British Army
Commander of the Imperial General Staff (C.I.G.S.): Field Marshal A. Cunningham
Home Forces
Southern Command, HQ Aldershot, G.O.C General B. Montgomery
II Corps: 1st Inf Div, 44th (Home Counties) Inf Div and 1st Arm Div
Eastern Command, HQ Colchester, G.O.C. Lt. Gen B. Horrocks
I Corps: 54th (East Anglian) Inf Div, 56th London Div and 2nd Arm Div
Western Command, HQ Lancaster, G.O.C. Lt. Gen E. Dorman-Smith
III Corps: 43rd (Wessex) Inf Div, 42nd (East Lancashire) Mot Div and 3rd Arm Div
Northern Command, HQ Catterick, G.O.C. General K. Anderson
IV Corps: 49th (West Riding) Mot Div, 50th (Northumbrian) Inf Div, 1st Para Div and 5th LARB
Scottish Command, HQ Glasgow, G.O.C Lt. Gen. G. Scones
V Corps: 9th (Highland) Div and 51st (Highland) Inf Div
Northern Ireland Command, HQ Belfast, G.O.C Lt. General J. Harding
VI Corps: Calvary Militia (North Irish Horse)
Middle East Command, HQ Cairo, G.O.C Western General W. Gott; G.O.C Eastern Western Command Lt. Gen R. McCreery
(Egypt) XIII Corps: 6th Inf Div and 7th Arm Div
(Malta) XVII Corps with the 1st and 2nd Malta Brigades
Eastern Command
(Iraq) IX Corps 7th Inf Div, 8th Arm Div and 6th LARB
(Palestine) XV Corps: 8th Inf Div, 10th Arm Div, 1st Special Air Service Brigade and Palestine Regiment
(Transjordan) Territorial Forces: Arab Legion, Transjordan Frontier Force
(Sudan) XVI Corps: 4th Inf Div, 1st Sudan Defence Brigade and 2nd Sudan Defence Brigade
Far East Command, HQ Singapore, G.O.C General W. Slim
(Burma) X Corps: 21st Inf Div, 1st Burma Div and 9th Arm Div
(Burma) Territorial Forces: Burma Frontier Force and Burma Auxiliary Force
(Malaya) XI Corps: 18th Inf Div, 2nd Inf Div, 1st Malayan Brigade, 2nd Malayan Brigade, Malayan Artillery Brigade and 4th Arm Div
(Malaya) XII Corps: 3rd Malayan Brigade (created from Federated Malay States Volunteer Force), Straits Settlements Volunteer Force and Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery
(Borneo) Territorial Forces: Sarawak Coastal Marine Service, Sarawak Volunteer Corps, Sarawak Rangers and Sarawak Armed Police
(Solomon Islands) British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force
West Africa Command, HQ Lagos, G.O.C. Lt. Gen R. Laycock
1st West African Infantry Brigade, 23rd West African Brigade, 24th West African (Namibia) Brigade, West African Artillery Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force and West African Engineers
East Africa Command, HQ Nairobi, G.O.C General M. Dempsey
(Kenya) VIII Corps: 3rd Inf Div, 1st Brigade King's African Rifles (KAR), Kenya Regiment, 10th Arm Brigade, East African Armoured Car Regiment, East African Light Artillery Regiment and East African Engineers
(Tanzania) XIV Corps: 21st East African Brigade and the 2nd Brigade KAR,
(Uganda) 26th East African Brigade and Uganda Regiment
Hong Kong Command, G.O.C Lt. Gen M. Stopford
Royal Hong Kong Regiment, 1st Kowloon Battalion, Hong Kong Volunteers, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery and two Battalions (on rotation from Home Forces)
Baluchistan Defence Force, HQ Quetta, G.O.C. Lt. Gen. W. Platt
Elements of the 26th East African Brigade
West Indies Command, HQ Kingston, G.O.C. Lt. General N. Ritchie
5th Inf Div, West India Regiment, Caribbean Regiment, Leewards Islands Battalion, the Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force and Montserrat Defence Force
Anti-Aircraft Command G.O.C. Lt. Gen F. Morgan
Eastern Sector, Group 1, HQ Bawburgh
Harwich, AAOR Mistley Heath
Norwich, AAOR Earlham
Thames North, AAOR Vange
Thames South, AAOR Fort Bridgewoods
London North, AAOR Lippets Hill
London South, AAOR Pendell Camp
London West, AAOR RAF Uxbridge
Dover, AAOR Dover Castle
Southern Sector, Group 2, HQ Box
Portsmouth/ Southampton, AAOR Fort Fareham
Bristol, AAOR Landsdown
Brockworth, AAOR Ullenwood
Plymouth, AAOR Crownhill Fort
Portland, AAOR Ridgeway Hill
Cardiff, AAOR Wenault
Swansea, AAOR West Cross
Milford Haven, AAOR Llanion Barracks
Scottish Sector, Group 3, HQ Barnton Quarry
Loch Ewe, AAOR Gairloch
Glasgow/ Clyde, AAOR East Kilbride
Clyde Anchorage, AAOR Inverkip
Forth/ Rosyth, AAOR Craigiehall
Western Sector, Group 4, HQ Longley Lane
Birmingham, AAOR Wylde Green
Mersey, AAOR Frodsham
Coventry/ Rugby, AAOR Stoneleigh Park
Barrow, AAOR Abbeywood
Manchester, AAOR Worsley
Belfast, AAOR Lisburn
Londonderry, AAOR Eglington
Northern Sector, Group 5, HQ Shipton
Tyne, AAOR Gosforth
Tees, AAOR Kirklevington Hall
Hull, AAOR Wawne
Leeds, AAOR Birkenshaw
Sheffield, AAOR Conisborough
Derby, AAOR Elvaston