999- UKCB 8 Army HQ + Tps at ALAMEIN Dispersed

999- UKCB 8 Army HQ + Tps at ALAMEIN Pocket Orbat (Currently dispersed in reinforcement boxes Aug 2020)

8th Army

Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery Comd staff car, Tac HQ DAF, CRA.

Under direct Army Command

8th Army HQ and Army Troops

• 1st Army Tank Brigade Brigadier Price (equipped with minesweeping Matilda tanks, allotted to XXX Corps for minefield clearance[1]) – HQ groups with HQ XXX Corps Matilda Scorpion (Heavy attack vs minefields only, Light against anything else.)

• 1st Armoured Brigade Brigadier G.N. Todd (reforming) M3 Grant
  

• 12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Morris FAT + 40mm Bofors AA, Matador FAT + 3.7″  AA

• 27th (London Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (two troops) Searchlight

• 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (for HQ and railway protection[1]) HQ with 8th Army HQ
  

  • Matador FAT + 3.7″  AA (S3,Reg,HaLd)
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• 21st Indian Infantry Brigade Brigadier J.J. Purves (reforming; used for HQ protection, camouflage and guard duties[1]) HQ with 8th Army HQ Infantry

Army Troops

• 1st? Tank Delivery Regt Scammel Tank Transporter

• 8th Army Signals “Monty’s Caravan” (Stand-in 20mm Morris A/c shell)