List of Allied Forces in The Normandy Campaign - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Unit Arrival Commander Killed Wounded
Guards Armoured Division 28 June Major-General A.H.S. Adair ? ?
5th Guards Armoured Brigade 30 June Brigadier N.W. Gwatkin ? ?
2nd (Tank) Battalion, Grenadier Guards ? ? ? ?
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, Irish Guards ? ? ?
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards ? ? ? ?
32nd Guards Infantry 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 G. W. E. J. Erskine ? ?
22nd Armoured Brigade 6/7 June Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde ? ?
1st Royal Tank Regiment 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel R.M.P. Carver ? ?
5th Royal Tank Regiment 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel C.A. Holliman ? ?
4th County of London Yeomanry (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards in July 1944) 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, The Viscount Cranleigh ? ?
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (replaced the 4th Yeomanry in July 1944) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 7 June ? ? ?
131st Infantry Brigade 8 June Brigadier M.S. Ekins ? ?
1/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8 June ? ? ?
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8 June ? ? ?
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 8? June ? ? ?
11th Armoured Division 13 June Major-General G.P.B. Roberts ? ?
29th Armoured Brigade 15 June Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey ? ?
23rd Hussars ? ? ? ?
3rd Royal Tank Regiment ? Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.H. Silvertop ? ?
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry ? ? ? ?
8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ? ? ? ?
159th Infantry Brigade 15 June Brigadier J.G. Sandie ? ?
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry ? Lieutenant-Colonel Miles ? ?
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Armoured Brigade 7 June Brigadier J.C. Currie ? ?
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment ? Lieutenant-Colonel G.C. Hopkinson ? ?
Royal Scots Greys (The 2nd Dragoons) ? Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. J. Readman ? ?
3 County of London Yeomanry ? Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson ? ?
2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps ? Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Littledale, DSO ? ?
8th Armoured Brigade 6 June Brigadier Bernard Cracroft ? ?
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.G. Byron ? ?
24th Lancers 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. C. Anderson ? ?
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson ? ?
12th Battalion, The 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 ? ?
East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry 6 June ? ? ?
The 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 12 June ?
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard ? ?
6th Airlanding Brigade 6 June Brigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley ? ?
12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Stevens ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Roberts ? ?
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson ? ?
British 3rd Infantry Division 6 June Major-General T.G. Rennie (WIA 13 June), Major-General L.G. Whistler ? ?
8th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier E. E. Cass ? ?
1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Goodwin ? ?
2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Hutchinson ? ?
1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) 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, The Lincolnshire Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel I. C. Harris ? ?
185th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier K. P. Smith ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel H.O.S. Herdon ? ?
1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Bellamy ? ?
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Maurice ? ?
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 14 June Major General G.H.A. MacMillan ? ?
44th Infantry Brigade 17 June Brigadier H.D.K. Money ? ?
8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 14 June ? ? ?
6th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
46th Infantry Brigade 17 June Brigadier C.M. Barber ? ?
9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) ? ? ? ?
7th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
227th Infantry Brigade 18 June Brigadier J.R. Mackintosh-Walker ? ?
10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion]], The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) ? ? ? ?
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 24 June Major General G.I. Thomas ? ?
129th Infantry Brigade 23 June Brigadier G.H.L. Mole ?
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) ? ? ? ?
130th Infantry Brigade 24 June Brigadier N.D. Leslie ? ?
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
214th Infantry Brigade 24 June Brigadier H. Essame ? ?
7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 12 June Major General E.H. Barker ? ?
146th Infantry Brigade 10 June Brigadier A. Dunlop ? ?
4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10 June ? ? ?
The Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment ? ? ? ?
147th Infantry Brigade 12 June Brigadier E.R. Mahony ? ?
6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) ? ? ? ?
11th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
70th Infantry Brigade (left division in August) 14 June Brigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis ? ?
10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? ? ? ?
56th Infantry Brigade (joined division in August) 6 June Brigadier E. C. Pepper ? ?
2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment 6 June ? ? ?
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 6 June Major General D.A.H. Graham ? ?
69th Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox ? ?
5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York's Own) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel White ? ?
6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Hastings ? ?
7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel P. H. Richardson ? ?
151st Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier R. H. Senior ? ?
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel H. Woods ? ?
231st Infantry Brigade 6 June Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. R. Nevill ? ?
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel E. Norie ? ?
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel David Nelson-Smith ? ?
51st (Highland) Infantry Division 6 June Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith (to 26 July), Major-General T.G. Rennie ? ?
152nd Infantry Brigade 8 June Brigadier D.H. Haugh ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders ? ? ? ?
153rd Infantry Brigade 7 June Brigadier H. Murray ? ?
5th (Angus and Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 6 June ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
5th/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders ? ? ? ?
154th Infantry Brigade 10 June Brigadier J.A. Hopwood ? ?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? Lieutenant-Colonel John Adam Hopwood ? ?
7th (Fife) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) ? ? ? ?
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 27 June Major General R.K. Ross ? ?
71st Infantry Brigade 25 June Brigadier V. Blomfield 21 September 1944 at Wintelre, Netherlands ?
1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ? ? ? ?
158th Infantry Brigade 23 June Brigadier S.O. Jones ? ?
4th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
160th Infantry Brigade 28 June Brigadier L.G. Whistler until 22 June then Brigadier C.F.C. Coleman ? ?
1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment ? ? ? ?
4th Battalion, The Welch Regiment ? ? ? ?
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment 26 June ? ? ?
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division 27 June Major General L.O. Lyne ? ?
176th Infantry Brigade 29 June Brigadier R.W.H. Fryer ? ?
7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment ? ? ? ?
7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
177th Infantry Brigade 27 June Brigadier M.S. Ekins ? ?
5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
2/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
197th Infantry Brigade 29 June Brigadier J. Lingham ? ?
1/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment ? ? ? ?
2/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers ? ? ? ?
5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment ? ? ? ?
Others
79th Armoured Division 6 June Major-General Percy Hobart ? ?
5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. V. Board (KIA 6 June) ? ?
8th (Irish) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Humphrey ? ?
18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 6 June ? ? ?
The Buckinghamshire Battalion 6 June ? ? ?
1st Special Service Brigade 6 June Brigadier Lord Lovat ? ?
No. 3 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel P. (Peter) Young ? ?
No. 4 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. P. (Robert William Palliser) Dawson ? ?
No. 6 Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel D. (Derek) Mills-Roberts ? ?
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando 6 June ? ? ?
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel N. C. (Norman Charles) Ries ? ?
4th Special Service Brigade 6 June Brigadier B. W. (Bernard William) Leicester ? ?
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. E. (Eric Charles Ernest)Palmer ? ?
No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando 7 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. (Campbell Richard) Hardy ? ?
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. (Cecil Farndale) Phillips ? ?
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando 6 June Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. (James Louis) Moulton ? ?

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