Appendix 7
THE COMPOSITION OF THE EL WAK RAIDING FORCE,
DECEMBER 1940

DICKFORCE (Brigadier Richards) H.Q. 24th Gold Coast Infantry Brigade
'A' Squadron, 1st E.A. Armoured Car Regiment
1st S.A. Light Tank Company
51st Gold Coast Light Battery
4th Field Brigade, S.A.A. (less one 3·7-inch howitzer battery)
One Section, 6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, S.A.A.
1st Gold Coast Regiment
3rd Gold Coast Regiment
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
One Company, 1/6 King's African Rifles
52nd Gold Coast Field Company (less Water Section)
One Company and one Light Detachment, 4th Gold Coast Field Ambulance
Fuel Detachment, S.A. Air Force
One S.A.A.F. W/T Tender

PINFORCE (Brigadier Pienaar) H.Q. 1st S.A. Infantry Brigade
No. 3 S.A. Armoured Car Company (less two platoons)
One 3·7-inch howitzer battery, 4th Field Brigade, S.A.A.
1st Transvaal Scottish
Royal Natal Carbineers
1st Field Company, S.A.E.C. (less one section)
10th Field Ambulance, S.A.M.C. (less one company)

DIVISIONAL TROOPS One Platoon, No. 3 S.A. Armoured Car Company
One Section, 6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, S.A.A.
One Company, 1/6 King's African Rifles
One Section, 1st Field Company, S.A.E.C. Detachment, 54th (East African) Field Company
Detachment, 10th S.A. Motor Ambulance Convoy
No. 1 S.A. Divisional Ammunition Company
Divisional Water Reserve

DICKFORCE, after seizing the British Landing Ground, was to split up into two columns, as follows:

Column 'A' (Lieut.-Colonel I. R. Bruce, 1st Gold Coast Regt.)

1st Gold Coast Regiment
51st Gold Coast Light Battery
1st S.A. Light Tank Company
One Section, 52nd Gold Coast Field Company
One Light Detachment, 4th Gold Coast Field Ambulance
Two Platoons, 'D' Company, 1/6 King's African Rifles

Column 'B' (Lieut.-Colonel G. T. Senescall (The Dukes))

'A' Squadron, 1st E.A. Armoured Car Regiment
Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles
4th Field Brigade, S.A.A. (less one 3·7-inch howitzer battery)
One Section, 52nd Gold Coast Field Company
One Detachment, 4th Gold Coast Field Ambulance
'D' Company, 1/6 King's African Rifles (less two platoons)

Dickforce Troops

3rd Gold Coast Regiment
Dickforce H.Q.
One Detachment, 'B' Section, 6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, S.A.A.
52nd Gold Coast Field Company (less two sections)
1st E.A. Pioneers (less three Companies)
One Company, 4th Gold Coast Field Ambulance (less one detachment)
H.Q. Company, 5th (Kenya) Field Ambulance
One Fuel Detachment, S.A. Air Force

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