British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943
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This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 for Operation Strike during the Tunisian Campaign of World War II.
- British First Army
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson- V Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey- North Irish Horse
- 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (7ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens)
- 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
- 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
- 78th Infantry Division
- IX Corps
Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks - XIX French Corps
Commanded by General Louis Koeltz- One Tank Battalion
- Template:Ill
- Division du Maroc
- Template:Ill
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group<ref name="Despatches5459">Anderson (1946), p. 11 Template:London Gazette</ref>)
Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley- Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
- One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
- U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
- U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
- 1st Armored Division (less one regiment)
- 1st Infantry Division
- 9th Infantry Division
- 34th Infantry Division
- Army Reserve
- V Corps
See also
Footnotes
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 Template:London Gazette
- Template:Cite book