Battle of Crete order of battle

Allied

Land forces

Commonwealth & Allied Forces, Crete - "Creforce"

• C Squadron, 3rd The King's Own Hussars
• B Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment

  2nd New Zealand Division

• 27th New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
• 5th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment
• 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade between Chania and Galatas
• * 18th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 19th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 20th New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 1st Light Troop, RA
• 5th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
• * 21st New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 22nd New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 23rd New Zealand Infantry Battalion
• * 28th Infantry Battalion
• * 7th Field Company New Zealand Engineers
• * 19th Army Field Corps Company
• * New Zealand Field Punishment Centre Prisoners were released to fight the enemy.
• * 1st Greek Regiment,
• * Evelpidon Officers' Academy,
• 10th New Zealand Infantry Brigade
• * New Zealand Divisional Cavalry
• * New Zealand Composite Battalion. General Weston named this force the "Royal Perivolians" after they were supposedly involved in rescuing the King of Greece.
• * 6th Greek Regiment,
• * 8th Greek Regiment,

  British 14th Infantry Brigade

• Headquarters, 14 Bde – at Heraklion
• * 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
• * 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
• * 2nd Battalion, Black Watch
• * 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders – Tymbaki sector
• * 7th Medium Regiment, RA. No artillery weaponsa; equipped and served at Crete as infantry.

• * Australian 2/4th Battalion
• * Greek 3rd Regiment
• * Greek 7th Regiment
• * Greek Garrison Battalion

  19th Australian Infantry Brigade

Mobile Base Defence Organization

• 15th Coast Regiment, RA
• "S" Royal Marine Composite Battalion, Maj. R Garrett
• 1st Battalion, The Rangers, The King's Royal Rifle Corps -
• 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - no equipment, used as infantry
• 106th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lt. Col. AF Hely
• 16th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 350 officers and men

• 17th Australian Brigade Composite Battalion - 270 officers and men

• 2nd Greek Regiment - 930 Officers and Men
• 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Marines

  Naval forces

• Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet - Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham

  Forces A1

• Queen Elizabeth-class battleships
• * HMS Warspite - Captain DB Fisher - damaged
• * HMS Valiant - Capt. CE Morgan - damaged
• G and H-class destroyers
• * - Cmdr. WR Marshall-A'Deane, Sunk 22 May 1941
• * - Lt. KRC Letts
• * - Lt. GRG Watkins
• * - Cmdr. HW Briggs
• J-class destroyer
• * - Lt. Cmdr. JFW Hine

  Force B

• Light cruisers
• * HMS Gloucester - Capt. Henry A Rowley, sunk 22 May 1941 with the loss of 722 crew
• * HMS Fiji - Capt. PBRW William-Powlett, sunk 22 May 1941
• * HMS Orion - Capt. GRB Back - damaged
• * HMS Dido - Capt. HWV McCall - damaged
• Destroyers
• * HMS Decoy - Cmdr. EG McGregor
• * HMS Hereward - Lt. WJ Munn, sunk by enemy aircraft 29 May 1941.
• * HMS Hotspur - Lt.Cmdr. CPF Brown
• * HMS Imperial - Lt. Cmdr. CA De W Kitcat, sunk 29 May 1941 off Crete
• * HMS Jackal - Lt. Cmdr. MP Jonas
• * HMS Kimberley - Lt. Cmdr. JSM Richardson

  Force C

Force D

Force E

• - Capt. H St L Nicholson
• - Capt. P J Mack
• - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
• - Capt. TC Hampton - damaged

  5th Destroyer Flotilla

• HMS Kelly - Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sunk 23 May 1941
• HMS Kashmir - Cmdr. HA King, Sunk 23 May 1941
• HMS Kelvin - Cmdr. JH Alison - damaged
• HMS Jackal - Lt.Cmdr. MP Jonas
• HMS Kipling - Cmdr. A St Clair-Ford

  Evacuation Fleet

• HMS Phoebe - Capt. G Grantham, light cruiser
• HMAS Perth - Capt. Sir P.W. Bowyer-Smith, light cruiser - damaged
• HMS Coventry - Capt. WP Carne, light cruiser
• HMS Calcutta - Capt. DM Lees, Anti-aircraft cruiser, sunk 1 June 1941 with 255 survivors
• HMS Glengyle - Capt. CH Petrie, Landing Ship, Infantry
• HMAS Napier - Capt. Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss RN, N-class Flotilla Leader.
• HMAS Nizam - Lt. Cmdr. Max Joshua Clark
• HMS Kelvin - Cmdr. JH Alison
• HMS Kandahar - Cmdr. WGA Robson

  Air forces

• Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Middle East - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore
• * No. 30 Squadron RAF - Bristol Blenheim
• * No. 33 Squadron RAF - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
• * No. 80 Squadron RAF - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
• * No. 112 Squadron RAF - Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane
• * No. 203 Squadron RAF - Bristol Blenheim

  Axis forces

Land, Airborne and Air forces

''Fliegerkorps XI''

''Fliegerkorps VIII''

''Luftflotte IV''

''Luftlande Sturmregiment''

7th ''Flieger Division''

5th ''Gebirgs'' Division