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APPENDIX B

Lists of Forces Engaged[9]



Page
I. NAVAL OPERATIONS
261
II. COMBINED OPERATIONS
262
            §1. General Note on Command.
            §2. Operations Based on Namsos.

            §3. Operations Based on Aandalsnes.

            §4. Operations Based on Mosjöen, Mo and Bodö.

            §5. Operations Based on Harstad (Narvik Area).

III. AIR OPERATIONS
267

PART I
Naval Operations

§ 1. Engagements of 8th and 9th April



    (8th April)



Destroyer
Glowworm
    (Lt-Cmder G. Broadmead Roope).

    (9th April)



Battlecruiser
Renown
    (flagship of Vice-Admiral W. J. Whitworth,
    commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron;
    Captain C. E. B. Simeon).

§ 2. First Battle of Narvik (10th April)



2nd Destroyer Flotilla



Hardy
    (flotilla leader, Captain B. A. W. Warburton-Lee).


Hunter
    (Lt-Cmdr L. de Villiers).


Hotspur
    (Cmdr H. F. H. Layman).


Havock
    (Lt-Cmdr R. E. Courage).


Hostile
    (Lt-Cmdr J. P. Wright)

§ 3. Second Battle of Narvik (13th April)



Battleship
Warspite
    (flagship of Vice-Admiral W. J. Whitworth,
    commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron;
    Captain V. A. C. Crutchley, V. C.).

Destroyers
Bedouin
    (Cmdr J. A. McCoy).


Cossack
    (Cmdr R. St. V. Sherbrooke).


Eskimo
    (Cmdr St. J. A. Micklethwait).


Punjabi
    (Cmdr J. T. Lean).


Hero     (Cmdr H. W. Biggs).


Icarus     (Lt-Cmdr C. D. Maud).


Kimberly     (Lt-Cmdr R. G. K. Knowling).


Forester     (Lt-Cmdr E. B. Tancock).


Foxhound     (Lt-Cmdr G. H. Peters).

F.A.A.
    striking force from Aircraft Carrier Furious.


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§ 4. Engagement of 8th June

Aircraft Carrier
Glorious
(Captain G. D'Oyly Hughes).

Destroyers
Acasta
(Cmdr. C. E. Glasfurd)


Ardent
(Lt-Cmdr J. E. Barker

PART II Combined Operations

§ 1. General Note on Command

1. Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery, who had been appointed Naval Commander of the Narvik Expedition on 10th April, was appointed on 21st April to command all forces committed to thse task of capturing Narvik, and on 7th May the military forces in the Mosjöen-Bodö area were included in his command.;

2. Lieut.-General H. R. S. Massy was appointed on 21st April to command the North-West Expeditionary Force, consisting of all military forces engaged in Norway elsewhere than at Narvik. This command terminated on 7th May; the Narvik force took its name.

3. Naval operations, other than those of the Narvik expedition within 100 miles of Vaagsfjord, were included in the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, Admiral Sir Charles Forbes.

§2. Operations Based on Namsos

A. ROYAL NAVY

    Naval escort to Norway:
          (a)1    Cruisers Manchester, Birmingham.
                  Anti-aircraft cruiser Cairo.
                  Destroyers.
          (b)2   Cruiser Emile Bertin (French).
                  Destroyers (French).
   Landing Party (Operation Henry):
          Seamen and Marines from H.M.S. Glasgow, Sheffield.
   Anti-aircraft defence:
          Anti-aircraft cruisers Cairo, Curlew, Carlisle.
          Sloops Auckland, Bittern.
   F.A.A.:
          Aircraft carriers3 Ark Royal, Glorious.

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    Naval escort from Norway:
          Cruisers Devonshire, York, Montcalm (French).
          Anti-aircraft cruiser Carlisle.
          Destroyers (British and French)

B. ARMY (Mauriceforce)
 Major-General Carton de Wiart, V.C.
British
     146th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C. G. Phillips):
          1st/4th Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (Lieut.-Colonel R. W. Newton).
          1st/4th Batttalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Lieut.-Colonel W. S. Hibbert).
          The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment (Lieut.-Colonel C. O. Robbins).
          One Section 55th Field Company Royal Engineers
French
Général de Division Audet
     5th Demi-Brigade Chasseurs Alpin (Général de Brigade Béthouart):
          13th Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
          53rd Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
          67th Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
          Detatchments, Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Tank Artillery.
          One Section Engineers.

§ 3. Operations Based on Aandalsnes

A. ROYAL NAVY

     Naval escort to Norway
          (a)4  Cruisers Galatea, Arethusa.
                Anti-aircraft cruisers Carlisle, Curacoa.
                Destroyers.
          (b)5 Cruisers Galatea, Sheffield, Glasgow.
                Destroyers.
     Landing Part (Operation Primrose):
          Seamen and Marines from H.M.S. Hood, Nelson, Barham.
          21st Light Anti Aircraft Battery Royal Marines.
          Two detatchments 11th Searchlight Regiment Royal Marines.
     Anti-aircraft defence:
          Anti-aircraft cruisers Carlisle, Curacoa.
          Sloops Black Swan, Flamingo, Bittern.
          Escort Vessel Fleetwood.
     F.A.A.:
          Aircraft carriers Ark Royal, Glorious.6

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     Naval escort from Norway:
          (a)7 Cruisers Galatea, Arethusa, Sheffield, Southampton.
                Destroyers.
          (b)8 Cruisers Manchester, Birmingham.
                Anti-aircraft cruiser Calcutta.
                Destroyers.

B. ARMY (Sickleforce)
Major-General B. C. T. Paget.9
      148th Brigade (Brigadier (H. de R. Morgan).
          1st/5th Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Lieut.-Colonel G. J. German).
          1st/8th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Lieut.-Colonel T. A. Ford).
     15th Brigade (Brigadier H. E. F. Smyth):
          1st Battalion The Green Howards (Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Robinson).
          1st Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Acting Lieut.-Colonel E. E. E. Cass).
          1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Lieut.-Colonel A. L. Kent-Limon).
     168th Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery, Royal Artillery.
     260th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery, Royal Artillery.
     55th Field Company Royal Engineers (less one section).

C. ROYAL AIR FORCE

     No. 263 Squadron, Gladiators (Squadron-Leader J. W. Donaldson).

§4. Operations Based on Mosjöen, Mo and Bodö

A. ROYAL NAVY

     Naval escort to Norway: Destroyers.
     Transfers in Norway: Cruiser Effingham, Anti-aircraft cruiser Cairo,
                                      Repair Ship Vindictive and Destroyers.

B. ARMY (Scissorsforce)10
Brigadier C. McV. Gubbins.11
     1. 9th-11th May:
          Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Independent Companies.12
          One Section 166th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery.

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     2. 12th-22nd May:
          1st Battalion Scots Guards.
          Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Independent Companies.
          One Troops, 203rd Field Battery, Royal Artillery.
          One Troops, 55th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillerty.
          Detatchment 230th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
     3. 23rd-29th May:
          1st Battalion Scots Guards.
          1st Battalion Irish Guards.
          2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers.13
          Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Independent Companies.
          One Troop, 203rd Field Battery, Royal Artillery.
          One Troop, 55th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery.
          Detachment 230th Field Company, Royal Engineers.

C. ROYAL AIR FORCE

     Detatchment No. 263 Squadron (three Gladiators).14

§ 5. Operations Based on Harstad (Narvik Area)

(1) STATE OF FORCES AS AT 17TH APRIL.
A. ROYAL NAVY

Flag Officer, Narvik: Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery.
     Battleship Warspite.
     Cruisers Southampton, Effingham, Aurora, Enterprise.
     Repair Ship Vindictive.
     Destroyers.
     Aircraft Carrier Furious.

B. ARMY (Avonforce)
Major-General P. J. Mackesy.
     24th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier the Hon. W. Fraser).
          1st Battalion Scots Guards (Lieut.-Colonel T. B. Trappes-Lomax).
          1st Battalion Irish Guards (Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Faulkner).
          2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers (Lieut.-Colonel W. Gottwaltz).
     3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery.
     229th and 230th Field Companies, Royal Engineers.
     Detachment 231st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers.
(2) STATE OF FORCES AS AT 10TH MAY
Flag Officer, Narvik: Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery.

A. ROYAL NAVY

     Battleship Resolution.
     Cruisers Effingham, Aurora, Enterprise.
     Anti-aircraft cruisers Cairo, Coventry, Curlew.

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     Repair Ship Vindictive.
     Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal.
     Destroyers.

B. ARMY (Rupertforce)
Major-General P. J. Mackesy.

British
    24th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier the Hon. W. Fraser).
          1st Battalion Scots Guards.15
          1st Battalion Irish Guards.
          2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers.
     One troop 3rd King's Own Hussars (tanks)
     203rd Battery, 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
     193rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery.
     55th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
     3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery.
     229th and 230th Field Companies, Royal Engineers.
     Detachment 231st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers.

French and Polish
Général de Brigade Béthouart.
     27th Demi-Brigade Chasseurs Alpins:
          6th Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
          12th Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
          14th Battalion Chasseurs Alpins.
     13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion:
          1st and 2nd Battalions.
     Polish Brigade (Chasseurs du Nord), (General Bohucz-szysko):
          1st Demi-Brigade: 1st and 2nd Battalions.
          2nd Demi-Brigade: 3rd and 4th Battalions.
     342nd Independent Tank Company.
     2nd Independent Group Colonial Artillery.
     14th Anti-Tank Company, 13th Chasseurs Alpins.

(3) STATE OF FORCES AS AT 3RD JUNE
Flag Officer, Narvik: Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery.

A. ROYAL NAVY

     Cruiser Southampton.
     Anti-aircraft cruisers Cairo, Coventry.
     Repair Ship Vindictive.
     Destroyers.
     Aircraft Carriers Ark Royal, Glorious.

B. ARMY (North Western Expeditionary Force)
Lieut.-General C. J. E. Auchinlek.

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     24th (Guards) Brigade.16
     Nos. 2, 3 and 5 Independent Companies.16
     One troops 3rd Kings's Own Hussars.17
     203rd Battery, 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
     6th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (Brigadier F. N. C. Rosseter).
     55th Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (163rd, 164th, 165th Batteries)18.
     56th Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (3rd, 167th Batteries).
     51st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (151st, 152nd, 153rd Batteries).
     82nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (156th, 193rd, 256th Batteries).
     No. 10 Army Observer Unit, Royal Artillery.
     229th and 230th Field Companies, Royal Engineers.
     Detachment 231st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers.

French and Polish
As before (§5(2)B. above.)

C. ROYAL AIR FORCE (Air Component)

Group Captain M. Moore.
     No. 263 Squadron, Gladiators (Squadron-Leader J. W. Donaldson).
     No. 46 Squadron, Hurricanes (Squadron-Leader K. B. B. Cross)
     No. 11 Observer Screen.

PART III Air Operations[10]

§ 1. Fleet Air Arm Attacks Against Ships in German-held Harbours


Bergen
10th April from Hatston, Orkneys.
Trondheim
11th April from H.M.S. Furious.
Trondheim
25th April from H.M.S. Glorious.
Trondheim
25th, 28th April, 13th June from H.M.S. Ark Royal.

§ 2. Royal Air Force Attacks Against Ships in German-held Harbours:


by Squadrons Nos. 220, 224, 233, 269 (Hudsons)
at Bergen
(11th April, 29th May, 13th June)

    Trondheim
(11th June)

    Larvik
(17th April)

    Haugesund
(19th April)
by Bomber Command (Wellingtons and Hampdens)
at Bergen
(9th April)

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§ 3. Royal Air Force Attacks Against German-held Airfields:

by Squadrons Nos. 107, 110, 254 (Blenheims)
at Stavanger
(18 attacks)

    Trondheim
(2 attacks)
by Squadrons Nos. 44, 50 (Hampdens)
at Oslo
(30th April)
by Squadrons Nos. 220, 224, 233 (Hudsons)
at Stavanger
(2 attacks)

    Trondheium
(20th May)
by Squadrons Nos. 9, 37, 75, 90, 99, 115, 149 (Wellingtons)
at Kristiansand
(20th April)

    Stavanger
(9 attacks)
by Squadrons Nos. 10, 51, 58, 77, 102 (Whitleys)
at Oslo
(10 attacks)

    Stavanger
(6 attacks)

    Trondheim
(5 attacks)

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Footnotes

1 Under Vice-Admiral G. Layton, who sailed from Scapa on 12th April.

2 Under the French Vice-Admiral Derrien.

3 Sail from Scapa 23rd April, under command of Vice-Admiral L. V. Wells.

4 Sailed from Rosyth on 17th Aprial under command of Vice-Admiral G. F. B. Edward-Collins.

5 Sailed from Rosyth on 22nd April under same command.

6 See § 2 above.

7 Sailed from Aandalsnes, etc., on 30th April/1st May under command of Vice-Amdiral G. F. B. Edward-Collins.

8 Sailed from Aandalsnes, etc., on 1st/2nd May under command of Vice-Admiral G. Layton.

9 Appointed 20th April, before which date the force, consisting of 148th Brigade and 168th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery was under command of Brigadier H. de R. Morgan.

10 On 23rd May the name was changed to Bodoforce.

11 Brigadier The Hon. W. Fraser was in command 12th-17th May.

12 Recruited from the 52nd, 9th, 54th, 55th and 1st London Division respectivlve. No. 2 Company did not land in Norway until 13th May. One company Scots Guards had been stations near Bodö since 1st May, but was not under Scissorsforces command.

13 Battalion completed its move south on 27th May.

14 Operated 26th/27th May only.

15 Less one company detatched at Bodö.

16 Brought back from Bodö for evacuation on 29th-31st May, Nos. 1 and 4 Independent Companies only being evacuated direct to home ports (see § 4B3 above).

17 Less tanks.

18 Less one troop sent to Mo.


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