Burma Army - Order of Battle - 19th June 1941
Army Troops (Burma Army) |
Thayetmyo | 6th Garrison Company |
Toungoo | Commando |
13th Indian Infantry Brigade |
Mandalay | Headquarters 13th Indian Infantry Brigade |
5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment (5/1st Punjab) |
2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (2/7th Rajput) | left Mandalay sometime in Aug-41 |
1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (1/18th R Garh Rif) |
Maymyo | 23rd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
Upper Burma Area |
Chauk | 2nd Garrison Company |
Kutkai | FF1, Burma Frontier Force |
Mandalay | Headquarters Upper Burma Area |
2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | one company |
5th Field Battery, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxilliary Force |
7th (Burma Police) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
3rd Garrison Company | less one platoon |
11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Maymyo | 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | less one company |
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners | HQ and one section |
Depot, 1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Depot, 2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Depot, 4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
6th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | to Tavoy and 2nd Burma Brigade Group July 41 |
Yenangyaung | 1st Garrison Company |
3rd Garrison Company | one platoon |
Southern Shan Area |
Meiktila | 5th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Monghpayak | FF3, Burma Frontier Force |
Taunggyi | Headquarters Southern Shan Area |
2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners | one section |
56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers |
and Miners |
1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force |
The Rangoon Infantry Brigade Area |
Mingaladon | Headquarters Rangoon Area |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | battalion and H.Q. less detachments |
3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less one company |
12th (Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less detachments |
Rangoon | 5th Garrison Company |
The Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | one company |
3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles | detachment |
AA LMG Battery, Rangoon Field Brigade, BAF |
1st Rangoon Battalion, Burma Military Police |
2nd Rangoon Battalion, Burma Military Police |
The Rangoon University Training Corps, Burma Territorial Force |
Syriam | 1st Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA, Burma Auxiliary Force | one battery |
4th Garrison Company |
Syriam area | 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | detachments |
The Tenasserim Infantry Brigade Area |
Mergui | 8th (Frontier Force) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one company |
FF2, Burma Frontier Force |
Moulmein | Headquarters Tenasserim Area |
12th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners | one section |
2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | less one company |
Tavoy | 8th (Frontier Force) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less one company |
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | the Tavoy Company only, withdrew to Moulemin on 19-Jan-42 |
29 November 2017