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North Africa (Egypt) - September
1939
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7 Armoured Division |
known as The Armoured Division
(Egypt) |
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'M/P' Battery, 3rd Royal Horse
Artillery |
permanently attached from RA
Group Middle |
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'C' Battery, 4th Royal Horse
Artillery |
permanently attached from RA
Group Middle |
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1st Battalion, The King's
Royal Rifle Corps |
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'D/J' Battery, 3rd Royal Horse
Artillery |
attached from RA Group ME |
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'M/P' Battery, 3rd Royal Horse
Artillery |
attached from RA Group ME. one
troop only |
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31st Field Regiment, RA |
attached from RA Group ME. |
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2nd Field Company, RE |
attached from Command Troops,
ME |
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1st Battalion, The Hampshire
Regiment |
attached, L of C Troops (ex 18
Inf Bde) |
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1st Battalion, The Royal
Northumberland Fusiliers |
MG battalion attached from Command Troops,
ME |
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29 Infantry Brigade |
The Cairo Brigade until
20-Sep-39. HQ BTE but |
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under command 7 Infantry
Division at Mersa |
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1st Battalion, The Buffs
(Royal East Kent |
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2nd Battalion, The Scots
Guards |
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11 Indian Infantry
Brigade |
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1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana
Rifles |
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2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders |
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4th Battalion, 7th Rajput
Regiment |
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1st Battalion, The
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment |
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23 Infantry Brigade |
known as The Canal Brigade |
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1st Battalion, The Essex
Regiment |
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1st Battalion, The Royal
Sussex Regiment |
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29
Infantry Brigade |
known as The
Cairo Brigade. Under command 7 Infantry Division at Mersa Matruh |
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1st Battalion, The Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment) |
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2nd Battalion, The Scots
Guards |
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7 Armoured Brigade |
detached from 7 Armoured
Division |
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11th Hussars (Prince Albert's
Own) |
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8th (King's Royal Irish)
Hussars |
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Alexandria Sub-Area |
? Until |
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1st Antiaircraft Battery,
Royal Marines |
under Army command |
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20th Antiaircraft Battery, RA
(20th Heavy AA Bty from |
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3rd Battalion, The Coldstream
Guards |
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19th Heavy Battery (Coastal),
RA |
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3rd Royal Horse Artillery |
less one bty and one trp |
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4th Royal Horse Artillery |
less one bty |
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45th Fortress Company, RE |
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details from "E"
Antiaircraft Company, RE |
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| The Egyptian Army |
Trained by the British
Military Mission. Although |
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under its own national
command, the Egyptian |
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Army was included in plans for
the defence of |
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Egypt. |
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Frontiers District
Administration |
five motorised squadrons in
Ford pickups. |
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Sudanese troops 'very
efficient'. |
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1 Egyptian Infantry
Brigade |
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2 Egyptian Infantry Brigade |
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3 Egyptian Infantry Brigade |
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The three brigade HQs
administered the following units: |
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one 3.7in howitzer bty
(portee) |
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one antitank regiment (towed
& portee) |
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two cavalry regiments |
Light tanks or Ford pickups. |
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four infantry battalions in
Cairo and the Delta |
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one infantry battalion at
Aswan |
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two infantry battalions at El
Arish in Sinai |
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two infantry battalions at
Khartoum, The Sudan |
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two machine gun battalions at
Mersa Matruh |
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