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Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle


The Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, 23 October – 4 November 1942.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery

Under command of Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden

under Major-General Raymond Briggs

under Brigadier Arthur Fisher

92 Sherman, 68 Crusader, one Grant = 161 tanks

under Brigadier Thomas J. Bosville

(Attached to Hammerforce for mine clearance)
Under Commanding Officer, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade

under Major-General Alexander Gatehouse

under Brigadier Edward C.N. Custance

45 Crusader, 57 Grant, 31 Sherman = 133 tanks

under Brigadier Arthur G. Kenchington

2 Grants, 93 Sherman, 45 Crusader = 140 tanks

under Brigadier Alec W. Lee

(Attached to 133 Bde for mine clearance)
Under Lt-Col G.R. McMeekan, Commanding Royal Engineer, 10th Armoured Division

under Major-General Charles Gairdner

Under command of Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks

under Major-General John S. Nichols

under Colonel Pausanias Katsotas

under Brigadier Joscelyn E.S. Percy

under Brigadier Edward C. Cooke-Collis

under Major-General Ivor T.P. Hughes

under Brigadier William Donovan Stamer

under Brigadier Lashmer Whistler

Detached to 10th Armoured Division

under Major-General John Harding


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