Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II)

The Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II)
East African Campaign (World War II)
The East African Campaign was a series of battles fought in East Africa during World War II by the British Empire, the British Commonwealth of Nations and several allies against the forces of Italy from June 1940 to November 1941....

shows the ground forces available to both sides in East Africa

East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...

on the date that the Italians declared war on Britain and France, 10 June 1940. An update is also provided for the British and Commonwealth forces involved in the 1941 offensive.

Italian forces, 10 June 1940

Commander-in-Chief

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- Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta

Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta was the third Duke of Aosta and a first cousin, once removed of the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III. His baptismal name was Amedeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Giuseppe Giovanni di Savoia-Aosta...

Northern Sector

Commander - Lieutenant-General Luigi Frusci
Luigi Frusci
Luigi Frusci was an officer in the Italian Royal Army during World War II.Frusci fought on the southern front for General Rodolfo Graziani during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War...
- 3rd Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Saverio Maraventano
  - 11th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 23rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 30th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 70th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 4th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Livio Boneli
  - 14th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 25th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 27th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 29th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 5th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Brigade General
  Brigade General
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  (General de Brigade) Angelo Bergonzi
  - 97th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 105th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 106th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 6th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Lieutenant-Colonel Agostino Magrini
  - 19th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 24th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 31st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 34th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 8th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Antonio Rizzo
  Antonio Rizzo
  Antonio Rizzo is an Italian footballer who plays for Ravenna at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-Early career:Rizzo started his career at A.S. Roma. He joined Serie C2 side Gubbio in co-ownership deal. In summer 2003, he joined Serie B side Fiorentina who promoted from Serie C2 in co-ownership for €77,500...
  - 101st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 102nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 12th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Ugo Tabellini
  - 35th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 36th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 43rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 16tn Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Manlio Manetti
  - 22nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 23rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 47th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 53rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 19th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Enrico Durante
  - 21st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 65th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 72nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 86th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 21st Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Ignazio Angelini
  - 77th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 78th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 79th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 80th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 22nd Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Adriano Torelli
  - 3rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 67th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 68th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 69th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 81st Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 41st Colonial Infantry Brigade - Brigade General
  Brigade General
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  Ugo Fongoli
  - 98th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 99th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 131st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 132nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 42nd Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- 43rd Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- 116th Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, CCNN) Infantry Battalion/Cohort (or Coorte
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  )
- 141st Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
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  )
- 151st Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
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  A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
  
  )
- 164th Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
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  A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
  
  )
- 166th Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
  Cohort (military unit)
  A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
  
  )
- 240th Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
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  )
- 731st Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
  Cohort (military unit)
  A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
  
  )
- 745th Blackshirt Infantry Battalion/Cohort (Coorte
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  A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
  
  )
- Six colonial infantry battalions, two colonial cavalry battalions, two irregular colonial cavalry battalions, two garrison commands, and three batteries of 77/28 howitzers

Southern Sector

Commander - General
General
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Pietro Gazzera
Pietro Gazzera
Pietro Gazzera was an officer in the Italian Royal Army during World War II, as well as a prewar Italian politician....
- 1st Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Guido Pialorsi
  - 1st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 6th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 8th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 18th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 9th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
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  Flaminio Orrigo
  - 2nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 17th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 59th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 60th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 10th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
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  Giuseppe Cloza
  - 28th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 55th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 181st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 187th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 18th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Bartolemeo Minola
  - 16th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 61st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 182nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 183rd Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 23rd Colonial Infantry Brigade
  - 80th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 88th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 89th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 25th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Lieutenant-Colonel Giorgio Rolandi
  - 7th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 28th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 54th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 85th Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- 86th Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- One colonial infantry battalion, four irregular colonial cavalry battalions (forming), one colonial cavalry company, and seven irregular colonial cavalry companies (forming)

Eastern Sector

Commander - General Guglielmo Nasi
Guglielmo Nasi
Guglielmo Ciro Nasi was an Italian General who fought in Italian East Africa during World War II.-Biography:Nasi was born in Civitavecchia, Latium...
- 40 Infantry Division "Hunters of Africa"
  40 Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa
  The 40 Infantry Division "Hunters of Africa" was an infantry division of the Italian Royal Army during World War II.-History:...
  
  (Cacciatori d'Africa ) - General Giovanni Varda
  - 210th Infantry Regiment
  - 211th Infantry Regiment
  - 40th Artillery Regiment
  - 40th Mortar Battalion
  - 18th Colonial Mixed Engineers Battalion
  - 40th Anti-tank Company
  - 40th Medical Services unit
  - 40th Supply Services unit
- 65 Infantry Division "Grenadiers of Savoy"
  65 Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia
  The 65 Infantry Division "Grenadiers of Savoy" was an infantry division of the Italian Royal Army during World War II.-East African Campaign:...
  
  (Granatieri di Savoia) - General Amedeo Liberati
  - 10th Grenadiers Regiment
    - Two battalions of grenadiers and the Uork Amba battalion of mountain infantry (Alpini)
  - 11th Grenadiers Regiment
    - Two battalions of grenadiers and one battalion of highly mobile infantry (Bersaglieri)
  - 11th Blackshirts
    Blackshirts
    The Blackshirts were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II...
    
    of Africa Regiment/Legion (or Legione)
    - Three battalions/cohorts (coorteCohort (military unit)
      A cohort was the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion following the reforms of Gaius Marius in 107 BC.-Legionary cohort:...
      
      s) of Blackshirts
      Blackshirts
      The Blackshirts were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II...
      
      of Africa
  - 60th Artillery Regiment
  - 65th Mortar Battalion
  - Savoy Grenadiers Machine Gun Battalion
  - Neghelli Colonial Cavalry Battalion
  - 65th Engineers Battalion
  - 65th Anti-tank Company
  - 65th Medical Services unit
  - 65th Supply Services unit
- 2nd Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
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  Orlando Lorenzini
  - 4th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 5th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 9th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 10th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 7th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
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  Tiburzio Rean
  - 13th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 15th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 45th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 11th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Colonel
  Colonel
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  Francesco Prina
  - 51st Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 52nd Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 56th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 13th Colonial Infantry Brigade - Brigade General Cesare Nam
  - 20th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 39th Colonial Infantry Battalion
  - 48th Colonial Infantry Battalion
- 14th Colonial Infantry Brigade
- 15th Colonial Infantry Brigade
- 17th Colonial Infantry Brigade
- 70th Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- 1st Light Tank Company (about twelve Fiat
  Fiat
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  Ansaldo
  Gio. Ansaldo & C.
  Ansaldo was one of Italy's oldest and most important engineering companies, existing for 140 years from 1853 to 1993.-From foundation to World War I:...
  
  L3/35
  L3/35
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  tankettes)
- 2nd Light Tank Company (about twelve Fiat Ansaldo L3/35 tankettes)
- 321st Medium Tank Company (about twelve Fiat M11/39 medium tanks)
- 322nd Medium Tank Company (about twelve Fiat M11/39 medium tanks)
- Armored Car Company ( Fiat 611 armored cars)
- Four colonial infantry battalions, seven colonial cavalry battalions, eighteen irregular colonial cavalry battalions (forming), two batteries of 77/28 howitzers, four batteries of 105/28 howitzers, and one battery of 149/28 howitzers

Giuba Sector

Commander - Lieutenant-General Carlo De Simone
Carlo De Simone
Carlo De Simone was an officer in the Italian Army during World War II.During most of the East African Campaign, Lieutenant-General De Simone commanded Italian forces in southern Italian Somaliland. However, during the Italian invasion of British Somaliland, De Simone commanded General Guglielmo...
- 20th Colonial Infantry Brigade
- 91st Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- 92nd Colonial Infantry Brigade (forming)
- Seven colonial infantry battalions and two irregular colonial cavalry battalions (forming)

British and Commonwealth forces, 10 June 1940

Commander-in-Chief - General Archibald Wavell

Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell

Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC was a British field marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army...

, Cairo

Cairo

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Northern Front, the Sudan

Commander - Major-General William Platt
William Platt
General Sir William Platt GBE, KCB, DSO was an officer in the British Army, the Australian Army, and the New Zealand Army during World War I and World War II.-Early years:...
- 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
  Worcestershire Regiment
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- 1st Battalion Essex Regiment
  Essex Regiment
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- 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
- Six machine-gun companies of the Sudan Defence Force
  Sudan Defence Force
  The Sudan Defence Force was a Sudanese military unit formed in 1925, as its name indicates, to maintain the borders of the Sudan under the British administration...

Southern Front, Kenya

GOC East Africa Force - Major-General D.P. DickinsonPromoted to lieutenant-general in August 1940
- "Southern Brigade"/1st Brigade King's African Rifles
  King's African Rifles
  The King's African Rifles was a multi-battalion British colonial regiment raised from the various British possessions in East Africa from 1902 until independence in the 1960s. It performed both military and internal security functions within the East African colonies as well as external service as...
  
  (KAR) - Brigadier Charles Christopher Fowkes
  Charles Christopher Fowkes
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- "Northern Brigade"/2nd Brigade KAR Brigadier Colin Frederick Blackden
  Colin Frederick Blackden
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- East African Reconnaissance Regiment, later named "East African Armoured Car Regiment"
- 22nd (Derajat) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)

British Somaliland

Commander - Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Reginald Chater
Arthur Reginald Chater
Major-General Arthur Reginald Chater CB, CVO, DSO, OBE, Croix de Guerre was an officer in the Royal Marines during World War I, the interwar years, and World War II....

to 11 August 1940, Major-General Reade Godwin-Austen
Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen
General Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen KCSI, CB, OBE, MC was a British Army officer. He served during the First and Second World Wars.-Early life:The second son of Lieutenant-Colonel A. G...

from 11 August to 17 August
- Somaliland Camel Corps
  Somaliland Camel Corps
  The Somaliland Camel Corps was a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland from the early 20th century until the 1960s.Camels are a necessity in East Africa, being as important as ponies are in Mongolia...
- 1st Battalion Northern Rhodesian Regiment
- 2nd (Nyasaland
  Nyasaland
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  ) Battalion King's African Rifles
  King's African Rifles
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- 3rd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment
  15th Punjab Regiment
  The 15th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
  
  (from 1 July)
- 1st Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment
  2nd Punjab Regiment
  The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
  
  (from 7 August)
- 2nd Battalion The Black Watch
  The Black Watch
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  (from 8 August)
- 1st East African Light Battery (Four 3.7" howitzers)

British and Commonwealth forces during the 1941 offensive

Commander-in-Chief - General Archibald Wavell

Northern Front, Eritrea

Commander - Lieutenant-General William Platt

William Platt

General Sir William Platt GBE, KCB, DSO was an officer in the British Army, the Australian Army, and the New Zealand Army during World War I and World War II.-Early years:...

Corps artillery and armour
- B Squadron 4th Royal Tank Regiment
  4th Royal Tank Regiment
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  (RTR) (about six Matilda II
  Matilda tank
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  infantry tank
  Infantry tank
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  s)
- 68 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
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  (RA) (two batteries)
- Jammu and Kashmir Mountain Battery, Indian Army
- Battery, Sudan Horse, Sudan Defence Force
  Sudan Defence Force
  The Sudan Defence Force was a Sudanese military unit formed in 1925, as its name indicates, to maintain the borders of the Sudan under the British administration...
- P Battery (Anti-tank) Royal Horse Artillery
  Royal Horse Artillery
  The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
  
  (RHA)
- 41 Light Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
Corps infantry reserve
- Two Motor Machine Gun Companies, Sudan Defence Force
  Sudan Defence Force
  The Sudan Defence Force was a Sudanese military unit formed in 1925, as its name indicates, to maintain the borders of the Sudan under the British administration...
- No. 51 Commando
  No. 51 Commando
  No. 51 Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in 1940, from volunteers from Palestine...
  
  (a mixed Arab and Jewish battalion raised in the British Mandate of Palestine. Attached to Indian 5th Infantry Division for periods of the campaign.)

4th Indian Infantry Division - Major-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
Noel Beresford-Peirse
Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer.-Family background:...
- The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) (Divisional reconnaissance regiment)
- 5th Indian Infantry Brigade
  5th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 5th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was converted for the 9th Indian Infantry Brigade in September 1939, and assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division. The brigade fist moved to Egypt and took part in the early battles in North...
  
  , Brigadier Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd
  Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd
  Major-General Wilfrid Lewis Lloyd CBE, DSO, MC was an officer in the British Army and the Indian Army during World War I and World War II.-World War I:...
  - 1st battalion Royal Fusiliers
  - 3rd battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
    1st Punjab Regiment
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  - 4th battalion (Outram's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
    6th Rajputana Rifles
    The 6th Rajputana Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They were formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army. They moved away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
- 7th Indian Infantry Brigade
  7th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 7th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939, by renaming the Poona Independent Brigade as the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade and renumbered 4th in June 1940, A second 7th Brigade was formed in June 1940, and assigned...
  
  , Brigadier Harold Rawdon Briggs
  Harold Rawdon Briggs
  Lieutenant-General Sir Rawdon Briggs KCIE KBE CB DSO and two bars was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I, World War II and the post-war era.Field Marshal Viscount William Slim said of him-Early life:...
  - 1st battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
    Royal Sussex Regiment
    The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot...
    
    (detached to Briggsforce)
  - 4th battalion 16th Punjab Regiment
    16th Punjab Regiment
    The 16th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 15th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
    
    (detached to Briggsforce)
  - 4th battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
    11th Sikh Regiment
    The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....
    
    (detached to Gazelle Force)
- 11th Indian Infantry Brigade
  11th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 11th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939. In October 1939, it was assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division...
  
  , Brigadier Reginald Arthur Savory
  Reginald Arthur Savory
  Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Arthur Savory, KCIE, CB, DSO, MC was a British Indian Army officer during World War I and World War II....
  - 2nd battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
    Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
    The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1793. In 1961 it was merged with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders...
  - 1st battalion (Wellesley's) 6th Rajputana Rifles
    6th Rajputana Rifles
    The 6th Rajputana Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They were formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army. They moved away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  - 4th battalion 7th Rajput Regiment
    7th Rajput Regiment
    The 7th Rajput Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
    
    (until January 1941)
  - 3rd battalion 14th Punjab Regiment
    14th Punjab Regiment
    The 14th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....
    
    (from January 1941)
  - 2nd battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, whenthe Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions...
- Gazelle Force, Colonel Frank Messervy
  Frank Messervy
  General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar, , was a British Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars...
  - 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse (detached from 5th Indian Infantry Division)
  - 4th battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
    11th Sikh Regiment
    The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....
    
    (detached from 7 Brigade)
  - 3 motor machine-gun companies of the Sudan Defence Force
  - 390th Field Battery of 144 Field Regiment (detached from Indian 5th Division)
- Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  
  , Brigadier William H.B. Mirrless
  - 1 Field Regiment RA
  - 11/80 Field Battery RA
  - 52/98 Field Battery RA
  - 25 Field Regiment RA
  - 31 Field Regiment RA
- Engineers
  - 4 Field Company King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, IE
  - 12 Field Company Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
    Madras Engineer Group
    Madras Engineer Group are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore...
    
    , IE
  - 18 Field Company Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, IE
  - 11 Field Park Company Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
    Madras Engineer Group
    Madras Engineer Group are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore...
    
    , IE
5th Indian Infantry Division - Major-General Lewis Heath
Lewis Heath
Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, KBE, CB, CIE, DSO, MC was an officer in the British Army and the Indian Army during the pre-World War I years, World War I, the interwar years, and World War II...
- 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse (reconnaissance regiment) (detached to Gazelle Force)
- 9th Indian Infantry Brigade
  9th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 9th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in India and converted to the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and a new 9th Brigade was then formed all in September 1939. The brigade was assigned to the 5th Indian Infantry Division in June...
  
  , Brigadier Mosley Mayne
  Mosley Mayne
  General Sir Ashton Gerard Oswald Mosley Mayne GCB, CBE, DSO was a British Indian Army officer in both World War I and World War II.-Early career:...
  
  (to 1 March), Brigadier Frank Messervy
  Frank Messervy
  General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar, , was a British Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars...
  
  (from 1 March to 13 April), Brigadier Bernard Fletcher
  Bernard Campbell Fletcher
  Bernard Campbell Fletcher DSO, MC was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II.During the East African Campaign, Fletcher commanded both the Indian 10th Infantry Brigade and the Indian 9th Infantry Brigade, both of the Indian 5th Infantry Division...
  
  (from 13 April)
  - 2nd battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
  - 3rd battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, whenthe Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions...
  - 3rd Royal battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment
    12th Frontier Force Regiment
    The 12th Frontier Force Regiment was part of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922. It consisted of five regular battalions; numbered 1 to 5 and the 10th Battalion. During the Second World War a further ten battalions were raised. In 1945 the prenomial "12th" was dropped when the British...
  - 3 motor machine-gun companies of the Sudan Defence Force
- 10th Indian Infantry Brigade
  10th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 10th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939. In June 1940 it was assigned to the 5th Indian Infantry Division and in September 1940, sailed for East Africa...
  
  , Brigadier William "Bill" Slim
  William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
  Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia....
  
  (to 21 January), Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Fletcher
  Bernard Campbell Fletcher
  Bernard Campbell Fletcher DSO, MC was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II.During the East African Campaign, Fletcher commanded both the Indian 10th Infantry Brigade and the Indian 9th Infantry Brigade, both of the Indian 5th Infantry Division...
  
  (from 21 January to 20 March), Brigadier Thomas "Pete" Rees
  Thomas Wynford Rees
  Thomas Wynford Rees CB, CIE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I, the interwar years, World War II, and post-war.-Early life and career:The son of the Reverend T. M...
  
  (from 21 March)
  - 1st battalion The Essex Regiment (until late November 1940)
  - 2nd battalion Highland Light Infantry
    Highland Light Infantry
    The Highland Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. In 1923 the regimental title was expanded to the Highland Light Infantry ...
    
    (from late November 1940)
  - 4th battalion 10th Baluch Regiment
    10th Baluch Regiment
    The 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After the Partition of India, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments...
  - 3rd battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
    18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
    The 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. They were they only Indian Infantry regiment to remain intact...
- 29th Indian Infantry Brigade
  29th Indian Infantry Brigade
  The 29th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in October 1940, by the renumbering of the 21st Indian Infantry Brigade. It was assigned to the 5th Indian Infantry Division...
  
  , Brigadier John Charles Oakes Marriott
  John Charles Oakes Marriott
  Major-General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, KCVO, CB, DSO and Bar, MC was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II.-Military career:Marriott was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1914....
  - 1st battalion the Worcestershire Regiment
    Worcestershire Regiment
    The Worcestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 29th Regiment of Foot and the 36th Regiment of Foot....
  - 3rd battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment
    2nd Punjab Regiment
    The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
  - 6th Royal battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
    13th Frontier Force Rifles
    The 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.-History:...
- Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  
  , Brigadier Claude Vallentin
  - 4 Field Regiment RA
  - 28 Field Regiment RA
  - 144 Field Regiment (Surrey
    Surrey Yeomanry
    The Surrey Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1901 the Regiment was granted the title Princess of Wales's which was changed to Queen Mary's when George V became the King...
    
    & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s
    The Sussex Yeomanry
    The Sussex Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army formed in 1794, with its last remnants disbanding finally in 1999. It was initially formed when there was a threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic Wars.-World War I:...
    
    ) RA
- Engineers
  - 2 Field Company King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, IE
  - 20 Field Company Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, IE
  - 21 Field Company Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, IE (see Premindra Singh Bhagat
    Premindra Singh Bhagat
    Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat VC, PVSM was an officer in the Indian Army during World War II and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, and the PVSM,...
    
    )
  - 44 Field Park Company Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
    Madras Engineer Group
    Madras Engineer Group are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore...
    
    , IE
Briggs Force - Brigadier Harold Rawdon Briggs
Harold Rawdon Briggs
Lieutenant-General Sir Rawdon Briggs KCIE KBE CB DSO and two bars was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I, World War II and the post-war era.Field Marshal Viscount William Slim said of him-Early life:...
- 1st battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
  Royal Sussex Regiment
  The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot...
  
  (detached from 7 Brigade, Indian 4th Infantry Division)
- 4th battalion 16th Punjab Regiment
  16th Punjab Regiment
  The 16th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 15th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
  
  (detached from 7 Brigade, Indian 4th Infantry Division)
- Brigade of the East (Brigade d'Orient) (Free French) - Colonel Monclar
  - 1er Bataillon de Legion Etrangere (1st Battalion of French Foreign Legion
    French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
    
    )
  - Batallion de Marche 3 (3rd provisional battalion of Senegalese tirailleurs
    Senegalese Tirailleurs
    The Senegalese Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army recruited from Senegal,French West Africa and throughout west, central and east Africa, the main province of the French colonial empire...
    
    )
  - 3e Cie du 1er bataillon d' infanterie de marine (3rd Company 1st marine infantry battalion)
  - 1er Escadron de Spahis Marocains (1st Squadron of Moroccan Spahi
    Spahi
    Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France...
    
    s)
  - 1er Groupe d'Artillerie Coloniale (1st Colonial artillery battalion)
- One motor machine-gun company of the Sudan Defence Force
- One Battery from 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Indian 4th Infantry Division)
- 7th Field Company King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, IE
Gideon Force (in Gojjam Province
Gojjam
Gojjam was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudan...

, Ethiopia) (Colonel Orde Wingate)
- Sudan Defence Force
  Sudan Defence Force
  The Sudan Defence Force was a Sudanese military unit formed in 1925, as its name indicates, to maintain the borders of the Sudan under the British administration...
  
  Frontier Battalion
- 2nd Ethiopian Battalion
Mission 101 (in Gojjam Province
Gojjam
Gojjam was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudan...

, Ethiopia) (Brigadier Daniel Sandford)
- Many "Operational Centres" - small groups of officers and NCOs operating in enemy territory providing training and arms to Ethiopian patriot forces loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie I and co-ordinating their operations.

Southern Front, Kenya

Commander - Lieutenant-General Alan Cunningham
Alan Gordon Cunningham
General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham GCMG, KCB, DSO, MC was a British Army officer, noted for victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. Later he was the seventh and last High Commissioner of Palestine...
- Corps troops
  - 1 East African Armoured Car Regiment (less two squadrons)
  - 1st South African Light Tank Company
  - 1st South African Medium Brigade (1st and 2nd Medium Batteries)
  - 53rd East African Light Battery
  - 4th Rhodesian Anti-Tank Battery
- South African 1st Division - Major-General George Brink
  George Brink
  Lieutenant-General George Edwin Brink CB CBE DSO was a South African military commander.In 1913, Brink joined the Union Defence Forces...
  - 1st South African Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Dan Pienaar
    Dan Pienaar
    Major General Daniel Hermanus Pienaar CB, DSO & Bar was a South African World War II military commander.Pienaar joined the artillery branch of the Natal Police in 1911, and transferred to the Union Defence Forces when they took over the NP in 1913...
    
    (detached to 12th African Division until 7 March, then 11th African Division until 9 May, then Indian 5th Infantry Division from 10 May to 22 May for Amba Alagi)
    - 1st Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
    - 1st Royal Natal Carabineers
    - 1st Transvaal Scottish
      Transvaal Scottish Regiment
      The Transvaal Scottish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.-History:...
    - 3rd South African Armoured Car Company
    - 4th Field Brigade (10, 11, 12 Field Batteries) South African Artillery
    - 1st Field Company, South African Engineers
  - 2nd South African Infantry Brigade - Brigadier F.L.A. Buchanan
    - 1st Natal Mounted Rifles
      Natal Mounted Rifles
      The Natal Mounted Rifles is an armoured regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit...
    - 1st Field Force Battalion
    - 2nd Field Force Battalion
    - 2nd South African Armoured Car Company
    - 12th Field Company, South African Engineers
  - 5th South African Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Bertram Frank Armstrong
    - 1st South African Irish
      South African Irish Regiment
      The South African Irish Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.-Origins:...
    - 2nd Regiment Botha
      Regiment Botha
      Regiment Botha is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit...
    - 3rd Transvaal Scottish
    - 1st South African Armoured Car Company
    - 5th Field Company, South African Engineers
  - One platoon 1/3 King's African Rifles (Machine gun platoon)
  - Divisional Artillery:
    - 3rd Field Brigade (7, 8, 9 Field Batteries) South African Artillery
    - 6th Anti-aircraft Battery (one section), South African Artillery
    - 3rd Anti-tank Battery, South African Artillery
- 11th African Division - Major-General H. E. de R. Wetherall
  Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall
  Lieutenant General Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall KBE CB DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II.-Military career:Wetherall was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1909....
  - 21st (East African) Brigade - Brigadier Alan MacDougall Ritchie
    Alan MacDougall Ritchie
    Alan MacDougall Ritchie was an officer in the British Army during World War II.Ritchie was a brigade commander of the 26th Brigade and the 21st Brigade in the King's African Rifles during the East African Campaign...
    
    (detached to 1st South African Division from 27 February until 6 April and to 12th African Division thereafter)
    - 1/2 The King's African Rifles
    - 1st The Northern Rhodesia Regiment
    - 1/4 The King's African Rifles
    - 53rd (Gold Coast) Field Company, West African Engineers
  - 26th (East African) Brigade - Brigadier William Alfred Dimoline
    William Alfred Dimoline
    Major-General William Alfred Dimoline CB CMG CBE DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II...
    
    (detached as an independent brigade for the duration of the campaign)
    - 2/2nd Kings African Rifles
    - 4/4th Kings African Rifles
    - 3/6th Kings African Rifles
  - 23rd (Nigerian) Brigade
    1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
    The 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War II. It was formed in 1940 from battalions of the Royal West African Frontier Force and served in the East African campaign against the Italians and against the Japanese in Burma.-History:The 1st Infantry...
    
    - Brigadier Gerard Russell Smallwood
    Gerard Russell Smallwood
    Gerald Russell Smallwood was an officer in the British Army during World War II.In 1939, at the outbreak of war, Brigadier Smallwood commanded the Nigerian Brigade. By 1940, his brigade was named the 3rd Nigerian Brigade. In July 1940, under the terms of a war contingency plan, the 3rd Nigerian...
    - 1st The Nigeria Regiment
      Nigeria Regiment
      The Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, was formed by the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Regiment and the Southern Nigeria Regiment on January 1 1914...
    - 2nd The Nigeria Regiment
    - 3rd The Nigeria Regiment
    - 52 (Nigeria) Light Battery West African Artillery
    - 51 (Nigeria) Field Company, West African Engineers
  - 1st East African Armoured Car Regiment (C Squadron)
  - One platoon 1/3 King's African Rifles (Machine gun platoon)
  - Divisional Artillery
    - 7th Field Brigade (5, 17, 18 Field Batteries) South African Artillery
    - 6th Anti-aircraft Battery (one section), South African Artillery
    - 1st Anti-tank Battery, South African Artillery
  - Engineers
    - 16 Field Company, South African Engineers
- 12th African Division - Major-General Reade Godwin-Austen
  Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen
  General Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen KCSI, CB, OBE, MC was a British Army officer. He served during the First and Second World Wars.-Early life:The second son of Lieutenant-Colonel A. G...
  - 22nd (East African) Brigade - Brigadier Charles Christopher Fowkes
    Charles Christopher Fowkes
    Major-General Charles Christopher Fowkes, DSO was an officer in the British Army during World War II. His nickname was "Fluffy."...
    
    until 3 March then Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Frederick Blackden
    Colin Frederick Blackden
    Colin Frederick Blackden was an officer in the British Army during World War II.Blackden was acting commander of several brigades of the King's African Rifles during the East African Campaign.-Command history:...
    
    (detached to 11th African Division from 23 February to 1 March and from 12 March to 26 July)
    - 1/1 The King's African Rifles
    - 1/6 The King's African Rifles
    - 5th The King's African Rifles
    - 22 Mountain Battery Indian Artillery
    - 54 Field Company, East African Engineers
  - 25th (East African) Brigade - Brigadier W. Owen (detached to 1st South African Division until 6 April)
    - 2/3rd Kings African Rifles
    - 2/4th Kings African Rifles
    - 27 Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery
    - Detachment Somaliland Camel Corps
      Somaliland Camel Corps
      The Somaliland Camel Corps was a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland from the early 20th century until the 1960s.Camels are a necessity in East Africa, being as important as ponies are in Mongolia...
      
      Armoured cars
  - 24th (Gold Coast) Brigade - Brigadier Collen Edward Melville Richards
    Collen Edward Melville Richards
    Collen Edward Melville Richards was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II.Joining the East Lancashire Regiment in 1911, Brigadier Richards commanded the 24th Gold Coast Brigade during the East African Campaign.-Command history:* Commanding Officer, Gold Coast Regiment...
    - 1st Gold Coast Regiment
    - 2nd Gold Coast Regiment
    - 3rd Gold Coast Regiment
    - 51 (Gold Coast) Light Battery West African Artillery
    - 52nd Gold Coast Field Company, West African Engineers
  - 1st East African Armoured Car Regiment (B Squadron)
  - One company less one platoon 1/3 King's African Rifles (Machine gun)
  - Divisional Artillery
    - 1st Field Battery South African Artillery
    - 6th Anti-aircraft Battery (one section), South African Artillery
    - 2nd Anti-tank Battery, South African Artillery
  - Engineers
    - 3rd South African Field Company

British Somaliland

Commander - Brigadier Arthur Reginald Chater
Arthur Reginald Chater
Major-General Arthur Reginald Chater CB, CVO, DSO, OBE, Croix de Guerre was an officer in the Royal Marines during World War I, the interwar years, and World War II....
- 1st battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment
  2nd Punjab Regiment
  The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
  
  (until end March 1941) (from Aden
  Aden
  Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...
  
  )
- 3rd battalion 15th Punjab Regiment (from Aden)
- Somaliland Camel Corps
  Somaliland Camel Corps
  The Somaliland Camel Corps was a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland from the early 20th century until the 1960s.Camels are a necessity in East Africa, being as important as ponies are in Mongolia...
  
  (reforming)

Sources

Wavell, Archibald, Appendices to Official despatch: Operations in East Africa November 1940 - July 1941,

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Italian forces, 10 June 1940

Northern Sector

Southern Sector

Eastern Sector

Giuba Sector

British and Commonwealth forces, 10 June 1940

Northern Front, the Sudan

Southern Front, Kenya

British Somaliland

British and Commonwealth forces during the 1941 offensive

Northern Front, Eritrea

Southern Front, Kenya

British Somaliland

See also

Sources