- Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle
Second Battle of El Alamein Order of Battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the battle,23 October –3 November 1942 .British 8th Army Under the command of Lieutenant General
Bernard Montgomery Army Troops
*Kings Dragoon Guards
*3 South African Armoured Car Regiment
*4/8 South African Armoured Car Regiment*8th Army Troops RE
*295 Field Company RE
*566 Army Troops Company RE
*568 Army Troops Company RE
*25 Field Company South African Engineers
*27 Field Company, South African Engineers
*31 Field Company, South African Engineers*8th Army Signals
*HQ British 8th Armoured Divisionunder Major-General
Charles Henry Gairdner
**146 Field Regiment RA
**73 Anti-tank Regiment RA
**56 LAA Regiment RA**6 Field Squadron RE
**9 Field Squadron RE
**145 Field Park Squadron RE**8 Armoured Division Signals
**1st Army Tank Brigade under Brigadier Price
***42 Royal Tank Regiment
***44 Royal Tank Regimentboth equipped with minesweeping Matilda tanksBritish XXX Corps Under the command of Lieutenant General
Oliver Leese *2 Medium Regiment RA
*64 Medium Regiment RA
*69 Medium Regiments RA*66 Mortar Coy RE
*11 Field Company, South African Engineers
*13 Field Company, South African Engineers
*22 Field Park Company, South African Engineers*XXX Corps Signals
under Major General
Leslie Morshead *9 Division Cavalry Regiment
*2/2 Machine Gun Battalion
*2/3 Pioneer Battalion*2/7 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
*2/8 Field Regiment, RAA
*2/12 Field Regiment RAA
*3 Anti-tank Regiment, RAA
*4 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RAA*2/3 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers
*2/7 Field Company RAE
*2/13 Field Company RAE
*2/4 Field Park Company RAE*9 Australian Division Signals
Australian 24th Brigade
under Brigadier Arthur H.L. Godfrey
*2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion, Western Australia (WA)
*2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Victoria (Vic.)
*2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion, South Australia (SA)Australian 26th Brigade under Brigadier David A. Whitehead
*2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Vic.
*2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion, Vic.
*2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion, SAAustralian 20th Brigade under Brigadier H. Wrigley
*2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, New South Wales (NSW)
*2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Queensland (Qld)
*2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, NSW
=British 23rd Armoured Brigade=under Brigadier George W. Richards
186 Valentine tanks
*8Royal Tank Regiment [u/c from 1 SA Division]
*40 Royal Tank Regiment
*46 Royal Tank Regiment
*50 Royal Tank RegimentBritish 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
under Major General
Douglas Wimberley *51st Reconnaissance Battalion
*1/7 Bn Middlesex Regiment (machine gun bn)*126 Field Regiment
Royal Artillery
*127 Field Regiment RA
*128 Field Regiment RA
*61 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*40 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*274 Field Company RE
*275 Field Company RE
*276 Field Company RE
*239 Field Park Company RE*51st Highland Division Signals
British 152nd Infantry Brigade under Brigadier George Murray
*2 BnSeaforth Highlanders
*5 Bn Seaforth Highlanders
*5 Bn Cameron HighlandersBritish 153rd Infantry Brigade under Brigadier Douglas Graham
*5 BnBlack Watch
*1 BnGordon Highlanders
*4/7 Bn Gordon HighlandersBritish 154th Infantry Brigade under Brigadier Henry W. Houldsworth
*1 Bn Black Watch
*7 Bn Black Watch
*7 BnArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2nd New Zealand Division
under Lieutenant-General
Bernard Freyberg *2 NZ Division Cavalry Regiment
*27 Bn (machine gun bn)*4 Field Regiment Royal NZ Artillery
*5 Field Regiment RNZA
*6 Field Regiment RNZA
*7 Anti-tank Regiment RNZA
*14 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RNZA*6 Field Company Royal NZ Engineers
*7 Field Company RNZE
*8 Field Company RNZE
*5 Field Park Company RNZE*2 NZ Division Signals
New Zealand 5th Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier
Howard Kippenberger
*21 Battalion
*22 Battalion
*23 Battalion
*28thMāori Battalion New Zealand 6th Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier William Gentry
*24 Bn New Zealand Infantry
*25 Bn New Zealand Infantry
*26 Bn New Zealand Infantryunder Brigadier John Currie
35 Sherman, 37 Grant, 46 Crusader =118
*3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
*Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
*Warwickshire Yeomanry
*14 Bn Sherwood Foresters
=South African 1st Infantry Division=under Major-General
Dan Pienaar
*3rd South African Armoured Car Reconnaissance Regiment
*Regiment President Steyn (Machine gun battalion)
*2nd Regiment Botha*1st Field Regiment,
Cape Field Artillery ,South African Artillery
*4th Field Regiment , SAA
*7th Field Regiment, SAA
*1st Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, SAA
*1st Anti-tank Regiment, SAA*1 Field Company, South African Engineers
*2 Field Company, SAE
*3 Field Company, SAE
*5 Field Company, SAE
*19 Field Park Company, SAE*1 SA Division Signals
outh African 1st Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier E.P. Hartshorn
* 1stDuke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
* 1stRoyal Natal Carabineers
* 1st Transvaal Scottishouth African 2nd Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier William Poole
* 1st Cape Town Highlanders
* 1stNatal Mounted Rifles
* 1st/2nd Field Force Battalionouth African 3rd Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier ?
* 1stImperial Light Horse
* 1stRand Light Infantry
* 1stRoyal Durban Light Infantry
=Indian 4th Infantry Division=under Major-General
Francis Tuker *
Central India Horse (Reconnaissance)
*5th Bn 6th Rajputana Regiment (machine gun)*1 Field Regiment
Royal Artillery
*11 Field Regiment RA
*32 Field Regiment RA
*149 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*57 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*4 Field Company, Bengal Sappers & Miners
*12 Field Company, Madras Sappers & Miners
*21 Field Company, Bombay Sappers & Miners
*11 Field Park Company, Madras Sappers & Miners*4 Indian Division Signals
Indian 5th Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier
Dudley Russell
*1/4 BNThe Essex Regiment
*4 BN (Outram's)6th Rajputana Rifles
*3 BN Queen Mary's Own10th Baluch Regiment Indian 7th Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier
Alan Holworthy
*1 BN TheRoyal Sussex Regiment
*4 BN16th Punjab Regiment
*1 BN 1 BN 2nd King Edward's Own Goorkha RiflesIndian 161st Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier Francis E.C. Hughes
*1 BnArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders
*1st Bn1st Punjab Regiment
*4th Bn7th Rajput Rifles British XIII Corps Under command of Lieutenant-General
Brian Horrocks *577 Field Company RE
*578 Field Company RE
*576 Field Park Company RE*13 Corps Signals
=British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division=under Major-General John Nichols
*2 Bn Cheshire Regiment (machine gun bn)*74 Field Regiment RA
*111 Field Regiment RA
*124 Field Regiment RA
*154 Field Regiment RA
*102 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*34 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*233 Field Company RE
*505 Field Company RE
*235 Field Park Company RE*50 Northumbrian Division Signals
1st Greek Infantry Brigade under Brigadier
Pausanias Katsotas
*1st Infantry Battalion
*2nd Infantry Battalion
*3rd Infantry Battalion*1st Artillery Regiment
*1st Machine Gun Company
*1 Engineer Company
British 151st Infantry Brigade (attached to 2nd New Zealand Division
29 October to3 November )under Brigadier Joscelyn E.S. Percy
*6 BnDurham Light Infantry
*8 Bn Durham Light Infantry
*9 Bn Durham Light InfantryBritish 69th Infantry Brigade
under Brigadier Edward C. Cooke-Collis
*5 BnEast Yorkshire Regiment
*6 BnGreen Howards
*7 Bn Green Howards
=British 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division=under Major-General Ivor T.P.Hughes
*44 Reconnaissance Battalion
*6 BnCheshire Regiment (machine gun bn)*53 Field Regiment RA
*57 Field Regiment RA
*58 Field Regiment RA
*65 Field Regiment RA
*57 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*30 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*11 Field Company RE
*209 Field Company RE
*210 Field Company RE
*211 Field Park Company RE*44 Home Counties Division Signals
=British 132nd (Kent) Infantry Brigade=under Brigadier
Lashmer Whistler
*4th Bn.The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
*5th Bn.The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
*2nd Bn.The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
=British 7th Armoured Division=under Major-General John Harding
*1
Household Cavalry Regiment
*11th Hussars [under command from 4th Armoured Brigade]
*2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry [under command from 8th Armoured Div]*3 Field Regiment RHA
*4 Field Regiment RA
*97 Field Regiment RA
*65 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*15 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*4 Field Squadron RE
*21 Field Squadron RE
*143 Field Park Squadron RE*7 Armoured Division Signals
British 4th Light Armoured Brigade
under Brigadier Marcus G. Roddick
57 Stuart, 14 Grant –71 tanks
*Royal Scots Greys
*4th/8th Hussars
*1st BnKing's Royal Rifle Corps
=British 22nd Armoured Brigade=under Brigadier George "Pip" Roberts
57 Grant, 46 Crusader, 19 Stuart-122 tanks
*1Royal Tank Regiment
*5 Royal Tank Regiment
*4County of London Yeomanry
*1 Bn Rifle Brigade
=British 131st Infantry Brigade=under Brigadier
William Donovan Stamer
*1/5 BnQueens Regiment
*1/6 Bn Queens Regiment
*1/7 Bn Queens Regiment1st Free French Brigade
under Brigadier
Marie Pierre Koenig
*2 Foreign Legion Bn
*3 Foreign Legion Bn
*1 March Bn*1 Artillery Regiment
British X Corps Under command of Lieutenant-General
Herbert Lumsden *571 Field Company RE
*572 Field Company RE
*573 Field Company RE
*570 Field Park Company RE*10 Corps Signals
=British 1st Armoured Division=under Major-General Raymond Briggs
*
12th Royal Lancers
*4/6 South African Armoured Car Regiment*2 Field Regiment RHA
*4 Field Regiment RHA
*11 Field Regiment RHA [ex 8th Armoured Div]
*76 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*42 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA*1 Field Squadron RE
*7 Field Squadron RE
*1 Field Park Squadron RE*1 Armoured Division Signals
=British 2nd Armoured Brigade=under Brigadier Arthur Fisher
92 Sherman, 68 Crusader-160 tanks
*2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
*9th Queen's Royal Lancers
*10th Royal Hussars
*Yorkshire Dragoonsunder Brigadier Thomas J. Bosville
*2 BnKings Royal Rifle Corps
*2 Bn Rifle Brigade
*7 Bn Rifle Brigade
=British 10th Armoured Division=under Major-General Alexander Gatehouse
*Royal Dragoons*1 Field Regiment RHA
*5 Field Regiment RHA (attached from 8 Armoured Div)
*104 Field Regiment RHA (attached from 8 Armoured Div)
*98 Field Regiment RA
*84 Anti-tank Regiment RA
*53 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RA*2 Field Squadron RE
*3 Field Squadron RE
*141 Field Park Squadron RE*10 Armoured Division Signals
under Brigadier Edward C.N. Custance
45 Crusader, 57 Grant, 31 Sherman-133 tanks
*3Royal Tank Regiment
*The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
*Staffordshire Yeomanry
=British 24th Armoured Brigade=under Brigadier Arthur G. Kenchington
93 Sherman, 45 Crusader=138 tanks
*41Royal Tank Regiment
*45 Royal Tank Regiment
*47 Royal Tank Regiment
*11 BnKings Royal Rifle Corps
=British 133rd Infantry Brigade=under Brigadier Alec W. Lee
*2nd Bn,The Royal Sussex Regiment
*4th Bn, The Royal Sussex Regiment
*5th Bn, The Royal Sussex RegimentPanzer Army Africa (Field marshal
Erwin Rommel ,Georg Stumme at the start of the battle in Rommel's absence)Army troops
=German 90th Light "Afrika" Division=(GeneralMajor
Ernst Strecker )
*155th PanzerGrenadier Regiment (with 707th Heavy Infantry Gun Company)
*200th PanzerGrenadier Regiment (with 708th Heavy Infantry Gun Company)
*346th PanzerGrenadier Regiment (should be 361st, 346th assigned to 217th Inf Div, the 361st was formed in theatre from former french foreign legionaires of german origin)
*190th Artillery Regiment
*190th Anti-tank Battalion
*under command: Force 288 (PanzerGrenadier Regiment 'Afrika', the three battalions listed after this are not part of this 8-to-10 company detatchment)
**605th Anti-tank Battalion
**109th Anti-aircraft Battalion
**606th Anti-aircraft BattalionGerman 164th Light "Afrika" Division
(GeneralLeutenant
Carl-Hans Lungershausen )
*125th Infantry Regiment
*382nd Infantry Regiment
*433rd Infantry Regiment
*220th Artillery Regiment
*220th Engineer Battalion
*220th Cyclist Unit
*609th Anti-aircraft BattalionRamcke Parachute Brigade (GeneralMajor
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke )
*One battalion each from 2nd, 3rd and another Parachute Regiments (1st bn's 2 & 3, 2nd bn 5th)
*Lehrbattalion Burkhardt
*Parachute Artillery Battery
*Parachute Anti-tank Battalion(GeneralLeutnant
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma )(GeneralMajor
Gustav von Vaerst )
*8th Panzer Regiment
*113th PanzerGrenadier Regiment (should be 115th, 113th was assigned to 1st Pz Div)
*33rd Artillery Regiment
*33rd Anti-tank Battalion
*33rd Engineer Battalion
=German 21st Panzer Division =(GeneralMajor
Heinz von Randow )
*5th Panzer Regiment
*104th PanzerGrenadier Regiment
*155th Artillery Regiment
*39th Anti-tank Battalion
*200th Engineer BattalionItalian Army Africa
(Marshal
Ettore Bastico )
(Note: other than the Pistoia Division and rear-area troops, the Italian Army HQ in Africa had only administrative control over Italian formations. All Italian formations were under the tactical control of Rommel's Panzer Armee Afrika.)Pistoia Division
*35th Infantry Regiment
*36th Infantry Regiment
*3rd Motorised Artillery Regiment
*?? Bersagliere BattalionGiovanni Fascisti (Young Fascists) Division
*2 Infantry Battalions
Italian X Corps (Lieutenant General Edoardo Nebba; Major General Enrico Frattini in temporary command to
October 26 )
*9th Bersagliere Regiment
*16th Corps Artillery Group
*8th Army Artillery GroupItalian 27 Infantry Division "Brescia"
(Major General Brunetto Brunetti)
*19th Infantry Regiment
*20th Infantry Regiment
*1st Mobile Artillery Regiment
*27th Mixed Engineer Regiment
=Italian 17 Infantry Division "Pavia"=(Brigadier General N. Scattaglia)
*27th Infantry Regiment
*28th Infantry Regiment
*26th Artillery Regiment
*17th Mixed Engineer BattalionItalian 185 Parachutist Division "Folgore"
(Major General Enrico Frattini)
*185th Parachutist Regiment
*186th Parachutist Regiment
*187th Parachutist Regiment
*185th Parachutist Artillery RegimentItalian XX Motorized Corps (Lieutenant General Giuseppi de Stephanis)
*8th Army Artillery Group (part)
*90th Engineer Company
=Italian 132 Armoured Division "Ariete"=(Major General Raffaele Cadorna)
*132nd Armoured Regiment
*8th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorised)
*132nd Artillery Regiment (motorised)
*3rd Battalion Lancieri de Novara
*3rd Battalion Nizza Cavalleria
*32nd Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorised)Italian 133 Armoured Division "Littorio"
(Major General G. Bitossi)
*133rd Tank Regiment
*5th Bersaglieri Infantry Regiment
*3rd Artillery Regiment
*133rd Artillery Regiment (part)
*3rd Tank Group Lancieri di Novara
=Italian 101 Motorised Division "Trieste"=(Brigadier General Francisco La Ferla)
*11th Tank Battalion
*65th Infantry Regiment
*6th Infantry Regiment
*21st Artillery Regiment
*8th Armoured Bersagliere Regiment
*52nd Mixed Artillery BattalionItalian XXI Corps (Lieutenant General Enea Navarini; Major General Alessandro Gloria in temporary command to
October 26 )*7th Bersagliere Regiment
*24th Corps Artillery Group
*8th Army Artillery Group (part)
=Italian 102 Motorised Division "Trento"=(Brigadier General Giorgio Masina)
*61st Infantry Regiment
*62nd Infantry Regiment
*46th Artillery Regiment
=Italian 25 Infantry Division "Bologna"=(Major General Giorgio Masina)
*39th Infantry Regiment
*40th Infantry Regiment
*205th Artillery Regiment
*25th Engineer BattalionReferences and sources
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