Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918
Part 4, XXI 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 3 pp. 669 - 672:
XXI CORPS.
G.O.C. -
Lieut. General Sir E. S. Bulfin, K.C.B., C.V.O.
Br.-General, General Staff. -
Br. General H. F. Salt, D.S.O.
Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General -
Br. General St. G. B. Armstrong.
G.O.C. Royal Artillery -
Br. General H. A. D. Simpson Baikie, C.B., C.M.G.
Chief Engineer -
Br. General R. P. T. Hawksley, D.S.O.
3rd (Lahore) Division.
G.O.C. -
Major-General A. R. Hoskins, C.M.G., D.S.O.
7th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General S. R. Davidson, C.M.G.
1/Connaught Rangers.
27th Punjabis.
2/7th Gurkha Rifles.
91st Punjabis.
8th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General S. M. Edwardes, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
1/Manchester Regt.59th Scinde Rifles (F.F.).
2/124th Baluchistan Infantry.
47th Sikhs.
9th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. C. Luard, C.M.G.
2/Dorsetshire Regt.93rd Infantry.
1/1st Gurkha Rifles.
105th Mahratta L.I.
Artillery
IV Brigade R.F.A. (7th, 14th, B/69th Btys.).
VIII Brigade R.F.A. (372nd, 373rd, and 428th Btys.).
LIII Brigade R.F.A. (66th, 374th, and 430th Btys.).
Engineers
65th Field Coy. R.E.
20th and 21st Coys. Sappers and Miners.
Pioneers
1/34th Sikh Pioneers.
7th (Meerut) or "(Indian)" Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General Sir V. B. Fane, K.C.I.E., C.B.
19th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General G. A. Weir, D.S.O.
1/Seaforth Highlanders.
92nd Punjabis.
28th Punjabis.
125th Napier's Rifles.
21st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General A. G. Kemball.
2/R. Highlanders.
20th Punjabis.
1st Guides Infantry.
1/8th Gurkha Rifles.
28th Brigade (F.F.)
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. H. Davies, C.M.G., D.S.O.
2/Leicestershire Regt.
53rd Sikhs (F.F.).
51st Sikhs (F.F.).
56th Punjabi Rifles (F.F.).
Artillery
261st Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
262nd Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and 438th Btys.).
264th Brigade R.F.A. (422nd, 423rd, and "C" Btys.).
Engineers
522nd Field Coy. R.E. 3rd and 4th Coys. Sappers and Miners.
Pioneers
121st Pioneers.
54th (East Anglian) Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General S. W. Hare, C.B.
161st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General H. B. H. Orpen-Palmer, D.S.O.
1/4th Essex Regt.
1/5th Essex Regt.
1/6th Essex Regt.
1/7th Essex Regt.
162nd Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General A. Mudge, C.M.G.
1/5th Bedfordshire Regt.
1/10th London Regt.
1/4th Northamptonshire Regt.
1/11th London Regt.
163rd Brigade
G.O.C. - Br. General A. J. McNeill, D.S.O.
1/4th Norfolk Regt.
1/5th Suffolk Regt.
1/5th Norfolk Regt.
1/8th Hampshire Regt.
Artillery -
270th Brigade R.F.A. ("A" and "C" Btys.).
271st Brigade R.F.A. ("A" and "B" Btys.).
272nd Brigade R.F.A. ("B" and "C" Btys.).
Engineers -
484th, 486th, 495th Field Coys. R.E.
60th Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General J. S. M. Shea, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
179th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General E. T. Humphreys, D.S.O.
2/13th London Regt.
2/19th Punjabis.
3/151st Punjabi Rifles.
2/127th Baluchi L.I.
180th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. F. Watson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
2/19th London Regt.
2/30th Punjabis.
2nd Guides Infantry.
1/50th Kumaon Rifles.
181st Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General E. C. Da Costa, C.M.G., D.S.O.
2/22nd London Regt.
2/97th Deccan Infantry
130th Baluchis.
2/152nd Indian Infantry.
Artillery
301st Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
302nd Brigade R.F.A. (" A," " B," and 413th Btys.).
303rd Brigade R.F.A. ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
Engineers
519th and 521st Field Coys. R.E.
No. 1 Coy. Sappers and Miners.
Pioneers
2/107th Pioneers.
75th Division.
G.O.C. –
Major General P. C. Palin, C. B., C.M.G.
232nd Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. Br. General H. J. Huddleston, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C.
1/4th Wiltshire Regt.
2/3rd Gurkha Rifles.
72nd Punjabis.
3rd Kashmir I.S. Infantry.
233rd Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General the Hon. E. M. Colston, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O.
1/5th Somerset L.I.
3/3rd Gurkha Rifles.
29th Punjabis.
2/154th Indian Infantry.
234th Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. A. H. Maclean, D.S.O.
1/4th Duke of Cornwall's L.I.
58th Vaughan's Rifles (F.F.).
123rd Outram's Rifles.
1/152nd Indian Infantry.
Artillery -
XXXVII Brigade R.F.A. (389th 390th, and 405th Btys.).
172nd Brigade R.F.A. (391st, 392nd, and 406th Btys.).
1st S. African F.A. Brigade ("A," "B," and "C" Btys.).
Engineers -
496th Field Coy. R.E., 10th and 16th Coys. Sappers and Miners.
Pioneers
2/32nd Sikh Pioneers.
Détachement Français de Palestine et Syrie.
[Note: Under the orders of G.O.C. 54th Division.]
Commander -
Colonel P, de Piépape, C.B.
Régiment de Marche de Tirailleurs
7me Bn. 1er Tirailleurs Algériens.
9me Bn. 2me Tirailleurs Algériens.
Régiment de Marche de la Légion d'Orient
1 er and 2me Bns. Arméniens.
Also 1 Territorial Bn., 1 Coy. Syrians, 1 Sqdn. dismounted Spahis.
Artillery
1 x 80-mm., 1 x 75-mm., and 1 x 65-mm. (mountain) Btys.
Corps Troops.
Mounted Troops -
Composite Regt.
1 Sqdn. Duke of Lancs. Yeo.,2 Sqdns. 1/1st Herts. Yeo.
Artillery -
XCV Brigade R.G.A. (181st Heavy Bty., 304th, 314th, 383rd, and 422nd Siege Btys.) And 1 section captured 150-mm. howitzers.
XCVI Brigade R.G.A. (189th and 202nd Heavy Btys., 378th and 394th Siege Btys.)
100th Brigade R.G.A. (15th Heavy Bty., 134th and 334th Siege Btys., 1 Section [1 x 6-in. gun] 43rd Siege Bty., 1 Section
300th Siege Bty.). Also 1 improvised 4.7-in. battery.
102nd Brigade R.G.A. (91st Heavy Bty., 209th, 380th, 440th Siege Btys., 1 Section [1 6-in. gun] 43rd Siege Bty., 1 Section 300th Siege Bty. )
VIII Mountain Brigade R.G.A. (11th [3.7-in. hows.], 13th [3.7-in. hows.], and 17th [2.75-in.] Btys.).
Note: Attached 54th Division on the 19th September, and 7th Division on the 20th.
IX Mountain Brigade R.G.A. (10th [3.7-in. hows.], 12th [3.7-in. hows.], and 16th [2.75-in.] Btys.).
Note: Attached 54th Division on the 19th September, and 3rd Division on the 20th.
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Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918, Part 4, XXI CORPS
