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British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943

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This is the British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.

  • British First Army
    Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
  • V Corps
    Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
  • British 25th Tank Brigade (less 51st (Leeds Rifles) 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 (Leeds Rifles) 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
  • Brigade Légère Mécanique (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)
    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. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)
  • U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
  • U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)
  • References

    British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943 Wikipedia