This is the British First Army order of battle on 20 April 1943 during Operation Vulcan of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II.
- British First Army<br />Commanded by: Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
- V Corps<br />Commanded by Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
- British 25th Tank Brigade (less 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment)
- British 1st Infantry Division (Major-General Walter Clutterbuck)
- British 4th Infantry Division (Major-General John Hawkesworth)
- British 78th Infantry Division (Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh)
- British IX Corps<br />Commanded by: Lieutenant-General John Crocker
- 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment
- British 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Raymond Briggs)
- British 6th Armoured Division (Major-General Charles Keightley)
- British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Freeman-Attwood)
- French XIX Corps<br />Commanded by: Lieutenant General Louis Koeltz
- Brigade Légère Mécanique (Tank Group)
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards
- (Major General )
- Division du Maroc (Lieutenant General )
- (Major-General )
- U.S. II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group)<br />Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley
- Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions)
- 4th and 6th Tabors of Moroccan goumiers
- U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)
- U.S. 1st Infantry Division (Major General Terry de la M. Allen)
- U.S. 9th Infantry Division (Major General Manton S. Eddy)
- U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)
See also
- List of orders of battle
- British First Army order of battle, 4 May 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