion
HQ
Cairo Sub-Area (later Cairo Base Sub-Area)
2nd Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA
RHQ and attached battery only ?
2nd
Battalion, Scots Guards
2nd
Battalion, The Black Watch
HQ Alexandria Sub-Area
9th (Londonderry) Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA
26th
Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA
24th
Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA
5th
Antiaircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery
attached
5th
Light Antiaircraft Battery, RA attached
2nd Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment
HQ Suez Canal Sub-Area
ex HQ 23rd Infantry Brigade
19th
Heavy Battery (Coastal), RA
Port Said and Suez
'Y',
'X' Batteries
20th
Antiaircraft Battery, RA
less two sections (GHQ Troops)
45th
Fortress Company, RE
1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
2nd
Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry Regiment
3rd
Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment