World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 12.04.2016

British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to David A. Ryan and Robert Michel

The Auxiliary Force, Army of India
3 September 1939

Units	Headquarters	Officer Commanding [1]	Notes
Railway Units
The East Indian Railway Regiment       1st Battalion       2nd Battalion	Lillooah Lillooah Lucknow	LTC  R.E. Marriott LTC  R.G. Hughff MAJ  D.M.F. Chisholm	[2]
The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion	Sealdah	MAJ  I.T.St.C. Pringle
The Great India Peninsula Railway Regiment       1st Battalion       2nd Battalion	Parel Parel Jhansi	Vacant LTC  W.E.R. Gurney CPT  L.E. Dowling	[2]
The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment       1st Battalion       2nd Battalion	Lower Parel (Bombay) Lower Parel (Bombay) Ajmer	LTC  A.W. Campton LTC  W. Blake LTC  P.S. Clarke	[2]
The Bengal and Northern Railway Battalion	Gorakpur	MAJ  W.T.S. Cairns
The North Western Railway Battalion	Lahore	LTC  A.A. Phillips
The South Indian Railway Battalion	Trichinopoly	LTC  L.T. Hockley
The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles       1st Battalion       2nd Battalion	Perambur Perambur Hubli	LTC C.G.W. Cordon LTC  E.L. Roberts MAJ  G.W. Lovell	[2]
The Bengal Nagpar Railway Battalion	Kharagpur	LTC  K.W.R. O'Reilly
The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion	Chittagong	LTC  G.E. Cuffie
The Contingents
The Agra Contigent       No. 17 (Agra) Field Battery, Royal Artillery       No. 5 (Agra) MG-Company	Agra Agra Agra	LTC  C.F. Ball 1LT  M.C. Ellis CPT  R.R. Waugh
The Allahabad Contigent       Detachment, United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)       The Allahabad Rifles	Allahabad Allahabad Allahabad	MAJ  J.C.Powell-Price 1LT  D.M. Bower 1LT  M. Wilby	[3]
The Bangalore Contigent       The Bangalore Armoured Car Company       The Bangalore Battalion	Bangalore Bangalore Bangalore	LTC  L. Seear MAJ  J.P. Williams CPT  E.D. Davenport
The Bareilly Corps       The Bareilly Contigent       No. 18 (Bareilly) Field Battery, Royal Artillery	Bareilly Naini Tal Bareilly	MAJ  F.G. Brandon CPT  D.G. Sullivan 1LT  R.H.T. Morgan
The Bombay Contigent       The Bombay Light Patrol       No. 10 (Bombay) Field Battery, Royal Artillery       No. 3 (Bombay) Fortress Company, Royal Engineers       The Bombay Battalion	Bombay Bombay Bombay Bombay Bombay	LTC  W.H. Hammond MAJ  W.A. Bell CPT  C.S. Dickson MAJ  J.R. Armstrong MAJ  L. Bruce
The Cawnpore Contigent       Detachment, United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)       No. 20 (Cawnpore) Field Battery, Royal Artillery       The Cawnpore Rifles	Cawnpore Cawnpore Cawnpore Cawnpore	MAJ  R. Wilmont 1LT  E.C. Caldwell 1LT  C.C.C. Meadmore CPT  F.G. Brightman	[3]
The Dehra Dun Contigent	Dehra Dun	LTC  J. Crawford
The Dehli Contigent	Dehli	MAJ  D.A. Telfer
The Karachi Corps       No. 4 (Karachi) Fortress Company       The Sind Rifles       No. 2 (Karachi) MG-Company	Karachi Karachi Karachi Karachi	LTC  W.B. Hossack MAJ  J. Lockhart CPT  E.F. Masson CPT  R.B. Fairclough
The Lucknow Contigent       Detachment, United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)       No. 13 (Lucknow) Field Battery, Royal Artillery       The Lucknow Rifles	Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow	LTC  W.E. Andrews 1LT  L.R.M. Brander 1LT  M. Deutre CPT  E.S. Wates	[3]
The Madras Contigent       No. 3 (Madras) Field Battery "The Duke's Own", Royal Artillery       The Madras Guards       No. 1 (Madras) Signal Company, Royal Signals	Madras Madras Madras Madras	LTC  D.M. Reid MAJ  J.E. Waterfield LTC  G.B. ?ourlay MAJ  N. Barlow
The Poona Contigent       The Poona Rifles       No. 15 (Kirkee) Field Battery, Royal Artillery	Poona Poona Poona	MAJ  G.E. Ingram CPT  W.J.H. Windsoor 1LT  D. Clayton
The Punjab Contigent       The Punjab Light Horse       The Punjab Rifles	Lahore Lahore Lahore	LTC  G.R. Seton MAJ  N.F. Cooke MAJ  J.H. Monroe
Cavalry
The Bihar Light Horse	Muzaffarpur	CPT  A.R.H. James
The Calcutta Light Horse	Calcutta	LTC  W.H. Grice
The Surma Valley Light Horse	Silchar	MAJ  T.E. Holbrook
The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles	Darjeeling	LTC  R.S.S. Treanor
The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles	Madras	CPT  B.S. Laurence
The Chota Nagpur Regiment	Ranchi	LTC  W.O. Henderson
The Assam Valley Light Horse	Dibrugarh	LTC  F.P. O'Conner
United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)	Allahabad	CPT  F.J. Davies
Punjab Light Horse	Lahore	MAJ  N.F. Cooke
Artillery
The Bengal Artillery	Barrackpore	LTC  T. Lamb
Engineers
No. 1 (Calcutta) Fortress Company, Royal Engineers	Calcutta	MAJ  C.W.T. Hook
Infantry
The Nagpur Rifles	Nagpur	MAJ  P.G. Braye
The Simla Rifles	Simla	MAJ  L.B. Grant
The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion	Calcutta	LTC  C.G. Warren-Boulton
The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion	Ootacamund	LTC  P.J.L. Cole
The Hyderabad Rifles	Secinderabad	MAJ  E.W. Slaughter
The Eastern Bengal Company	Dacca	MAJ  W.M. Mair
The East Coast Battalion	Vizayapatam	MAJ  A.A. Campbell
The Kola Gold Fields Battalion	Oorgaum	LTC  M.J. Williams
The Calcutta Scottish	Calcutta	LTC  T.B. Gunn
The Coorg and Mysore Company	Mercara	CPT  H.H.E. English
The Yercaud Company	Yercaud	1LT  W.A. Rahm
The Bhusawal Company	Bhusawal	—	[4]

Notes:   Most of the units of the Auxiliary Force, India (AFI) were understrength.   Most of the infantry regiments (battalions) had only two companies and most of the artillery batteries had only two guns.   [1] As shown in the Indian Army List, October 1939.   [2] Regimental Headquarters; commander had the honorary rank of Colonel.   [3] The Officer Commanding is from the United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment) Battalion.   [4] Administered by 1st Battalion, The Great India Peninsula Railway Regiment.