Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917
Part 3, XX CORPS
As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls was commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1930, his finished work, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, produced in two parts, was published in London. The book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917 and is extracted below. Falls makes the comment that this Order of Battle was not as comprehensive as that produced in the earlier volume.
Falls, C, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, Part II, London, 1930, Appendix 2 pp. 662 - 664:
XX CORPS.
G.O.C. -
Lieut. General Sir P. W. Chetwode, Bt., K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
Br.-General, General Staff -
Br. General W. H. Bartholomew, C.M.G.
Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General -
Br. General E. Evans, D.S.O.
G.O.C. Royal Artillery -
Br. General A. H. Short, C.B.
Chief Engineer -
Br. General R. L. Waller.
53rd (Welsh) Division.
G.O.C. -
Major-General S. F. Mott.
158th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General H. A. Vernon, D.S.O.
1/5th R. Welch Fusiliers.
1/6th R. Welch Fusiliers.
1/7th R. Welch Fusiliers.
1/1st Herefordshire Regt.
159th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General N. E. Money, D.S.O.
1/4th Cheshire Regt.
1/7th Cheshire Regt.
1/4th Welch Regt.
1/5th Welch Regt.
160th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General V. L. N. Pearson.
1/4th R. Sussex Regt.
2/4th R. West Surrey Regt.
2/4th R. West Kent Regt.
2/10th Middlesex Regt.
Artillery -
265th Brigade R.F.A. ("A" "B" and "C" Btys.).
266th Brigade R.F.A. ("A" "B" and "C" Btys.).
267th Brigade R.F.A. ("A" and "B" Btys.).
Engineers -
436th, 437th, and 439th Field Coys. R.E.
60th (London) Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General J. S. M. Shea, C.B., D.S.O.
179th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General FitzJ. M. Edwards, C.M.G., D.S.O.
2/13th London Regt.
2/14th London Regt.
2/16th London Regt.
2/15th London Regt.
180th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. F. Watson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
2/17th London Regt.
2/18th London Regt.
2/19th London Regt.
2/20th London Regt.
181st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General E. C. Da Costa.
2/21st London Regt.
2/22nd London Regt.
2/23rd London Regt.
2/24th London Regt.
Artillery -
301st Brigade R.F.A. ("A," and "C" Btys.).
302nd Brigade R.F.A. ("A," 413th, and "C" Btys.).
303rd Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys. ).
Engineers -
519th, 521st, and 522nd Field Coys. R.E.
Pioneers -
1/12th Loyal N. Lancashire Regt.
74th (Yeomanry) Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General E. S. Girdwood.
229th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General R. Hoare.
16/Devonshire Regt.
14/R. Highlanders.
12/Somerset L.I.
12/R. Scots Fusiliers.
230th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General A. J. McNeill.
10/E. Kent Regt.
15/Suffolk Regt.
16/R. Sussex Regt.
12/Norfolk Regt.
231st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. E. Heathcote, D.S.O.
10/Shropshire L.I.
25/R. Welch Fusiliers.
24/R. Welch Fusiliers.
24/Welch Regt.
Artillery -
XLIV Brigade R.F.A. (340th and 382nd Btys.).
117th Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
268th Brigade R.F.A. ("A," 366th, and "C" Btys.).
Engineers -
5th (R. Monmouth) and Sth (R. Anglesey) Field Coys. R.E.
Corps Troops.
Mounted Troops -
1/2nd County of London Yeo.
Artillery -
XCVI Heavy Artillery Group (15th, 91st, and 181st Heavy Btys.; 378th, 383rd, and 440th Siege Btys.).
Attached -
10th (Irish) Division.
G.O.C. –
Major General J. R, Longley, C. B.
29th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General R. S. Vandeleur, C.M.G.
6/R. Irish Rifles.
1 /Leinster Regt.
5/Connaught Rangers.
6/Leinster Regt.
30th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General F. A. Greer, D.S.O.
1/R. Irish Regt.
6/R. Dublin Fusiliers.
6/R. Munster Fusiliers.
7/R. Dublin Fusiliers.
31st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General E. M. Morris.
5/R. Inniskilling Fusiliers.
2/R Irish Fusiliers.
6/R. Inniskilling Fusiliers.
5/R. Irish Fusiliers.
Artillery -
LXVII Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
LXVIII Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
263rd Brigade R.F.A. (75th and " C " Btys.).
Engineers -
65th, 66th, and 85th Field Coys. R.E.
Pioneers -
5/R. Irish Regt.
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