There are a few areas that I am looking for further information on. If anyone can be of assistance in any of these areas please email me. I have organized each section below by country. Note: All dates are in British format DD/MM/YY.
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For the infantry battalions listed below, I am trying to find more detail about their command and location during the time periods listed below. For example, under the 4th Black Watch. I would like to know when it left Gibraltar and arrived in the United Kingdom. On arrival where was it located in the United Kingdom. I am looking for similar details on the location of each of the other battalions listed.
Infantry Battalions
The Black Watch
4th Battalion, TA - Gibraltar and United Kingdom 9/7/43 to 16/11/43
The Highland Light Infantry
5th Battalion, TA - United Kingdom? 8/8/44 to 29/10/44
1st Glasgow Highlanders (HLI), TA - United Kingdom? 8/8/44 to
29/10/44
50th (Holding) Battalion (13th on 9/10/40)- UK 9/7/43-11/8/43;17/1/44-1/3/44
The King's Royal Rifle Corps
8th Battalion (2nd Queen Victoria's Rifles), TA - UK 10/7/44-9/44
9th Battalion (1st Rangers), TA - Egypt 20/8/42 to 22/12/42 &
24/7/42-13/8/42
10th Battalion (2nd Rangers), TA - UK 7/1/43 to 31/8/45
12th Battalion, (2nd Queen's Westminsters), TA - UK 5/10/43 to
11/3/44
The Manchester Regiment
5th Bn M-G, TA (111th RAC 1/11/41-1/12/43) - UK 23/11/43 to 22/10/44
8th Battalion, TA - Italy and United Kingdom 17/9/44 to 28/11/44
1st/9th Battalion M-G, TA - UK and Italy 1/1/43 to 15/7/44 (Dates
in Orkneys? 5/5/42?-1/1/43?)
The North Staffordshire Regiment
1st Battalion - India 11/9/43 to 31/8/45 (Moved from Poona
to Calcutta 10/40 or 3/41?)
7th Battalion, TA - UK 2/11/43 to 5/3/44
The Royal Sussex Regiment
2nd Battalion - Egypt and Iraq 31/12/42 to 2/4/43; Persia
8/7/45 to 31/8/45
4th Battalion, TA (as 4th/5th Battalion) - MEF 1/1/43 to 2/43
The South Staffordshire Regiment
50th (Hold.) Bn (15th on 9/10/40) - UK & Faroes 25/5/43-5/8/43;
UK 18/3/44-31/8/45
Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
Territorial Army Information to Find - 3 September 1939 - All Arms
142nd Field Park Troop
HQs 18th, 12th, 2nd London, 23rd, 46th, 9th, 15th,
61st, 45th, 38th, 66th Divisions
HQs 20th Light, 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade HQs
HQs 53rd-55th; 35th-37th; 4th-6th London; 69th-70th;
137th-139th; 26th-28th; 44th-46th; 182nd-184th; 134th-136th;
113th-115th; 197th-199th Infantry Brigades
For the Indian Army units and those of Burma and Ceylon, I am looking for a variety of information concerning raising dates, locations and disbandment dates. For some units I am looking for command and location as well. Refer to the list of wants below.
Indian Cavalry
42nd to 48th Cavalry
Class Composition (42nd, 46th, 48th Cavalry)
Indian Army Regiments
The 2nd Punjab Regiment
26th Battalion - Facts Needed: Disbanded between April 15 and May 15 1946 (Exact Date?)
The 3rd Madras Regiment
25th Battalion - Facts Needed: Disbanded between Oct 15 and Nov 15 1946 (Exact Date?)
26th Battalion - Facts Needed: Disbanded between Aug 15 and Sept 15 1946 (Exact Date?)
27th Battalion - Facts Needed: Disbanded between June 15 and July 15 1946 (Exact Date?)
28th Battalion - Facts Needed: Disbanded between April 15 and May 15 1946 (Exact Date?)
Also regarding the 28th Battalion, I suspect it was raised in January 1944 be redesignating
the 30/5th Mahratta Light Infantry at Poona. Can anyone confirm this?
The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
28/5th Mahratta Light Infantry - Facts Needed: Disbanded between Nov 15 and Dec 15 1946 (Exact date?)
The 7th Rajput Regiment
9th Battalion placed into suspended animation from Feb 15 to March 15 1946 (Exact date?)
14th Battalion - Confirm that it was not placed into suspended animation prior to partition.
26th Battalions - Disbanded between May 15 and June 15 1946. (Exact Date?)
8th Punjab Regiment
5th (Burma) Battalion - Confirm that it still existed at partition.
6th Battalion - Confirm that it still existed at partition.
8th Battalion - Confirm that it still existed at partition.
14th Punjab Regiment
6th Battalion (Garrison) - Facts Needed: When disbanded in late 1945?
15th Punjab Regiment
4th Battalion - Facts Needed: June-August 1944 replaced
in 33rd Indian Brigade in Burma? Where did it go?
16th Punjab Regiment
Machine-Gun Battalion
Raised: 15 July 1942 where? (Sialkot or Lucknow possibly?)
Facts Needed: Command and location July-August 1942 in India
Facts Known: Converted to 16th Punjab Anti-Tank Regiment, IA on 1/8/42
17th Dogra Regiment
8th Battalion - May have existed for a short time in 1942. Unconfirmed.
Need all information.
Indian War-Raised Regiments
The Bihar Regiment
25th (Garrison) Battalion - Facts Needed: When disbanded in 1945-46?
1st Lingayat Battalion - Facts Needed: When in July 1946 did it
become 6th Anti-Tank Regiment, IA
1st Coorg Battalion - Facts Needed: When in July 1946 did it
become 10th Anti-Tank Regiment, IA
Western Tribal Legion
Facts Needed: When raised 1942. Service 1942 - November 1942.
Same as Mahabir Bikrum Legion (ISF)??
Urban and UTC Units, Indian Territorial Force - Facts Needed
6th, 8th Battalions, UTC, ITF - Facts Needed: When disbanded pre-war, RHQ
3rd (Madras Presidency) Urban Infantry -
Facts Needed: One note to 3rd (M) Bn, ITF in 8/40 and another that
disbanded 14/3/38
6th (Punjab) Urban Infantry - Facts Needed: RHQ and
when disbanded pre-war or 30/9/42
7th (Central Provinces) Urban Infantry - Facts Needed: RHQ, Raised 25 July 1940,
Embodied when?
Indian Military Police
The Eastern Bengal Rifles - Facts Needed:
Confirm name (Eastern Frontier Rifles?) and service 3/9/39-31/8/45
The Malabar Special Police - Facts Needed: RHQ, Did it exist 1939-45?
Service 1939-45
Indian Engineers
Command for companies 1939-45? When did they join divisions?
15 August 1947 - What companies to India and what companies to Pakistan?
34 units to Pakistan -61 units to India)
Indian Artillery
Commands for all units particularly Field and Anti-Tank Regiments in India before
they joined divisions?
The Burma Frontier Force
The Bhamo Battalion: Bhamo (Disbanded?) - It was evacuated to Myitkyina
on 7 May 1942.
The Northern Shan States Battalion: Lashio (Disbanded?) - The unit was under
Army Troops on 1 April 1942.
The Reserve Battalion: Pyawbwe (Disbanded?) - The unit was under Army Troops
on 1 April 1942.
The Kokine Battalion - Raised: 1940 (Day, Month and Location?) (Disbanded?)
Frontier Force 2 - Raised on what date (July 1940 to December 1940)? and where?
Frontier Force 4 - Raised before Dec 1941 (What date and where?)
Frontier Force 5 - Raised late 1941 (What date and where?)
Frontier Force 6 - Raised early 1942 (What date and where?)
Frontier Force 8 - Raised 1942 (What date and where?)
All Frontier Force 1-9 were raised from existing companies and detachments. Any
details on what detachments and companies were used are needed as well as details
of the service of these units.
The Burma Military Police
The Mandalay Battalion: Mandalay (Service in Burma and date disbanded?)
The battalion was located at Mandalay on 7 December 1941.
It served under LOC Troops on 1 April 1942.
The Burma Auxiliary Force
(When Disbanded?)
The Burma Railways Battalion: Rangoon
The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary Force: Dry Tree Point,
Rangoon
1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery, B.A.F. (
Formed 1939 from Rangoon Battalion?)
Raised: 1941 at Rangoon (Day and month - Batteries?).
It was disbanded after the campaign of 1942.
The Burma Sappers and Miners
1st Field Company
Raised: 3/9/39 forming at Mandalay. Disbanded?
War-Raised Burma Units
1st Garrison Battalion - Raised: When and Where? Disbanded?
Possible 10/42 as Burma Army. Later 25th Burma Regt
2nd Garrison Battalion - Raised: When and Where? Disbanded?
Possble 10/42 as Burma Army. Later 26th Burma Regt
The Naga Levies (Burma 9/44-5/45)
The Chin Hills Levies (1944)
The Shan Levies (12/44-3/45)
The Lahu Levies (12/44-3/45)
The Lushai Levies (Disbanded 3/45. Served under Lushai Brigade 8-12/44)
Burma Intelligence Corps (Raised 10/42)
The Burma Regiment, Burma Army
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th (Recce), 10th (Training) Battalions -
Raised: October 1942 (What day? Suspect it was 1 October 1942 since
all Burma Army units disbanded on 30 September 1942)
25th, 26th (Garrison) Battalion, The Burma Regiment, Burma Auxiliary Force
Raised: October 1942 (Day and Location?)
Facts Needed: Was the battalion formed from 1st Garrison Battalion
of original Burma Army. Also suspect it was 1 October 1942.
Ceylon Army
The Ceylon Planter's Rifle Corps
RHQ: Kandy
Facts Known: Manned by Europeans
Facts Needed: Command and Location 1939-45.
The Ceylon Cadet Battalion
RHQ: Colombo
Facts Needed: Was this in existence during 1939-45 or merged into CLI in 1937-38?
The Ceylon Light Infantry
1st Battalion - Command and Location 3/9/39-31/8/45
(Have some locations 1939-45)
2nd Battalion - Raised 1 Oct. 1940 from 1st Bn. Command and Location 10/40-31/8/45.
Have some locations.
3rd Battalion - Raised 11 Feb 1942. Command and Locations. Have some.
4th Battalion - Raised by Jan 1943. When exactly? Command and Locations. Have some.
5th Battalion - Raised April 1943. Command and Locations. Have some.
The Ceylon Garrison Artillery - Also need batteries for each regiment below
1st Coast Regiment: Colombo. Command and location 3/9/39-31/8/45
2nd Heavy AA Regiment: When raised (March 1942?). Command and location 12/41?-31/8/45
3rd Composite AA Regiment: 9/44-31/8/45. Command and location.
For most Canadian units listed below, I am trying to find more details of each unit's command and location while they served in Canada on garrison duty. For some units, I am trying to confirm brigade command in Canada.
Garrison Battalions in Canada 1939-45 (Missing periods)
31st (15th Alberta Light Horse) Reconnaissance Batttalion
*** 13/3/42 - 15/7/42
*** 1/1/45 - 15/2/45 Disbanded
The Brockville Rifles
*** 18/3/42 - 6/42
*** 15/10/43 - 8/44 Eastern Canada - Atlantic Command
The Canadian Fusiliers
*** 29/1/42 - 18/3/42
The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles
17th Brigade 18/3/42 - 9/8/43
[18th Brigade 5/6/42 - 21/8/42] Contradiction
Niagara Area, Ont. 9/43 - 25/2/45 Then to UK
1st Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers
*** 24/5/40 - 13/8/41 M-G dropped 1/4/41
3rd Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers
*** 12/5/42 - 15/12/42
30th (The Essex Regiment) Reconnaissance Regiment
*** 12/5/42 - 12/6/42
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
*** 18/3/42 - 6/4/42
Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent
*** 3/1/42 - 20/7/43 Sydney and Canso Defences?
The Halifax Rifles
*** 1/1/41 - 13/8/41 Halifax Fortress and Sydney/Canso?
*** 8/44 - 10/1/45 To UK and disbanded 18/1/45
3rd Battalion, Irish Fusiliers of Canada
*** 12/5/42 - 1/10/42
The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment
*** 5/3/42 - 14/6/43 Halifax Fortress
The Midland Regiment
*** 24/5/40 - 13/8/41 East Coast (Bowmanville 11/8/40)
*** 15/10/43 - 10/1/45? Prince Rupert & Terrace, BC
The Oxford Rifles
*** 18/3/42 - 6/42
The Pictou Highlanders
*** 1/1/41 - 18/3/42 Nova Scotia - Coast Defence East
*** 6/42 - 3/43 East Coast Defences
*** 8/43 - 31/8/45 Debart, NS - Coast Defence East
(Det. Coys in Bermuda & Bahamas)
The Prince Albert Volunteers
*** 5/3/42 - 12/5/42
*** 1/1/45 - 31/8/45 Pacific Coast Defences - Prince Rupert
The Prince Edward Island Highlanders
*** 3/3/43 - 15/10/43 St. John, NB in 4/43
The Prince of Wales's Rangers
*** 5/3/42 - 5/42
The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment
*** 12/5/42 - 9/43 East Coast Defn-Niagara & Sherbrooke
Le Régiment de Châteauguay (Mitrailleusses)
*** 18/3/42 - 6/11/42
Le Régiment de Joliette
*** 2/44 - 10/1/45 East Coast Defn -To UK. Disb 19/1/45
Le Régiment de Montmagny
*** 18/3/42 - 6/4/42
**** 15/10/43 - ??? East Coast Defences
Le Régiment de Québec
*** 18/3/42 - 6/4/42
*** 15/10/43 - 30/8/44
*** 31/3/45 - 22/12/45 East Coast Defences
Le Régiment du St. Hyacinthe
*** 3/1/42 - 12/4/42
3rd Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment - 2nd Airfield Defence
Battalion from 19/7/43
*** 12/5/42 - 3/10/42 Coast Defence Pacific
*** 9/11/42 - 24/7/43 Coast Defence Pacific
The Royal Rifles of Canada
*** 10/1/42 - 6/4/42
The Saint John Fusiliers M-G
*** 18/6/41 - 15/1/43 East Coast Defence
The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment M-G
*** 2/4/43 - 24/7/43 Pacific Command
*** 15/10/43 - 31/8/45 Pacific Coast Defn - Victoria-Esquimalt
Les Voltigeurs de Québec
*** 22/5/42 - 22/9/42 As 24th Recce Regt - Atlantic Cmd
The Winnipeg Grenadiers M-G
*** 10/1/42 - 6/4/42 Pacific Command
The Winnipeg Light Infantry
*** 18/3/42 - 12/5/42
Listed below is my order of battle for 15th Infantry Brigade.
15th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Raised 29 July 1941 at Valcartier, PQ for internal security. It
moved to Debart,NS on 1 February 1942. It moved to the Pacific
Command in October 1943 and served there at Wainwright, Alberta;
Terrace, BC; Jasper, Alberta; and Prince George, BC before returning
to Port Alberni, BC on 31 January 1944. It moved to Wainwright,
Alberta on 18 May 1944 and to Prince George, BC on 7 October 1944.
It returned to the east in January 1945 and embarked for the United
Kingdom on 18 January 1945. It was disbanded on 18 January 1945
and absorbed into 14th Canadian Infantry Training Brigade on arrival.
Brigade Troops
Les Voltiguers de Québec 29/7/41 - 1/42
Le Régiment de Montmagny 18/3/42 - 9/43
Le Régiment de Québec 18/3/42 - 9/43
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke 18/3/42 - 9/43
The Royal Rifles of Canada 9/43 - 8/44
The Prince Edward Island Highlanders 9/43 - 18/1/45
Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent 9/43 - 18/1/45
The Prince Albert Volunteers 9/43 - 18/1/45
The problem with this brigade is that it was mobilized on 29 July
1941 but two of its listed battalions, Le Régiment de Montmagny
and Le Régiment de Québec, were not moblized until
18 March 1942. I believe that two battalions, Le Regiment de Hull
and the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment, filled in for these
two battalions from 29 July 1941 to 18 March 1942, but have not
been able to confirm this. Both of the later battalions had mobilization
dates of 29 July 1941, which is why I suspect they were part of
the brigade.
Listed below is my order of battle for 16th Infantry Brigade:
16th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Raised 18 March 1942 in Ontario and moved to the west coast in
June 1942 to Prince George, BC, where it remained until disbanded
on 15 October 1943. Reformed 20 August 1944 in Canada. Moved to
Nova Scotia in December 1944 and disbanded on 10 January 1945
(HQ on 15 April 1945). Disbanded 10 January 1945 in Canada (HQ
on 15/4/45)
Brigade Troops
The Oxford Rifles 18/3/42 - 9/43
The Prince of Wales's Own Rangers 18/3/42 - 9/43
20/8/44 - 10/1/45
The Winnipeg Light Infantry 18/3/42 - 6/42
3rd Battalion, The Edmonton Fusiliers 6/42 - 8/43
The Royal Rifles of Canada 20/8/44 - 10/1/45
The Midland Regiment 20/8/44 - 10/1/45
The problem is confirming that the Winnipeg Light Infantry
were under command from 18 March 1942 to June 1942, when they
were replaced by 3rd Edmonton Fusiliers. Other information I have
has the 3rd Edmonton Fusiliers under command from 18 March 1942
and the Winnipeg Light Infantry not under command.
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For Australia, I wish to find the command and location for unbrigaded militia Light Horse and infantry units in Australia. In some cases, I would like to confirm brigade command.
Australian Militia Light Horse (Unknown Time Periods in Australia)
2nd Armoured Regiment - ex 2nd Armoured Car Regiment
1/40 - 8/5/42 (14th M-G Regiment from 6-7/40) (Command)
Australian Militia Infantry (Unknown Time Periods in Australia)
44th Battalion
(What date did it leave 13th Bde from 3/9/39 to 30/11/41?)
The information on the South African Army that I am looking for is more general. I also need a complete order of battle for the South African home army for December 1941 and April 1943. 3rd South African Infantry Division Order of battle from 1 October 1940 to 1943 Defence Rifle Associations or Commandos Order of Battle or organization on 3 September 1939 or for any time during the war. Order of Precedence - Units raised in 1934 - Dates of formation in 1934?
1st Special Service Reserve Battalion - formation and mobilization date 7th Field Company, SAEC - Was it ever mobilized? Service 1939-45
I am trying to develop a detailed Order of Battle for 3 September 1939 for Ireland. You can refer to the section on Ireland on the main page to see what I currently have. In addition, any further information on the Irish Army 1939-45 would be helpful.