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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 Troops

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