List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944

Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4–5 June 1944

Canadian chaplain conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, 16 July 1944

American troops on board a LCT, ready to ride across the English Channel to France. 12 June 1944.

This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign between 6 June-25 August 1944. Primary combat units are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle.

United States

Unit	Arrival	Commander
1st Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Clarence R. Huebner
2nd Infantry Division	7 June	Major General Walter M. Robertson
4th Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Raymond O. Barton
5th Infantry Division	9 July	Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin
8th Infantry Division	4 July	Major General William C. McMahon Major General Donald A. Stroh (from 12 July)
9th Infantry Division	10 June	Major General Manton S. Eddy Major General Louis A. Craig (from 19 August)
28th Infantry Division	22 July	Major General Lloyd D. Brown Brigadier General James E. Wharton (12–13 August) Major General Norman D. Cota (from 14 August)
29th Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Charles H. Gerhardt
30th Infantry Division	10 June	Major General Leland Hobbs
35th Infantry Division	5 July	Major General Paul W. Baade
79th Infantry Division	12 June	Major General Ira T. Wyche
83d Infantry Division	18 June	Major General Robert C. Macon
90th Infantry Division	6 June	Brigadier General Jay W. MacKelvie (until early July) Major General Eugene M. Landrum (July) Brigadier General Raymond S. McLain (from 30 July)
2nd Armored Division	9 June	Major General Edward H. Brooks
3rd Armored Division	23 June	Major General Leroy H. Watson Major General Maurice Rose (from 7 August)
4th Armored Division	11 July	Major General John S. Wood
6th Armored Division	19 July	Major General Robert W. Grow
82nd Airborne Division	6 June	Major General Matthew B. Ridgway
101st Airborne Division	6 June	Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

United Kingdom

Unit	Arrival	Commander
Guards Armoured Division	28 June	Major-General Allan H.S. Adair
5th Guards Armoured Brigade	30 June	Brigadier Norman W. Gwatkin
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards	?	?
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards	?	?
2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Irish Guards	?	?
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Grenadier Guards	?	?
32nd Guards 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 George Erskine
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment	?
22nd Armoured Brigade	6/7 June	Brigadier William R.N. Hinde
1st Royal Tank Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.M.P. Carver^[1]
5th Royal Tank Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A. Holliman^[1]
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards on 29 July 1944)	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel The Viscount Cranley
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced 4th CLY on 29 July 1944)	?	?
1st (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	7 June	?
131st Infantry Brigade	8 June	Brigadier M.S. Ekins
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8 June	?
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8 June	?
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	8? June	?
11th Armoured Division	13 June	Major-General George P.B. Roberts
2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry (to 17 August)	?	?
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Reconnaissance Regiment (from 17 August)	?	?
29th Armoured Brigade	15 June	Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey
23rd Hussars	?	?
3rd Royal Tank Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.H. Silvertop^[1]
2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry	?	?
8th (Motorized) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	?	?
159th Infantry Brigade	15 June	Brigadier J.G. Sandie
4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Miles
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment	?	?
1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment	?	?
4th Armoured Brigade	7 June	Brigadier John C. Currie (KIA 26 June) Brigadier Michael Carver
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel G.C. Hopkinson^[1]
Royal Scots Greys	?	Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. J. Readman^[2]
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (to 29 July 1944)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (from 1 August 1944)	?	?
2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	9 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald B. Littledale
8th Armoured Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Bernard Cracroft
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.G. Byron^[3]
24th Lancers	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W.A.C. Anderson
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson
12th Battalion, 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
1st East Riding Yeomanry	6 June	?
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)	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 (KIA 12 June)
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard
6th Airlanding Brigade	6 June	Brigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley
12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Stevens
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Roberts
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson
3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major-General Thomas G. Rennie (WIA 13 June) Major-General Lashmer G. Whistler
3rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?
2nd Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?
8th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier E.E. Cass
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.E. Goodwin
2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G.F. Hutchinson
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	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, Lincolnshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher E. Welby-Everard
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G. D. Renny
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel I. C. Harris
185th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier K. P. Smith
2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel H.O.S. Herdon
1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Bellamy
2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Maurice
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division	14 June	Major General G.H.A. MacMillan
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.P. Hall
15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Grant-Peterkin
44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade	17 June	Brigadier H.D.K. Money
8th Battalion, Royal Scots	14 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. Delacombe
6th (The Border) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Shillington
6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	?	Lieutenant-Colonel C.R. Buchanan
46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade	17 June	Brigadier C.M. Barber
9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Villiers
2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders, Highland Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel P.U. Campbell
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	?	Lieutenant-Colonel E.H.G. Grant
227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade	18 June	Brigadier J.R. Mackintosh-Walker
10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.D.S. Young
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	?	Lieutenant-Colonel E.C. Colville
2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Tweedie
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division	24 June	Major General G.I. Thomas
43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment	24 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lane Fox Lieutenant-Colonel C.H. Kinnersley
8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel M. Crawford
129th Infantry Brigade	23 June	Brigadier G.H.L. Mole (Mortally Wounded 14 November) Brigadier J.O.E. Vandeleur		?
4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel W.S.C. Curtis Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Lipscomb
4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel E.L. Luce Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.L. Corbyn
5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel N.C.E. Kenrick Lieutenant-Colonel J.H.C. Pearson (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Roberts Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Brind
130th Infantry Brigade	24 June	Brigadier N.D. Leslie Brigadier B.B. Walton Brigadier B.A. Coad
7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel D.W.G. Gray (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.C. Mallock (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel D.E.B. Talbot
4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel H.E. Cowie Lieutenant-Colonel G. Tilley Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Roberts
5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel B.A. Coad Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Venour Lieutenant-Colonel A.E.C. Bredin
214th Infantry Brigade	24 June	Brigadier Hubert Essame
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.P. Besley (WIA) Lieutenant-Colonel G.C.P. Lance (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel E.J. Bruford (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Nichol Lieutenant-Colonel H..A. Borradaile Major T.B. Elliott (WIA) Lieutenant-Colonel I.L. Reeves (WIA) Lieutenant-Colonel C. Brooke Smith
1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel A.R. Harrison Lieutenant-Colonel R.E. Osborne-Smith (WIA) Lieutenant-Colonel A.W.N.L. Vickers Lieutenant-Colonel M.R.J. Hope-Thompson
5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel H.W. Atherton (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel R.W. James (KIA) Lieutenant-Colonel G. Taylor
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division	12 June	Major General E.H. Barker
49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
146th Infantry Brigade	10 June	Brigadier A. Dunlop	?	?
4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	10 June	?	?	?
Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment	?	?	?	?
147th Infantry Brigade	12 June	Brigadier E.R. Mahony	?	?
6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment	3 July	?	?	?
7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	?	?	?	?
11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August)	14 June	Brigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis	?	?
10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, (Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment))	?	?	?	?
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August)	6 June	Brigadier E. C. Pepper	?	?
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment	6 June	?	?	?
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division	6 June	Major General D.A.H. Graham	?	?
61st Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
69th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier F.Y.C. Cox	?	?
5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel White	?	?
6th Battalion, Green Howards	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Hastings	?	?
7th Battalion, Green Howards	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel P.H. Richardson	?	?
151st Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier R.H. Senior	?	?
6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. Green	?	?
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.P. Lidwill	?	?
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel H. Woods	?	?
231st Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier A.G.B. Stanier Bart	?	?
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C.A.R. Nevill	?	?
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel E. Norie^[4]	?	?
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel David Nelson-Smith	?	?
51st (Highland) Infantry Division	6 June	Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith Major-General T.G. Rennie (from 26 July)	?	?
152nd Infantry Brigade	8 June	Brigadier D.H. Haugh	?	?
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	?	?	?	?
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	?	?	?	?
153rd Infantry Brigade	7 June	Brigadier H. Murray	?	?
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	6 June	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	?	?	?	?
5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	?	?	?	?
154th Infantry Brigade	10 June	Brigadier J.A. Hopwood	?	?
1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Hopwood	?	?
7th (Fife) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	?	?	?
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	?	?	?	?
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division	27 June	Major General R.K. Ross	?	?
53rd (Welsh) Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
71st Infantry Brigade	25 June	Brigadier V. Blomfield (WIA 21 September 1944)	?	?
1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J.H. Hare	?	?
158th Infantry Brigade	23 June	Brigadier S.O. Jones	?	?
4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
160th Infantry Brigade	28 June	Brigadier L.G. Whistler Brigadier C.F.C. Coleman (from 22 June)	?	?
4th Battalion, Welch Regiment	?	?	?	?
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment	26 June	?	?	?
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division	27 June	Major General L.O. Lyne	?	?
59th Reconnaissance Regiment	?	?	?	?
7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun Battalion	?	?	?	?
176th Infantry Brigade	29 June	Brigadier R.W.H. Fryer	?	?
7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment	?	?	?	?
7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
177th Infantry Brigade	27 June	Brigadier M.S. Ekins	?	?
5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
2/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
197th Infantry Brigade	29 June	Brigadier J. Lingham	?	?
1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment	?	?	?	?
Others
79th Armoured Division	6 June	Major-General Percy Hobart	?	?
5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (5th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel D.H.V. Board (KIA 6 June)	?	?
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (6th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.D.R. Sale	?	?
8th (Irish) Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (7th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W.J. Humphrey	?	?
5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (8th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel A.L. Taffs	?	?
2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (9th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Harper	?	?
6th Battalion, Border Regiment (10th Beach Group)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper	?	?
18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (36th Beach Group)	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 W.P. 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 Norman C. Ries	?	?
4th Special Service Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Bernard W. Leicester	?	?
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Eric C.E. Palmer	?	?
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell R. Hardy	?	?
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. Farndale Phillips	?	?
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Moulton	?	?

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Canada

Unit	Arrival	Commander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division	29 July	Major General George Kitching Major General Harry W. Foster (from 22 August)
29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)	24 July	?
10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers)	26 July	?
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade	?	Brigadier Eric Leslie Booth Brigadier Robert W. Moncel (from 19 August)
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)	24 July	?
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)	26 July	?
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)	28 July	Lieutenant-Colonel Donald G. Worthington (KIA 9 August)
1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)	26 and 27 July	?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	Brigadier James C. Jefferson
1st Battalion, The Lincoln and Welland Regiment	25 July	?
1st Battalion, The Algonquin Regiment	25 July	Lieutenant Colonel Hay
1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	26 July	?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division	?	Major General C. Foulkes
8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars)	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)	6 and 7 July	?
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	5 July	?
1st Battalion, The Essex Scottish Regiment	5 July	?
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	6 July	?
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders	6 July	Lieutenant Colonel Donald G.H. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal	7 July	?
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	7 July	Lieutenant Colonel P.C. Klaehn
1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment	8 July	Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Clift
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major General Rodney F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Harry W. Foster
1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Foster M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Meldram
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick N. Cabeldu
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Kenneth G. Blackadder
1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Donald B. Buell
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Spragge
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Douglas G. Cunningham
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Robert A. Wyman
6th 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 Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)	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

Free Belgian Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron"	Between 30 July-8 August	Major Jean-Baptiste Piron

Free Dutch Forces

Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene" ("Princess Irene Brigade")
- Three motorised infantry companies
- One reconnaissance battalion
- One artillery battery

Free French Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander
2^e Division Blindée	1 August	General Philippe Leclerc
1^er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains	?	Colonel Jean Rémy
501^e Régiment de Chars de Combat	?	Major Cantarel Colonel Warabiot (from 8 August)
12^e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique	?	Colonel de Langlade
12^e Régiment de Cuirassiers	?	Colonel Nioret
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins	?	Corvette captain Maggiar
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando)	6 June	Capitaine de frégate Philippe Kieffer
3ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (3ème Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes from 1 August) / (3rd SAS)	17 July	Capitaine Pierre Château-Jobert
4ème Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (2ème RCP from 1 August) / (4th SAS)	6 June	Capitaine Pierre-Louis Bourgoin

Free Norwegian Forces

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 45 civilian ships^[5] with approximately 1,000 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:

Air Force
- 331 Squadron
- 332 Squadron
Navy
- 10 ships
  - HNoMS Stord
  - HNoMS Svenner
  - HNoMS Glaisdale
  - HNoMS Andenes
  - HNoMS Eglantine
  - HNoMS Rose
  - HNoMS Nordkapp
  - Motor Launches No. 128, 213 and 573

Free Polish Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
1st Armoured Division	?	Major-General Stanislaw Maczek	?	?
10th Mounted Rifle Regiment (reconnaissance, Cromwell tanks)	?	Major J. Maciejowski	?	?
10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade	?	Colonel T. Majewski	?	?
1st Armoured Regiment	1 August 1944	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Stefanowicz	208	?
2nd Armoured Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki	?	?
24th Lancers Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kanski	?	?
10th Dragoons Regiment (armoured infantry)	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Wladyslaw Zgorzelski	?	?
3rd Infantry Brigade	?	Colonel Marian Wieronski	?	?
1st Highland Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel K. Complak	?	?
8th Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Nowaczynski	?	?
9th Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Zygmunt Szydlowski	?	?

Notes

1 2 3 4 Chadwick (1970), The Royal Tank Regiment, p.114
↑ Blacklock (1971), The Royal Scots Greys: (The 2nd Dragoons), p100
↑ Essame (1952), The 43rd Wessex Division at War, 1944–1945, p276
↑ Delaforce (2004), Monty's Northern Legions, p67
↑ Berg 1997: 136

References

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.
"The Assault Landings in Normandy : Order of Battle British Second Army" (PDF). Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
"British Army Follow-on Divisions Operation Overlord: 6 June 1944" (PDF). 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 2010.
Berg, Ole F. (1997). I skjærgården og på havet – Marinens krig 8. april 1940 – 8. mai 1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Marinens krigsveteranforening. ISBN 82-993545-2-8.
6juin1944.com (French/English)
OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org(en/fr)
Canadiansoldiers.com
Regiments.org
U.S. Army official site
Maj-Gen Hubert Essame, The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944–45, London: William Clowes, 1952. [NB: Personnel are given for whole North West Europe campaign].

Primary articles on the Battle of Normandy, Western Front, World War II

Operations	Locations	See also

Operation Overlord (The overall invasion plan) Operation Neptune (The assault plan) American airborne landings in Normandy Operation Deadstick (UK 6th Airborne) Operation Tonga (UK 6th Airborne) Battle of Merville Gun Battery (UK 6th Airborne) Operation Mallard (UK 6th Airborne) Battle of Bréville (UK 6th Airborne) Operation Pluto (Pipe-Line Under The Ocean) Operation Fortitude (Deception plan) Operation Perch (UK) Operation Martlet (UK) Operation Epsom (UK) Operation Windsor (Canada) Operation Charnwood (UK) Operation Jupiter (UK) Operations Greenline, Pomegranate and Express (UK) Operation Goodwood (UK) Operation Atlantic (Canada) Operation Spring (Canada) Operation Cobra (US) Operation Bluecoat (UK) Operation Totalize (Canada, Poland, UK) Operation Lüttich (German) Operation Tractable (Canada, Poland, UK) Battle for Brest (US) Battle for Caen (UK, Canada) Battle of Verriéres Ridge (Canada) Battle of Carentan (US) Battle of Cherbourg (US) Battle of Villers-Bocage (UK)	Landing points (W→E): Utah Beach (US) Omaha Beach (US) Pointe du Hoc (US) Gold Beach (UK) Juno Beach (Canada) Sword Beach (UK) Other: Crisbecq Battery Falaise Pocket Hill 262 Hillman Fortress Houlgate battery Longues-sur-Mer battery Maisy battery Merville Gun Battery Mont Canisy battery Pegasus Bridge	Category:Operation Overlord Category:Operation Overlord people Atlantic Wall D-Day Dieppe Raid Hobart's Funnies Rhino tank Allied forces in Normandy Mulberry harbour Liberation of Paris (France) Operation Dragoon (France, UK, US) Operation Jedburgh (France, UK, US) Normandy US Cemetery & Memorial Brittany US Cemetery & Memorial More information on Battle of Normandy: D-day from Wiktionary D-day Textbooks from Wikibooks D-day Quotations from Wikiquote D-day Source texts from Wikisource D-day Images and media from Commons D-day from Wikinews

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