by Jon E. Lewis
1st and 2nd Special Air Service Regiments
3rd and 4th French Parachute Battalions
European Allies
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade
Royal Netherlands Brigade (Princess Irene’s)
ARMIES, CORPS AND DIVISIONS
Second Army
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles C. Dempsey
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Brigadier M.S. Chilton
Chief of Staff
First Canadian Army
Lieutenant-General H.D.G. Crerar
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Brigadier C.C. Mann
Chief of Staff
I Corps
Lieutenant-General J.T. Crocker
The Inns of Court Regiment RAC (Armoured Car)
62nd Anti-Tank, 102nd Light Anti-Aircraft, 9th Survey
Regiments RA
I Corps Troops Engineers I Corps Signals
VIII Corps
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard N. O’Connor
2nd Household Cavalry Regiment (Armoured Car)
91st Anti-Tank, 121st Light Anti-Aircraft, 10th Survey
Regiments RA
VIII Corps Troops Engineers VIII Corps Signals
XII Corps
Lieutenant-General N.M. Ritchie
1st the Royal Dragoons (Armoured Car)
86th Anti-Tank, 112th Light Anti-Aircraft, 7th Survey
Regiments RA
XII Corps Troops Engineers XII Corps Signals
XXX Corps
Lieutenant-General G.C. Bucknall (to 3.8.44)
Lieutenant-General B.G. Horrocks (from 4.8.44)
11th Hussars (Armoured Car)
73rd Anti-Tank, 27th Light Anti-Aircraft, 4th Survey
Regiments RA
XXX Corps Troops Engineers XXX Corps Signals
II Canadian Corps
Lieutenant-General G.G. Simonds
18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons)
6th Anti-Tank, 6th Light Anti-Aircraft, 2nd Survey Regiments RCA
II Canadian Corps Troops Engineers II Canadian Corps Signals
Guards Armoured Division
Major-General A.H.S. Adair
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
2nd (Armoured) Battalion Grenadier Guards
1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards
2nd (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards
1st (Motor) Battalion Grenadier Guards
32nd Guards Brigade
5th Battalion Coldstream Guards
3rd Battalion Irish Guards
1st Battalion Welsh Guards
Divisional Troops
2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion Welsh Guards
Guards Armoured Divisional Engineers
55th and 153rd Field, 21st Anti-Tank and 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
Guards Armoured Divisional Signals
7th Armoured Division
Major-General G.W.E.J. Erskine (to 3.8.44)
Major-General G.L. Verney (from 4.8.44)
22nd Armoured Brigade
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29.7.44)
1st and 5th Battalions RTR
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (from 29.7.44)
1st Battalion the Rifle Brigade (Motor)
131st Infantry Brigade
1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Battalions the Queen’s Royal Regiment
Divisional Troops
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars
7th Armoured Divisional Engineers
7th Armoured Divisional Signals
3rd and 5th Regiments RHA; 6th Anti-Tank and 15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
11th Armoured Division
Major-General G.P.B. Roberts
29th Armoured Brigade
23rd Hussars
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
3rd Battalion RTR
8th Battalion the Rifle Brigade (Motor)
[159th Infantry Brigade]
3rd Battalion the Monmouthshire Regiment
4th Battalion the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion the Herefordshire Regiment
Divisional Troops
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17.8.44)
15th/19th the King’s Royal Hussars (from 17.8.44)
11tt Armoured Divisional Engineers
13th Regiment RHA; 151st Field, 75th Anti-Tank and 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
11th Armoured Divisional Signals
3rd Division
Major-General T.G. Rennie (to 13.6.44)
Brigadier E.E.E. Cass (acting)
Major-General L.G. Whistler (from 23.6.44)
8th Brigade
1st Battalion the Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment
1st Battalion the South Lancashire Regiment
9th Brigade
2nd Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Battalion the King’s Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Battalion the Royal Ulster Rifles
185th Brigade
2nd Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st Battalion the Royal Norfolk Regiment
2nd Battalion the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
3rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
3rd Divisional Engineers
3rd Divisional Signals
7th, 33rd and 76th Field, 20th Anti-Tank and 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Battalion the Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
6th Airborne Division
Major-General R.N. Gale
3rd Parachute Brigade
8th and 9th Battalions the Parachute Regiment
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
[5th Parachute Brigade]
7th, 12th and 13th Battalions the Parachute Regiment
6th Airlanding Brigade
12th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment
[2nd Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light]
Infantry
1st Battalion the Royal Ulster Rifles
Divisional Troops
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
6th Airborne Divisional Engineers
53rd Airlanding Light Regiment RA
6th Airborne Divisional Signals
15th (Scottish) Division
Major-General G.H.A. MacMillan (to 2.8.44)
Major-General C.M. Barber (from 3.8.44)
44th (Lowland) Brigade
8th Battalion the Royal Scots
6th Battalion the Royal Scots Fusiliers
6th Battalion the King’s Own Scottish Borderers
46th (Highland) Brigade
9th Battalion the Cameronians
2nd Battalion the Glasgow Highlanders
7th Battalion the Seaforth Highlanders
227th (Highland) Brigade
10th Battalion the Highland Light Infantry
2nd Battalion the Gordon Highlanders
2nd Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Troops
15th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
15th Divisional Engineers
15th Divisional Signals
131st, 181st and 190th Field, 97th Anti-Tank and 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1st Battalion the Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
43rd (Wessex) Division
Major-General G.I. Thomas
129th Brigade
4th Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry
4th and 5th Battalions the Wiltshire Regiment
130th Brigade
7th Battalion the Hampshire Regiment
4th and 5th Battalions the Dorsetshire Regiment
214th Brigade
7th Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment
5th Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Divisional Tr
oops
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
43rd Divisional Engineers
43rd Divisional Signals
94th, 112th and 179th Field, 59th Anti-Tank and 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
8th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
49th (West Riding) Division
Major-General E.H. Barker
70th Brigade (to 20.8.44)
10th and 11th Battalions the Durham Light Infantry
1st Battalion the Tyneside Scottish
146th Brigade
4th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Hallamshire Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment
147th Brigade
11th Battalion the Royal Scots Fusiliers
6th Battalion the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (to 6.7.44)
7th Battalion the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
1st Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment (from 6.7.44)
56th Brigade (from 20.8.44)
See under GHQ
Divisional Troops
49th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
49th Divisional Engineers
49th Divisional Signals
69th, 143rd and 185th Field, 55th Anti-Tank and 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment (Machine Gun)
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Major-General D.A.H. Graham
69th Brigade
5th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment
6th and 7th Battalions the Green Howards
151st Brigade
6th, 8th and 9th Battalions the Durham Light Infantry
231st Brigade
2nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion the Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment
Divisional Troops
61st Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
50th Divisional Engineers
50th Divisional Signals
74th, 90th and 124th Field, 102nd Anti-Tank and 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
2nd Battalion the Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
51st (Highland) Division
Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith (to 26.7.44)
Major-General T.G. Rennie (from 27.7.44)
152nd Brigade
2nd and 5th Battalions the Seaforth Highlanders
5th Battalion the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
153rd Brigade
5th Battalion the Black Watch
1st and 5th/7th Battalions the Gordon Highlanders
154th Brigade
1st and 7th Battalions the Black Watch
7th Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Troops
2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry RAC
51st Divisional Engineers
51st Divisional Signals
126th, 127th and 128th Field, 61st Anti-Tank and 40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1/7th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)
53rd (Welsh) Division
Major-General R.K. Ross
71st Brigade
1st Battalion the East Lancashire Regiment (to 3.8.44)
1st Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion the Highland Light Infantry
4th Battalion the Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 5.8.44)
158th Brigade
4th and 6th Battalions the Royal Welch Fusiliers (to 3.8.44)
7th Battalion the Royal Welch Fusiliers
1st Battalion the East Lancashire Regiment (from 4.8.44)
1/5th Battalion the Welch Regiment (from 4.8.44)
160th Brigade
2nd Battalion the Monmouthshire Regiment
4th Battalion the Welch Regiment
1/5th Battalion the Welch Regiment (to 3.8.44)
6th Battalion the Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 4.8.44)
Divisional Troops
53rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
53rd Divisional Engineers
53rd Divisional Signals
81st, 83rd and 133rd Field, 71st Anti-Tank and 116th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RA
1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun)
59th (Staffordshire) Division
Major-General L.O. Lyne
176th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
7th Battalion the Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Battalion the South Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment
177th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
5th, 1/6th and 2/6th Battalions the South Staffordshire Regiment
197th Brigade (to 26.8.44)
1/7th Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2/5th Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion the East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Troops
59th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC (to 31.8.44)
59th Divisional Engineers
59th Divisional Signals
61st, 110th and 116th Field (to 31.8.44), 68th Anti-Tank (to 26.8.44) and 68th Light Anti-Aircraft (to 22.8.44) Regiments RA
7th Battalion the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun) (to 24.8.44)
4th Canadian Armoured Division
Major-General G. Kitching (to 21.8.44)
Major-General H.W. Foster (from 22.8.44)
4th Armoured Brigade
21st Armoured Regiment (the Governor General’s Foot Guards)
22nd Armoured Regiment (the Canadian Grenadier Guards)
28th Armoured Regiment (the British Columbia Regiment)
The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)
10th Infantry Brigade
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
The Algonquin Regiment
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)
Divisional Troops
29th Reconnaissance Regiment (the South Alberta Regiment)
4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Engineers
15th and 23rd Field, 5th Anti-Tank and 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals
2nd Canadian Division
Major-General C. Foulkes
4th Brigade
The Royal Regiment of Canada
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
The Essex Scottish Regiment
5th Brigade
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
The Calgary Highlanders
6th Brigade
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The South Saskatchewan Regiment
Divisional Troops
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)
2nd Canadian Divisional Engineers
2nd Canadian Divisional Signals
4th, 5th and 6th Field, 2nd Anti-Tank and 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)
3rd Canadian Division
Major-General R.F.L. Keller (to 8.8.44)
Major-General D.C. Spry (from 18.8.44)
7th Brigade
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
The Regina Rifle Regiment
1st Battalion the Canadian Scottish Regiment
8th Brigade
The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Le Régiment de la Chaudière
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
9th Brigade
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Divisional Troops
7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars)
3rd Canadian Divisional Engineers
3rd Canadian Divisional
Signals
12th, 13th and 14th Field, 3rd Anti-Tank and 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments RCA
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
1st Polish Armoured Division
Major-General S. Maczek
10th Polish Armoured Brigade
1st Polish Armoured Regiment
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment
24th Polish Armoured (Lancer) Regiment
10th Polish Motor Battalion
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade
1st Polish (Highland) Battalion
8th Polish Battalion
9th Polish Battalion
Divisional Troops
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment
1st Polish Armoured Divisional Engineers
1st and 2nd Polish Field, 1st Polish Anti-Tank and 1st Polish Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments
1st Polish Armoured Divisional Signals
LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND REAR MAINTENANCE AREA
Headquarters Lines of Communication
Major-General R.F.B. Naylor
Nos. 11 and 12 Lines of Communication Areas
Nos. 4, 5 and 6 Lines of Communication Sub-Areas
Nos. 7 and 8 Base Sub-Areas
Nos. 101, 102 and 104 Beach Sub-Areas
Nos. 10 and 11 Garrison
Engineers
Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6 Railway Construction and Maintenance Groups
No. 3 Railway Operating Group
No. 1 Canadian Railway Operating Group
No. 1 Railway Workshop Group
Nos. 2, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Port Operating Groups
Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 Port Construction and Repair Groups
Nos. 3 and 4 Inland Water Transport Groups
No. 2 Mechanical Equipment (Transportation) Unit
Signals
Nos. 2 and 12 Lines of Communication Headquarters Signals
No. 1 Canadian Lines of Communication Headquarters Signals
Infantry
5th and 8th Battalions the King’s Regiment
7th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion the Hertfordshire Regiment
6th Battalion the Border Regiment
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
5th Battalion the Royal Berkshire Regiment
18th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry
UNITED STATES TWELFTH ARMY GROUP
Lieutenant-General Omar N. Bradley
Commanding General
Major-General Leven C. Allen
Chief of Staff
First Army
Lieutenant-General Courtney H. Hodges
Commanding General (Succeeded General Bradley from 1.8.44)
Major-General William B. Keen
Chief of Staff
Third Army
Lieutenant-General George S. Patton, Jr
Commanding General Major-General
Hugh J. Gaffey Chief of Staff
Corps
V. Major-General Leonard T. Gerow
VII. Major-General J. Lawton Collins
VIII. Major-General Troy H. Middleton
XII. Major-General Gilbert R. Cook (to 18.8.44)
