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British & Commonwealth Orders of Battle

What's New 17 May 2009

Poland

Updated: Vehicle symbol for 1st Polish Parachute Brigade

6 July 2002

Added: East Africa Force - 6th November 1940

3 March 2002

New	17 February 2002

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

Revised

25 November 2001

Added: East Africa Command - 20th December 1942

11 October 2001

Added: Memoirs of a TJFF officer - John Needham Vaughan

30 September 2001

Updated: Czech Infantry Battalion No 11 East

22 December 2000

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

Updated: The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force -

23 December 1999

Added: 22 (East Africa) Infantry Brigade

1August 1999

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

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

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

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

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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