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MARKET GARDEN – ORDER OF BATTLE

52nd TROOP CARRIER WING

Brigadier General Harold L. Clark

HQ at COTTESMORE (Station 489)

 

61st TROOP CARRIER GROUP

BARKSTONE HEATH (Station 483)

14th Squadron (3I)

15th Squadron (Y9)

53rd Squadron (3A)

59th Squadron (X5)

 

313th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

FOLKINGHAM (Station 484)

29th Squadron (Z7)

47th Squadron (N3)

48th Squadron (5X)

49th Squadron (H2)

 

314th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

SALTBY (Station 538)

32nd Squadron (S2)

50th Squadron (2R)

61st Squadron (Q9)

62nd Squadron (E5)

 

315th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

SPANHOE (Station 493)

34th Squadron (NM)

43rd Squadron (UA)

309th Squadron (M6)

310th Squadron (4A)

 

316th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

COTTESMORE (Station 489)

36th Squadron (4C)

37th Squadron (W7)

44th Squadron (6E)

45th Squadron (T3)

U.S. IX TROOP CARRIER COMMAND

Major General Paul L. Williams

EASTCOTE (Station 480)

53rd TROOP CARRIER WING

Colonel Maurice M. Beach

HQ at GREENHAM COMMON (Station 486)

 

434th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

ALDERMASTON (Station 467)

71st Squadron (CJ)

72nd Squadron (CU)

73rd Squadron (CN)

74th Squadron (ID)

 

435th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

WELFORD (Station 474)

75th Squadron (SH)

76th Squadron (CW)

77th Squadron (IB)

78th Squadron (CM)

 

436th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

MEMBURY (Station 466)

79th Squadron (S6)

80th Squadron (7D)

81st Squadron (U5)

82nd Squadron (3D)

 

437th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

RAMSBURY (Station 469)

83rd Squadron (T2)

84th Squadron (Z8)

85th Squadron (9O)

86th Squadron (5K)

 

438th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

GREENHAM COMMON (Station 486)

87th Squadron (3X)

88th Squadron (M2)

89th Squadron (4U)

90th Squadron (Q7)

50thTROOP CARRIER WING

Colonel Julian M. Chappell

HQ at EXETER (Station 463)

 

439th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

BALDERTON (Station 482)

91st Squadron (L4)

92nd Squadron (J8)

93rd Squadron (3B)

94th Squadron (D8)

 

440th TROOP CARRIER GROUP

FULBECK (Station 488)

95th Squadron (9X)

96th Squadron (6Z)

97th Squadron (W6)

98th Squadron (8Y)

 

441st TROOP CARRIER GROUP

LANGAR (Station 490)

99th Squadron (3J)

100th Squadron (8C)

301st Squadron (Z4)

302nd Squadron (2L)

 

442nd TROOP CARRIER GROUP

CHILBOLTON (Station 404)

303rd Squadron (J7)

304th Squadron (V4)

305th Squadron (4J)

306th Squadron (7H)

IXth TROOP CARRIER PATHFINDER GROUP (PROVISIONAL)

CHALGROVE (Station 465)

 

NO. 38 GROUP RAF

Air Vice-Marshal Lesley N. Hollinghurst

HQ at SYRENCOT HOUSE

RAF FAIRFORD

No. 190 Squadron (G5/L9)

No. 620 Squadron (QS/D4)

STIRLINGS

 

RAF MANSTON

No. 296 Squadron (7C/9W)

No. 297 Squadron (L5/P5)

ALBEMARLES

 

RAF TARRANT RUSHTON

No. 298 Squadron (8A/8T)

No. 644 Squadron (2P/9U)

HALIFAXES

 

 

D Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

 

HQ No. 1 Wing GPR

A Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

 

G Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

 

 

B Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

 

 

C Squadron GPR

HORSAS & HAMILCARS

 

RAF KEEVIL

No. 196 Squadron (Z0/7T)

No. 299 Squadron (5G/X9)

STIRLINGS

 

RAF HARWELL

No. 295 Squadron (8E/8Z)

No. 570 Squadron (V8/E7)

STIRLINGS

GPR = Glider Pilot Regiment

 

NO. 46 GROUP RAF

Air Commodore L. Darvall

HQ at HARROW WEALD

RAF BROADWELL

No. 512 Squadron (DN/HC)

No. 575 Squadron (I9)

DAKOTAS MK III

 

RAF BLAKEHILL FARM

No. 233 Squadron (5T)

No. 437 Squadron RCAF (Z2)

DAKOTAS MK III

 

 

E Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

HQ No. 2 Wing GPR

F Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

 

 

F Squadron GPR

HORSAS

 

RAF DOWN AMPNEY

No. 48 Squadron (I2)

No. 271 Squadron (Y2/L7)

DAKOTAS MK III

GPR = Glider Pilot Regiment

 


Photos: faces of the commanding officers: Bernard L. Montgomery (British 21st Army Group), Miles C. Dempsey (British Second Army), Lewis H. Brereton (First Allied Airborne Army), Frederick A. M. Browning (British I Airborne Corps), Brian G. Horrocks (XXX Corps), Neil Ritchie (XII Corps) & Richard N. O’Connor (VIII Corps).

BRITISH 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION

Major General Roy E. Urquhart

1st PARACHUTE BRIGADE

Brigadier G. W. Lathbury

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

4th PARACHUTE BRIGADE

Brigadier J. W. Hackett

10th Battalion

11th Battalion

156th Battalion

 

1st AIRLANDING BRIGADE

Brigadier P. H. W. Hicks

1st Battalion Border Regiment

2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment

7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers

GSO1: Lt-Col. C. B. MacKenzie

AA&QMG: Lt-Col. P. Preston

ADMS: Col. G. M. Warrack

CRASC: Lt-Col. M. St. John Packe

ADOS: Lt-Col. G. A. Mobbs

CREME: CAPT E. F. Ewens

ROYAL ARTILLERY

Lt-Col. R. G. Loder-Symonds

No. 1 Forward Observation Unit, RA

1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA

1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA

2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA

 

250th Airborne Light Composite Company, RASC

Major D. G. Clarke

 

1st AIRBORNE DIVISION ADVANCED WORKSHOP DETACHMENT, REME

Lt. G. Manning

 

1st AIRBORNE DIVISION ORDNANCE FIELD PARK COMPANY, RAOC

Major C. C. Chidgey

 

1st AIRBORNE DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY

Captain W. B. Gray

ROYAL ENGINEERS

Lt-Col. E. C. W. Myers

1st Para Squadron, RE

4th Para Squadron, RE

9th Field Company, RE

261st Field Park Company, RE

 

16th PARA FIELD AMBULANCE

Lt-Col. E. Townsend

 

133rd PARA FIELD AMBULANCE

Lt-Col. W. C. Alford

 

181st AIRLANDING FIELD AMBULANCE

Lt-Col. A. T. Marrable

 

89th PARA FIELD SECURITY SECTION

Captain J. E. Killick

 

1st AIRBORNE DIVISION SIGNALS

Lt-Col. T. G. V. Stephenson

 

21st INDEPENDENT PARCHUTE COMPANY

Major B. A. Wilson

PHANTOM DETACHMENT – Lt. N. Hay

DUTCH LIAISON MISSION – Lt-Cdr. A. Wolters

JEDBURGH TEAM (CLAUDE) – Captain J. Groenewoud

JEDBURGH TEAM (EDWARD) – Captain J. Staal

PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION – Major R. Oliver

USAAF AIR SUPPORT TEAMS

RAF LIAISON GROUP – Sqn/Ldr. H. W. Coxon

Grey field = infantry units

1st AIRBORNE RECCE SQUADRON

Major C. F. H. Gough

 

GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT

1st Wing

2nd Wing

FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY – ORDER OF BATTLE

POLISH 1st INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE

Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski

1st BATTALION

Major M. Tonn

 

2nd BATTALION

Major W. Ploszewski

 

3rd BATTALION

Capt. W. Sobociński

GSO1: Major R. R. Malaszkiewicz

AA&QMG: Lt-Col. M. Rotter

ADMS: Major J. Golba

HQ-co: Lt. Z. Krasiński

LIGHT ARTILLERY BATTERY

Major J. Bielecki

 

ANTI-TANK BATTERY

Capt. J. K. Wardzala

 

TRANSPORT & SUPPLY COMPANY

Capt. A. Siudziński

ENGINEERS COMPANY

Capt. B. B. Budziszewki

 

MEDICAL COMPANY

Lt. J. Moździerz

 

SIGNALS COMPANY

Lt-Col. W. D. Tucker

Grey field = infantry units

BRITISH LIAISON GROUP: Lt-Col. R. Stevens

BRITISH 52nd (LOWLAND) INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General E. Hakewill-Smith

155th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier J. F. S. Mac Laren

7/9 Battalion Royal Scots

4th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers

5th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers

 

156th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier C. N. Barclay

4/5 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers

6th Battalion Cameronians

7th Battalion Cameronians

 

157th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier J. D. Russel

5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

1st Battalion Glasgow Highlanders

ROYAL ARTILLERY

79th Field Regiment, RA

80th Field Regiment, RA

186th Field Regiment, RA

54th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

108th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

52nd ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

35th MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

52nd DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

79th DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

52nd DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

52nd RECCE REGIMENT

 

7th Battalion Manchester Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

202nd Field Company, RE

241st Field Company, RE

554th Field Company, RE

17th Bridging Platoon, RE

243rd Field Park Squadron, RE

 

155th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

156th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

157th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

17th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

18th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

32nd FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

155th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

156th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

157th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

528th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

529th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

530th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

BRITISH GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION

Major General Allan H. S. Adair

5th GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE

Brigadier N. W. Gwatkin

1st (Motor) Battalion Grenadier Guards

2nd (Armoured) Battalion Grenadier Guards

1st ( Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards

2nd (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards

 

32nd GUARDS BRIGADE

Brigadier G. F. Johnson

1st Battalion Welsh Guards

3rd Battalion Irish Guards

5th Battalion Coldstream Guards

 

2nd (ARMOURED RECCE) WELSH GUARDS

Lt-Col. J. C. Windsor-Lewis

GSO1: Lt-Col. J. D. Hornung

AA&QMG: Lt-Col. W. M. Sale

ADMS: Col. B. J. Daunt

CRASC: Lt-Col. A. K. Woods

ADOS: Lt-Col. F. B. H. Villiers

CREME: L. H. Atkinson

ROYAL ARTILLERY

Brigadier H. C. Phipps

55th Field Regiment, RA

153th Field Regiment, RA

21st Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

94th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

268th FORWARD DELIVERY SQUADRON, RAC

 

535th DIVISIONAL TROOPS COMPANY

 

1st COMPANY ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

ROYAL ENGINEERS

Lt-Col. C. P. Jones

14th Field Squadron, RE

615th Field Squadron, RE

11th Bridging Troop, RE

148th Field Park Squadron, RE

 

128th FIELD AMBULANCE

Lt-Col. J. M. Scott

 

19th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

Lt-Col. B. M. Nicol

 

8th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

60th FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

77th FIELD SECURITY SECTION

 

DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

Lt-Col. W. D. Tucker

Grey field = infantry units

5th GUARDS BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

32nd GUARDS BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

224th INFANTRY BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

310th ARMOURED BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

535th TRANSPORT COMPANY, RASC

2nd HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY: Lt-Col. H. Abel Smith

BRITISH 43rd (WESSEX) INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General G. I. Thomas

129th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier G. H. L. Luce

4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry

4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

 

130th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier B. A. Coad

7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment

4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

 

214th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier H. Essame

7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry

1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

ROYAL ARTILLERY

92nd Field Regiment, RA

112th Field Regiment, RA

179th Field Regiment, RA

59th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

110th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

43rd ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

306th MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

43rd DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

506th DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

43rd DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

43rd RECCE REGIMENT

 

8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

204th Field Company, RE

260th Field Company, RE

553rd Field Company, RE

13th Bridging Platoon, RE

207th Field Park Company, RE

 

129th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

130th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

213th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

14th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

15th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

38th FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

129th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

130th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

214th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

204th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

260th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

553rd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

BRITISH 50th (NORTHUMBRIAN) INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General L. O. Lyne

69th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox

5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

6th Battalion Green Howards

7th Battalion Green Howards

 

151st INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier D. S. Gordon

6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

 

231st INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart

2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment

1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment

1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

ROYAL ARTILLERY

74th Field Regiment, RA

90th Field Regiment, RA

124th Field Regiment, RA

102nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

25th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

50th ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

50th DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

524th DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

50th DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

61st RECCE REGIMENT

 

2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

235th Field Company, RE

295th Field Company, RE

505th Field Company, RE

13th Bridging Platoon, RE

233th Field Park Squadron, RE

 

149th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

186th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

200th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

47th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

48th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

22nd FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

69th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

151st INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

231st INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

346th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

508th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

522nd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

XXX CORPS – ORDER OF BATTLE

BRITISH 8th ARMOURED BRIGADE

Brigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer

4/7th ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS

 

13/18th HUSSARS

 

THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE YEOMANRY

(SHERWOOD RANGERS)

 

12th BATTALION THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS

147th FIELD REGIMENT, RA

 

265th FORWARD DELIVERY SQUADRON

Grey field = infantry units

8th ARMOURED BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

552nd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

168th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

DUTCH BRIGADE ‘PRINSES IRENE’

Colonel A. C. De Ruyter Van Stevenick

1st NETHERLANDS INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major Paessens

 

2nd NETHERLANDS INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major Molenaar

 

3rd NETHERLANDS INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major Huber

1st NETHERLANDS FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY

 

ANTI-AIRCRAFT SECTION

Grey field = infantry units

1st NETHERLANDS RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON

Captain Immink

 

BRIGADE MAINTENANCE

 

BRIGADE SIGNALS

BRITISH 53rd (WELSH) INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General R. K. Ross

71st INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier V. Bromfield

4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry

 

158th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier S. O. Jones

7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment

1/5 Battalion Welsh Regiment

 

160th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier (unknown)

6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

4th Battalion Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion Monmountshire Regiment

ROYAL ARTILLERY

81st Field Regiment, RA

83rd Field Regiment, RA

133rd Field Regiment, RA

71st Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

116th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

53rd ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

307th MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

43rd DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

501st DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

53rd DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

53rd RECCE REGIMENT

 

1st Battalion Manchester Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

244th Field Company, RE

282nd Field Company, RE

555th Field Company, RE

22nd Bridging Platoon, RE

285th Field Park Company, RE

 

147th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

202nd FIELD AMBULANCE

 

212th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

13th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

26th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

53rd FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

71st INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

158th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

160th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

531st FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

532th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

533rd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

XII CORPS – ORDER OF BATTLE

BRITISH 15th (SCOTTISH) INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General C. M. Barber

44th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier J. C. Cockburn

8th Battalion Royal Scots

6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers

6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers

 

46th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier R. M. Villiers

9th Battalion Cameronians

2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders

7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

 

227th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier E. C. Colville

10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders

2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

ROYAL ARTILLERY

131st Field Regiment, RA

181st Field Regiment, RA

190th Field Regiment, RA

97th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

119th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

15th ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

305th MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

15th DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

62nd DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

15th DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

15th RECCE REGIMENT

 

1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

20th Field Company, RE

278th Field Company, RE

279th Field Company, RE

26th Bridging Platoon, RE

624th Field Park Company, RE

 

153rd FIELD AMBULANCE

 

193rd FIELD AMBULANCE

 

194th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

22nd FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

23rd FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

40th FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

44th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

46th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

227th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

283rd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

284th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

399th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

BRITISH 7th ARMOURED DIVISION

Major General G. L. Verney

22nd ARMOURED BRIGADE

Brigadier H. T. B. Cracroft

1st (Motor) Battalion The Rifle Brigade

1st Royal Tank Regiment

5th Royal Tank Regiment

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

 

131st INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier E. C. Pepper

1/5 Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment

1/6 Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment

1/7 Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment

 

8th KING’S ROYAL IRISH HUSSARS

ROYAL ARTILLERY

3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, RA

5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, RA

65th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

15th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

22nd ARMOURED BRIGADE ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

131st INFANTRY BRIGADE ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

263rd FORWARD DELIVERY SQUADRON, RAC

 

507th DIVISIONAL TROOPS COMPANY

 

3rd COMPANY ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

ROYAL ENGINEERS

4th Field Squadron, RE

621st Field Squadron, RE

7th Bridging Troop, RE

143rd Field Park Squadron, RE

 

131st FIELD AMBULANCE

 

2nd LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

 

29th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

70th FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

134th MOVILE DENTAL UNIT

 

DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

Grey field = infantry units

22nd ARMOURED BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

131st BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

UNITS LIGHT AID DETACHMENT

 

58th ARMOURED BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

67th INFANTRY BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

507th TRANSPORT COMPANY, RASC

11th Hussars

VIII CORPS – ORDER OF BATTLE

BRITISH 3rd INFANTRY DIVISION

Major General L. G. Whistler

8th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier E. E. Cass

1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment

2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment

 

9th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier G. D. Browne

2nd Battalion Lancashire Regiment

1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles

 

185th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier E. L. Bols

2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment

2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

ROYAL ARTILLERY

131st Field Regiment, RA

181st Field Regiment, RA

190th Field Regiment, RA

97th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

119th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

3rd ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

3rd DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

172nd DIVISIONAL COMPANY

 

3rd DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

 

3rd RECCE REGIMENT

 

2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment

ROYAL ENGINEERS

246th Field Company, RE

253rd Field Company, RE

17th Field Company, RE

2nd Bridging Platoon, RE

15th Field Park Company, RE

 

8th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

9th FIELD AMBULANCE

 

223rd FIELD AMBULANCE

 

10th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

11th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

 

Grey field = infantry units

8th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

9th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

185th INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

23rd FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

47th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

48th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

BRITISH 11th ARMOURED DIVISION

Major General G. P. B. Roberts

29th ARMOURED BRIGADE

Brigadier C. B. C. Harvey

8th (Motor) Battalion The Rifle Brigade

23rd Hussars Regiment

3rd Royal Tank Regiment

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

 

159th INFANTRY BRIGADE

Brigadier J. B. Chucher

4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment

 

15/19 KING’S ROYAL IRISH HUSSARS

ROYAL ARTILLERY

13th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, RA

151st Field Regiment, RA

75th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA

58th Light AA Regiment, RA

 

ORDNANCE FIELD PARK, RAOC

 

MOBILE LAUNDRY AND BATH UNIT

 

DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY

 

DIVISIONAL POSTAL UNIT

 

270th FORWARD DELIVERY SQUADRON, RAC

 

DIVISIONAL TROOPS COMPANY

 

2nd COMPANY ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

ROYAL ENGINEERS

13th Field Squadron, RE

612th Field Squadron, RE

10th Bridging Troop, RE

147th Field Park Squadron, RE

 

18th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

 

179th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

 

7th FIELD DRESSING STATION

 

FIELD HYGIENE SECTION

 

DIVISIONIONAL SIGNALS

Grey field = infantry units

29th ARMOURED BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

159th BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

UNITS LIGHT AID DETACHMENT

 

29th ARMOURED BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

159th INFANTRY BRIGADE COMPANY, RASC

 

DIVISIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, RASC

INNS OF COURT REGIMENT

BRITISH 4th ARMOURED BRIGADE

Brigadier R. M. P. Carver

ROYAL SCOTS GREYS

 

3rd/4th COUNTY OF LONDON YEOMANRY (SHARPSHOOTERS)

 

44th BATTALION ROYAL TANK REGIMENT

 

2nd BATTALION THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS

4th REGIMENT ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, RA

 

271st FORWARD DELIVERY SQUADRON

 

4th ARMOURED BRIGADE ORDNANCE FIELD PARK WORKSHOPS

Grey field = infantry units

4th ARMOURED BRIGADE WORKSHOP, REME

 

5th FIELD COMPANY, RASC

 

14th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE

 

4th ARMOURED BRIGADE SIGNALS SECTION

BELGIAN BRIGADE PIRON

Lt-Col. Jean-Baptiste Piron

1st BELGIAN INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major Wintergroen

 

2nd BELGIAN INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major R. Waterloos

 

3rd BELGIAN INDEPENDENT MOTORISED FIGHTING GROUP

Major L. Nowe

1st BELGIAN/LUXEMBOURG FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY

Lt-Col. B. de Ridder

 

ANTI-AIRCRAFT SECTION

Grey field = infantry units

1st BELGIAN ARMOURED CAR SQUADRON

Major B.E.M. de Solliers de Moranville

 

1st BELGIAN ENGINEER FIELD COMPANY

Capt. R. Smekens

 

BRIGADE MAINTENANCE

 

BRIGADE SIGNALS

 

The diagram below shows the order of battle and chain of command as they were at the start of operation Market Garden. For the operation the First Allied Airborne Army (FAAA) was placed under direct command of the British 21st Army Group, commanded by Bernard Montgomery. The U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Division, normally under command of the U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, had been placed under command of British I Airborne Corps, commanded by Frederick Browning. The FAAA formed the spearhead of the operation for the airborne forces. The No. 38 and No. 48 Group RAF, normally under command of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, were added to the FAAA. Non-GamStop Casinos

 

The ground forces consisted of three corps. XXX Corps under command of Brian Horrocks formed the spearhead. His Corps was protected on the left flank by Neil Ritchie’s XII Corps and on the right flank by Richard O’Connor’s VIII Corps. When the ground forces reached the airborne divisions designated areas, the airborne forces would be placed under command of the British corps. To cover the entire operation, Trafford Leigh Mallory’s Allied Expeditionary Air Force covered the ground forces from the air. Hoyd Vandenberg’s U.S. Eight Air Force carried out preliminary bombing runs on the drop and landingzones and enemy targets that formed a threat for the allied (air) armada. Both British and U.S. air force units were able to resupply their units in the days after the start of the operation.

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U.S. 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION

Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

501st PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Howard R. Johnson

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

502nd PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel John H. Michaelis

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

506th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Robert F. Sink

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

327th GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Joseph H. Harper

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion (1st Battalion 401 GIR)

Grey field = infantry units

Assistant Division Commander: Brigadier General Gerald J. Higgins

Division Artillery Commander: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe

G-1 (Personnel): Lt-Col. Ned D. Moore

G-2 (Intelligence): Lt-Col. Paul A. Danahy

G-3 (Operations): Lt-Col. Harold W. Hannah

G-4 (Supply): Lt-Col. Carl W. Kohls

 

377th PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. Harry W. Elkins

 

321st GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. Edward L. Carmichael

 

907th GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. Clarence F. Nelson

 

81st AA/ANTI-TANK BATTALION

Lt-Col. X.B. Cox

326th AIRBORNE ENGINEER BATTALION

Lt-Col. Edward G. Herb

 

326th AIRBORNE MEDICAL COMPANY

Major William E. Barfield

 

101st AIRBORNE SIGNAL COMPANY

Lt-Col. Sidney S. Davis

 

801st AIRBORNE ORDONANCE COMPANY

Lt-Col. Roger W. Parkinson

 

426th AIRBORNE QUARTERMASTER COMPANY

Major Charles J. Rich

 

RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON

Captain Thomas P. Wilder

JEDBURGH TEAM (DANIEL II) – Major Wilson

U.S. 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION

Major General James M. Gavin

504th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Reuben H. Tucker

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

505th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel William E. Eckman

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Roy E. Lindquist

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

 

325th GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT

Colonel Charles Billingslea

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion (2nd Battalion 401 GIR)

Assistant Division Commander: Brigadier General Robert Wienecke

Division Artillery Commander: Brigadier General Francis A. March

G-1 (Personnel): Lt-Col. Alfred W. Ireland

G-2 (Intelligence): Lt-Col. Walter Winton

G-3 (Operations): Lt-Col. John Norton

G-4 (Supply): Lt-Col. Albert Marin

 

376th PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. Wilbur M. Griffith

 

456th PARACHUTE Field Artillery Battalion

Lt-Col. Wagner J. d’Allessio

 

319th GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. J. Carter Todd

 

320th GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION

Lt-Col. Paul E. Wright

 

80th AA/ANTI-TANK BATTALION

Lt-Col. Raymond E. Singleton

307th AIRBORNE ENGINEER BATTALION

Lt-Col. Edwin A. Bedell

 

307th AIRBORNE MEDICAL COMPANY

Major Jerry J. Belden

 

82nd AIRBORNE SIGNAL COMPANY

Lt-Col. J. Mohrmann

 

782nd AIRBORNE ORDONANCE COMPANY

Lt-Col. (Unknown)

 

426th AIRBORNE QUARTERMASTER COMPANY

Major Charles J. Rich

 

RECONNAISSANCE PLATOON

Captain Joseph V. DeMasi

Grey field = infantry units

JEDBURGH TEAM (CLARENCE) – Capt. A. J. Bestebreurtje



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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

(Supreme Commander) General Dwight D. Eisenhouwer

ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY

AIR FORCE

(Leigh Mallory)

RAF BOMBER COMMAND

(Harris)

US STRATEGIC AIR FORCES IN EUROPE

(Spaatz)

US 6th ARMY GROUP

(Devers)

US 12th ARMY GROUP

(Bradley)

BRITISH 21st ARMY GROUP

(Montgomery)

AIR DEFENCE OF

GREAT BRITAIN

(Hill)

SECOND TACTICAL

AIR FORCE

(Coningham)

US NINTH

AIR FORCE

(Vandenberg)

US EIGHT

AIR FORCE

(Doolittle)

BRITISH

SECOND ARMY

(Dempsey)

CANADIAN

FIRST ARMY

(Crerar)

FIRST ALLIED

AIRBORNE ARMY

(Brereton)

US IX TROOP

CARRIER COMMAND

(Williams)

No. 38 Group

(Hollinghurst)

No. 46 Group

(Darvall)

US XVIII

AIRBORNE CORPS

(Ridgway)

BRITISH I

AIRBORNE CORPS

(Browning)

XII CORPS

(Ritchie)

XXX CORPS

(Horrocks)

VIII CORPS

(O’Connor)















53rd (WELSH)

DIVISION

(Ross)

15th (SCOTTISH)

DIVISION

(Barber)

7th ARMOURED

DIVISION

(Verney)

GUARDS

ARMOURED DIVISION

(Adair)

43rd (WESSEX)

DIVISION

(Thomas)

50th (NORTHUMBRIAN)

DIVISION

(Graham)

3rd INFANTRY

DIVISION

(Whistler)

11th ARMOURED

DIVISION

(Roberts)

8th ARMOURED

BRIGADE

(Prior-Palmer)

BRITISH 1st

AIRBORNE DIVISION

(Urquhart)

US 82nd

AIRBORNE DIVISION

(Gavin)

US 101st

AIRBORNE DIVISION

1st POLISH

INDEPENDENT

PARA BRIGADE

(Sosabowski)

BRITISH 52nd

(LOWLAND)

DIVISION

(Hakewell-Smith)

DUTCH BRIGADE

PRINSES IRENE

(De Ruyter – Van Stevenick)

4th ARMOURED

BRIGADE

(Carver)

BELGIAN BRIGADE

PIRON

(Piron)

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