Operation Granby order of battle
This is the Operation Granby order of battle. Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War.
British Army
- 1st (British) Armoured Division[1]
- 7th Armoured Brigade[1]
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (57 Challenger MBTs)
- Queen's Royal Irish Hussars (57 Challenger MBTs)
- A Squadron, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (28 CVR(T))
- 1st Staffordshire Infantry (45 Warrior IFVs) (Lt. Col. Charles Rogers)
- 39th Regiment, Royal Engineers
- 10th Air Defence Battery (Javelin)
- 40th Field Artillery Regiment (24 M109 SP howitzers)
- 4th Mechanized Brigade[1]
- Infantry
- Armour
- Royal Artillery
- 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 12th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery.[2]
- T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery[2]
- 26th Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 32nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 39th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- 40th Field Regiment Royal Artillery[1]
- Royal Engineers
Army Air Corps
- 4 Regiment Army Air Corps with Westland Lynx AH.7s and Westland Gazelle AH.1s[3]
- No. 664 Squadron AAC (9 Lynx)
Royal Air Force
Panavia Tornado GR.1[1]
Panavia Tornado GR.1a[1]
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1[1]
Westland Puma HC.1[3]
RAF Regiment
Royal Navy
Frigates
- Leander Class
- Broadsword Class
- HMS Battleaxe[1]
- HMS Brazen[4]
- 829 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS London(Flagship)[5]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
Destroyers
- Sheffield class
- HMS Cardiff[4]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS Exeter[6]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS Manchester[5]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.2
- HMS Gloucester[7]
- 815 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Lynx HAS.3
- HMS York[1]
- HMS Cardiff[4]
Command ships
Mine countermeasure vessels
Submarines
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- RFA Argus[8]
- RFA Diligence[1]
- RFA Fort Grange[7]
- 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
- RFA Olna[9]
- 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Westland Sea King HC.4
- RFA Orangeleaf[1]
- RFA Sir Bedivere[1]
- RFA Sir Galahad[1]
- RFA Sir Percivale[1]
- RFA Sir Tristram[1]
Other ships
Fleet Air Arm
Deployed to land bases
- 845 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s[8]
- 848 Naval Air Squadron with Westland Sea King HC.4s[8]
See also
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 "British Forces involved in Operation Granby". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- 1 2 "12th Regiment Royal Artillery". British Army Units 1945 on. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- 1 2 James 2001, p. 509.
- 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
- 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
- 1 2 Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
- 1 2 3 4 James 2001, p. 508.
- ↑ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.
Bibliography
- James, D (2001). Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books. ISBN 978-0851778471.
- Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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