APPENDIX I

ORDERS OF BATTLE

XXX BRITISH CORPS

GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION

NB. The Guards Armoured Division had by September 1944 departed from their official ORBAT to form, uniquely, regimental groups of armour and infantry that habitually fought together. This closeness, unusual at the time, between the two arms brought many benefits. However, their critics, with little solid evidence, also use this grouping to attribute ‘a certain ponderousness’ to the Division.

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HQ GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISION

Guards Armoured Division Signal Regiment (-)

HQ 5th GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE (‘Group Hot’)

1st (Motorized) Battalion, The Grenadier Guards

2nd (Armoured) Battalion, The Grenadier Guards

1st (Armoured) Battalion, The Coldstream Guards

5th Battalion, The Coldstream Guards

55th Field Regiment Royal Artillery

14th Field Squadron Royal Engineers

HQ 32nd GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE (‘Group Cold’)

2nd (Armoured) Battalion, The Irish Guards

3rd Battalion, The Irish Guards

1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards

2nd (Armoured Recconnisance) Battalion, The Welsh Guards

153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery

615th Field Squadron Royal Engineers

GUARDS ARMOURED DIVISIONAL TROOPS

HQ 21st Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery

HQ 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery

HQ Guards Armoured Division Engineer Regiment,

Field Park Company, 11th Bridging Troop RE and Divisional Postal Unit

Number 1 Independent Machine-gun Company, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Royal Army Service Corps

HQ Guards Armoured Division RASC Battalion, and Tank Delivery Squadron

Royal Army Medical Corps 19th Light Field

Ambulance, 128th Field Ambulance and Field

Hygiene Section

Royal Army Ordnance Corps Guards Armoured

Division Ordnance Field Park, Company

RAOC and Mobile Bath Unit

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 5th

Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop, 32nd

Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop

Military Police Guards Armoured Division Company Royal Corps of Military Police

Intelligence Corps Field Security Section

8th INDEPENDENT ARMOURED BRIGADE

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4th / 7th Royal Dragoons Guards

13th / 18th Royal Hussars

Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry

12th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery

(Self Propelled) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery

8th Armoured Brigade Signal Squadron

8th Armoured Brigade Workshop REME

8th Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park

552nd Company Royal Army Service Corps

168th (City of London) Light Field Ambulance RAMC

265th Forward Delivery Squadron RAC

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ROYAL NETHERLANDS BRIGADE ‘PRINCESS IRENE’

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147 (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA in Nijmegen.

21st ARMY GROUP TROOPS (from Army Groups Royal

Artillery to XXX Corps)

64th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery (3.5 inch guns)

419th Heavy Battery (155mm guns)

FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY

BRITISH AIRBORNE CORPS

HEADQUARTERS 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION

82nd Signal Company and 82nd Headquarter Company

504th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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505th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

508th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT

1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

325th GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT

1st Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment

2nd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion, 325th (formerly 401st) Glider Infantry Regiment

DIVISIONAL TROOPS

82nd Parachute Maintenance Battalion

307th Airborne Engineer Battalion

307th Airborne Medical Company

80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion

319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

456th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

782nd Ordnance Company

407th Quartermaster Company

666th Quartermaster Truck Company

82nd Military Police Platoon

82nd Reconnaissance Platoon

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The German MP 38/40 Sub machine-gun was arguably the most effective weapon of its class ever produced.

German side-arms. The Luger was privately purchased (right) by many officers in preference to the P38 Walther (above).

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