MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

ORDER OF BATTLE

AUGUST 1915

Between 1929-1932, Cecil Faber Aspinall-Oglander and Archibald Frank Becke produced two volumes about the Gallipoli Campaign for the Historical Section, Committee on Imperial Defence and has been known as part of the Official War History series. The following Order of Battle for the Allied forces is extracted from that source.

Aspinall-Oglander, CF, Military Operations, Gallipoli, (1932), pp. 487 - 495. 

Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Order Of Battle, August 1915

Commander-in-Chief

General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B.

Chief of the General Staff

Major General W. P. Braithwaite, C.B.

Deputy Adjutant-General

Brigadier General E. M. Woodward.

Deputy Quartermaster-General

Major General G. F. Ellison. [Note: Succeeded Brigadier General S.H. Winter, 7th August.]

VIII CORPS

General Officer Commanding

Lieutenant General Sir F. J. Davies, K.C.B. [Note: Replaced Major General W. Douglas, in temporary command, 8th August.]

Brigadier General, General Staff

Brigadier General H. E. Street.

29TH DIVISION

Major General H. de B. de Lisle, C.B.

86th Brigade

2/Royal Fusiliers.

1/Lancashire Fusiliers

1/Royal Munster Fusiliers.

1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

87th Brigade

2/South Wales Borderers.

1/Kings Own Southern Borderers

1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

1/The Border Regiment.

88th Brigade:

4/Worcestershire Regiment.

2/Hampshire Regiment.

1/Essex Regiment.

1/5th Royal Scots (T.F.).

XV Brigade Royal Horse Artillery (B, L, & Y Batteries).

XVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery (13th, 26th & 92nd Batteries).

CXLVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery (10th, 97th & 368th Batteries).

460th (Howitzer) Battery Royal Field Artillery

90th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

14th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery


1/2nd London, 1/2nd Lowland & 1/1st West Riding Field Companies Royal Engineers (T.F.).

Divisional Cyclist Company

42nd (EAST LANCS.) DIVISION (Territorial Force)

Major General W. Douglas, C.B. [Resumed command from Brigadier General W. R. Marshall, 8th August.]

125th Brigade:

1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers

1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers

1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

126th Brigade:

1/4th East Lancashire Regiment

1/5th East Lancashire Regiment

1/9th Manchester Regiment

1/10th Manchester Regiment

127th Brigade

1/5th Manchester Regiment

1/6th Manchester Regiment

1/7th Manchester Regiment

1/8th Manchester Regiment

1/1st East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery (4th, 5th & 6th Batteries). [4th Battery and I section 6th Battery did not arrive from Egypt until September.]

1/2nd East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery (15th, 16th & 17th Batteries). [In Egypt.]

1/3rd East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery (18th, 19th & 20th Batteries). [19th & 20th Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until September.]

1/4th East Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery (1st & 2nd Cumberland Batteries).

1/1st East Lancashire, 1/2nd East Lancashire & 1/2nd West Lancashire [Attached 52nd Division till 28th August.] Field Companies Royal Engineers

52ND (LOWLAND) DIVISION (Territorial Force)

Major General G. G. A. Egerton, C.B.

155th Brigade:

1/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers

1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers

1/4th Kings Own Southern Borderers

1/5th Kings Own Southern Borderers

156th Brigade:

1/4th Royal Scots.

1/7th Royal Scots

1/7th Scottish Rifles.

1/8th Scottish Rifles.

157th Brigade:

1/5th Highland Light Infantry

1/6th Highland Light Infantry

1/7th Highland Light Infantry

1/5th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

1/2nd Lowland Brigade Royal Field Artillery[In Egypt.]

1/4th Lowland (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery (1/4th & 1/5th City of Glasgow Batteries).

2/1st and 2/2nd Lowland Field Companies Royal Engineers

Divisional Cyclist Company

ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION

Major General A. Paris, C.B.

1st Brigade:

Drake Battalion

Nelson Battalion

Hawke Battalion

Hood Battalion

2nd Brigade:

No. 1 Battalion Royal Marines Light Infantry

No. 2 Battalion Royal Marines Light Infantry

Howe Battalion

Anson Battalion [On beach duties at Suvla.]

1st, 2nd & 3rd Field Companies Engineers.

Divisional Cyclist Company

IX CORPS

General Officer Commanding

Lieutenant General Hon. Sir F. W. Stopford, K.C.M.G.

Brigadier General, General Staff

Brigadier General H. L. Reed, V.C.

10TH (IRISH) DIVISION

Lieutenant General Sir B. T. Mahon, K.C.V.O.

29th Brigade: [Attached A. & NZ. Corps.]

10/Hampshire Regiment

6/Royal Irish Rifles

5/Connaught Rangers.

6/Leinster Regiment

30th Brigade:

6/Royal Munster Fusiliers

7/Royal Munster Fusiliers

6/Royal Dublin Fusiliers

7/Royal Dublin Fusiliers

31st Brigade:

5/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

6/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

5/Royal Irish Fusiliers

6/Royal Irish Fusiliers

6/Royal Irish Regt. (Pioneers).

LIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [Did not come further than Mudros. Eventually went to Salonika.

LV Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [A & C Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until Sept.]

LVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [At Helles. A & B Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until October.]

LVII (Howitzer) Brigade (H.Q. with. A & D Batteries only).

65th, 66thh and 85th Field Companies Royal Engineers

Divisional Cyclist Company

11TH (NORTHERN) DIVISION:

Major General F. Hammersley, C.B.    

32nd Brigade:

9/West Yorks Regiment

6/Yorkshire Regiment

8/West Riding Regiment

6/York & Lancashire Regiment

33rd Brigade:

6/Lincolnshire Regiment

6/The Border Regiment

7/South Staffordshire Regiment

9/Sherwood Foresters.

34th Brigade:    

8/Northumberland Fusiliers

5/Dorsetshire Regiment

9/Lancashire  Fusiliers

11/Manchester Regiment

6/East Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers).

LVIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries).

LIX Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries).

LX Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [In Egypt. Eventually sent to Salonika.]

67th, 68th & 86th Field Companies Royal Engineers

Divisional Cyclist Company

13TH (WESTERN) DIVISION: [Attached A. & New Zealand Corps.]

Major General F. C. Shaw, C.B.

38th Brigade:

6/South Lancashire Regiment

6/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

6/East Lancashire Regiment

6/King's Own.

9/Worcestershire Regiment

39th Brigade:

7/North Staffordshire Regiment

9/Worcestershire Regiment

9/Royal Warwickshire Regiment

7/Gloucestershire Regiment

40th Brigade:

4/South Wales Borderers

8/Royal Welch Fusiliers

8/Cheshire Regiment

5/Wiltshire Regiment

8/Welch Regiment (Pioneers)

LXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [At Helles.]

LXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [In Egypt. Eventually sent to Salonika.]

LXVIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries) [In Egypt. Eventually sent to Salonika.]

LXIX (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries). [At Anzac.]

71st, 72nd and 88th Field Companies Royal Engineers
 
Divisional Cyclist Company

CORPS TROOPS

4th (Highland) Mountain Artillery Brigade (T.F.)

Argyllshire Battery and Ross & Cromarty Battery

ATTACHED IX CORPS



53RD (WELSH) DIVISION (Territorial Force) :

Major General Hon. J. E. Lindley. [Succeeded by Brigadier General Hon. H. A. Lawrence 19th August. Brigadier General W. R. Marshall took command 25th August.]

158th Brigade:

1/5th Royal Welch Fusiliers

1/6th Royal Welch Fusiliers

1/7th Royal Welch Fusiliers

1/1st Herefordshire Regiment

159th Brigade

1/4th Cheshire Regiment

1/7th Cheshire Regiment

1/4th Welch Regiment

1/5th Welch Regiment

160th Brigade

2/4th Queen's (R.W. Surrey Regiment)

2/10th Middlesex Regiment

2/4th R.W. Kent Regiment

1/4th Royal Sussex Regiment

1/1st Welsh & 2/1st Cheshire Field Companies Royal Engineers

Divisional Cyclist Company

54TH (EAST ANGLIAN) DIVISION (Territorial Force)

Major General FS Inglefield, C.B.

161st Brigade

1/4th Essex Regiment

1/6th Essex Regiment

1/5th Essex Regiment

1/7th Essex Regiment

162nd Brigade

1/5th Bedfordshire Regiment

14th Northamptonshire Regiment

1/10th London Regiment

1/11th London Regiment

163rd Brigade

1/4th Norfolk Regiment

1/5th Norfolk Regiment

1/5th Suffolk Regiment

1/8th Hampshire Regiment

1/2nd & 2/1st East Anglian Field Companies Royal Engineers

Divisional Cyclist Company

2ND MOUNTED DIVISION: [Dismounted]

Major General W. E. Peyton, C.B.

1st (South Midland) Brigade:

1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry

1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

Gloucestershire Hussars.

2nd (South Midland) Brigade:

1/1st Royal Bucks Hussars

1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry

1/1st Dorset Yeomanry

3rd (Notts. & Derby) Brigade:

1/1st Sherwood Rangers

1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

1/1st South Notts Hussars.

4th (London) Brigade:

1/1st County of London Yeomanry

1/3rd County of London Yeomanry

1/1st City of London Yeomanry

5th Brigade: [Attached]

1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry

1/2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dns.).

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS

General Officer Commanding

Lieutenant General Sir W. R. Birdwood, K.C.S.I.

Brigadier General, General Staff

Brigadier General A. Skeen.

1ST AUSTRALIAN DIVISION

Major General H. B. Walker, D.S.O.

1st Australian Brigade:

1st (New South Wales) Battalion

2nd (New South Wales) Battalion

3rd (New South Wales) Battalion

4th (New South Wales) Battalion

2nd Australian Brigade:

5th (Victoria) Battalion

6th (Victoria) Battalion

7th (Victoria) Battalion

8th (Victoria) Battalion

3rd Australian Brigade:

9th (Queensland) Battalion

10th (South Australia) Battalion

11th (West Australia) Battalion

12th (South Australia & West Australia and Tasmania) Battalion

I. (New South Wales) Field Artillery Brigade (1st, 2nd & 3rd Batteries).

II. (Victoria) Field Artillery Brigade (4th, 5th & 6th Batteries).

III. Field Artillery Brigade: 7th (Queensland), 8th (West Australia) & 9th (Tasmania) Batteries

1st, 2nd & 3rd Field Companies Australian Engineers.

4th (Victoria) Light Horse Regiment [Dismounted]

NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN DIVISION

Major General Sir A. J. Godley, K.C.M.G.

New Zealand Brigade:

Auckland Battalion

Otago Battalion

Canterbury Battalion

Wellington Battalion

4th Australian Brigade:

13th (New South Wales) Battalion

14th (Victoria) Battalion

15th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion

16th (South Australia & West Australia) Battalion

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade: [Dismounted.]

Auckland Mounted Rifles

Wellington Mounted Rifles

Canterbury Mounted Rifles

1st Australian Light Horse Brigade: [Dismounted.]

1st (New South Wales) Regiment

2nd (Queensland) Regiment

3rd (South Australia & Tasmania) Regiment

Maori Detachment.

I. New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade (1st & 3rd Batteries & 6th How. Battery). [H.Q. and Bde, and 6th (Howitzer) Battery did not arrive from Egypt till October, New Zealand artillery was then organized in 2 brigades.]

II. New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade (2nd & 5th Batteries & 4th How. Battery). [H.Q. and Bde, and 6th (Howitzer) Battery did not arrive from Egypt till October, New Zealand artillery was then organized in 2 brigades.]

1st & 2nd Field Companies New Zealand Engineers.

New Zealand Field Troop, Engineers.

Otago Mounted Rifles [Dismounted.]

2ND AUSTRALIAN DIVISION: [Only 5th Australian Brigade present on peninsula in August. Remainder arrived from Egypt early in September.]

Major General J. G. Legge.

5th Australian Brigade:

17th (New South Wales) Battalion

18th (New South Wales) Battalion

19th (New South Wales) Battalion

20th (New South Wales) Battalion

6th Australian Brigade:

21st (Victoria) Battalion

22nd (Victoria) Battalion

23rd (Victoria) Battalion

24th (Victoria) Battalion

7th Australian Brigade:

25th (Queensland) Battalion

26th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion

27th (South Australia) Battalion

28th (West Australia) Battalion

4th & 5th Field Companies Australian Engineers.

13th (Victoria) Light Horse Regiment [Dismounted.]

CORPS TROOPS

2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade: [Dismounted.]

5th (Queensland) Regiment

6th (New South Wales) Regiment

7th (New South Wales) Regiment

3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade: [Dismounted.]

8th (Victoria) Regiment

9th (Vic. & South Australia) Regiment

10th (West Australia) Regiment

7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade [21st (Kohat) Battery and 26th (Jacob's) Battery

1 x 4.7-inch Gun.

3 x 6-inch Howitzers.

ATTACHED NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN DIVISION

29th Indian Infantry Brigade:

Major General H. V. Cox.

14th Sikhs

1/6th Gurkha Rifles

1/5th Gurkha Rifles

2/10th Gurkha Rifles.

G.H.Q. TROOPS


20TH BRIGADE, Royal Garrison Artillery:

10th, 15th & 91st Heavy Batteries Royal Garrison Artillery


24TH BRIGADE, Royal Garrison Artillery: [In Egypt.]

17th, 42nd & 43rd Siege Batteries Royal Garrison Artillery


ARMOURED CAR DIVISION (R.N.A.S.)

Nos. 3 [In Egypt.], 4 [In Egypt.], 9, 10, 11 & 12 [In Egypt.] Squadrons.

CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D'ORIENT

Commander

General Bailloud.

1ST DIVISION:

General Brulard.

1st Metropolitan Brigade:

175th Regiment.

1st Regiment de marche d'Afrique (2 Battalions Zouaves, 1 Battalions Foreign Legion).

Foreign Legion Battalion (2 Companies).

2nd Colonial Brigade:

4th Colonial Regiment.

6th Colonial Regiment.

6 Batteries of Artillery (75-mm.).

2 Batteries of Artillery (65-mm.).

2ND DIVISION

3rd Metropolitan Brigade:

176th Regiment.

2nd Regiment de marche d'Afrique (3 Battalions Zouaves).

4th Colonial Brigade:

7th Colonial Regiment.

8th Colonial Regiment.

9 Batteries of Artillery (75-mm.).



CORPS ARTILLERY

1 Heavy Battery, 120-MM. Long (4.7-inch)

1 Heavy Battery, 155-mm- long (6-inch).

2 Heavy Batteries, 155-mm- short (6-inch)

2 Siege guns, 240-mm. (9.4-inch).

Battery of naval guns.

Further Reading:

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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917

Part 1,  General Headquarters

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917,  was published in London. Their book included Appendix 3 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917 and is extracted below.

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), p. 396:

General Headquarters.

Commander-in-Chief -

Lieut.-General (temp. General) Sir A. J. Murray, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., C.V.U., D.S.O.

Chief of the General Staff -

Major-General A. L. Lynden-Bell, C.B., C.M.G.

Deputy Adjutant-General -

Major-General J. Adye, C.B.

Deputy Quartermaster-General -

Major-General W. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O.

Attached

Major-General, Royal Artillery -

Colonel (temp. Major-General) S. C. U. Smith, C.B.

Engineer-in-Chief -

Colonel (temp. Major-General) H. B. H. Wright, C.B., C.M.G.

Headquarters of Administrative Services and Departments.

Director of Army Signals -

Brevet Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) M. G. E. Bowman-Manifold, D.S.O.

Director of Works -

Colonel (temp. Brig. General) E. M. Paul, C.B.

Director of Supplies and Transport -

Lieut. Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) G. F. Davies, C.M.G.

Director of Railways -

Temp. Colonel Sir G. Macauley, K.C.M.G., C.B.

Director of Ordnance Services -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) P. A. Bainbridge, C.M.G.

Director of Remounts -

Brig.-General C. L. Bates, C.M.G., D.S.O.

Director of Veterinary Services -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. R. C. Butler, C.M.G.

Director of Medical Services -

Colonel (temp. Surgeon-General) J. Maher, C.B.

Director of Army Postal Services -

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) P. Warren, C.M.G.

Command Paymaster -

Colonel F. W. Hill.

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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916

Part 1,  General Headquarters

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917,  was published in London. Their book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916 and is extracted below.

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), p. 380:

ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, APRIL 1916.

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.

Commander-in-Chief -

Lieut.-General (temp. General) Sir A. J. Murray, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O.

Chief of the General Staff -

Major-General A. L. Lynden-Bell, C.B., C.M.G.

Deputy Adjutant-General -

Major-General J. Adye, C.B.

Deputy Quartermaster-General -

Major-General W. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O.

Attached

Major-General, Royal Artillery -

Colonel (temp. Major-General) S. C. U. Smith.

Engineer-in-Chief -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) H. B. H. Wright, C.M.G.

HEADQUARTERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS.

Director of Army Signals -

Brevet Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) M. G. E. Bowman-Manifold, D.S.O.

Director of Works -

Lieut. Colonel (temp. Brig. General) E. M. Paul.

Director of Supplies and Transport -

Lieut. Colonel (temp. Colonel) G. F. Davies.

Director of Railways -

Temp. Colonel Sir G. Macauley, K.C.M.G.

Director of Ordnance Services -

Colonel P. A. Bainbridge.

Director of Remounts -

Brig. General C. L. Bates.

Director of Veterinary Services -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. R. C. Butler, C.M.G.

Director of Medical Services -

Colonel (temp. Surgeon-General) J. Maker, C.B.

Director of Army Postal Services -

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) P. Warren, C.M.G.

Command Paymaster -

Colonel J. C. Armstrong.

INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF COMMUNICATION AND LEVANT BASE.

Commandant and Inspector- General of Communications -

Major-General (temp. Lieut.-General) Sir E. A. Altham, K.C.B., C.M.G.

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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917

Part 1,  General Headquarters

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 p. 660:

General Headquarters.

Commander-in-Chief -

General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, K.C.B.

Chief of the General Staff -

Major-General L. J. Bols, C.B., D.S.O.

Br. General, General Staff -

Br. General G. P. Dawnay, D.S.O., M.V.O.

Deputy Adjutant-General -

Major General J. Adye, C.B.

Deputy Quartermaster-General -

Major General Sir Walter Campbell, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.

Attached -

Major-General, Royal Artillery -

Major General S. C. U. Smith, C.B.

Engineer-in-Chief -

Major General H. B. H. Wright, C.B., C.M.G.

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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917

Part 2,  Eastern Force

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917,  was published in London. Their book included Appendix 3 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917 and is extracted below.

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), pp. 396 - 397:

Eastern Force.

G.O.C. -

Major-General (temp. Lieut.-General) Sir C. M. Dobell, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

Brig. General, General Staff -

Brevet Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig. General) G. P. Dawnay, D.S.O., M.V.O.

Brig. General, Royal Artillery -

Colonel (temp. Brig. General) A. H. Short, C.B.

Chief Engineer -

Major (temp. Brig. General) R. L. Waller.

Force Troops.

Mounted Troops -

Imperial Camel Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Major (temp. Brig.-General) C. L. Smith, V,C., M.C.

1st (A. and N.Z.) Battalion;

2nd (Imperial) Battalion;

3rd (A. and N. Z.) Battalion;

Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery;

Brigade Signal Section;

Brigade Field Troop;

Brigade Machine-Gun Company ;

1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance.

Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Major (temp. Brig.-General) M. H. Henderson.

Mysore Lancers;   

1st Hyderabad Lancers;

Kathiawar Signal Troop;

124th Indian Cavalry Field Ambulance.

Artillery -

XCVI Heavy Artillery Group (four 4-gun 60-pdr., one siege battery).

Nos. 30, 38, 55, 85, 96 Anti-Aircraft Sections.

Machine Gun Corps -

"E" Company, Heavy Section (Tanks).

Nos. 11 and 12 Light Armoured Car Batteries.

17th Motor Machine-Gun Battery.

Nos. 1 and 3 Armoured Trains.

Engineers -

220th and 555th Army Troops Companies.

No. 10 Company (Queen's Own) Sappers and Miners.

1/23rd and 2/23rd Sikh Pioneers.

360th Company, R.E. (water unit).

Signal Service -

G.H.Q. Signal Company.

Pigeon Section.

N 14, N 15, N 23, N 24 and No. 61 Airline Sections.

BR, NA, NB, NN Cable Sections.

No. 9 Wagon and London Pack W/T Sections.

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