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 Tunisian Campaign of World War II.

• British First Army
  Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth Anderson
  • V Corps
    Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
    • North Irish Horse
    • 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (7ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Algériens)
    • 1st Army Group Royal Artillery
    • 46th Infantry Division (less 139th Brigade Group)
    • 78th Infantry Division
  • IX Corps
    Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
    • 25th Tank Brigade (less two battalions)
    • 201st Guards Brigade
    • 2nd Army Group Royal Artillery
    • 4th Infantry Division
    • 4th Indian Infantry Division
    • 6th Armoured Division
    • 7th Armoured Division
  • XIX French Corps
    Commanded by General Louis Koeltz
    • One Tank Battalion
    • Division d'Alger
    • 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
    • Corps francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
    • One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers
    • U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade
    • U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade
    • 1st Armored Division (less one regiment)
    • 1st Infantry Division
    • 9th Infantry Division
    • 34th Infantry Division
  • Army Reserve
    • 1st King's Dragoon Guards
    • 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
    • 139th Infantry Brigade
    • 1st Armoured Division

See also

• List of orders of battle
• British First Army order of battle, 20 April 1943

References

• Anderson, Lt.-General Kenneth (1946). Official despatch by Kenneth Anderson, GOC-in-C First Army covering events in NW Africa, 8 November 1942–13 May 1943 published in "No. 37779". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1946. pp. 5449–5464.
• Playfair, Major-General I. S. O.; Molony, Brigadier C. J. C.; with Flynn, Captain F .C. (RN) & Gleave, Group Captain T. P. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO:1966]. Butler, Sir James (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. p. 446. ISBN 1-84574-068-8.