British Army
Tim Hayes
Many thanks for your input.
Dr. Diane M. Henderson
The Scots at War Trust
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Thank you for your generous assistance.
Robert Michel
Berlin, Germany
Thank you for your input about the staffs.
Alan Philson
Many thanks for your tremendous books and your direct assistance.
Dr. Graham Watson
Formerly of the University of Wales
Caerphilly (near Cardiff), Wales
R. Manning Ancell
The Biographical Dictionary Of World War II General and Flag Officers
Greenwood Press, 1996
Malcom A. Bellis
British Tanks and Formations
Bellis, Cheshire, 1987
Donald F. Bittner
The Lion And The White Falcon
Britain and Iceland in the World War II Era
Archon Books, 1983
Tim Carew
The Fall of Hong Kong
Natraj, New Delhi, 1961
Chris Ellis and Peter Chamberlain (Editors)
Handbook on the British Army 1943
[Revised reprint of the US Army’s TM 30-410 of 1943]
Military Book Society, London, 1975
John Ellis
The World War II Data Book
BCA, London, 1993
L.F. Ellis
The War in France and Flanders
HMSO, London, 1953
George Forty
British Army Handbook 1939-1945
Sutton Publishing, 2002
J.B.M. Frederick
Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660-1978
Microform Academic Publishers, 1984
H.M.S.O.
The British Imperial Calendar and Civil Service List 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Half-Yearly Army List, January 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Monthly Army List, February 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Monthly Army List, August 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Monthly Army List, October 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Monthly Army List, March 1940
H.M.S.O., 1940
H.F. Joslen
Orders of Battle
The London Stamp Exchange, London, 1990
(Reprint of the 1960 edition published by HSMO)
Chris Krempton
Locations of the Regiments and Battalions of the British Army
1st August 1914 and 1st September 1939
The Military Press, Milton Keynes, 2006
F.W. Perry
The Commonwealth Armies
Manchester University Press, 1988
Alan Philson
British Expeditionary Force —
Organization and Order of Battle, 10th May 1940
3 Volumes and counting...
The Military Press, Milton Keynes, 2006
I.S.O. Playfair, et al
The Mediterranean and Middle East
5 Volumes
History of the Second World War
United Kingdom Military Series
HSMO, London, 1954 - 1974
Michael Roper
The Records of the War Office and related departments 1660-1964
Public Records Office, Kew, 1998
Nick Smart
Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War
Pen and Sword Military, 2005
Cliff Lord and Graham Watson
The Royal Corps of Signals
Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001)
Helion, Solihull, 2003
S. Woodburn-Kirby, et al
The Loss of Singapore
The War Against Japan
HMSO, London, 1957
Various unit war diaries
WO 167
The National Archives, Kew, London
OKH, GenStdH/Abt Fr H West III
Das britische Kriegsheer, Stand 20.07.1940
RHD 18/155
Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, Freiburg i.Br.
Royal Navy
Robert Michel
Berlin, Germany
Thank you for your input about the staffs.
Bev L. Saylor
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Many thanks for help with the Commonwealth Navies orders of battle.
Mark E. Horan
Windsor Locks, CT, USA
Many thanks for your assistance with the Royal Navy orders of battle.
H.M.S.O.
The British Imperial Calendar and Civil Service List 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
H.M.S.O.
The Navy List September 1939
H.M.S.O., 1939
Robert Gardiner (Editor)
Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1922-1946
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD
Roger Jordan
The World’s Merchant Fleet 1939
Naval Institue Press, 1999
H.T. Lenton and J.J. Colledge
Warships of World War II
Ian Allan, London, 1964
Samuel E. Morison
The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Volume 1
Little, Brown and Company, 1949
Captain S.W. Roskill
The War at Sea
3 Volumes
HMSO, London, 1954ff