Syria-Lebanon Campaign order of battle

Syria-Lebanon Campaign order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Syria-Lebanon Campaign, a World War II campaign between the Western Allies and Vichy France during June and July, 1941.

Allied Forces

General Officer Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command: General Archibald Wavell
General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan: General Henry Maitland Wilson

outh Syria and Lebanon - Australian I Corps (command activated 18 June)

General Officer Commanding I Corps: Lieutenant-General John Lavarack

*Australian 7th Division - Major-General John Lavarack (until 18 June) then Major-General Arthur "Tubby" Allen
**Divisional Troops
***6th Divison Cavalry
***9th Division Cavalry
***2/3 Machine Gun battalion
***The Royal Scots Greys and The Staffordshire Yeomanry (composite mechanised regiment detached from British 1st Cavalry Division)
***One squadron, The Royals (detached from 1st Cavalry Division )
**Artillery (Brigadier F H Berryman)
***2/4 Field Regiment
***2/5 Field Regiment
***2/6 Field Regiment
***2/2 Anti-tank Regiment
***57 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment
**21st Australian Brigade (Brigadier J E S Stevens)
***2/14 Infantry battalion
***2/16 Infantry battalion
***2/27 Infantry battalion
**25th Australian Brigade (Brigadier A R Baxter-Cox)
***2/25 Infantry battalion
***2/31 Infantry battalion
***2/33 Infantry battalion
**17th Australian Brigade (from 28 June) (Brigadier S G Savige)
***2/3 Infantry battalion
***2/5 Infantry battalion
***2/2 Pioneer battalion
*British 6th Infantry Division (from 18 June) - Major-General J F Evetts
**16th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C E N Lomax)
***2nd battalion King's Own Royal Regiment
***2nd battalion Leicestershire Regiment
***2nd battalion Queen's Royal Regiment
*'Gentforce' (command activated 12 June) - Major-General P L Legentilhomme (wounded 12 June and succeeded by Brigadier W L Lloyd)
**Indian 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier W L Lloyd)
***1st battalion Royal Fusiliers
***3rd battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
***4th battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
***1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
**1st Free French Light Division - Major-General P L Legentilhomme
***Brigade d'Orient
****1st March Battalion
****2nd March Battalion
****Foreign Legion
****One battery field artillery (4 75mm guns)
****One company of tanks (9 tanks)
****One anti-tank company
****One company Marine Fusiliers
***Circassian Cavalry (300 troops)

Northern Syria

Elements of Iraqforce:

Advancing on the Euphrates

*Indian 10th Infantry Division - Major-General W J Slim
**13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
**157th Field Regiment RA
**Indian 21st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C.J. Weld)
***2nd battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles
***2nd battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles
***4th battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
**Indian 25th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R Mountain)
***1st battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
***2nd battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
***3rd battalion 9th Jat Regiment
***2nd battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles (detached from Indian 20th Infantry Brigade)

In the "Duck's Bill" region of Syria

Under command of HQ British Troops Iraq: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Quinan
*Indian 20th Infantry Brigade (detached from 10th Indian Infantry Division) (Brigadier D Powell)
**2nd battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles
**3rd battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
**1st battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment (detached from Indian 17th Infantry Brigade)
**5th battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (detached from Indian 17th Infantry Brigade)

In Central Syria

* "Habforce" commanded by Major-General J.G.W. Clark
** British 4th Cavalry Brigade of the British 1st Cavalry Division, Brigadier J.J. Kingstone
***Household Cavalry Regiment
***North Somerset Yeomanry
***Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
** 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment
** Arab Legion Mechanised Regiment
** 237th Battery, Royal Artillery (60th Field Regiment)
** An Australian battery of 2 pounder anti-tank guns
** 169th Light Anti-aircraft Battery

Vichy French Forces

WIP

ources

*cite book| first=Gavin| last=Long| title=Volume II – Greece, Crete and Syria (1st edition, 1953)| series=Official Histories – Second World War| url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=18| chapter=Chapters 16 to 26 | publisher=Australian War Memorial| location=Canberra| year=1953
*cite book | first=Compton|last=Mackenzie |authorlink=Compton Mackenzie| title=Eastern Epic| publisher=Chatto & Windus| location=London | year=1951 | pages=623 pages| oclc=1412578
*cite web|url=http://www.orbat.com/site/history/open1/uk_invasionofsyria.pdf|title=British and Imperial Forces in the Allied Invasion of Syria and Lebanon: Initial Forces, June 8 1941|last=Rikhye|first=Ravi|date=2002|publisher=orbat.com|accessdate=2008-09-14


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