Italian Intelligence Orbat of British 8th Army at the Battle of El Alamein
v. 1.0 April 29, 2001
This historical orbat is by Mr. Miles Glorious. Please note it is based on Italian files, and differs in important details from the official British record of Imperial forces. For those interested in comparing the two, please see Dr. Graham Watson's orbat for El Alamein.
8 Army
I Tank Brigade (2 Tank Btl)
I Armoured Brigade (3 Btl
II AA Brigade (1 Lighr AA Rgt 2 Heavy AA Bty)
III AA Brigade (3 Lighr AA Rgt 2 Heavy AA BRgt)
XXI Indian Inantry Brigade (3 Btl)
X Army Corps
1 British Armoured Division
II Tank Brigade (3 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
VII Motorized brigade (3 Motorized btl)
Hammerforce ( 1 South African Armoured car Rgt 1 Field Arty Rgt 1 Light AA Arty Rgt 1 AT Arty Rgt
One Armoured car Rgt (Royal Lancers )
One Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One Self propelled Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
10 British Armoured Division
VIII Tank Brigade (3 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
XXIV Tank Brigade (3 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
CXXXIII Motorized brigade (3 Motorized btl) (from 44 Division)
Armoured car Rgt (The Royal Dragons)
Four Field Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
XIII Army Corps
7 British Armoured Division
IV Light Tank Brigade (2 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
XXII Tank Brigade (3 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
Three Armoured car Rgt
Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
One Recce Div Rgt
I France Libre Light Brigade ( 3 Infantry Btl 2 Arty Rgt)
50 British Infantry Division
LXIX Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
CLI Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
Greek Infantry Brigade Group (3 Infantry Btl 1 Arty Rgt)
One Machine gun btl
Four Field Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
II France Libre Brigade (2 Infantry Btl 2 AT Arty Cp)
44 British Infantry Division
CXXXI Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
CXXXII Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
One Machine gun btl
Four Field Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
II France Libre Brigade (2 Infantry Btl 2 AT Arty Cp)
XXX Army Corps
XXIII Tank Brigade (4 Tank Btl)
Four Medium Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One Self propelled Arty Rgt
4 Indian Infantry Division
V Indian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
VII Indian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
CLXI Indian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
One Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
51 British Infantry Highland Division
CLII Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
CLIII Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
CLIV Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
One Machine gun btl
One Recce Div Rgt
Three Field Arty Rgt
One Light AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
9 Australian Infantry Division
XX Australian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
XXIV Australian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
XXVI Australian Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
One Australian Cavalry Rgt
One Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One Light AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
2 NewZealand Infantry Division
V NewZealand Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
VI NewZealand Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
IX British Tank Brigade (3 Tank Btl 1 Infantry Btl)
One New Zealand Cavalry/Tank Rgt
One Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One Light AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt
1 South African Infantry Division
I South African Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
II South African Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
III South African Infantry Brigade (3 Btl)
One South African Armoured car Rgt
One Machine gun btl
Three Field Arty Rgt
One Light AA Arty Rgt
One AT Arty Rgt