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      This is the complete order of battle" target="_blank">battle for the battle" target="_blank">Battle of Crete and related operations in 1941.


      Allied




      = Land forces

      =


      Commonwealth & Allied forces, Crete - "Creforce"


      Headquarters Creforce - (Eastern Zone, east of Chania)
      Major-general Bernard Freyberg, VC, Colonel Stewart
      C Squadron, 3rd The King's Own Hussars (seven light tanks)
      Major G.W.Peck
      10 Light Tank Mk VIs
      B Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment
      Lieutenant George Simpson
      Two Matilda tanks, crewed in part by two officers and five gunners of the 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA).
      1st Battalion, the Welch Regiment
      Lieutenant Colonel A. Duncan, MC (force reserve)


      2nd New Zealand Division


      Headquarters New Zealand Division - Brigadier, Acting Major General Edward Puttick - (Western Zone, west of Chania)
      27th New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion (Lt. Col. FJ Gwilliam) (179 personnel)
      5th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment (less infantry detachment) (256 personnel)
      4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Brig. Lindsay Inglis) between Chania and Galatas
      18th New Zealand Infantry Battalion (677 personnel)
      19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion (565 personnel)
      20th New Zealand Infantry Battalion (637 personnel)
      1st Light Troop, RA (87 personnel)
      5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Brig. James Hargest) (Maleme and Platanias)
      21st New Zealand Infantry Battalion (376 personnel)
      22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion (644 personnel)
      23rd New Zealand Infantry Battalion (571 personnel)
      28th (Maori) Infantry Battalion (619 personnel)
      7th Field Company New Zealand Engineers (148 personnel)
      19th Army Field Corps Company (216 personnel)
      New Zealand Field Punishment Centre (FPC) Prisoners were released to fight the enemy.
      1st Greek Regiment (1,030 personnel), (Col. IP Papadimitropoulos)
      Evelpidon Officers' Academy (17 officers, 300 cadets), (Lt. Col. Loukas Kitsos)
      10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade (Lt. Col. Howard Kippenberger) (Galatas)
      New Zealand Divisional Cavalry (194 personnel)
      New Zealand Composite Battalion (1,007 personnel)
      6th Greek Regiment (Lt. Col. M Grigoriou)(1,485 personnel)
      8th Greek Regiment (Lt. Col. Pan Karkoulas)(1,013 personnel)


      British 14th Infantry Brigade


      Headquarters, 14 Bde (Brig. Brian Herbert Chappel) – at Heraklion
      2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (Lt. Col. CHV Cox, DSO, MC) (637 personnel)
      2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Lt. Col. A Gilroy) (742 personnel)
      2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Major AA Pitcairn, temporary commander) (867 personnel)
      1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Lt. Col. RCB Anderson, DSO, MC) (655 personnel) – Tymbaki sector
      7th Medium Regiment, RA (Maj. R.J.B. Snook, DSO (wounded - 20 May 1941). No artillery weapons; equipped and served at Crete as infantry. (450 personnel)
      Attached to 14 Bde:

      Australian 2/4th Battalion (Lt. Col. Ivan Dougherty) (550 personnel)
      Greek 3rd Regiment (Lt. Col Ant Betinakis) (656 personnel)
      Greek 7th Regiment (Col. E Cheretis) (877 personnel)
      Greek Garrison Battalion (commander unknown; ex-Greek 5th "Crete" Division, left behind as a garrison when their division was summoned to defend the mainland) 830 personnel)


      19th Australian Infantry Brigade




      Mobile Base Defence Organization


      Headquarters Mobile Base Defence Organization - Maj.-Gen. CE Weston-Souda Bay
      15th Coast Regiment, RA
      "S" Royal Marine Composite Battalion, Maj. R Garrett (Royal Marines)
      1st Battalion, the Rangers, the King's Royal Rifle Corps - (later designated 9th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps (the Rangers))
      102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - no equipment, used as infantry
      106th (Lancashire Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. AF Hely
      16th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 350 officers and menFormed from the under strength 2/2nd and 2/3rd Australian infantry battalions
      17th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 270 officers and menFormed from the understrength 2/5th and 2/6th Australian infantry battalions
      2nd Greek Regiment - 930 officers and men
      2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines


      = Naval forces

      =
      Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet - Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham


      Forces A1


      Force A1 - Rear Admiral H B Rawlings (R.A., 7th Cruiser Squadron)
      Queen Elizabeth-class battleships
      HMS Warspite (03) - Captain DB Fisher - damaged
      HMS Valiant (02) - Captain CE Morgan - damaged
      G and H-class destroyers
      HMS Greyhound (H05) - Cmdr. WR Marshall-A'Deane, sunk 22 May 1941
      HMS Griffin (H31) - Lt. KRC Letts
      HMS Havock (H43) - Lt. GRG Watkins
      HMS Hero (H99) - Cmdr. HW Briggs
      J-class destroyer
      HMS Jaguar (F34) - Lt. Cmdr. JFW Hine


      Force B


      Force B - Capt. Henry A Rowley

      Light cruisers
      HMS Gloucester (62) - Capt. Henry A Rowley, sunk 22 May 1941 with the loss of 722 crew
      HMS Fiji (58) - Capt. PBRW William-Powlett, sunk 22 May 1941
      HMS Orion (85) - Capt. GRB Back - damaged
      HMS Dido (37) - Capt. HWV McCall - damaged
      Destroyers
      HMS Decoy (H75) - Cmdr. EG McGregor
      HMS Hereward (H93) - Lt. WJ Munn, sunk by enemy aircraft 29 May 1941
      HMS Hotspur (H01) - Lt.Cmdr. CPF Brown
      HMS Imperial (D09) - Lt. Cmdr. CA De W Kitcat, sunk 29 May 1941 off Crete
      HMS Jackal (F22) - Lt. Cmdr. MP Jonas
      HMS Kimberley (F50) - Lt. Cmdr. JSM Richardson


      Force C




      Force D




      Force E


      Force E - Captain JP Mack (CO 14th Destroyer Flotilla)
      HMS Ilex (D61) - Capt. (D2) H St L Nicholson
      HMS Jervis (F00) - Capt. (D14) P J Mack
      HMAS Nizam (G38) - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
      HMS Carlisle (D67) - Capt. TC Hampton - damaged


      5th Destroyer Flotilla


      5th Destroyer Flotilla - Captain Mountbatten

      HMS Kelly (F01) - Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten, sunk 23 May 1941
      HMS Kashmir (F12) - Cmdr. HA King, sunk 23 May 1941
      HMS Kelvin (F37) - Cmdr. JH Alison - damaged
      HMS Jackal (F22) - Lt.Cmdr. MP Jonas
      HMS Kipling (F91) - Cmdr. A St Clair-Ford


      Evacuation Fleet



      HMS Ajax
      Sphakia evacuation force - Rear-Admiral King

      HMS Phoebe - Capt. Guy Grantham, light cruiser
      HMAS Perth - Capt. Sir P.W. Bowyer-Smith, light cruiser - damaged
      HMS Coventry - Capt. WP Carne, light cruiser
      HMS Calcutta - Capt. DM Lees, anti-aircraft cruiser, sunk 1 June 1941 with 255 survivors
      HMS Glengyle - Capt. CH Petrie, landing ship, infantry (large)
      HMAS Napier (G97) - Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss RN, N-class flotilla Leader.
      HMAS Nizam (G38) - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
      HMS Kelvin (F37) - Cmdr. JH Alison
      HMS Kandahar (F28) - Cmdr. WGA Robson


      = Air forces

      =
      Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Middle East - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
      No. 30 Squadron RAF (Squadron Leader RA Milward/Sqn. Ldr. Shannon) - Bristol Blenheim
      No. 33 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. MT StJ Prattle/Sqn.Ldr. Edward Howell, OBE, DFC) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
      No. 80 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. EG Jones) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
      No. 112 Squadron RAF (Sqn. Ldr. LG Schwab) - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
      No. 203 Squadron RAF - Bristol Blenheim


      Axis forces




      = Land, airborne and air forces

      =


      Fliegerkorps XI




      Fliegerkorps VIII




      Luftflotte IV




      Luftlande Sturmregiment



      Two glider companies were detached and seconded to 7th Flieger Division, below


      7th Flieger Division



      The 2nd Battalion of the 2nd FJ Rgt was used with the 1st FJ Rgt in Heraklion


      5th Gebirgs Division




      See also


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