The Order of battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the First World War is shown below.
1916 Canal Defences (General A. Murray)
No.1 Section, Headquarters Suez – IX Corps (January to March)
No.2 Section, Headquarters Ismailia – I Anzac Corps (January to March) Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade Jodhpur Lancers Mysore Lancers Hyderabad Lancers 11th Light Horse Regiment 12th Light Horse Regiment
(incomplete)
No.3 Section, Headquarters Port Said – (Major General H.A. Lawrence) 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade 127th (Manchester) Brigade 52nd (Lowland) Division (Major General W.E.B. Smith) 155th (South Scottish) Brigade 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade 157th (Highland Light Infantry) BrigadeThe names of the infantry divisions, brigades and battalions and some other units have, in many cases, been changed so they no longer reflect the names of these units as they appear in the sources quoted. Additional names of units have been added without citation. Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division (Anzac Mounted Division) (Major General Sir H.G. Chauvel) 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade 1st Light Horse Regiment 2nd Light Horse Regiment 3rd Light Horse Regiment Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade 5th Light Horse Regiment 6th Light Horse Regiment 7th Light Horse Regiment Ayrshire Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade 8th Light Horse Regiment 9th Light Horse Regiment 10th Light Horse Regiment Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (Brigadier General Edward Chaytor) Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Charles Mackesy) Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel John Findlay) Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel William Meldrum) Somerset Royal Horse ArtilleryKeogh 1955, p. 34Powles 1922, pp. 12, 29–35, 278–9Wavell 1968, pp. 92–3, 139–41Woodward 2006, p. 53
5th Mounted Brigade (Brigadier General E. A. Wiggin) Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Warwickshire Yeomanry Worcestershire Yeomanry
Imperial Camel Corps Brigade (Brigadier General C. L. Smith VC) 1st (Australian) Battalion 2nd (British) Battalion 3rd (Australian) Battalion 4th (ANZAC) BattalionBruce 2002, pp. 38–9
No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Reynold) A Flight (Captain W. Sheldon – four machines later expanded to six) B Flight (Lieutenant Manwell – four machines later expanded to six) C Flight (Captain Williams – four machines later expanded to six)
Until almost the end of 1917, No. l Squadron, A.F.C., and No. 14 Squadron, R.F.C., were the sole flying units east of the Suez Canal.Cutlack 1941, pp. 32
General organisation in April 1916 General Headquarters General Headquarters Troops No. 1 Section (IX Corps) No. 2 Section (II ANZAC) No. 3 Section (Anzac Mounted Division) Western Frontier Force Northwestern Section Southwestern Section L. of C. Defence Troops Inspector-General of Communications Alexandria District Cyprus Garrison Lines of Communication UnitsFalls 1930 Vol. 1 Appendix 2 p. 395
Order of battle April General Headquarters Commander in Chief – Lieutenant General (temp. General) A. J. Murray Chief of General Staff – Major General A. L. Lynden-Bell
Headquarters of Administrative services and departments Army Signals, Work, Supplies and Transport, Railways, Ordnance, Remounts, Veterinary Services, Medical Services, Army Postal Services, Paymaster Inspector General of Communication and Levant Base
Anzac Mounted Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) H.G. Chauvel 1st Light Horse Brigade (Western Force) GOC Lieutenant Colonel C. F. Cox (acting) 1st Light Horse Regiment 2nd Light Horse Regiment 3rd Light Horse Regiment 4th Light Horse Regiment (attached) 2nd Light Horse Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General G. de L. Ryrie) 5th Light Horse Regiment 6th Light Horse Regiment 7th Light Horse Regiment 12th Light Horse Regiment (attached) 3rd Light Horse Brigade GOC Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) J. M Antill 8th Light Horse Regiment 9th Light Horse Regiment 10th Light Horse Regiment 11th Light Horse Regiment (attached) New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade GOC Brigadier General E. W. C. Chaytor) Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment Canterbury Mounted Rifle Regiment Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment (attached) Divisional Troops Artillery III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) Leicestershire and Somerset Batteries IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) Inverness-shire and Ayrshire Batteries Engineers 1st Australian Field Squadron Signal Service 1st Anzac Signal Squadron Army Service Corps (ASC) HQ, Light Horse Divisional ASC Light Horse Supply Column (M.T.) Medical Units 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulances NZ Mounted Brigade Ambulance
IX Corps GOC Major General (temp. Lieutenant General) F. J. Davies Corps Troops Mounted Troops 8th Mounted Brigade 1/1st City of London Yeomanry 1/1st County of London Yeomanry 1/3rd County of London Yeomanry 1/1st London Signal Troop "B" Battery, Honourable Artillery Company (H.A.C.) No. 9 Field Troop 1/1st London Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Signal Service HH and KK Cable Section London Pack Wireless Section Northern Wagon Wireless Section
42nd (East Lancashire) Division GOC Major General W. Douglas 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) H. C. Frith 1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers 1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers 125th Brigade Machine Gun Company 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade GOC Major (temp. Brigadier General) A. W. Tufnell 1/4th East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th East Lancashire Regiment 1/9th Manchester Regiment 1/10th Manchester Regiment 126th Brigade Machine Gun Company 127th (Manchester) Brigade GOC Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) V. A. Ormsby 1/5th Manchester Regiment 1/6th Manchester Regiment 1/7th Manchester Regiment 1/8th Manchester Regiment 127th Brigade Machine Gun Company Divisional Troops Mounted Troops 1 Squadron Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 13th Cyclist Company Artillery 1/1st East Lancashire Brigade RFA 1/2nd East Lancashire Brigade RFA 1/3rd East Lancashire Brigade RFA 1/4th East Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 42nd Divisional Ammunition Column Engineers 1/1st East Lancashire Field Company RE 1/2nd East Lancashire Field Company RE 1/2nd West Lancashire Field Company RE Signal Service 42nd Divisional Signal Company ASC 42nd Divisional Train Medical Units 1/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd East Lancashire Field Ambulances
3rd Dismounted Brigade (attached) GOC Lieutenant Colonel Lord Kensington (Acting) 1/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry 1/1st Welsh Horse 1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry 1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry Machine Gun Company 3rd Dismounted Brigade Signal Troop 1/1st Eastern and 1/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulances
54th (East Anglian) Division GOC Colonel (temp. Major General) S. W. Hare 161st (Essex) Brigade 1/4th Essex Regiment 1/5th Essex Regiment 1/6th Essex Regiment 1/7th Essex Regiment 161st Machine Gun Company 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 1/5th Bedfordshire Regiment 1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment 1/10th London Regiment 1/11th London Regiment 162nd Machine Gun Company 163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade 1/4th Norfolk Regiment 1/5th Norfolk Regiment 1/8th Hampshire Regiment 163rd Machine Gun Company Divisional Troops Mounted Troops 1 Squadron 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry (with HQ and Machine Gun Section) Artillery 1/1st East Anglian Brigade RFA 1/2nd East Anglian Brigade RFA 1/3rd East Anglian Brigade RFA 1/4th East Anglian Brigade RFA 54th Divisional Ammunition Column (one officer and 35 other ranks) Engineers 2/1st East Anglian Field Company RE 1/2nd East Anglian Field Company RE 1/1st Kent Field Company RE Signal Service 54th Divisional Signal Company ASC 54th Divisional Train (Supply details only) Medical Units 2/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd East Anglian Field Ambulances
20th Indian Brigade (attached) GOC Brigadier General H. D. Watson 2/3rd Gurkhas 58th Rifles Alwar Infantry (I.S.) Gwalior Infantry (I.S.)
29th Indian Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) P. C. Palin 23rd Pioneers 57th Rifles Patiala Infantry (I.S.) No. 10 Co. King's Own Sappers and Miners 110, 121, 135 Indian Field Ambulances 7th and 26th Mule Corps
II Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (II ANZAC) GOC Major General (temp. Lieutenant General) A. J. Godley Corps Troops Signal Service No. 24 Airline Section FF and NN Cable Sections 1st Australian Ammunition Park 1st Australian Supply Column Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train 14th Fortress Company RE
4th Australian Division GOC Major General H. V. Cox 4th Australian Infantry Brigade GOC Colonel (temp. Brigadier General) J. Monash 13th Battalion 14th Battalion 15th Battalion 16th Battalion 4th Machine Gun Company 12th Australian Infantry Brigade 45th Battalion 46th Battalion 47th Battalion 48th Battalion 12th Machine Gun Company 13th Australian Infantry Brigade 49th Battalion 50th Battalion 51st Battalion 52nd Battalion 13th Machine Gun Company Divisional Troops Mounted Troops "B" Squadron 13th Light Horse Regiment 4th Divisional Cyclist Company Artillery X Field Artillery Brigade XI Field Artillery Brigade XII Field Artillery Brigade XXIV Howitzer Brigade 4th Divisional Ammunition Column Engineers 4th Field Company 12th Field Company 13th Field Company Signal Service 4th Divisional Signal Company Pioneers 4th Pioneer Battalion ASC 7th, 14th, 26th and 27th Coys, AASC Medical Units 4th, 12th, 13th Field Ambulances
5th Australian Division GOC Colonel (temp Major General) J. W. McCay 8th Australian Infantry Brigade 29th Battalion 30th Battalion 31st Battalion 32nd Battalion 8th Machine Gun Company 14th Australian Infantry Brigade 53rd Battalion 54th Battalion 55th Battalion 56th Battalion 14th Machine Gun Company 15th Australian Infantry Brigade 57th Battalion 58th Battalion 59th Battalion 60th Battalion 15th Machine Gun Company Divisional Troops Mounted Troops "C" Squadron 13th Light Horse Regiment 5th Divisional Cyclist Company Artillery XIII Field Artillery Brigade XIV Field Artillery Brigade XV Field Artillery Brigade XXV Howitzer Brigade 5th Divisional Ammunition Column Engineers 8th Field Company 14th Field Company 15th Field Company Signal Service 5th Divisional Signal Company Pioneers 5th Pioneer Battalion ASC 10th, 18th, 28th and 29th Coys, AASC Medical Units 8th, 14th, 15th Field Ambulances
11th (Northern) Division GOC Major General E. A. Fanshawe 32nd Brigade 9th West Yorkshire Regiment 6th Yorkshire Regiment 8th West Riding Regiment 6th York and Lancaster Regiment 32nd Brigade Machine Gun Company 33rd Brigade 6th Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Border Regiment 7th South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Sherwood Foresters 33rd Brigade Machine Gun Company 34th Brigade 8th Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Dorsetshire Regiment 11th Manchester Regiment 34th Brigade Machine Gun Company Divisional Troops Mounted Troops 1 Squadron 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry 11th Cyclist Company Artillery LVIII Brigade RFA LIX Brigade RFA LX Brigade RFA CXXXIII Brigade RFA Engineers 67th Field Company RE 68th Field Company RE 86th Field Company RE Signal Service 11th Divisional Signal Company Pioneers 6th East Yorkshire Regiment ASC 11th Divisional Train (Supply details only) Medical Units 33rd, 34th, 35th Field Ambulances
No. 3 Section Canal Defences GOC etc Headquarters 52nd Division Corps Troops Mounted Troops 5th Mounted Brigade 1/1st Warwick Yeomanry 1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry 1/1st South Midland Signal Troop "A" Battery, H.A.C. No. 7 Field Troop 1/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance Engineers 220th Army Troops Company RE Signal Service No. 21 Airline Section WW Cable Section
52nd (Lowland) Division GOC Major General H. A. Lawrence