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The '''Order of battle of the [[Chindits]]''', an Allied ''special force'' which carried out two deep penetration raids behind Japanese line during the [[Burma campaign]] in the [[South-East Asian Theatre of World War II|South-East Asian Theatre]] of [[World War II]]

==First Chindit expedition, 1943, codenamed Operation Longcloth==
Headquarters [[77th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<ref>Appendix 26: The Composition of 77th Indian Infantry Brigade (The Chindits), February 1943, Woodburn Kirby, Vol II, p. 503–4.</ref>
:Commander [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] [[Orde Wingate]]
:[[Brigade Major]] Major R.B.G. Bromhead (succeeded by Major G.M. Anderson)
:Staff Captain Captain H.J. Lord

Deception party
:Officer Commanding (O.C.) [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] Jeffries

No. 1 Group (Southern)
:Officer Commanding (O.C.) [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Leigh Alexander]] (died during the operation)
:: 1 Column (Major Dunlop)
:: 2 Column (Major Burnett)

No. 2 Group (Northern)
:O.C. Lieutenant Colonel S.A. Cooke
:: 3 Column (Major [[Mike Calvert|Michael Calvert]])
:: 4 Column (Major R.A. Conron)(replaced by Major R.B. Bromhead March 1, 1943)
:: 5 Column (Major [[Bernard Fergusson]])
:: 7 Column (Major K. Gilkes)
:: 8 Column (Major Walter Scott)

HQ Group ([[Burma Rifles]])
:O.C. Lt-Colonel L.G. Wheeler 2nd Burma Rifles (replaced by Captain P.C. Buchanan on the death of Lt-Colonel Wheeler)

==Second Chindit expedition, 1944, codenamed Operation Thursday==
Headquarters [[3rd Indian Infantry Division]]<ref>Appendix 16: Outline Order of battle of Special Force (3rd Indian Division), Woodburn Kirby, Vol III, pp. 484–85.</ref>
:Division Commander Major-General Orde.C. Wingate (''succeeded by [[Walter David Alexander Lentaigne|Major-General W.D.A. Lentaigne]]'')
:Deputy Commander Major-General G.W. Symes (''succeeded by Brigadier D. Tulloch'')
:Brigadier General Staff Brigadier D. Tulloch ('' succeeded by Brigadier H.T. Alexander'')
::Locations of Headquarters
:::Rear HQ at Gwalior, Central India
:::Main HQ first at [[Imphal]] later at [[Sylhet]], [[Assam]]
:::Launching HQ at [[Lalaghat]]
:::Tactical/Forward HQ, [[Shaduzup]], [[Burma]]

'''Thunder''' [[3rd West African Brigade]]
:Officer Commanding (O.C.) Brigadier A.H. Gillmore, (''succeeded by Brigadier A.H.G. Ricketts''): 10 HQ column
:6th Battalion, [[Nigeria Regiment]]: 66 and 39 Columns
:7th Battalion, [[Nigeria Regiment]]: 29 and 35 Columns
:12th Battalion, [[Nigeria Regiment]]: 12 and 43 Columns
:3rd West African Field Ambulance: Support

(From disbanded [[70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|70th British Infantry Division]] );

'''Javelin''' [[British 14th Infantry Brigade]]
:O.C. Brigadier [[Thomas Brodie]]: 59 HQ column
:2nd Battalion, [[Black Watch]]: 42 and 73 Columns - Lt.Col.G.C.Green
:1st Battalion, [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment]]: 16 and 61 Columns
:[[2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment|2nd Battalion]], [[York and Lancaster Regiment]]: 65 and 84 Columns
:7th Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]]: 47 and 74 Columns - Lt Col F.R.(Wilf) Wilford; Maj (later Lt Col) F.H.J.Wileman & Maj J.G.Lockett MC (att from Seaforth H.). Maj F.H.J.Wileman later detached to help train Merrill's Marauders in Jungle Warfare.
:54th Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment:support

'''Enterprise''' [[British 16th Infantry Brigade]]
:O.C. Brigadier [[Bernard Fergusson|B.E. Fergusson]]: 99 HQ column
:2nd Battalion, [[The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]]: 21 and 22 Columns
:2nd Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]]: 17 and 71 Columns
:51/69 Field Regiment [[Royal Artillery]]: 51 and 69 Columns (infantry columns made up of R.A. personnel)
:[[45th Reconnaissance Regiment]]: 45 and 54 Columns (infantry columns made up recce units)
:2nd Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: support

'''Emphasis''' [[77th Indian Infantry Brigade]]
:O.C. Brigadier [[Michael Calvert|Mike Calvert]]: 25 HQ column
:1st Battalion, [[The King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]: 81 and 82 Columns
:1st Battalion, [[The Lancashire Fusiliers]]: 20 and 50 Columns
:1st Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]]: 38 and 80 Columns
:3rd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]]: 36 and 63 Columns
:3rd Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]]: 57 and 93 Columns
:142 Company, Hong Kong Volunteers & Medical and veterinary detachments: Support

'''Profound''' [[111th Indian Infantry Brigade]]
:O.C. Brigadier [[Joe Lentaigne|W.D.A. Lentaigne]], (''succeeded first by Major [[John Masters]] and then by Brigadier Morris''): 48 HQ Column
:1st Battalion, [[The Cameronians]]: 26 and 90 Columns
:2nd Battalion, [[The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]]: 41 and 46 Columns
:3rd Battalion (part), [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]: 30 Column
:Mixed Field Company Royal Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers & Medical and veterinary detachments: Support

'''Morris Force'''
:O.C. Lt-Colonel (''later promoted Brigadier'') J.R. Morris
:4th Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]]: 49 and 94 Columns
:3rd Battalion (part), [[4th Gurkha Rifles]]: 40 Column

'''Dah Force'''
:O.C. Lieut-Colonel D.C. Herring
:Kachin Levies

'''Bladet''' (Blain's Detachment)
:O.C. Major Blain
:Gliderborne commando engineers

[[Royal Artillery]] Supporting non-mobile units designed to defend Chindit Jungle Fortresses.
:R, S and U Troops [[160th Field Regiment]] Royal Artillery (All 25 pounders)
:W, X, Y, and Z Troops [[69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment]] (40mm [[Bofors]])

Support Units
:NO 1 Air Commando USAAF – strike and casualty evacuation (until 1/5/1944 only)
:Eastern Air Command – supply
:U.S. Army 900th Field Unit (engineers)

Divisional Support Troops
:2nd Battalion [[Burma Rifles]] – one section assigned per column except for columns in the 3rd West African Brigade
:145th Brigade Company R.A.S.C.
:[[Tower Hamlets Engineers|219th Field Park Company]], [[Royal Engineers]]
:61st Air Supply Company R.A.S.C.
:2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C.

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'''Galahad''' [[5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)]] US Army
:1st Battalion; Red and White Combat Teams
:2nd Battalion; Blue and Green Combat Teams
:3rd Battalion; Khaki and Orange Combat Teams
:''Also known as [[Merrill's Marauders]]. After being trained, the force was transferred to General [[Joseph Stilwell]]'s [[Northern Combat Area Command]] and operated independently of the Chindits.''

[[23rd British Infantry Brigade]]
:O.C. Brigadier [[Lancelot Perowne]]: 32 HQ Column
:1st Battalion [[Essex Regiment]]: 44 and 56 Columns
:2nd Battalion [[The Duke of Wellington's Regiment|Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)]]: 33 and 76 Columns
:4th Battalion [[Border Regiment]]: 34 and 55 Columns
:[[1st Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteers|60th (North Midland) Field Regiment]], Royal Artillery: 60 and 68 Columns (fighting as infantry)
:12th Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: Support
:''This Brigade trained as a Chindit Brigade, but was diverted to the main front in [[Assam]] and took part in the [[Battle of Kohima]].''

==Notes==
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==References==
* Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War Against Japan'' Vol II, ''India's Most Dangerous Hour'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1958/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-61-0}}.
* Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War Against Japan'' Vol III, ''The Decisive Battles'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1961/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, {{ISBN|1-845740-62-9}}.

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