Burma Army - Order of Battle - 1st December 1941
1st Burma Infantry Division |
East of Taunggyi | 13th Indian Infantry Brigade |
Moulmein | 2nd Burma Brigade Group (The Tenasserim Infantry Brigade) |
Taunggyi | 1st Burma Brigade Group (The Maymyo Infantry Brigade) |
2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
5th Field Battery, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxilliary Force |
56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers | less three sections |
and Miners |
16th Indian Infantry Brigade |
Calcutta | 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7th Gurkha Rifles) | left Calcutta for Burma |
Mandalay | 1st Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment (1/9th Jat) |
4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (4/12th FFR) |
Maymyo | 5th Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery |
Taunggyi | Headquarters, 27th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery |
50th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras |
Sappers and Miners |
Wah | 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles (1/7th Gurkha Rifles) |
Central Area |
Akyab | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | probably a platoon in strength |
The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | a detachment |
Bridge 392 Mandalay- | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Rangoon railway |
Chauk | 2nd Garrison Company | less two platoons |
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | detachment D Coy |
Kabayaung River | 12th (Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Kanhla | 1st Garrison Company | one section |
Kutkai | FF1, Burma Frontier Force |
Lanywa | The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | detachment A Coy |
Lashio | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | probably a platoon in strength |
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | Demolition Squad |
Mytinge River Bridge | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one platoon |
Namsam Falls | The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | detachment C Coy |
Namtu | The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | C Coy less detachments |
Pegu River Bridge | 12th (Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Pyu River Bridge | 12th (Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Samon River Bridge | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Sinthechaung River Bridge | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Sittang River Bridge | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Swachaung River | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Tharrawaddy | 1st Garrison Company | one section |
Thayetmyo | 6th Garrison Company |
7th Garrison Company |
Thegon | 1st Garrison Company | one section |
Toungoo | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | probably a platoon in strength |
Yenangyaung | 1st Garrison Battalion | HQ |
1st Garrison Company | less one platoon |
2nd Garrison Company | two platoons |
3rd Garrison Company | one platoon |
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | D Coy less detachments |
Yonbin River Bridge | 11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two sections |
Southern Shan Area |
Aungban | Burma Frontier Force Satellite Aerodrome Guard |
Heho | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard |
Kengtung | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one company less two platoon |
Kunhing | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one company less three platoons |
Loilem | Commando |
FF4, Burma Frontier Force | less one column |
The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | outposts |
Loimwe | The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | outposts |
Mong Pan area | FF4, Burma Frontier Force | one column |
Mongping | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | detachment |
Nammawngun | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | two platoons |
Namsang | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | guard detachments and columns |
Burma Frontier Force Mounted Infantry | two troops |
Burma Frontier Force Satellite Aerodrome Guard | guard detachments and columns |
Takaw | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one platoon |
Taunggyi | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less two companies, less two platoons |
14th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Headquarters Southern Shan Area |
The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force |
Thamakan | Burma Frontier Force Mounted Infantry | one troop, one column |
Tongta | 13th (Shan States) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | detachment |
The Rangoon Infantry Brigade Area |
Mingaladon | 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | B Company |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | battalion and HQ less detachments |
3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
12th (Lower Burma) Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less detachments |
Mingaladon area | 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | D Company |
2nd Garrison Battalion |
5th Garrison Company |
Armoured Car Section, Burma Auxiliary Force |
The Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | less detachment at Akyab |
The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | A Company |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | one company |
1st Rangoon Battalion, Burma Military Police |
2nd Rangoon Battalion, Burma Military Police |
The Rangoon University Training Corps, Burma Territorial Force |
Rangoon area | 1st Heavy Antiaircraft Regiment, RA, Burma Auxiliary Force | HQ and detachments |
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 | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | a detachment |
Moulmein | Headquarters Tenasserim Area |
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force | less one company |
Tavoy | Burma Frontier Force Aerodrome Guard | a detachment |
Upper Burma Area |
Mandalay | 7th (Burma Police) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
3rd Garrison Company | less one platoon |
11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | C Company |
Maymyo | Bush Warfare School |
Headquarters Upper Burma Area |
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners | HQ and two sections |
10th (Training) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Militia Company |
Meiktila | 9th (Reserve) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
1st Burma Infantry Division |
13th Indian Infantry Brigade |
East of Taunggyi | 1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (1/18th R Garh Rif) |
Loilem | 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment (5/1st Punjab) |
Southern Shan States | 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment (2/7th Rajput) |
1st Burma Brigade Group (The Maymyo Infantry Brigade) |
Loimwe | 56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers | one section |
and Miners |
FF3, Burma Frontier Force | less one column |
Mawchi | FF5, Burma Frontier Force |
Mong Pan | 5th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Mongh Payak - Loimwe area | 1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles | preparing defences |
Monghpayak | FF3, Burma Frontier Force | one column |
Nammawngun | 5th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | one company |
56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners | one section |
Panghem | 5th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | less one company |
Takaw | 56th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners | one section |
Taunggyi | 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
2nd Burma Brigade Group (The Tenasserim Infantry Brigade) |
Kawkareik | 4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
Maw Daung Pass | FF2, Burma Frontier Force | Columns 1 & 2 joined Column 3 |
Mergui | 2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
FF2, Burma Frontier Force |
The Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | a detachment |
Moulmein | 8th (Frontier Force) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
The Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | detachment |
1st Burma Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners | one section |
Myawadi | 4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles | detachments |
Tavoy | 6th Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
The Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force |
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force |
Victoria Point | The Kokine Battalion, Burma Frontier Force | a platoon of the battalion at Victoria Pt |
29 November 2017