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1st Burma Division, consisting of -
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Maymyo Brigade
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2nd K.O.Y.L.I.
1st Burma Rifles.
6th Burma Rifles.
7th Burma Rifles.
12th Mountain Battery.
56th Field Company (S & M)
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Teriasserim Brigade
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2nd Burma Rifles.
4th Burma Rifles.
5th Burma Rifles.
8th Burma Rifles.
2nd Mountain Battery.
Sec. Field Company.
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13th Indian Infantry Brigade
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5th/1st Punjab.
2nd/7th Rajputs.
1st/18th R. Garh Rifles.
23rd Mountain Battery.
5th Field Battery R.A., B.A.F.
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Rangoon Brigade
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1st Gloucesters.
3rd Burma Rifles.
Coast Defence Battery.
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16th Indian Infantry Brigade
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1st/9th Jat.
4th/12th F.F. Regiment.
1st/7th Gurkha Regiment.
5th Mountain Battery.
HQ, 27th Mountain Regiment
50th Field Company (S & M)
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Burma Frontier Force
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Bhama Battalion.
Chin Hills Battalion.
Myitkyina Battalion.
Northern Shan States Battalion.
Southern Shan States Battalion.
Kokine Battalion.
Reserve Battalion.
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Garrison Companies
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1st Garrison Company.
2nd Garrison Company.
3rd Garrison Company.
4th Garrison Company.
5th Garrison Company.
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Burma Rifles (Territorials)
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11th Burma Rifles.
12th Burma Rifles.
13th Southern Shan States, Battalion Burma Rifles.
14th Burma Rifles (forming)
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Burma Auxiliary Force
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Rangoon Battalion.
Upper Burma Battalion.
Burma Railways Battalion.
Tenasserim Battalion,
1 A.A. Regiment (forming).
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Burma Rifles
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9th and 10th Battalions (forming).
Six Anti-Tank Troops.
One Field Battery.
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(9)
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Field Company
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Forming
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(10)
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Armed Police
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Three Battalions.
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SUMMARY OF STRENGTH OF ARMY IN BURMA, DECEMBER 7, 1941.
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Infantry—
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British;
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2 battalions.
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Indian;
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6 battalions.
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Burma Rifles (Regulars);
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8 battalions (4 of these just formed).
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Burma Rifles (Territorials);
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4 battalions.
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Garrison Company;
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5 battalions.
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Burma Auxiliary Force;
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4 battalions.
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Burma Frontier Force;
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6 battalions,
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1 reserve battalion.
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Artillery—
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Indian Mountain Batteries;
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3
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Burma Auxiliary Force;
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1 field battery, 18-pounders.
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Five mobile detachments Burma Frontier Force.
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