Headquarters Creforce - (Eastern Zone, east of Chania)
Major-General Bernard Freyberg, VC, Colonel Stewart
C Squadron, 3rd The King's Own Hussars (seven light tanks)
Major G.W.Peck
10 Light Tank Mk VIs
B Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment
Lieutenant George Simpson
Two Matilda tanks, crewed in part by two officers and five gunners of the 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA).
1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel A. Duncan, MC (Force Reserve)
2nd New Zealand Division
Headquarters New Zealand Division - Brigadier, Acting Major General Edward Puttick - (Western Zone, west of Chania)
27th New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion (Lt. Col. FJ Gwilliam)
5th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment
4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Brig. Lindsay Inglis) between Chania and Galatas
18th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
20th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
1st Light Troop, RA
5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Brig. James Hargest) (Maleme and Platanias)
21st New Zealand Infantry Battalion
22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion
23rd New Zealand Infantry Battalion
28th (Maori) Infantry Battalion
7th Field Company New Zealand Engineers
19th Army Field Corps Company
New Zealand Field Punishment Centre (FPC) Prisoners were released to fight the enemy.
1st Greek Regiment (1,030 Officers and men), (Col. IP Papadimitropoulos)
Evelpidon Officers' Academy (17 Officers, 300 Cadets), (Lt. Col. Loukas Kitsos)
10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Lt. Col. Howard Kippenberger) (Galatas)
New Zealand Divisional Cavalry
New Zealand Composite Battalion (700 rifles). General Weston named this force the "Royal Perivolians" after they were supposedly involved in rescuing the King of Greece.
6th Greek Regiment (1,389 Officers and men), (Lt. Col. M Grigoriou)
8th Greek Regiment (840 Officers and men), (Lt. Col. Pan Karkoulas)
Headquarters 14th Infantry Brigade - Brig. Brian Herbert Chappel - (Heraklion)
2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (Lt. Col. CHV Cox, DSO, MC) (637 Officers and men)
2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Lt. Col. A Gilroy) (742 Officers and men)
2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Major AA Pitcairn in temporary command) (867 Officers and men)
2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion (Lt. Col. Ivan Noel Dougherty) (550 Officers and men)
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Lieut. Col. RCB Anderson, DSO, MC Tymbaki Sector)
7th Medium Regiment, RA (Maj. R.J.B. Snook, DSO (wounded - 20 May 1941). No artillery equipment - armed as infantry. (450 Officers and men)
3rd Greek Regiment (656 Officers and men), (Lt. Col Ant Betinakis)
7th Greek Regiment (877 Officers and men), (Col. E Cheretis)
Greek Garrison Battalion (ex-Greek 5th "Crete" Division, left behind as a garrison when their division was summoned to defend the mainland; 830 Officers and men)
Headquarters Mobile Base Defence Organization - Maj.-Gen. CE Weston-Souda Bay
15th Coast Regiment, RA
"S" Royal Marine Composite Battalion, Maj. R Garrett (Royal Marines)
1st Battalion, The Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps - (later designated 9th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (The Rangers))
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - no equipment, used as infantry
106th (Lancashire Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. AF Hely
16th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 350 officers and men
Formed from the under strength 2/2nd and 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalions
17th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 270 officers and men
Formed from the understrength 2/5th and 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalions
2nd Greek Regiment - 930 Officers and Men
2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet - Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham
Force A1 - Rear Admiral H B Rawlings (R.A., 7th Cruiser Squadron)
Queen Elizabeth-class battleships
HMS Warspite (03) - Captain DB Fisher - damaged
HMS Valiant (02) - Capt. CE Morgan - damaged
G and H-class destroyers
HMS Greyhound (H05) - Cmdr. WR Marshall-A'Deane, Sunk 22 May 1941
HMS Griffin (H31) - Lt. KRC Letts
HMS Havock (H43) - Lt. GRG Watkins
HMS Hero (H99) - Cmdr. HW Briggs
J-class destroyer
HMS Jaguar (F34) - Lt. Cmdr. JFW Hine
Force B - Adml. Rawlings
Light cruisers
HMS Gloucester (62) - Capt. Henry A Rowley, sunk 22 May 1941 with the loss of 722 crew
HMS Fiji (58) - Capt. PBRW William-Powlett, sunk 22 May 1941
HMS Orion (85) - Capt. GRB Back - damaged
HMS Dido (37) - Capt. HWV McCall - damaged
Destroyers
HMS Decoy (H75) - Cmdr. EG McGregor
HMS Hereward (H93) - Lt. WJ Munn, sunk by enemy aircraft 29 May 1941.
HMS Hotspur (H01) - Lt.Cmdr. CPF Brown
HMS Imperial (D09) - Lt. Cmdr. CA De W Kitcat, sunk 29 May 1941 off Crete
HMS Jackal (F22) - Lt. Cmdr. MP Jonas
HMS Kimberley (F50) - Lt. Cmdr. JSM Richardson
Force E - Captain JP Mack (CO 14th Destroyer Flotilla)
HMS Ilex (D61) - Capt. (D2) H St L Nicholson
HMS Jervis (F00) - Capt. (D14) P J Mack
HMAS Nizam (G38) - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
HMS Carlisle (D67) - Capt. TC Hampton - damaged
5th Destroyer Flotilla - Captain Mountbatten
HMS Kelly (F01) - Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sunk 23 May 1941
HMS Kashmir (F12) - Cmdr. HA King, Sunk 23 May 1941
HMS Kelvin (F37) - Cmdr. JH Alison - damaged
HMS Jackal (F22) - Lt.Cmdr. MP Jonas
HMS Kipling (F91) - Cmdr. A St Clair-Ford
Sphakia evacuation force - Rear-Admiral King
HMS Phoebe - Capt. G Grantham, light cruiser
HMAS Perth - Capt. Sir P.W. Bowyer-Smith, light cruiser - damaged
HMS Coventry - Capt. WP Carne, light cruiser
HMS Calcutta - Capt. DM Lees, Anti-aircraft cruiser, sunk 1 June 1941 with 255 survivors
HMS Glengyle - Capt. CH Petrie, Landing Ship, Infantry (Large)
HMAS Napier (G97) - Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss RN, N-class Flotilla Leader.
HMAS Nizam (G38) - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
HMS Kelvin (F37) - Cmdr. JH Alison
HMS Kandahar (F28) - Cmdr. WGA Robson
Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Middle East - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
No. 30 Squadron RAF (Squadron Leader RA Milward/Sqn. Ldr. Shannon) - Bristol Blenheim
No. 33 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. MT StJ Prattle/Sqn.Ldr. Edward Howell, OBE, DFC) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
No. 80 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. EG Jones) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
No. 112 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. LG Schwab) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
No. 203 Squadron RAF - Bristol Blenheim
Luftlande Sturmregiment
Two glider companies were detached and seconded to 7th Flieger Division, below
The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd FJ Rgt was used with the 1st FJ Rgt
