• Source: Operation Granby order of battle

This is the order of battle for Operation Granby, the name given to the British Armed Forces deployment to the Middle East after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 and subsequent operations during the 1991 Gulf War.

British Forces Middle East (BFME) – Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billière

1st Armoured Division – Major General Rupert Smith
Force Maintenance Area (FMA) – Brigadier Martin White
BFME direct reporting units




British Army


1st Armoured Division
1 Armoured Division Signal Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron (207)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
21 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
4th Armoured Brigade
4th Armoured Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron (204)
14th/20th King's Hussars
1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
23 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
Divisional Troops
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
4 Regiment Army Air Corps
26 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
32 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
39 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
12 Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery
32 Armoured Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
39 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
15 Field Support Squadron Royal Engineers
Supporting units

1 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1 Armoured Division Signal Regiment
30 Signal Regiment
14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)
1st Battalion Scots Guards
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers
1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
Elements of 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders
1 Armoured Division Transport Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
4 Armoured Division Transport Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
7 Tank Transporter Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
10 Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
27 Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
28 Ambulance Squadron Gurkha Transport Regiment
52 Port Squadron Royal Corps of Transport
1 Armoured Field Ambulance
5 Armoured Field Ambulance
22 Field Hospital
23 Parachute Field Ambulance
24 Airmobile Field Ambulance
32 Field Hospital
33 General Hospital
60 Field Psychiatric Team
205 General Hospital
3 Ordnance Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps
6 Ordnance Battalion RAOC
6 Armoured Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
7 Armoured Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
11 Armoured Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
71 Aircraft Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
174 Provost Company Royal Military Police
203 Provost Company Royal Military Police
27 Group Royal Pioneer Corps
187 Company Royal Pioneer Corps
221 EOD Coy RAOC
598 Company Royal Pioneer Corps
54 Squadron Engineer Support and Ambulance Squadron Royal Corps of Transport
Elements of the Royal Army Pay Corps




Royal Air Force


18 Panavia Tornado F.3s

Panavia Tornado GR.1

Panavia Tornado GR.1a
No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 13 Squadron RAF

12 SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1s
No. 6 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 54 Squadron RAF
Blackburn Buccaneer
No. 12 Squadron RAF
No. 208 Squadron RAF
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 42 Squadron RAF
No. 120 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 206 Squadron RAF
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
No. 24 Squadron RAF
No. 30 Squadron RAF
No. 47 Squadron RAF
No. 70 Squadron RAF
Handley Page Victor
No. 55 Squadron RAF
Lockheed TriStar K.1
No. 216 Squadron RAF
Boeing Chinook
No. 7 Squadron RAF
No. 18 Squadron RAF
Westland Puma HC.1
No. 33 Squadron RAF
No. 230 Squadron RAF




= RAF Regiment

=

4001 Flight RAF Regiment
Members of 4001 Flt RAF Regiment became NBC team attached to the 4th Armoured Division during Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Desert Sabre.

No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment
1 Squadron RAF Regiment were flown into Al Qaysumah to reinforce the base from RAF Germany. Equipped with Scorpion and Spartan armoured vehicles, they reinforced Muharraq and crossed into Iraq with 1 (BR) Armoured Division as the reconnaissance screen for the Division, ending the war astride the Kuwait-Basra highway.

No. 20 Squadron RAF Regiment
20 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed to Cyprus August 1990. One flight deployed to Muharraq late August 1990, second flight joined first in the middle of October 1990, relieved by 66 Squadron in November 1990, and returned to UK after setting up airbase defence of Muharraq.

No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment
26 Squadron RAF Regiment, RAF Laarbruch Commander Sqn Ldr Dipper. Deployed 28 November 1990 to 14 February 1991. Used to defend the airfield before Patriot was even conceived. In the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia and detachments saw service at Dharan, Muharraq, and Tabuk during the war. Successfully deployed all equipment within 10 days of arrival

No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
34 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed to Bahrain and Dahrhan in August 1990.

No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
In aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia, and detachments saw service at Dharan, Muharraq, and Tabuk during the war.

No. 58 Squadron RAF Regiment
58 Squadron RAF Regiment deployed from RAF Catterick in January 1991 to Bahrain to allow 1 Squadron RAF Regiment to deploy to the front. With only three days notice, those three days included all kitting and ANTHRAX jabs.

No. 66 Squadron RAF Regiment




= Other RAF Units

=
4626 Aeromed Evac Squadron (Co-located with 205 Fd Hosp RAMC and in Cyprus)
United Kingdom Mobile Air Movements Squadron deployed on the first Hercules and served throughout the Gulf at all air heads and landing strips.
Joint Helicopter Support Unit deployed with the Chinook Squadrons
Tactical Communications Wing
Tactical Supply Wing




Royal Navy


Aircraft carrier
Invincible class
HMS Ark Royal (deployed to the Mediterranean Sea)
Frigates
Leander class
HMS Jupiter
HMS Charybdis (deployed to the Mediterranean Sea)
Type 22 frigate
HMS Battleaxe
HMS Brazen
829 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
HMS Sheffield (deployed to the Mediterranean Sea)
HMS London (Flagship)
815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
Destroyers
Sheffield class
HMS Cardiff
815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
HMS Exeter
815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
HMS Manchester
815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.2
HMS Gloucester
815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
HMS York
Command ships
Hecla class
HMS Herald
HMS Hecla
Mine countermeasure vessels
Hunt class

Submarines
Oberon-class submarines
HMS Opossum
HMS Otus
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RFA Argus
HM Royal Marines Band Commander in Chief Fleet
846 Naval Air Squadron with 4 x Westland Sea King HC Mk4
21 (AD) Bty RA with Javelin Air Defence System
RFA Diligence
RFA Fort Grange
826 with the Westland Sea King HC.5 & 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
RFA Regent
RFA Olna
846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
RFA Olmeda
RFA Orangeleaf
RFA Sir Bedivere
RFA Sir Galahad
RFA Sir Percivale
RFA Sir Tristram




= Fleet Air Arm

=
Deployed to land bases
845 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s
848 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s
846 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s (Detached from RFA Argus)




= Fleet Diving Group

=
Fleet Diving Group A & B
Embarked on RFA Sir Galahad
members of FDU1 Maritime Counter terrorist Unit and members of FDU2 Worldwide Operations Unit.
Fleet Diving Group C
Embarked on RFA Argus
Members of Fleet Diving Unit 3, deep diving and Trials Team




See also


List of Gulf War military equipment
List of orders of battle




Notes






References


James, D (2001). Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 978-0851778471.
Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.




Further reading


Antony Beevor (1991). Inside The British Army. Corgi Books.
Dinackus, Thomas D. (2000). Order of Battle: Allied Ground Forces of Operation Desert Storm. Central Point, Oregon: Hellgate Press. ISBN 1-55571-493-5.
British Ground Force in the Gulf War, 1990–91

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