Order of Battle
Although its paper organization remained one armoured brigade and one mechanized infantry brigade, after Normandy the division generally fought as four combined-arms battlegroups, two under each brigade headquarters.
Division Headquarters & Staff
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1)
- Lt.Col. D.S. Schreiber (01.07.1942 - 05.06.1944)
- Lt.Col. P.R.C. Hobart (06.06.1944 - 02.09.1944)
- Lt.Col. J.D. Hornung (03.09.1944 - 05.05.1945)
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards
- 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards (Mechanized)
32nd Guards Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
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