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ORDER OF BATTLE - 1st
Chindit Expedition 1943
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77th Indian Infantry Brigade
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13th King's Liverpool Regiment |
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3/2nd Gurkha Rifles |
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142 Commando Company |
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2nd Burma Rifles |
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Eight RAF sections |
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A mule transport company |
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| Commander |
Brigadier Orde Wingate, DSO |
late Royal Artillery |
| Brigadier Major |
Major R.B.G. Bromhead |
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
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succeeded by
Major G.M. Anderson |
Highland Light Infantry |
| Staff Captain |
Captain H.J. Lord |
Border Regiment |
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| No. 1 Group (Southern) |
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| Commander |
Lt-Colonel Alexander |
3/2nd Gurkha Rifles |
| Adjutant |
Captain Birtwhistle |
3/2nd Gurkha Rifles |
| No. 1 Column |
Major G. Dunlop, MC |
Royal Scots |
| No. 2 Column |
Major A. Emmett |
3/2nd Gurkha Rifles |
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| No. 2 Group (Northern) |
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| Commander |
Lt-Colonel S.A. Cooke |
Lincolnshire Regiment,attached King's Regiment |
| Adjutant |
Captain D. Hastings |
King's Regiment |
| No. 3 Column |
Major J.M. Calvert |
Royal Engineers |
| No. 4 Column |
Major Conron |
3/2nd Gurkha Rifles |
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succeeded by
Major R.B.G. Bromhead |
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| No. 5 Column |
Major B.E. Fergusson |
Black Watch |
| No. 7 Column |
Major K.D. Gilkes |
King's Regiment |
| No. 8 Column |
Major W.P. Scott |
King's Regiment |
| 2nd Burma Rifles |
Lt-Colonel L.G. Wheeler |
Burma Rifles |
| Adjutant |
Captain P.C. Buchanan |
Burma Rifles |
| Independent Mission |
Captain D.C. Herring |
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ORDER OF BATTLE - 2nd
Chindit Expedition 1944
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Special Force, 3rd Indian Infantry
Division
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| Command and Staff |
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| Commander |
Major-General O.C.Wingate DSO
succeeded by Major General
W.D.A. Lentaigne |
| Deputy Commander |
Major-General G.W. Symes, succeeded by
Brigadier D.
Tulloch |
| Brigadier General Staff |
Brigadier D. Tulloch, succeeded by Brigadier H.T.
Alexander |
| Headquarters |
Rear HQ at Gwalior, Central India |
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Main HQ first at Imphal and then at Sylhet,
Assam |
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Launching HQ at Lalaghat |
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Tactical/Forward HQ, Shaduzup, Burma |
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Support Units |
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| Air Force |
United States Army Air Force |
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Colonel P. Cochran USAAF, Colonel J.R. Alison
USAAF |
| Royal Artillery |
160th Field Regiment, R,S,and U troops |
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69th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, W, X, Y and Z
troops |
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| 3rd West African Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier A.H. Gillmore, succeeded by Brigadier A.H.G. Ricketts
DSO |
| Column 10 |
HQ column, 7th West African Field
Company |
| Columns 39, 66 |
6th Battalion Nigeria Regiment |
| Columns 29, 35 |
7th Battalion Nigeria Regiment |
| Columns 12, 43 |
12th Battalion Nigeria Regiment |
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3rd West African Field Ambulance |
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| 14th British Infantry Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier T. Brodie |
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| Column 59 |
HQ column |
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2nd Battalion The Black Watch |
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1st Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment |
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2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment |
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7th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| Support |
54th Field Company Royal Engineers |
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Medical Detachment |
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| 16th British Infantry Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier B.E. Fergusson DSO |
| Column 99 |
HQ column |
| Columns 21, 22 |
2nd Battalion Queens Royal Regiment
(West Surrey) |
| Columns 17, 71 |
2nd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| Columns 51, 69 |
51/69 Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
(fighting as infantry) |
| Columns 45, 54 |
45th Reconnaissance Regiment (fighting
as infantry) |
| Support |
2nd Field Company Royal Engineers |
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Medical Detachment |
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| 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier Lance E.C.M. Perowne CBE |
| Column 32 |
HQ column |
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| Columns 44, 56 |
1st Battalion Essex Regiment |
| Columns 33, 76 |
2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| Columns 34, 55 |
4th Battalion Border Regiment |
| Columns 60, 68 |
60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (fighting as
infantry) |
| Support |
12th Field Company Royal Engineers |
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Medical Detachment |
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| 77th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier J.M. Calvert DSO |
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| Column 25 |
HQ column |
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Mixed Field Company Royal
Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers |
| Columns 36, 63 |
3rd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles |
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1st Battalion King's (Liverpool) Regiment, to 111 Brigade
in May 1944 |
| Columns 20, 50 |
1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Columns 38, 80 |
1st Battalion South Staffordshire
Regiment |
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3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, to 111 Brigade in May
1944 |
| Support |
142 Company Hong Kong Volunteers |
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Medical and veterinary detachments |
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| 111th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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| Commander |
Brigadier W.D.A. Lentaigne, succeeded
first by Major J.
Masters
and then by Brigadier Morris CBE DSO |
| Column 48 |
HQ column |
| Columns 26, 90 |
1st Battalion Cameronians |
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| Columns 41, 46 |
2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster) |
| Column 30 |
3rd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles |
| Support |
Mixed Field Company Royal
Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers |
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Medical and veterinary detachments |
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| Morris Force |
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| Commander |
Brigadier J.R. Morris |
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| Columns 49, 94 |
4th Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles |
| Column 40 |
3rd/4th Gurkha Rifles |
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| Dah Force |
Lieut-Colonel D.C. Herring |
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Kachin Levies |
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| Bladet (Blain's Detachment) |
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Major Blain |
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Gliderborne commando engineers. |
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| Other Units |
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2nd Battalion Burma Rifles |
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Four troops 160th Field Regiment Royal
Artillery (in artillery role) |
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Four troops 69th Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment Royal Artillery (in artillery role) |
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| Divisional Troops |
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219th Field Park Company, Royal
Engineers |
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Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles |
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145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C. |
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61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C. |
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2nd Indian Air Supply Company,
R.I.A.S.C. |
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Sources : Bidwell/Taylor/Chinnery/Kirby
