British & Commonwealth Orders of Battle


 



 

What's New   17 May 2009

Poland

Updated: Vehicle symbol for 1st Polish Parachute Brigade 6 July 2002

East Africa

Added: East Africa Force - 6th November 1940 3 March 2002

Palestine

New 17 February 2002

Trans-Jordan

Added: additional notes on the TJFF gleaned from annual British reports to the League of Nations (UN) on the operation of their Mandate and from other web sources 20 January 2002
Added: RSM Leslie Grant, TJFF 19 January 2002

Campaigns

Revised 25 November 2001

East Africa

Added: East Africa Command - 20th December 1942 11 October 2001

Trans-Jordan

Added: Memoirs of a TJFF officer - John Needham Vaughan 30 September 2001

Allied Forces

Updated: Czech Infantry Battalion No 11 East 22 December 2000

Campaigns

Added: Greece - 12 April 1941 29 December 1999

The Burma Campaign

Added: 17th Indian Infantry Division at the Bilin River, 15 February 1942 2 April 2000
Added: Japanese 15th Army, January 1942 25 January 2000
Added: Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma, 1942 25 January 2000

Trans-Jordan

Updated: The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force - 23 December 1999

East Africa

Added: 22 (East Africa) Infantry Brigade 1August 1999

Campaigns

Updated: Crete 1941 - OB now reorganised, minor units added, some corrections 26 September 1999
New: The North African Campaign, September 1939 to El Alamein

Starting with September 1939 and  31 March 1941 - Enter Rommel

21 September 1999
New: Sicily 1943 1 August 1999
New: OB listings for selected campaigns, beginning with Crete 1941 19 July 1999

Trans-Jordan

Updated: New book on The Arab Legion by James Lunt - order from Amazon.co.uk 29 May 1999
Updated: The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force - image of TJFF sergeant 29 May 1999
Updated: The Arab Legion 17 April  1999
Updated: The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force and added TJFF Units 11 April  1999
Added: The Arab Legion, The Arab Legion Mechanised Brigade and                    The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force 7 March 1999

Allied Forces

Added: 11th Czechoslovak (Middle Eastern) Battalion 17 April 1999
Updated: Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade 17 April 1999
Added: 1 Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group 24 January 1999

South Africa

Added: 1 SA Armoured Brigade - provided reinforcements to 6 SA Armoured Division 12 January 1999

Additional material and amendments to 1, 2 and 6 South African Divisions

10 January 1999
Added: 3 South African Division 10 January 1999
Added: 1 SA Brigade; 2 SA Brigade; 3 SA Brigade; 4 SA Brigade; 5 SA Brigade; 6 SA Brigade; 7 SA Brigade; 8 SA Brigade; 9 SA Brigade; 10 SA Brigade; 11 SA Brigade; 12 SA Brigade; 13 SA Brigade 10 January 1999
Added: 24 Guards Infantry Brigade (attached to 6 SA Armoured Division in Italy) 10 January 1999
Added: Allied Forces - Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade (attached to 1 SA Infantry Division in North Africa) 10 January 1999

The Burma Campaign

Added: Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma, 1942 25 January 2000
Added: Japanese 15th Army, January 1942 25 January 2000
Added: 17th Indian Infantry Division 1942 27 June 1999
Updated: 16th Indian Infantry Brigade 13 June 1999
Added: Reinforcements 1941-42 13 June 1999
Added: Preparations for War 13 June 1999
Added: The Japanese Invasion of Burma: First Actions and the Loss of Rangoon 31 May 1999
Added: Sources 24 January 1999
Updated  The Burma Regiment and added 1st Battalion, The Burma Regiment 17 January 1999
Corrected/updated: 1st Burma Division, 01-Jul-41 17 January 1999
Corrected: Rangoon and Mandalay Battalions, The Burma Military Police 17 January 1999

Added:  The 2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles

4 January 1999
Added: Burma - Geography - a summary of terrain, communications and population 4 January 1999

Links

Added: The Battery Press - publisher of reprints of unit and official histories 24 January 1999

Added:  The Military Press - a specialist publisher

10 January 1999
 

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