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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.


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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FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY

BRITISH SECOND ARMY

XII CORPS

BRITISH SECOND ARMY

XXX CORPS

BRITISH SECOND ARMY

VIII CORPS

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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)