For what it's worth these are from notes I took from a book called Five Ventures from the reference section of Redcar Library and dated 9th May 1994.
Middle East Command 1st February 1941 - 11 divisions and one brigade
- Egypt and Western Desert 4 divisions and one brigade (1st and 7th Armoured Divisions, 2nd New Zealand Division, 6th Australian Division and the Polish Brigade)
- Palestine 2 divisions (7th and 9th Australian Divisions)
- Sudan 2 divisions (4th and 5th Indian Divisions)
- East Africa 3 divisions (1st South African Division and the 11th and 12th African Divisions)
Not mentioned in the notes were the 1st Cavalry Division in Palestine and the 6th Infantry Division one of whose brigades (the 14th) was in Crete.
Greek Force (Wilson)
- I Australian Corps (Blamey) with the 2nd New Zealand Division and 6th Australian Division
- 7th Armoured Brigade Group from the 2nd Armoured Division
- To be reinforced by the 7th Australian Division and the Polish Brigade ASAP
- 58,051 strength at the beginning of the campaign
- 42,311 evacuated
- 15,740 losses
Equipment left behind
- Practically all artillery, heavy equipment and motor transport
- The troops who returned were short of machine guns, mortars, ammunition and even rifles
- Most of the signals equipment and close support weapons
According to the Mediterranean and Middle East Volume I it looks as if one HAA battery and one LAA battery both of which were intended for Malta were sent to the Greek mainland to protect the RAF bases there.
Build up of forces on Crete.
Arrived 31st October 1940 to 6th November 1940
HQ 14th Infantry Brigade
151st LAA Battery, RA
156th HAA Battery, RA
42nd Field Company, RE
2nd Battalion Lancashire and Yorkshire Regiment
Arrived 13th November 1940
2nd Battalion The Black Watch
50 Middle East Commando
Arrived 17th February 1941
1st Battalion the Welch Regiment
Arrived 10th May 1941
AA portion of the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation
Arrived 16th May 1941
2nd Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment
Arrived 19th May 1941
1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Garrison on 20th May 1941
15,063 British (5,200 original Crete Force, 6,399 evacuated from Greece and remained, 3,464 from Egypt)
6,451 Australians evacuated from Greece
7,100 New Zealanders evacuated from Greece
28,614 Total British Empire and Commonwealth
The Anzacs were organised into the 19th Australian, 4th NZ, 5th NZ and 10th NZ Brigades. The 10th NZ Bde was formed on the island.
Greek forces on Crete
11,000 Army
2,800 Gendarmes
300 GMA
800 GAFA
14,900 Total organised into units of 1,000 strong but poorly equipped
There were also 16,000 Italian prisoners on the island.
Before the evacuation there were 16 heavy and 36 light anti-aircraft guns on the island. It was estimated that another 40 heavy and 12 light AA guns were needed plus 72 searchlights.
On 14th May 1941 there were 16 light tanks belonging to the 3rd Hussars and 7 infantry tanks of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment. Both were part of the 1st Armoured Brigade and before the evacuation of Greece they had 52 tanks each.