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