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Battle of Crete order of battle

This is the complete order of battle for the Battle of Crete and related operations in 1941.

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Allied

Land forces

Commonwealth & Allied forces, Crete - "Creforce"

Headquarters Creforce - (Eastern Zone, east of Chania)
Major-general Bernard Freyberg, VC, Colonel Stewart[1]
Major G.W.Peck
10 Light Tank Mk VIs
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).
Lieutenant Colonel A.

Duncan, MC (force reserve)

2nd New Zealand Division

Headquarters New Zealand Division[2] - Brigadier, Acting Major General[1]Edward Puttick - (Western Zone, west of Chania)

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. George Simpson - Australian War Memorial ZAK