Syria–Lebanon campaign order of battle

Syria–Lebanon campaign order of battle
This is the order of battle for the Syria–Lebanon campaign, a World War II campaign between the Western Allies and Vichy France during June and July, 1941.
Allied forces
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command: General Sir Archibald WavellGeneral Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan: General Sir H. Maitland Wilson
South Syria and Lebanon – Australian I Corps (from 18 June)
General Officer Commanding I Corps: Lieutenant-General John Lavarack
Australian 7th Division – Major-General John Lavarack (until 18 June) then Major-General Arthur "Tubby" Allen
Divisional Troops
6th Division Cavalry
9th Division Cavalry
2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
The Royal Scots Greys and The Staffordshire Yeomanry (composite mechanised regiment detached from British 1st Cavalry Division)
One squadron, The Royals (detached from 1st Cavalry Division )
C battalion Special Service Brigade (commandos based in Cyprus for seaborne landings)
Artillery (Brigadier F. H. Berryman)
2/4th Field Regiment
2/5th Field Regiment
2/6th Field Regiment
2/2nd Anti-tank Regiment
57 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment
21st Australian Brigade (Brigadier J E S Stevens)
2/14th Infantry Battalion
2/16th Infantry Battalion
2/27th Infantry Battalion
25th Australian Brigade (Brigadier A. R. Baxter-Cox until 22 June, Brigadier E.C.P. Plant thereafter))
2/25th Infantry Battalion
2/31st Infantry Battalion
2/33rd Infantry Battalion
17th Australian Brigade (from 28 June) (Brigadier S. G. Savige)
2/3rd Infantry Battalion
2/5th Infantry Battalion
2/2nd Pioneer Battalion
'Gentforce' (command activated 12 June until 18 June) – Major-General P L Legentilhomme (wounded 12 June and succeeded by Brigadier W. L. Lloyd until 18 June)
British 6th Infantry Division (activated 18 June) – Major-General J. F. Evetts
British 16th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C. E. N. Lomax) from 20 June
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment
2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
British 23rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier A. Galloway) from 29 June
1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion
4th Battalion, Border Regiment
5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier W L Lloyd) (Lieut.-Col. L. B. Jones of 4/6th Rajputana Rifles while Lloyd commanded Gentforce)
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
3/1st Punjab Regiment
4/6th Rajputana Rifles
18th Field Company Bombay Sappers and Miners
1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1st Free French Light Division – Major-General Paul Legentilhomme
1st Free French Brigade (Colonel Cazaud)
1st Battalion of Foreign Legion
1 March Battalion
3 March Battalion
2nd Free French Brigade (Colonel Genin)
1st Battalion of Marine infantry
2 March Battalion
4 March Battalion
1st battalion of Naval Fusiliers
1st Moroccan Spahis group of squadron
1st battery field artillery (4 75 mm guns)
1st company of tanks (9 H39 tanks)
Circassian Cavalry group of squadrons (453 troops) (Colonel Collet)
Northern Syria
Elements of Iraqforce:
Advancing on the Euphrates
10th Indian Infantry Division – Major-General W J Slim
13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
157th Field Regiment RA
21st Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C.J. Weld)
2/10th Gurkha Rifles
2/4th Gurkha Rifles
4/13th Frontier Force Rifles
25th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R Mountain)
1/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
2/11th Sikh Regiment
3/9th Jat Regiment
2/8th Gurkha Rifles (detached from 20th Indian Infantry Brigade)
In northern Iraq and the "Duck's Bill" region of Syria
Under command of HQ British Troops Iraq: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Quinan
20th Indian Infantry Brigade (detached from 10th Indian Infantry Division) (Brigadier D Powell)
2/7th Gurkha Rifles
3/11th Sikh Regiment
17th Indian Infantry Brigade (detached from 8th Indian Infantry Division) (Brigadier Douglas Gracey)
1/12th Frontier Force Regiment
5/13th Frontier Force Rifles
In central Syria
Habforce commanded by Major-General J.G.W. Clark
British 4th Cavalry Brigade of the British 1st Cavalry Division (Brigadier J.J. Kingstone until 24 June, Brigadier J G E Tiarks from 29 June)
Household Cavalry Regiment
North Somerset Yeomanry
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment
Arab Legion Mechanised Regiment
237th Battery, Royal Artillery (60th Field Regiment)
An Australian battery of 2-pounder anti-tank guns (detached from the 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment)
169th Light Anti-aircraft Battery
Vichy French forces
The Army of the Levant (Armée du Levant) identifies the armed forces of France and then Vichy France which occupied a portion of the "Levant" during the "interwar period" and early World War II. In 1920, the French were given a mandate over Syria and Lebanon by the League of Nations. During this period of time, Syria was known as the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon was known as the French Mandate of Lebanon.
South Lebanon Sector
Saïda Sub-Sector
III/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
I/Colonial Artillery Regiment of the Levant
I/8th Algerian Spahi Regiment
II/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
I/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
I/6th African Chasseur Regiment
IV/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
I/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
Foreign Legion Levant Artillery Battalion
Merdjayoun Sub-Sector
II/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
I/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
1st Lebanese Chasseur Battalion
II/Colonial Artillery Regiment of the Levant
South Syria Sector
Direct sector control
1st Metropolitan Artillery Regiment of the Levant
III/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
Hauran Sub-Sector
II/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
L'Hermon Sub-Sector
I/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
Sector Reserve
V/1st Moroccan Tirailleur Regiment
III/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
I/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
III/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
II/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
III/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
Levant Cavalry
1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment
2nd March (provisional) Spahi Regiment
6th African Chasseur Regiment
7th African Chasseur Regiment
Special Cavalry (Three companies of Méhariste, two companies of Druze, eight various companies stationed in Syria, and 20 companies of Circassians)
Forces in central Lebanon, mid- to late-June 1941
Task Force Albord
I/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
II/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
1st Lebanese Chasseur Battalion
III/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
II/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
Task Force Barré
I/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
II/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
III/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
Alep Special Artillery Battalion
Spahi Cavalry Battalion
Lehr-Olive Detachments
I/6th African Chasseur Regiment
II/24th Colonial Infantry Mixed Regiment
Task Force Rougie
II/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment, later replaced by the II/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
II/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
Footnotes
Sources
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