Burma Army - Order of Battle - 19th March 1942
I. 1 Burma Corps (Burcorps)
(a) Corps Troops |
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7 Armoured Brigade |
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2nd Royal Tank Regiment |
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7th Queen's Own Hussars |
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1st Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment |
attached from 17 Indian Infantry Division |
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Artillery |
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Antitank Batteries |
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'A' Battery, 95th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA |
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Royal Horse Artillery |
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414th Battery, Royal Horse Artillery |
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Artillery |
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Heavy Antiaircraft Batteries |
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8th Heavy Antiaircraft Battery, RA |
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Light Antiaircraft Batteries |
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3rd Indian Light Antiaircraft Battery, Indian Artillery |
less one troop |
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Engineers |
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Artizan Works Companies |
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18th Artizan Works Company |
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17th Artizan Works Company |
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Field Companies |
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1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners |
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Pioneer Battalions |
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6th Pioneer Battalion, Indian Engineers |
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Infantry |
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1st Special Service Detachment |
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(b) 1 Burma Division |
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Artillery |
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Antitank Batteries |
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8th Indian Anti-Tank Battery, Indian Artillery |
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Mountain Regiments |
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27th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery |
HQ |
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Mountain Batteries |
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23rd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
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2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
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Engineers |
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Field Companies |
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56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners less two sections |
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The Malerkotla State Field Company, Indian States Forces |
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Field Park Companies |
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50th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners |
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Infantry |
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Burma Frontier Force |
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attached |
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attached |
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2nd Special Service Detachment |
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Brigades |
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1 Burma Brigade Group |
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2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (2/7th Rajput) |
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attached |
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2 Burma Brigade Group |
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5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment (5/1st Punjab) |
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attached |
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attached |
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13 Indian Infantry Brigade |
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1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (1/18th R Garh Rif) |
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(c) 17 Indian Infantry Division |
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Artillery |
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Antitank Batteries |
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5th Indian Anti-Tank Battery, Indian Artillery |
attached from 2nd Indian Anti-Tank Regiment |
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Antitank Regiments |
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2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery |
assigned to Line of Communication Troops |
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Field Regiments |
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1st Indian Field Regiment |
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Field Batteries |
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1st Indian Field Battery, Indian Artillery |
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2nd Indian Field Battery, Indian Artillery |
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Mountain Batteries |
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5th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
detached, re-equipping at Mandalay |
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12th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
less one section re-equipping at Mandalay |
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15th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
detached, re-equipping at Mandalay |
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28th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
detached, re-equipping at Mandalay |
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Engineers |
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Field Companies |
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24th Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners |
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60th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners |
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70th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners |
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Infantry |
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1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
attached to 48th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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1st Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment |
attached to 7 Armoured Brigade |
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5th Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment (5/17th Dogra) |
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"Force Viper", Royal Marines detachment - river patrol |
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Burma Frontier Force |
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1st Detachment, Burma Frontier Force |
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2nd Detachment, Burma Frontier Force |
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3rd Detachment, Burma Frontier Force |
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attached |
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Reconnaissance |
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1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment |
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Brigades |
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16 Indian Infantry Brigade |
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2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
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1st Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment (1/9th Jat) |
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7th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment (7/10th |
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4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (4/12th FFR) |
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48 Indian Infantry Brigade |
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1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
attached |
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"5th Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles (Composite Battalion)" |
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1st Battalion, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (1/3rd Gurkha Rifles) |
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2nd Battalion, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (2/5th Gurkha Rifles) |
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"7th Gurkha Rifles (Composite Battalion)" |
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1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7th Gurkha Rifles) |
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3rd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (3/7th Gurkha Rifles) |
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1st Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (1/4th Gurkha Rifles) |
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63 Indian Infantry Brigade |
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attached from Army Command |
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1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles (1/10th Gurkhas) |
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1st (King George's Own) Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment (1/11 Sikh) |
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2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles (2/13th FF Rif) |
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II. Army Troops |
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28th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery |
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1st Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA, Burma Auxiliary Force |
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Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary Force |
a detachment |
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less detachments |
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The Karen Levies |
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III. Line of Communication Troops |
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2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery |
RHQ only - less both batteries, no guns |
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3rd Indian Light Antiaircraft Battery, Indian Artillery |
one troop |
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Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary Force |
no guns, less one detachment |
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56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners |
two sections |
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2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) |
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possibly only a company in strength |
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detachments |
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detachments |
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MI (Mounted Infantry) Detachment, Burma Frontier Force |
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1st Garrison Battalion |
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2nd Garrison Battalion |
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1st Garrison Company |
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2nd Garrison Company |
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3rd Garrison Company |
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4th Garrison Company |
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5th Garrison Company |
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6th Garrison Company |
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7th Garrison Company |
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29 November 2017