Syria–Lebanon campaign order of battle

This is the order of battle for the Syria-Lebanon Campaign, a World War II campaign between the Western Allies and Vichy France during June and July, 1941.

Allied Forces

General Officer Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command: General Archibald Wavell
General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan: General Henry Maitland Wilson

South Syria and Lebanon - Australian I Corps (command activated 18 June)

General Officer Commanding I Corps: Lieutenant-General John Lavarack

• Australian 7th Division - Major-General John Lavarack (until 18 June) then Major-General Arthur "Tubby" Allen
  • Divisional Troops
    • 6th Divison Cavalry
    • 9th Division Cavalry
    • 2/3 Machine Gun battalion
    • The Royal Scots Greys and The Staffordshire Yeomanry (composite mechanised regiment detached from British 1st Cavalry Division)
    • One squadron, The Royals (detached from 1st Cavalry Division )
  • Artillery (Brigadier F H Berryman)
    • 2/4 Field Regiment
    • 2/5 Field Regiment
    • 2/6 Field Regiment
    • 2/2 Anti-tank Regiment
    • 57 Light Anti-aircraft Regiment
  • 21st Australian Brigade (Brigadier J E S Stevens)
    • 2/14 Infantry battalion
    • 2/16 Infantry battalion
    • 2/27 Infantry battalion
  • 25th Australian Brigade (Brigadier A R Baxter-Cox)
    • 2/25 Infantry battalion
    • 2/31 Infantry battalion
    • 2/33 Infantry battalion
  • 17th Australian Brigade (from 28 June) (Brigadier S G Savige)
    • 2/3 Infantry battalion
    • 2/5 Infantry battalion
    • 2/2 Pioneer battalion
• 'Gentforce' (command activated 12 June until 18 June) - Major-General P L Legentilhomme (wounded 12 June and succeeded by Brigadier W L Lloyd until 18 June)
• British 6th Infantry Division (activated 18 June) - Major-General J F Evetts
  • British 16th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C E N Lomax) from 20 June
    • 2nd battalion King's Own Royal Regiment
    • 2nd battalion Leicestershire Regiment
    • 2nd battalion Queen's Royal Regiment
  • British 23rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier A Galloway) from 29 June
    • 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry
    • 11th Czechoslovakian Infantry Battalion
    • 4th battalion Border Regiment
  • Indian 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier W L Lloyd)
    • 1st battalion Royal Fusiliers
    • 3rd battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
    • 4th battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
    • 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 1st Free French Light Division - Major-General P L Legentilhomme
    • Brigade d'Orient
      • 1st March Battalion
        • 2nd March Battalion
      • Foreign Legion
      • One battery field artillery (4 75mm guns)
      • One company of tanks (9 tanks)
      • One anti-tank company
      • One company Marine Fusiliers
    • Circassian Cavalry (300 troops) (Colonel Collet)

Northern Syria

Elements of Iraqforce:

Advancing on the Euphrates

• Indian 10th Infantry Division - Major-General W J Slim
  • 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 157th Field Regiment RA
  • Indian 21st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C.J. Weld)
    • 2nd battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles
    • 2nd battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles
    • 4th battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles
  • Indian 25th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R Mountain)
    • 1st battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
    • 2nd battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
    • 3rd battalion 9th Jat Regiment
    • 2nd battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles (detached from Indian 20th Infantry Brigade)

In the "Duck's Bill" region of Syria

Under command of HQ British Troops Iraq: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Quinan

• Indian 20th Infantry Brigade (detached from 10th Indian Infantry Division) (Brigadier D Powell)
  • 2nd battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles
  • 3rd battalion 11th Sikh Regiment
  • 1st battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment (detached from Indian 17th Infantry Brigade)
  • 5th battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (detached from Indian 17th Infantry Brigade)

In Central Syria

• Habforce commanded by Major-General J.G.W. Clark
  • British 4th Cavalry Brigade of the British 1st Cavalry Division (Brigadier J.J. Kingstone until 24 June, Brigadier J G E Tiarks from 29 June)
    • Household Cavalry Regiment
    • North Somerset Yeomanry
    • Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
  • 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment
  • Arab Legion Mechanised Regiment
  • 237th Battery, Royal Artillery (60th Field Regiment)
  • An Australian battery of 2 pounder anti-tank guns
  • 169th Light Anti-aircraft Battery

Vichy French Forces

WIP

Sources

• Long, Gavin (1953). "Chapters 16 to 26". Volume II – Greece, Crete and Syria (1st edition, 1953). Official Histories – Second World War. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
• Mackenzie, Compton (1951). Eastern Epic. London: Chatto & Windus. pp. 623 pages. OCLC 1412578.
• Rikhye, Ravi (2002). "British and Imperial Forces in the Allied Invasion of Syria and Lebanon: Initial Forces, June 8 1941" (PDF). orbat.com. Retrieved 2008-09-14.