British First Army order of battle, 4 May 1943

This is an outline order of battle of the British First Army on 4 May 1943 during the Tunisia Campaign

Tunisia Campaign

The Tunisia Campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African Campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces. The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces, including Polish and Greek contingents, with American and French corps...

British First Army
British First Army
The First Army was a field army of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French during the Second World War.-First World War:The...

Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, KCB, MC was a British Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of Tunisia. He had an outwardly reserved character and did not court...
- British V Corps
  V Corps (United Kingdom)
  V Corps was an army corps of the British Army in both the First and Second World War. It was first organised in February 1915 and fought through World War I on the Western front...
  
  Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
  - 1st North Irish Horse
    North Irish Horse
    The North Irish Horse is a yeomanry unit of the British Territorial Army raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Second Boer War...
  - 7eme Régiment Tirallieurs Algériens
  - British 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
    British 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
    1st Army Group Royal Artillery was formed in September 1942, with its headquarters located at Glasgow.In January 1943 the AGRA went overseas to Tunisia. It operated with V Corps, under First Army. In October of that year it entered the Italian campaign, operating with V Corps again, only this time...
  - British 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
  - British 78th Infantry Division
- British IX Corps
  Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
  Brian Horrocks
  Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC was a British Army officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War...
  - British 25th Tank Brigade (less two battalions)
  - British 201st Guards Brigade
  - British 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery
  - British 4th Infantry Division
    4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
    The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...
  - Indian 4th Infantry Division
  - British 6th Armoured Division
  - British 7th Armoured Division
- French XIX Corps
  XIX Corps (France)
  The French 19th Army Corps was formed in 1873. Anthony Clayton writes that the title of the 19th Army Corps was given to the Army of Africa in 1873. Antoine Chanzy commanded the corps between 1873 and 1879, at which time the commander also held the post of Governor of Algeria.It was in service...
  
  Commanded by: General Koeltz
  - One Tank Battalion
  - Division d'Algers
  - Division du Maroc
  - Division d'Oran
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group)
  Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley
  Omar Bradley
  Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army...
  - Corps Franc d'Afrique (three battalions)
  - One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
  - U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
  - U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
  - U.S. 1st Armored Division
    1st Armored Division (United States)
    The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
    
    (less one regiment)
  - U.S. 1st Infantry Division
  - U.S. 9th Infantry Division
  - U.S. 34th Infantry Division
- Army Reserve
  - 1st King's Dragoon Guards
    1st King's Dragoon Guards
    The 1st King's Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1685 as The Queen's Regiment of Horse, named in honour of Queen Mary, consort of King James II. It was renamed The King's Own Regiment of Horse in 1714 in honour of George I...
  - 51st Royal Tank Regiment
  - British 139th Infantry Brigade
  - British 1st Armoured Division
    British 1st Armoured Division
    The 1st Armoured Division is an armoured division of the British Army. Originally formed in November 1937 as the Mobile Division, it saw extensive service during the Second World War, was disbanded afterward, was reconstituted in 1976, and remains in service today...

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