ORDER OF BATTLE - 1st Chindit Expedition 1943

77th Indian Infantry Brigade

 13th King's Liverpool Regiment
  3/2nd Gurkha Rifles
  142 Commando Company
  2nd Burma Rifles
  Eight RAF sections
  A mule transport company  
     
Commander Brigadier Orde Wingate, DSO late Royal Artillery
Brigadier Major Major R.B.G. Bromhead Royal Berkshire Regiment, succeeded by Major G.M. Anderson Highland Light Infantry
Staff Captain Captain H.J. Lord Border Regiment
 
The Brigade was divided into two groups and seven columns :
     
No. 1 Group (Southern)

• Commander Lt-Colonel Alexander 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles
• Adjutant  Captain Birtwhistle 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles
• No. 1 Column Major G. Dunlop, MC Royal Scots
• No. 2 Column Major A. Emmett 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles

 No. 2 Group (Northern)

• Commander  Lt-Colonel S.A. Cooke Lincolnshire Regiment,attached King's Regiment
• Adjutant Captain D. Hastings King's Regiment
• No. 3 Column Major J.M. Calvert Royal Engineers
• No. 4 Column Major Conron  3/2nd Gurkha Rifles succeeded by Major R.B.G. Bromhead Royal Berkshire Regiment
• No. 5 Column Major B.E. Fergusson Black Watch
• No. 7 Column Major K.D. Gilkes King's Regiment
• No. 8 Column Major W.P. Scott King's Regiment
• 2nd Burma Rifles Lt-Colonel L.G. Wheeler Burma Rifles
• Adjutant Captain P.C. Buchanan Burma Rifles
• Independent Mission Captain D.C. Herring  

 ORDER OF BATTLE - 2nd Chindit Expedition 1944

Special Force, 3rd Indian Infantry Division

Command and Staff
Commander Major-General O.C.Wingate DSO, succeeded by 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
Headquarters Rear HQ at Gwalior, Central India
                    Main HQ first at Imphal and then at Sylhet, Assam
                    Launching HQ at Lalaghat
                    Tactical/Forward HQ, Shaduzup, Burma
Support Units

Air Force United States Army Air Force
Colonel P. Cochran USAAF, Colonel J.R. Alison USAAF
Royal Artillery  160th Field Regiment, R,S,and U troops
69th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, W, X, Y and Z troops
 
3rd West African Brigade

• Commander Brigadier A.H. Gillmore, succeeded by Brigadier A.H.G. Ricketts DSO
• Column 10 HQ column, 7th West African Field Company
• Columns 39, 66 6th Battalion Nigeria Regiment
• Columns 29, 35 7th Battalion Nigeria Regiment
• Columns 12, 43 12th Battalion Nigeria Regiment
• 3rd West African Field Ambulance

14th British Infantry Brigade

• Commander Brigadier T. Brodie
• Column 59 HQ column
• Columns 42, 73 2nd Battalion The Black Watch
• Columns 16, 61 1st Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• Columns 65, 84 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
• Columns 47, 74 7th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment
• Support 54th Field Company Royal Engineers
• Medical Detachment

16th British Infantry Brigade

• Commander Brigadier B.E. Fergusson DSO
• Column 99 HQ column
• Columns 21, 22 2nd Battalion Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
• Columns 17, 71 2nd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment
• Columns 51, 69 51/69 Field Regiments, Royal Artillery (fighting as infantry)
• Columns 45, 54 45th Reconnaissance Regiment (fighting as infantry)
• Support 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers
• Medical Detachment

 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade

• Commander Brigadier Lance E.C.M. Perowne CBE
• Column 32 HQ column
• Columns 44, 56 1st Battalion Essex Regiment
• Columns 33, 76 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment
• Columns 34, 55 4th Battalion Border Regiment
• Columns 60, 68 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (fighting as infantry)
• Support 12th Field Company Royal Engineers
• Medical Detachment

 77th Indian Infantry Brigade

• Commander Brigadier J.M. Calvert DSO
• Column 25 HQ column
• Mixed Field Company Royal Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers
• Columns 36, 63 3rd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles
• Columns 81, 82 1st Battalion King's (Liverpool) Regiment, to 111 Brigade in May 1944
• Columns 20, 50 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
• Columns 38, 80 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
• Columns 57, 93 3rd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, to 111 Brigade in May 1944
• Support 142 Company Hong Kong Volunteers
• Medical and veterinary detachments

111th Indian Infantry Brigade

• Commander Brigadier W.D.A. Lentaigne, succeeded first by Major J. Masters
• and then by Brigadier Morris CBE DSO
• Column 48 HQ column
• Columns 26, 90 1st Battalion Cameronians
• Columns 41, 46 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
• Column 30 3rd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles
• Support Mixed Field Company Royal Engineers/Royal Indian Engineers
• Medical and veterinary detachments

Morris Force

• Commander Brigadier J.R. Morris
• Columns 49, 94 4th Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles
• Column 40 3rd/4th Gurkha Rifles

Dah Force

• Lieut-Colonel D.C. Herring
• Kachin Levies

  
Bladet (Blain's Detachment)

• Major Blain
• Gliderborne commando engineers.

Other Units

• 2nd Battalion Burma Rifles
• Four troops 160th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (in artillery role)
• Four troops 69th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (in artillery role)

Divisional Troops

• 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
• Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles
• 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C.
• 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C.
• 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C.