The forces that retreated from Burma
7th Armoured Brigade
17th Indian Division
1st Burmese Division
63rd Indian Brigade
BurCorps constituted during the retreat
1st Burma Division
17th Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
7th Queen’s own Hussars
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
1st Burma Division (1 BURDIV) January 1942
1st Burma Brigade
13th Indian Brigade
2nd Burma Brigade transferred to 17 Indian Division in January and back on 28th February (on arrival in India redesignated 113th Indian Infantry Brigade)
17th Indian Division January 1942
46th Indian Infantry Brigade under Brigadier R.G.Elkin
2nd Burma Infantry Brigade transferred from 1st Burma Division to 17th Division in January
17th Indian Division March 1942
16th Indian Brigade
48th Gurkha Brigade under Brigadier Cameron
46th Brigade due to losses was broken up
Regiments
1st Burma Rifles
2nd Burma Rifles part of 2nd Burma Brigade(April)
3rd Burma Rifles
4th Burma Rifles
5th Burma Rifles
6th Burma Rifles
7th Burma Rifles part of 2nd Burma Brigade
8th Burma Rifles
11th Burma Rifles
12th Burma Rifles
13th Burma Rifles
14th Burma Rifles
20th Burma Rifles
INDIAN UNITS
5/1 Punjabis Lt Colonel K.D. Marshland
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