BEF Units and formations which were wholly or partly aboard Lancastria:
Royal Artillery:
53rd City of London Heavy AA Regiment, 153; 157;158; 159 Batteries.
12th AA Regiment.
50th AA Regiment.
73rd AA Regiment, 311 Battery.
2nd Mobile AA Regiment.
2nd Heavy AA Regiment.
37th Searchlight Regiment.
Royal Engineers:
29 Railway Survey Company.
62 Transportation Company.
156 Transportation Company.
190 Transportation Company.
7 Railway Company.
159 Railway Company.
153 Railway Operating Company.
CRE AASF (South)
CRE AASF (East)
Kent Fortress Troops.
116 Road Company
663 Artisan Works Company.
675 Artisan Works Company.
46 Field Company.
66 Field Company.
186 Field Company.
263 Field Company.
Port Operations Group.
RE HQ BEF
RE HQ Dieppe
RE Rennes Sub-Area
Royal Army Ordnance Corps:
No. 1 Base Ordnance Depot.
No. 2 Base Ordnance Depot.
No. 1 Base Workshops.
Advanced Ordnance Workshops, No. 7 Company
Royal Army Service Corps:
No. 1 Heavy Repair Section.
No. 2 Heavy Repair Section.
No. 4 Heavy Repair Section.
No. 1 Printing and Stationary Section.
No. 1 Base Supply Depot.
No. 5 Base Supply Depot.
No. 1 Field Bakery.
No. 2 Field Bakery.
Advanced Stationary Unit.
No. 2 (Rear) Motor Transport Company.
527 Company, attached 51st Highland Division.
RASC, Attached HQ BEF
RASC, Attached HQ Lines of Communication.
EFI AASF
Royal Armoured Corps:
No.1 Base Depot.
No. 2 Base Depot.
HQ, 7th Battalion.
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps:
Companies numbered: 12,13,18, 26, 28, 39, 43, 46, 50, 53, 56, 61, 62, 67, 73, 75, 82, 93, 104, 106, 108, 113, 115, 150, 208, 233.
Base Depot Staff.
HQ Labour Control.
No. 1 Mauritius Company.
Infantry:
Sherwood Foresters 2nd and 5th Battalions.
Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), 4th and 5th Battalions.
Fife and Forth Yeomanry, attached 51st Highland Division.
6th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Cheshire Regiment, 7th Battalion.
No. 1 Infantry Brigade Depot.
No. 1 GB Depot.
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Essex Surrey Regiment.
Royal Air Force:
HQ, British Air Forces France.
67 Wing.
70 Wing.
73 Squadron.
98 Squadron.
No. 2 Air Mission.
'D' Squadron.
Other Army Units:
Town Mayor's Staff, Dieppe.
Sub-Area Staff, Dieppe.
Sub-Area Staff, Nantes.
RAMC Staff, Dieppe Sub-Area.
101 Transportation Control.
MPSC
Army Pay Corps, HQ BEF.
Army Pay Corps, Command Pay Office
Non-Military Bodies:
Church Army.
Salvation Army.
YMCA.
Civilians:
About 38 known civilians were believed to be aboard, 18 of whom were employees of the Fairey Aviation Company (Belgium).
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