List of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

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.

American

See: U.S. Divisions Active in the Normandy Campaign

British

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 Hertfordshire 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 (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) (Hussars)	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	?	?
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) 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) 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)	6th 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	?	?
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	?	?
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 (Experimental) Armoured Division, Royal Engineers	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	?	?

Canadian

Unit	Arrival	Commander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division	?	Major General G. Kitching
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade	?	?
21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)	?	?
22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)	?	?
28th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)	?	?
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment (Motor)	?	?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment	?	?
The Algonquin Regiment	?	?
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	?	?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division	?	Major General C. Foulkes
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
The Royal Regiment of Canada	?	?
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	?	?
The Essex Scottish Regiment	?	?
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	?	?
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve	?	?
The Calgary Highlanders	6 Jul 1944	Lieutenant Colonel D.G. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal	?	?
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	?	?
The South Saskatchewan Regiment	?	?
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major General R.F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Harry W. Foster
The Regina Rifle Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel M. Meldram
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (M.G.)	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.N. Cabeldu
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier Kenneth G. Blackadder
1st Battalion, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Buell
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Spragge
Le Régiment de la Chaudière	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier D.G. Cunningham
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade	6 June	?
6th (Reserve) 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 Army Tank Regiment (Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke)	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

1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron"

Free Dutch Forces

Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene"

• Three motorised infantry companies
• One reconnaissance battalion
• One artillery battery

Free French Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander
2e Division Blindée	1 August	General Philippe Leclerc
1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains	?	?
501e Régiment de Chars de Combat	?	?
12e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique	?	?
12e Régiment de Cuirassiers	?	?
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins	?	?
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (attached to No. 4 Commando)	6 June	Commandant Philippe Kieffer
3rd Special Air Service Regiment	?	?
4th Special Air Service Regiment	?	?

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 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 Acantus
• HNoMS Eglantine
• HNoMS Rose
• HNoMS Nordkapp
• The Motorlaunches 128, 213 and 573

Free Polish Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
Polish 1st Armoured Division	?	Major General Stanislaw Maczek	?	?
10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade	?	Colonel. T. Majewski	?	?
1st Polish Armoured Regiment	?	Liuetenant-Colonel Antoni Stefanowicz	?	?
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki	?	?
24th Polish Lancers Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kański	?	?
10th Polish Dragoons Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Władysław Zgorzelski	?	?
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade	?	Colonel Marian Wieroński	?	?
1st Polish Highland Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel K. Complak	?	?
8th Polish Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Nowaczyński	?	?
9th Polish Rifle Battalion	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Zygmunt Szydłowski	?	?

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.
• Berg, Ole F.: I skjærgården og på havet - Marinens krig 8. april 1940 - 8. mai 1945, Marinens Krigsveteranforening, Oslo 1997 ISBN 82-993545-2-8
• OdB and history of units having taken part to the Falaise pocket battle at memorial-montormel.org (en/fr)
• 6juin1944.com (French/English)
• Canadiansoldiers.com
• Regiments.org
• U.S. Army official site

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