Wednesday, 2 September 2020

D-DAY (NORMANDY) ORDER OF BATTLE - 6 JUNE 1944

ALLIED ARMY GROUP

21ST ARMY GROUP

Army Troops

79th Armoured Division

30th Armoured Brigade
  • 22nd Dragoons
  • 1st Lothians and Border Horse
  • 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
  • 141st Regiment RAC
1st Tank Brigade
  • 11th Battalion RTR
  • 42nd Battalion RTR
  • 49th Battalion RTR
1st Assault Brigade RE
  • 5th Assault Regiment RE
  • 6th Assault Regiment RE
  • 42nd Assault Regiment RE
79th Armoured Division Signals
1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment

GOLD BEACH

British XXX Corps

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

69th Brigade
  • 6th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment
  • 6th Battalion The Green Howards
  • 7th Battalion The Green Howards
151st Brigade
  • 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
  • 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
  • 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
231st Brigade
  • 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment
DIVISION TROOPS
  • 61st Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
  • 60th Divisional Engineers
  • 50th Division Signals
  • 74th, 90th and 124th Field Regiment RA
  • 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA
  • 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
  • 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gunners)
8th Armoured Brigade
  • 4th / 7th Royal Dragoon Guards
  • 24th Lancers
  • The Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
  • 12th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Motor)
56th Infantry Brigade
  • 2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers
  • 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment
47 Royal Marine Commando (From 47th Special Service Brigade)

JUNO BEACH

British I Corps

3rd Canadian Infantry Division

7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
  • The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
  • The Regina Rifle Regiment
  • 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
  • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
  • Le Regiment de la Chaudiere
  • The North Shore (New Brunswick)
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
  • The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
  • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
  • The North Shore Nova Scotia Regiment
DIVISION TROOPS
  • 17th Duke of York's Canadian Hussars (Reconnaissance Regiment)
  • 3rd Canadian Divisional Engineers
  • 3rd Canadian Divisional Signals
  • 12th , 13th and 14th Regiments , RCA
  • 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA
  • 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
  • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gunners)
2nd CANADIAN ARMOURED BRIGADE
  • 6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
  • 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)
  • 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fussiliers Regiment)
48 Royal Marine Commando (From 47th Special Service Brigade)

SWORD BEACH

BRITISH I CORPS

3RD (BRITISH) DIVISION

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 RCA
  • 3rd Divisional Engineers
  • 3rd Divisional Signals
  • 7th, 33rd and 76th Field Regiment RA
  • 20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
  • 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
  • 2nd Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gunners)
27TH ARMOURED BRIGADE
  • 13/18th Royal Hussars
  • 1st Earl Riding Yeomanry
  • The Staffordshire Yeomanry
1st Special Service Brigade
  • 3 Commando
  • 4 Commando
  • 6 Commando
  • 45 Royal Marine Commando
41 Royal Marine Commando (From 47th Special Service Brigade)

US FIRST ARMY

UTAH BEACH

US VII CORPS

US 4th Infantry Division
  • 12th Regiment
  • 22nd Regiment
  • 8th Regiment
  • 359th Infantry Regiment
  • 70th Tank Battalion
OMAHA BEACH

US V CORPS

US 1st Infantry Division
  • 16th Infantry Regiment
  • 18th Infantry Regiment
US 29th Infantry Division
  • 115th Infantry Regiment
  • 116th Infantry Regiment
DIVISIONAL TROOPS
  • 110th, 111th, 224th and 117th Field Artillery Battalion
  • 29th Signal Company
  • 729th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 29th Quartermaster Company
  • 29th Reconnaissance Troop
  • 121st Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 104th Medical Battalion
  • 29th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
  • 29th Military Police Platoon
  • 29th Infantry Division Band
  • 29th Infantry Division Special Troops HQ
2nd Ranger Battalion
5th Ranger Battalion

AIRBORNE FORCES

British 6th Airborne Division

3rd Parachute Brigade
  • 8th Parachute Battalion (Royal Warwickshire)
  • 9th Parachute Battalion (Essex Regiment)
  • 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
5th Parachute Brigade
  • 7th Parachute Battalion (Sommerset Light Infantry)
  • 12th Parachute Battalion (Green Howards)
  • 13th Parachute Battalion (South Lancashire)
6th Air Landing Brigade
  • 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
  • 12th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment
DIVISIONAL TROOPS
  • 22nd Independent Parachute Company (Pathfinders)
  • 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
  • 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
  • 2nd Forward Observation Unit (Airborne) RA
  • 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
  • 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
  • 6th Airlanding Anti-Tank Batteries, RA
  • 2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
  • 6th Airborne Divisional Signals
  • 3rd Parachute Squadron, RE
  • 591st Parachute Squadron, RE
  • 249th Field Company, RE
  • 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
  • 225th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
  • 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance, RAMC
  • 6th Airborne Provost Company
  • 317th Field Security Section (Airborne) Intelligence Corps
  • Glider Pilot Regiment
US 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION
  • 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
DIVISIONAL TROOPS
  • 376th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment
  • 319th Glider Field Artillerly Regiment
  • 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
  • 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • 307th Airborne Medical Company
  • 82nd Airborne Military Police Platoon
  • 82nd Airborne Signal Company
  • 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
  • 762nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
  • 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company
US 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
  • 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
  • 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
  • 401st Glider Infantry Regiment
DIVISIONAL TROOPS
  • 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
  • 321st Glider Field Artillery Regiment
  • 907th Glider Field Artillery Regiment
  • 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • 81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
  • 101st Airborne Signal Company
  • 801st Airborne Ordnance Company
  • 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company
  • 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • 326th Airborne Medical Company
  • 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
  • 101st Airborne Division Military Police Platoon
GERMAN D-DAY ORBAT

LXXXIV CORPS

716th Infantry Division

352nd Infantry Division
  • 914th Grenadier Regiment
91st Luftlande Infantry Division
  • 6th Parachute Regiment
  • 1057th Grenadier Regiment
  • 1058th Grenadier Regiment
709th Infantry Division
  • 919th Grenadier Regiment
  • 729th Grenadier Regiment
  • 739th Grenadier Regiment
  • 649th OST Battalion
  • Sturm Battalion AOK 7
243rd Infantry Division
  • 920th Grenadier Regiment
  • 921st Grenadier Regiment
  • 922nd Grenadir Regiment
LXXXI CORPS

711th Infantry Division

Panzergruppe West / 5th Panzer

12th SS Panzer Division
  • SS-Panzer Regiment 12
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 25
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 26
  • SS-Panzeraufklarungsabteilung 12
  • SS-Panzerjagerabteilung 12
  • SS-Panzer Artillery 12
  • SS-Werferabteilung 12
  • SS-Flakabteilung 12
  • SS-Panzer Pioneer Battalion 12
  • SS-Panzernachrichtenabteilung 12
  • SS-Naschschubtruppen 12
  • SS-Instandsetzungsabteilung 12
  • SS-Wintschaftsbataillon 12
  • SS-Sanitatsabteilung 12
21st Panzer Division
  • Panzer Regiment 22
  • Panzergrenadier Regiment 125
  • Panzergrenadier Reginent 192
  • Panzer Artillerie Regiment 155
  • Panzer Aufklarung Abteilung 21
  • Panzer Jager Abteilung 200 (Anti-Tank)
  • Panzer Pionier Battalion 220 (Engineering)

Hj Zulheimy Maamor
Lembah Keramat,KL
Malaysia
2 September 2020 : 4.38 pm

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