British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943

This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign.

British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
- British V Corps
  Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
  - 1st North Irish Horse
  - 7eme Régiment Tirallieurs Algériens
  - British 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
  - British 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
  - British 78th Infantry Division
- British IX Corps
  Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
  - British 25th Tank Brigade (less two battalions)
  - British 201st Guards Brigade
  - British 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery
  - British 4th Infantry Division
  - Indian 4th Infantry Division
  - British 6th Armoured Division
  - British 7th Armoured Division
- French XIX Corps
  Commanded by: General Koeltz
  - One Tank Battalion
  - Division d'Algers
  - Division du Maroc
  - Division d'Oran
- 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 Franc d'Afrique (three battalions)
  - One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
  - U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
  - U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
  - U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment)
  - U.S. 1st Infantry Division
  - U.S. 9th Infantry Division
  - U.S. 34th Infantry Division
- Army Reserve
  - 1st King's Dragoon Guards
  - 51st Royal Tank Regiment
  - British 139th Infantry Brigade
  - British 1st Armoured Division

See also

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 London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37779. pp. 5449–5464. 5 November 1946. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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. p. 446. ISBN 1-845740-68-8.

Footnotes

^ Anderson (1946), p. 11 London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37779. p. 5459. 5 November 1946. Retrieved 2008-05-01.