British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943

This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 20 April 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign.

British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
- V Corps
  Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
  - British 25th Tank Brigade (less 51st Royal Tank Regiment)
  - British 1st Infantry Division (Major-General Walter Clutterbuck)
  - British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General John Hawkesworth)
  - British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh)
- British IX Corps
  Commanded by: Lieutenant-General John Crocker
  - 51st Royal Tank Regiment
  - British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
  - British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Charles Keightley)
  - British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood)
- French XIX Corps
  Commanded by: Lieutenant General Marie-Louis Koëltz
  - Tank Group
  - 1st King's Dragoon Guards
  - Division d'Alger (Major General Pierre-Félix Conne)
  - Division du Maroc (Lieutenant General Maurice Mathenet)
  - Division d'Oran (Major-General Pierre-Félix Boissau)
- 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)
  - 4th and 6th Tabors of Maroccan goumiers
  - U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
  - U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
  - 34th Infantry Division(Major General Charles W. Ryder)
  - U.S. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)

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. p. 5449. 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. pp. 432–433. ISBN 1-845740-68-8.

Footnotes

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