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{{Short description|First Army: Tunisia 1943}}
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This is the '''British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943''' during [[Operation Vulcan]] of the [[Tunisia Campaign]] of [[World War II]].
* [[First Army (United Kingdom)|British First Army]]<br />Commanded by: [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]]
** [[British V Corps (United Kingdom)|V Corps]]<br />Commanded by Lieutenant-General [[Charles Walter Allfrey|Charles Allfrey]]
*** [[25th Army Tank Brigade|British 25th Tank Brigade]] (less [[51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment]])
*** [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|British 1st Infantry Division]] ([[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Walter Clutterbuck]])
*** [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 4th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[John Hawkesworth (British Army officer)|John Hawkesworth]])
*** [[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 78th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Vyvyan Evelegh]])
** [[IX Corps (United Kingdom)|British IX Corps]]<br />Commanded by: Lieutenant-General [[John Crocker]]
*** [[51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment]]
*** [[1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|British 1st Armoured Division]] (Major-General [[Raymond Briggs (British Army officer)|Raymond Briggs]])
*** [[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|British 6th Armoured Division]] (Major-General [[Charles Keightley]])
*** [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 46th Infantry Division]] (Major-General [[Harold Freeman-Attwood]])
** [[19th Army Corps (France)|French XIX Corps]]<br />Commanded by: Lieutenant General [[Louis Koeltz]]
*** Brigade Légère Mécanique (Tank Group)
*** [[1st King's Dragoon Guards]]
*** {{ill|Division d'Alger|fr}} (Major General {{ill|Pierre-Félix Conne|sl}})
*** [[Division du Maroc]] (Lieutenant General {{ill|Maurice Mathenet|sl|Maurice-Noël-Eugène Mathenet}})
*** {{ill|Division d'Oran|fr}} (Major-General {{ill|Robert Boissau|fr}})
** [[II Corps (United States)|U.S. II Corps]] (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of [[18th Army Group]]<ref name="Despatches5459">Anderson (1946), p. 11 {{London Gazette|issue=37779|supp=y|page=5459|date=5 November 1946}}</ref>)<br />Commanded by: [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Omar Bradley]]
*** [[Corps Francs d'Afrique]] (three battalions)
*** 4th and 6th [[Tabor (Morocco)|Tabors]] of [[Moroccan Goumier|Moroccan goumiers]]
*** [[1st Armored Division (United States)|U.S. 1st Armored Division]] (less one regiment) (Major General [[Ernest N. Harmon]])
*** [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 1st Infantry Division]] (Major General [[Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.|Terry de la M. Allen]])
*** [[9th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 9th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[Manton S. Eddy]])
*** [[34th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 34th Infantry Division]] (Major General [[Charles W. Ryder]])

==See also==

* [[List of orders of battle]]
* [[British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943]]

==References==
* [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth]] (1946). ''Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C [[First Army (United Kingdom)|First Army]] covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943'' published in {{London Gazette|issue=37779|supp=y|pages=5449–5464|date=5 November 1946}}
* {{cite book|first1=Major-General I. S. O.| last1=Playfair| authorlink1=Ian Stanley Ord Playfair| last3=with Flynn| first3=Captain F. C. (R.N.)| last2=Molony| first2=Brigadier C. J. C.| last4=Gleave| first4=Group Captain T. P.|editor-last=Butler| editor-first=Sir James| editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series| title=The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa| publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=Uckfield, UK |year=2004| orig-date=1st. pub. [[HMSO]]:1966| isbn=1-84574-068-8| name-list-style=amp| pages=432–433}}

==Footnotes==
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