List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

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This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign between 6 June-25 August 1944. Only the main combat units are listed here: for a more detailed order-of-battle, please see the specific units' article.

Contents

See: U.S. Divisions Active in the Normandy Campaign

Unit Arrival Commander Killed Wounded
Guards Armoured Division 28 June Major-General A.H.S. Adair ? ?
5th Guards Armoured Brigade 30 June Brigadier N.W. Gwatkin ? ?
2nd (Tank) Battalion, Grenadier Guards ? ? ? ?
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, Irish Guards ? ? ?
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards ? ? ? ?
32nd Guards Infantry Brigade 25 June Brigadier G.F. Johnson ? ?
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards ? ? ? ?
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards ? ? ? ?
7th Armoured Division 6/12 June Major-General G. W. E. J. Erskine ? ?
22nd Armoured Brigade 6/7 June Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde ? ?
1st Royal Tank Regiment 7 June ? ? ?
5th Royal Tank Regiment 7 June ? ? ?
4th County of London Yeomanry (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards in July 1944) 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, The Viscount Cranleigh ? ?
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced the 4th Yeomanry in July 1944) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 7 June ? ? ?
131st Infantry Brigade 8 June Brigadier M.S. Ekins ? ?
1/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8 June ? ? ?
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8 June ? ? ?
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8? June ? ? ?
11th Armoured Division 13 June Major General G.P.B. Roberts ? ?
29th Armoured Brigade 15 June Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey ? ?
23rd Hussars ? ? ? ?
3rd Royal Tank Regiment ? ? ? ?
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry ? ? ? ?
8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ? ? ? ?
159th Infantry Brigade 15 June Brigadier J.G. Sandie ? ?
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry ? Lieutenant-Colonel Miles ? ?
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Armoured Brigade 7 June Brigadier J.C. Currie ? ?
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment ? ? ? ?
Royal Scots Greys ? ? ? ?
3 County of London Yeomanry ? Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson ? ?
2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps ? ? ? ?
8th Armoured Brigade 6 June Brigadier Bernard Cracroft ? ?
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Rodney Byron ? ?
24th Lancers 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. C. Anderson ? ?
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson ? ?
12th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps 6 June ? ? ?
27th Armoured Brigade 6 June Brigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer ? ?
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. T. G Harrap ? ?
East Riding Yeomanry 6 June ? ? ?
The Staffordshire (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) (Hussars) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Eadie ? ?
6th Airborne Division 6 June Major-General Richard Gale ? ?
3rd Parachute Brigade 6 June Brigadier James Hill ? ?
8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Pearson ? ?
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway ? ?
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke ? ?
5th Parachute Brigade 6 June Brigadier Nigel Poett ? ?
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin ? ?
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Johnny Johnson ? ?
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard ? ?
6th Airlanding Brigade 6 June Brigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley ? ?
12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Stevens ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Roberts ? ?
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson ? ?
British 3rd Infantry Division 6 June Major General T.G. Rennie ? ?
8th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier E. E. Cass ? ?
1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Goodwin ? ?
2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Hutchinson ? ?
1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. H. Burbury (KIA 6 June), Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Bolster (KIA 28 July) ? ?
9th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier J. O. Cunningham ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel I. C. Harris ? ?
185th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier K. P. Smith ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel H.O.S. Herdon ? ?
1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Bellamy ? ?
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Maurice ? ?
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 14 June Major General G.H.A. MacMillan ? ?
44th Infantry Brigade 17 June Brigadier H.D.K. Money ? ?
8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) ? ? ? ?
6th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
46th Infantry Brigade 17 June Brigadier C.M. Barber ? ?
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) ? ? ? ?
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
227th Infantry Brigade 18 June Brigadier J.R. Mackintosh-Walker ? ?
10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) ? ? ? ?
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 24 June Major General G.I. Thomas ? ?
129th Infantry Brigade 23 June Brigadier G.H.L. Mole ? ?
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) ? ? ? ?
130th Infantry Brigade 24 June Brigadier N.D. Leslie ? ?
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
214th Infantry Brigade 24 June Brigadier H. Essame ? ?
7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 6 June Major General E.H. Barker ? ?
146th Infantry Brigade 10 June Brigadier A. Dunlop ? ?
4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10 June ? ? ?
The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment ? ? ? ?
147th Infantry Brigade 12 June Brigadier E.R. Mahony ? ?
6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) ? ? ? ?
11th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August) 14 June Brigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis ? ?
10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? ? ? ?
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August) 6 June Brigadier E. C. Pepper ? ?
2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
50th (Northumbrian) Division 6 June Major General D.A.H. Graham ? ?
69th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox ? ?
5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York's Own) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel White ? ?
6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Hastings ? ?
7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Richardson ? ?
151st Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier R. H. Senior ? ?
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel H. Woods ? ?
231st Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. R. Nevill ? ?
1st Battalion, The Dorsertshire Regiment 6 June] ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel David Nelson-Smith ? ?
51st (Highland) Division 6 June Major General D.C. Bullen-Smith ? ?
152nd Infantry Brigade 8 June Brigadier D.H. Haugh ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders ? ? ? ?
153rd Infantry Brigade 7 June Brigadier H. Murray ? ?
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 6th June ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
5th/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
154th Infantry Brigade 10 June Brigadier J.A. Hopwood ? ?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? Lieutenant-Colonel John Adam Hopwood ? ?
7th (Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) ? ? ? ?
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 27 June Major General R.K. Ross ? ?
71st Infantry Brigade 25 June Brigadier V. Blomfield ? ?
1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
158th Infantry Brigade 23 June Brigadier S.O. Jones ? ?
4th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
160th Infantry Brigade 28 June Brigadier L.G. Whistler ? ?
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Welch Regiment ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment 26 June ? ? ?
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division 27 June Major General L.O. Lyne ? ?
176th Infantry Brigade 29 June Brigadier R.W.H. Fryer ? ?
7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
177th Infantry Brigade 27 June Brigadier M.S. Ekins ? ?
5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
2/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
197th Infantry Brigade 29 June Brigadier J. Lingham ? ?
1/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
2/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment ? ? ? ?
Others
79th (Experimental) Armoured Division, Royal Engineers 6 June Major-General Percy Hobart ? ?
5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. V. Board (KIA 6 June) ? ?
8th (Irish) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Humphrey ? ?
18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
The Buckinghamshire Battalion 6 June ? ? ?
1st Special Service Brigade 6 June Brigadier Lord Lovat ? ?
No. 3 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Young ? ?
No. 4 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Dawson ? ?
No. 6 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Mills Roberts ? ?
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando 6 June ? ? ?
No 45 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ries ? ?
4th Special Service Brigade 6 June Brigadier B. W. Leicester ? ?
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel E. Palmer ? ?
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Hardy ? ?
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Phillips ? ?
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Moulton ? ?

Unit Arrival Commander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division ? Major General G. Kitching
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade ? ?
21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards) ? ?
22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards) ? ?
28th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment) ? ?
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Motor) ? ?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade ? ?
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment ? ?
The Algonquin Regiment ? ?
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) ? ?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division ? Major General C. Foulkes
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade ? ?
The Royal Regiment of Canada ? ?
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry ? ?
The Essex Scottish Regiment ? ?
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade ? ?
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada ? ?
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve ? ?
The Calgary Highlanders 6 Jul 1944 Lieutenant Colonel D.G. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade ? ?
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal ? ?
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada ? ?
The South Saskatchewan Regiment ? ?
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division 6 June Major General R.F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier Harry W. Foster
The Regina Rifle Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel M. Meldram
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (M.G.) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel F.N. Cabeldu
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier Kenneth G. Blackadder
1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Buell
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Spragge
Le Régiment de la Chaudière 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier D.G. Cunningham
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade 6 June ?
6th (Reserve) Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R.J. Colwell
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R.E.A.Morton
27th Army Tank Regiment (Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel M.B.K. Gordon
Others
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke

1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron"

Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene"

  • Three motorised infantry companies
  • One reconnaissance battalion
  • One artillery battery

Unit Arrival Commander
2e Division Blindée 1 August General Philippe Leclerc
1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains ? ?
501e Régiment de Chars de Combat ? ?
12e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique ? ?
12e Régiment de Cuirassiers ? ?
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins ? ?
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando) 6 June Commandant Philippe Kieffer
3rd Special Air Service Regiment ? ?
4th Special Air Service Regiment ? ?

Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military personnel took part in the Normandy Campaign in separate Norwegian units or as part of other Allied units in addition to 47 civilian ships with approximately 1000 men from Nortraship. The Norwegian units operated under British command and were therefore primarily employed in the Gold, Sword and Juno sectors.

Some of the participating units:

Unit Arrival Commander Killed Wounded
Polish 1st Armoured Division ? Major General S. Maczek ? ?
10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade ? Colonel. T. Majewski ? ?
1st Polish Armoured Regiment ? Liuetenant-Colonel Antoni Stefanowicz ? ?
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment ? Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki ? ?
24th Polish Lancers Regiment ? Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kański ? ?
10th Polish Dragoons Regiment ? Lieutenant-Colonel Władysław Zgorzelski ? ?
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade ? Colonel Marian Wieroński ? ?
1st Polish Highland Battalion ? Lieutenant-Colonel K. Complak ? ?
8th Polish Rifle Battalion ? Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Nowaczyński ? ?
9th Polish Rifle Battalion ? Lieutenant-Colonel Zygmunt Szydłowski ? ?

  • Orders of Battle Second World War 1939-1945, Lieut-Col. H.F. Joslen, Reprinted by The London Stamp Exchange by permission of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, ISBN 0-948130-03-2.

External links last verified on 9 March 2006


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