This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy Campaign

Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...

between 6 June-25 August 1944. Primary combat units are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order-of-battle.

United Kingdom

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
Guards Armoured Division	28 June	Major-General A.H.S. Adair	?	?
5th Guards Armoured Brigade British 5th Guards Armoured Brigade The 5th Guards Armoured Brigade was a Second World War British Army formation, a component unit of the Guards Armoured Division.- History :This brigade was converted from the 20th Infantry Brigade on 15 September 1941. It was stationed in the United Kingdom until 30 June 1944 when it arrived in...	30 June	Brigadier N.W. Gwatkin	?	?
2nd (Tank) Battalion, Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...	?	?	?	?
1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Irish Guards Irish Guards The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...	?		?	?
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...	?	?	?	?
32nd Guards Infantry Brigade British 32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards) The 32nd Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation from World War I to after World War II.-World War I:The Brigade was raised originally as the 32nd Infantry Brigade, part of the 11th Division, a New Army formation which served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front during World War...	25 June	Brigadier G.F. Johnson	?	?
5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards Welsh Guards The Welsh Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division.-Creation :The Welsh Guards came into existence on 26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards, "..though the order...	?	?	?	?
3rd Battalion, Irish Guards Irish Guards The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...	?	?	?	?
7th Armoured Division British 7th Armoured Division The 7th Armoured Division was a British armoured division which saw service during the Second World War where its exploits made it famous as the Desert Rats....	6/12 June	Major-General G. W. E. J. Erskine	?	?
22nd Armoured Brigade British 22nd Armoured Brigade The 22nd Armoured Brigade, a British Army brigade, was formed as the 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade on 3 September 1939 with three Yeomanry mechanised cavalry regiments The 22nd Armoured Brigade, a British Army brigade, was formed as the 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade on 3 September 1939 with three...	6/7 June	Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde	?	?
1st Royal Tank Regiment 1st Royal Tank Regiment The 1st Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It was originally formed as 1st Battalion, Royal Tank Corps in 1934....	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.M.P. Carver Michael Carver, Baron Carver Field Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC was a British soldier. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces.-Army career:Educated at Winchester College, Michael Carver was... |align="center"|?	?
5th Royal Tank Regiment 5th Royal Tank Regiment The 5th Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1969. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C.A. Holliman	?	?
4th County of London Yeomanry 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry The 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry was formed in July 1944 by the amalgamation at Carpiquet Airfield in Normandy of the two existing Sharpshooters' regiments: the 3rd County of London Yeomanry and 4th County of London Yeomanry , both of which were veterans of the 8th Army...  (replaced by the 5th Dragoon Guards in July 1944)	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, The Viscount Cranleigh	?	?
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1922 to 1992, when it was amalgmated into the Royal Dragoon Guards.-The beginning:...  (replaced the 4th Yeomanry in July 1944)	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, formed in 1800 to provide sharpshooters, scouts and skirmishers...	7 June	?	?	?
131st Infantry Brigade British 131st Infantry Brigade The 131st Infantry Brigade was a Second World War 1st Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army.- History :At the beginning of the Second World War this brigade was an organic part of the 44th Infantry Division. It was part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1940...	8 June	Brigadier M.S. Ekins	?	?
1/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) British 131st Infantry Brigade The 131st Infantry Brigade was a Second World War 1st Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army.- History :At the beginning of the Second World War this brigade was an organic part of the 44th Infantry Division. It was part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1940...	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 British 11th Armoured Division The 11th Armoured Division, known as The Black Bull, was a British Army division formed in 1941 during the Second World War. The Division was formed in response to the unanticipated success of German panzer divisions...	13 June	Major-General G.P.B. Roberts George Philip Bradley Roberts Major-General George Philip Bradley Roberts CB, DSO, MC, , better known as "Pip", was a British commander of an armoured division during the Second World War.-Military career:...	?	?
29th Armoured Brigade British 29th Armoured Brigade - History :Created in 1940 it served mainly with the 11th Armoured Division, notably in the Battle of Normandy and the campaign in Western Europe.- Component Units :*22nd Dragoons - Until Jan '41...	15 June	Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey	?	?
23rd Hussars 23rd Hussars The 23rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1940 to 1946. It had no lineal connection with the earlier 23rd Regiment of Dragoons .-History:...	?	?	?	?
3rd Royal Tank Regiment 3rd Royal Tank Regiment The 3rd Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1992. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It originally saw action as C Battalion, Tank Corps in 1917....	?	Lieutenant-Colonel D.A.H. Silvertop	?	?
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry British 29th Armoured Brigade - History :Created in 1940 it served mainly with the 11th Armoured Division, notably in the Battle of Normandy and the campaign in Western Europe.- Component Units :*22nd Dragoons - Until Jan '41...	?	?	?	?
8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, formed in 1800 to provide sharpshooters, scouts and skirmishers...	?	?	?	?
159th Infantry Brigade	15 June	Brigadier J.G. Sandie	?	?
4th Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry The King's Shropshire Light Infantry The King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. The KSLI was amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments in 1968 to became part of The Light Infantry...	?	Lieutenant-Colonel Miles	?	?
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment	?	?	?	?
4th Armoured Brigade British 4th Armoured Brigade The 4th Mechanized Brigade is a British Army brigade.The 4th Armoured Brigade was formed during the Second World War, as an armoured brigade of the 7th Armoured Division....	7 June	Brigadier J.C. Currie John Cecil Currie Brigadier John Cecil Currie DSO & two Bars, MC was an officer in the British Army during World War II.As part of Iraqforce , Brigadier Currie commanded the 9th Armoured Brigade during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia. His brigade was part of Hazelforce commanded by Brigadier J.A...	?	?
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd 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 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry The 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry was formed in July 1944 by the amalgamation at Carpiquet Airfield in Normandy of the two existing Sharpshooters' regiments: the 3rd County of London Yeomanry and 4th County of London Yeomanry , both of which were veterans of the 8th Army...	?	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson	?	?
2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...	?	Lieutenant-Colonel R.B. Littledale, DSO	?	?
8th Armoured Brigade British 8th Armoured Brigade The 8 Armoured Brigade was a British Army brigade, formed in August 1941 during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the re-designation of 6th Cavalry Brigade when the 1st Cavalry Division based in Palestine , converted from a motorised formation to an armoured...	6 June	Brigadier Bernard Cracroft	?	?
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1992.It was formed in India in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and 7th Dragoon Guards , as the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards; it gained the distinction Royal in 1935...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.G. Byron	?	?
24th Lancers 24th Lancers The 24th Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1940 to 1944.- Origins :The regiment was raised in December 1940 from a cadre of personnel taken from the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 17th/21st Lancers, and was assigned to 29th Armoured Brigade of 11th Armoured Division...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. C. Anderson	?	?
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry is one of the five squadrons of the Royal Yeomanry , an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army. Designated as 'S' Squadron, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry's current role is to support the Formation Reconnaissance Regiments and the Joint Chemical Biological Nuclear...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel John Anderson	?	?
12th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...	6 June	?	?	?
27th Armoured Brigade British 27th Armoured Brigade - History :This armoured brigade was formed from the conversion of the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade on 26 November 1940 and attached to the 9th Armoured Division...	6 June	Brigadier G. E. Prior-Palmer	?	?
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) The 13th/18th Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.-Formation:On 9 September 1922, the 13th/18th Hussars was formed by amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars . In December 1935, it became known as the 13th/18th Royal Hussars ...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. T. G Harrap	?	?
East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry The East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army from 1794–1956.The regiment was formed as volunteer cavalry in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was converted to an armoured role in 1920. In 1956 it merged with two other Yorkshire yeomanry regiments to form...	6 June	?	?	?
The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) Staffordshire Yeomanry The Staffordshire Yeomanry was a unit of the British Army.Raised in 1794 following Prime Minister William Pitt's order to raise volunteer bodies of men to defend Great Britain from foreign invasion, the Staffordshire Yeomanry began as volunteer cavalry regiment. It first served overseas at the...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Eadie	?	?
6th Airborne Division British 6th Airborne Division The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne division in the British Army during the Second World War. It took part in Operation Tonga, the airborne landings on the left flank of the invasion beaches in the Normandy Landings. It played a small part in the Battle of the Bulge and was involved in...	6 June	Major-General Richard Gale Richard Nelson Gale General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC was a soldier in the British Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps...	?	?
3rd Parachute Brigade British 3rd Parachute Brigade The 3rd Parachute Brigade was an airborne formation raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The brigade was initially part of the 1st Airborne Division, but remained in Britain when that division was sent overseas, and became part of the 6th Airborne Division.The brigade first went...	6 June	Brigadier James Hill James Hill James Hill may refer to:*James Hill , former professional American football tight end*James Hill , British film and television director...	?	?
8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Pearson Alastair Pearson Brigadier Alastair Stevenson Pearson CB, DSO & Three Bars, OBE, MC, TD was a baker, farmer and one of the most highly-regarded soldiers of the British Army who served in World War II. During his distinguished military career he was known as Jock Pearson to the men of his command.-Early...	?	?
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion The 9th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Formed by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment to parachute duties...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Otway Terence Otway Lieutenant-Colonel Terence Brandram Hastings Otway DSO, was a British soldier, best known for his role as commander of the paratroop assault on the Merville Battery on D-Day.-Early life:...	?	?
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke	?	?
5th Parachute Brigade British 5th Parachute Brigade The 5th Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces formation of brigade strength, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. It was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division, serving alongside the 3rd Parachute Brigade and the 6th Airlanding Brigade....	6 June	Brigadier Nigel Poett Nigel Poett General Sir Joseph Howard Nigel Poett KCB, DSO was a British Army officer who commanded the 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, during the Second World War.-Early life:...	?	?
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion The 7th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, formed by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was raised by the conversion of the 10th Somerset Light Infantry to parachute duties...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin DSO & Bar, MC was a parachute officer of the British Army during World War II. He commanded the 3rd Parachute Battalion in North Africa and the 7th Parachute Battalion in Normandy, Belgium, and Germany...	?	?
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Johnny Johnson	12 June	?
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion The 13th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard	?	?
6th Airlanding Brigade 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) The 6th Airlanding Brigade was a glider infantry brigade forming part of the British airborne forces during the Second World War. Composed of three infantry battalions and supporting units, it was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division....	6 June	Brigadier The Hon. Hugh Kindersley Hugh Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Kindersley, 2nd Baron Kindersley CBE, MC was a British businessman, banker and soldier. His father was businessman Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE.Kindersley was born in Knightsbridge, London...	?	?
12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which served under various titles from 1685 to 1958. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles.-Origin and titles:...	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 Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Ulster Rifles was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968.-History:...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Carson	?	?
British 3rd Infantry Division British 3rd Infantry Division The 3rd Mechanised Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd Division or as Iron Sides; is a regular army division of the British Army...	6 June	Major-General T.G. Rennie (WIA 13 June), Major-General L.G. Whistler Lashmer Whistler General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars, DL , known as Bolo, was a British army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he achieved senior ranks serving with Field Marshal Montgomery in North Africa and Europe...	?	?
8th Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier E. E. Cass	?	?
1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment Suffolk Regiment The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the Royal Norfolk Regiment as the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1959...	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) The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) The South Lancashire Regiment was a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1958. It was formed as part of the Childers reforms as the Prince of Wales's Volunteers Regiment by the amalgamation of the 40th Regiment of Foot and the 82nd Regiment of Foot...	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 The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751 it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881 it became the Lincolnshire...	6 June	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Ulster Rifles was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968.-History:...	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 The King's Shropshire Light Infantry The King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. The KSLI was amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments in 1968 to became part of The 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) The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) The Cameronians was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry...	?	?	?	?
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) Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War...	?	?	?	?
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 The Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...	?	?	?	?
2nd Battalion 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were formed in 1881 when the 91st Regiment of Foot was amalgamated with the 93rd Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.-Early history:... , The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	?	?	?	?
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division British 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division The 43rd Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division first formed in 1908. It was reformed in 1920 as part of the rebuilding of the Territorial Army, and raised a second line duplicate, 45th Infantry Division, on the doubling of the Territorial Army in 1939.-History:The Division was...	24 June	Major General G.I. Thomas	?	?
129th Infantry Brigade British 129th Infantry Brigade The 129th Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line Territorial Army brigade during the Second World War, part of the 43rd Infantry Division.-Commanders:*Brig. G.E.M. Whittuck*Brig. W.K.M. Leader*Brig. G. Brunskill...	23 June	Brigadier G.H.L. Mole	?	?
4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) The Somerset Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles.-Formation:...	?	?	?	?
4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)	?	?	?	?
130th Infantry Brigade British 130th Infantry Brigade The 130th Infantry Brigade was a Territorial brigade of the British Army. The brigade was created as the Devon and Cornwall Brigade of the Wessex Division, later 43rd Division, in 1908.-First World War:...	24 June	Brigadier N.D. Leslie	?	?
7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment Royal Hampshire Regiment The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1881 to 1992. Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.-Formation and antecedents:...	?	?	?	?
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 British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division This military division was formed on 1 April 1908 as the West Riding Division in the Territorial Force of the British Army.- First World War :...	12 June	Major General E.H. Barker Evelyn Barker General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC was a British Army general in World War II, and commander of British forces in the Mandate Palestine from 1946 to 1947...	?	?
146th Infantry Brigade	10 June	Brigadier A. Dunlop	?	?
4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751 it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881 it became the Lincolnshire...	?	?	?	?
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 British 70th Infantry Brigade .The 70th Infantry Brigade was a British Territorial Army unit during the First and Second World Wars.-History:Originally part of the British 23rd Division during World War I, the Brigade was reformed in the interwar period as part of the British 50th Infantry Division... (left division in August)	14 June	Brigadier E.C. Cooke-Collis	?	?
10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	?	?	?	?
11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	?	?	?	?
1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish Tyneside Scottish Tyneside Scottish is an honour title which has been held by a variety of British Army units since 1914. The Regiments which have held the title are the Northumberland Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry, Black Watch and Royal Artillery.... , The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)	?	?	?	?
56th Infantry Brigade British 56th Infantry Brigade The British Army's 56th Infantry Brigade was originally a Kitchener's Army brigade within 19th Division during the First World War.Later during the Second World War it was reformed on 15 February 1944 in the United Kingdom.... (joined division in August)	6 June	Brigadier E. C. Pepper	?	?
2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot, in 1689, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various...	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment The Gloucestershire Regiment The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.-Origins and early history:...	6 June	?	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment	6 June	?	?	?
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division The 50th Infantry Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army division during the Second World War. The two Ts in its insignia represent the two boundaries to its recruitment area, the rivers Tyne and Tees...	6 June	Major General D.A.H. Graham	?	?
69th Infantry Brigade British 69th Infantry Brigade .The 69th Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the British 23rd Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded...	6 June	Brigadier F. Y. C. Cox	?	?
5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment , becoming The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of...  (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 British 151st Infantry Brigade The 151st Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. Part of the British 50th Infantry Division.-Commanders:* Brig. Viscount Downe* Brig. J. A. Barstow* Brig. G. W. E. J. Erskine...	6 June	Brigadier R. H. Senior	?	?
6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	6 June	?	?	?
8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	6 June	?	?	?
9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel H. Woods	?	?
231st Infantry Brigade British 231st Infantry Brigade .- History :The 231st Infantry Brigade was a Second World War British Army unit, originally formed from the 1st Malta Brigade.It was composed of regular British Army battalions, was stationed on Malta at the start of the Second World War...	6 June	Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart	?	?
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which served under various titles from 1685 to 1958. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles.-Origin and titles:...	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 British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II) For the First World War unit, see 51st Division .The 51st Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War...	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) Seaforth Highlanders The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic regiment of the British Army associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders have varied in size from two battalions to seventeen battalions during the Great War...	?	?	?	?
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 The Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...	?	?	?	?
5th/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...	?	?	?	?
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 British 53rd (Welsh) Division The British 53rd Infantry Division was a Territorial Army division that fought in both World Wars. During the First World War the division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. Remaining active during the interwar years as a peace-time formation, the division again saw action in the Second...	27 June	Major General R.K. Ross	?	?
71st Infantry Brigade	25 June	Brigadier V. Blomfield	21 Sept. 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 Lashmer Whistler General Sir Lashmer Gordon Whistler GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars, DL , known as Bolo, was a British army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. In the Second World War he achieved senior ranks serving with Field Marshal Montgomery in North Africa and Europe...  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 British 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division The 59th Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army during the Second World War. It served as part of the 21st Army Group during the early stages of the North-West Europe campaign...	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 North Staffordshire Regiment The North Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959. It can date its lineage back to 1756 with the formation of a second battalion by the 11th Regiment of Foot, which shortly after became the 64th Regiment of Foot...	?	?	?	?
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 Lancashire Fusiliers The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.- Formation and early history:...	?	?	?	?
5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment	?	?	?	?
Others
79th Armoured Division 79th Armoured Division The 79th Armoured Division was a specialist British Army armoured formation created as part of the preparations for the Normandy invasion of 6 June 1944...	6 June	Major-General Percy Hobart Percy Hobart Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart KBE CB DSO MC , also known as "Hobo", was a British military engineer, noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II...	?	?
5th Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th Regiment of Foot in 1751...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. V. Board (KIA 6 June)	?	?
8th (Irish) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment (Liverpool) The King's Regiment was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th Regiment of Foot in 1751...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Humphrey	?	?
18th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...	6 June	?	?	?
The Buckinghamshire Battalion	6 June	?	?	?
1st Special Service Brigade 1st Special Service Brigade The 1st Special Service Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. Formed during World War II, it consisted of elements of the army and the Royal Marines. The brigade's component units saw action individually in Norway and the Dieppe Raid , before being combined under one commander for service in...	6 June	Brigadier Lord Lovat Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and 4th Baron Lovat DSO, MC, TD was the 25th Chief of the Clan Fraser and a prominent British Commando during the Second World War...	?	?
No. 3 Commando No. 3 Commando No. 3 Commando was a battalion-sized commando unit raised by the British Army for service during the Second World War. Formed in July 1940 from volunteers for special service, it was the first such unit to carry the title of "Commando"...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel P. (Peter) Young	?	?
No. 4 Commando No. 4 Commando No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized British Army commando unit, formed in 1940 early in the Second World War. Although it was raised to conduct small-scale raids and harass garrisons along the coast of German-occupied France, it was mainly employed as a highly-trained infantry assault unit.The...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. P. (Robert William Palliser) Dawson	?	?
No. 6 Commando No. 6 Commando No. 6 Commando was a battalion-sized British Army commando unit of the Second World War. Although it was raised to conduct small-scale raids and harass garrisons along the coast of German-occupied France, it was mainly employed as a highly-trained infantry assault unit.Formed in July 1940, No...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel D. (Derek) Mills-Roberts	?	?
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 10 Commando was a commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The first No. 10 Commando was proposed in August 1940, using volunteers from Northern Command, however there was such a poor response that No...	6 June	?	?	?
No. 45 (Royal Marine) Commando	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel N. C. (Norman Charles) Ries	?	?
4th Special Service Brigade 4th Special Service Brigade The 4th Special Service Brigade was created in March 1944 from units of the Royal Marines. Due to the success of the Army Commandos’ operations in Norway, the Channel Islands, St...	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 No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 46 Commando was a battalion size formation in the British Commandos, formed in August 1943 during the Second World War. The Commando was assigned to the 4th Special Service Brigade and served North West Europe and took part in the Normandy Landings, operations around Ostend and Antwerp before...	7 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. (Campbell Richard) Hardy	?	?
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 47 Commando was a battalion size formation in the British Commandos, formed in August 1943 during the Second World War. The Commando was assigned to the 4th Special Service Brigade and served North West Europe and took part in the Normandy Landings, operations around Ostend, Antwerp and the...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. (Cecil Farndale) Phillips	?	?
No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando No. 48 Commando was a Royal Marine battalion size formation in the British Commandos, formed in 1944 during the Second World War. No...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. (James Louis) Moulton	?	?

Canada

Unit	Arrival	Commander
4th Canadian (Armoured) Division 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division The 4th Canadian Division was created by the conversion of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in Canada. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main convoys reaching the United Kingdom in August and October....	?	Major General G. Kitching
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade	?	Brigadier Leslie Booth, DSO
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)	24 July 1944	?
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)	26 July 1944	?
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)	28 July 1944	Lieutenant-Colonel Don Worthington, KIA 9 August 1944
1st Battalion, The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)	26 and 27 July 1944	?
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Lincoln and Welland Regiment The Lincoln and Welland Regiment The Lincoln and Welland Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in St Catharines and Welland, Ontario.The Regimental Colonel-in-Chief is The Countess of Wessex and...	25 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Algonquin Regiment The Algonquin Regiment The Algonquin Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces comprising two companies. A Coy is located in North Bay, Ontario and B Coy is located in Timmins.-Early period:...	25 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada , or A & SH of C, is a Primary Reserve Highland infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces, based at John W...	26 July 1944	?
2nd Canadian Infantry Division 2nd Canadian Infantry Division The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the First Canadian Army, mobilized on 1 September 1939 at the outset of the Second World War. It was initially composed of volunteers within brigades established along regional lines, though a halt in recruitment in the early months of...	?	Major General C. Foulkes
4th Canadian Infantry Brigade 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade The 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade was a brigade of the Canadian Army during the Second World War.-History:It was mobilized on 1 September 1939 part of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division , even before the declaration of war, and the battalions were promptly fleshed out by volunteers...	?	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada The Royal Regiment of Canada The Royal Regiment of Canada is the largest army regiment in the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. It is an infantry unit based in Toronto, Ontario, part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....	7 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	5 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Essex Scottish Regiment The Essex Scottish Regiment The Essex Scottish was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army until 1954.Founded in 1885 as the 21st Essex Battalion of Infantry, it went through several name changes including: 1887 - 21st Battalion, Essex Fusiliers; 1900 - 21st Regiment, Essex Fusiliers; 1920 - The Essex Fusiliers, acquiring...	5 July 1944	?
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade	?	?
1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada The Black Watch of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment in 34 Brigade Group, Land Force Quebec Area. The regiment is located on rue de Bleury in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is currently commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Plourde...	6 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de Maisonneuve Le Régiment de Maisonneuve Le Régiment de Maisonneuve is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.The regiment is Canada's twenty-sixth most senior reserve infantry regiment, and comprises one battalion serving as part of the Land Force Reserve.-History:...	7 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Calgary Highlanders The Calgary Highlanders The Calgary Highlanders is a Canadian Forces Land Force Primary Reserve infantry regiment, headquartered at Mewata Armouries in Calgary, Alberta, Canada...	6 Jul 1944	Lieutenant Colonel D.G. MacLauchlan
6th Canadian Infantry Brigade 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade As part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division mobilization started on 1 September 1939, even before the declaration of war, and the battalions were promptly fleshed out by volunteers. However, further expansion was hindered by a temporary halt in recruitment and uncertainty about overseas deployment...	?	?
1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal is one of the oldest surviving units of the historical regiments of the Canadian army. It celebrated its regimental centenary in 1969. The unit was created on November 5, 1869...	7 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.-Formation:As early as 1905 the local Scottish community in Winnipeg, led by the St Andrew's Society, began lobbying the government to raise a Highland regiment...	7 July 1944	?
1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment The South Saskatchewan Regiment The South Saskatchewan Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces formed in 1936 by the amalgamation of The Weyburn Regiment and The Saskatchewan Border Regiment. It was reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle in 1968...	8 July 1944	?
Canadian 3rd Infantry Division	6 June	Major General R.F.L. Keller
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade The 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade , along with the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade , formed the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, which was a Canadian Army formation during World War II...	6 June	Brigadier Harry W. Foster
1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel M. Matheson
1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Royal Winnipeg Rifles The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are a Primary Reserve one-battalion infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. Nicknamed the "Little Black Devils", they are based at Minto Armouries in Winnipeg, Manitoba...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel M. Meldram
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment	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
1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a militia regiment within the Canadian Forces, based in Toronto, Ontario. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. It is the only Primary Reserve regiment in Canada to have a parachute role. The regiment consists of the reserve...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J.G. Spragge
1st Battalion, Le Régiment de la Chaudière Le Régiment de la Chaudière The Régiment de la Chaudière is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.-Insignia:The regimental insignia consists of two crossed machine guns, surmounted by a beaver supporting a fleur-de-lys...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Mathieu
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade	6 June	Brigadier D.G. Cunningham Douglas Gordon Cunningham Brigadier General Douglas Gordon Cunningham CBE DSO ED QC was born in Kingston, Ontario . He was the son of Arthur Breden Cunningham and Katherine Cunningham of Kingston. He was educated at Kingston Collegiate, Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College...
1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry of Canada	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Griffiths
1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.They have served in the War of 1812, the Great War and World War II....	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Christiansen
1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders The North Nova Scotia Highlanders The North Nova Scotia Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army.Founded in 1936 as The North Nova Scotia Highlanders by the amalgamation of the Cumberland Highlanders, The Colchester and Hants Rifles, and 'C' Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion, it acquired its present title in...	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel C. Petch
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade -History:Soon after 3rd Canadian Tank Brigade assumed the designation in summer 1943 of the original 2nd Canadian Tank Brigade, the new 2nd Tank was redesignated and reorganized as 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. Although reorganized as an armoured brigade, no motor battalion served under its command...	6 June	?
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 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity...  (attached to the British 6th Airborne Division British 6th Airborne Division The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne division in the British Army during the Second World War. It took part in Operation Tonga, the airborne landings on the left flank of the invasion beaches in the Normandy Landings. It played a small part in the Battle of the Bulge and was involved in... )	6 June	Lieutenant-Colonel George Bradbrooke

Free Belgian Forces

Free Belgian Forces

The Free Belgian Forces were members of the Belgian armed forces in World War II who continued fighting against the Axis after the surrender of Belgium and its subsequent occupation by the Germans...

1st Belgian Infantry Brigade "Brigade Piron"

1st Belgian Infantry Brigade

The Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, also known as the "Brigade Piron", after its commander, Jean-Baptiste Piron, was a Belgian and Luxembourger army unit which fought in World War II...

Free Dutch Forces

Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade "Prinses Irene"

Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade

During the Second World War the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade was a military unit initially formed from approximately 1500 Dutch troops, including a small group guarding German POWs, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the collapse of the Netherlands...

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

Free French Forces

Free French Forces

The Free French Forces were French partisans in World War II who decided to continue fighting against the forces of the Axis powers after the surrender of France and subsequent German occupation and, in the case of Vichy France, collaboration with the Germans.-Definition:In many sources, Free...

Unit	Arrival	Commander
2e Division Blindée	1 August	General Philippe Leclerc Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Philippe François Marie, comte de Hauteclocque, then Leclerc de Hauteclocque, by a 1945 decree that incorporated his French Resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc to his name, , was a French general during World War II...
1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains Sipahi Sipahi was the name of several Ottoman cavalry corps...	?	?
501e Régiment de Chars de Combat	?	?
12e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique Chasseurs d'Afrique The Chasseurs d'Afrique were a light cavalry corps in the French Armée d'Afrique . First raised in the 1830s from regular French cavalry posted to Algeria, they numbered five regiments by World War II...	?	?
12e Régiment de Cuirassiers	?	?
Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins Fusiliers de Marine The Fusiliers Marins are units specialised in the protection and defence of key sites of the French Navy on land. They consist of about 1,800 men.Their deployments include:...	?	?
Others
Nos 1 and 8 Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando No. 10 Commando was a commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The first No. 10 Commando was proposed in August 1940, using volunteers from Northern Command, however there was such a poor response that No...  (attached to No. 4 Commando)	6 June	Commandant Philippe Kieffer Philippe Kieffer Philippe Kieffer , capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces.- Life and career :...
3rd Special Air Service Special Air Service Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...  Regiment	July	Capitaine Pierre Chateau-Jobert
4th Special Air Service Special Air Service Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...  Regiment	10 June	Commandant 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 with approximately 1,000 men from Nortraship

Nortraship

The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission was established in London in April 1940 to administer the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German-controlled areas. Nortraship operated some 1,000 vessels and was the largest shipping company in the world. It is credited for giving a major contribution to...

. 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
  Royal Norwegian Air Force
  The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees . 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF...
  
  
  • 331 Squadron
    No. 331 Squadron RAF
    In honour of the achievements of the World War II squadrons, the RNoAF has maintained RAF squadron names, including a 331st Fighter Squadron, now flying F-16s and based at Bodø Main Air Station.-Aircraft operated during RAF service:*1941 Hawker Hurricane I & IIB...
    
    
  • 332 Squadron
    No. 332 Squadron RAF
    -Notable pilots:*Sgt Per Bergsland *Sgt Carl Sejersted Bødtker *Sgt Jan Staubo*Cpt Finn Thorsager*Lt Soren Kjell Liby*Lt Marius Eriksen*Gunnar Piltingsrud*Fnr Ola Gert Aanjesen*Maj Reidar Emil From-Bibliography:...
    
    
• Navy
  Royal Norwegian Navy
  The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...
  
  
  • 10 ships
    • HNoMS Stord
      HNoMS Stord
      HNoMS Stord was an S-class destroyer that served with the Royal Norwegian Navy during and after World War II. She was laid down as HMS Success, but transferred to the Norwegians before completion. She was renamed HNoMS Stord when commissioned into the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy on 26 August 1943...
      
      
    • HNoMS Svenner
      HNoMS Svenner
      HNoMS Svenner was an S-class destroyer in the service of the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy during World War II. She was launched on 1 June 1943 as the Royal Navy ship HMS Shark , but was rechristened HNoMS Svenner when she was commissioned in the Norwegian Navy in 1944...
      
      
    • HNoMS Glaisdale
    • HNoMS Acantus
    • HNoMS Eglantine
    • HNoMS Rose
    • HNoMS Nordkapp
      HNoMS Nordkapp OPV (1937)
      The lead ship of the Nordkapp class of fishery protection vessels, Nordkapp was launched 18 August 1937 at Horten naval shipyard, with yard number 123. She had one sister ship, HNoMS Senja. Nordkapp was named after the North Cape in Finnmark. As was typical of her class Nordkapp was very unstable...
      
      
    • The Motorlaunches 128, 213 and 573

Free Polish Forces

Unit	Arrival	Commander	Killed	Wounded
Polish 1st Armoured Division Polish 1st Armoured Division The Polish 1st Armoured Division was an Allied military unit during World War II, created in February 1942 at Duns in Scotland. At its peak it numbered approximately 16,000 soldiers...	?	Major General Stanislaw Maczek	?	?
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment (reconnaissance, Cromwell tanks)	?	Maj. J. Maciejowski	?	?
[10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade	?	Colonel. T. Majewski	?	?
1st Polish Armoured Regiment 1st Polish Armoured Regiment 1st Polish Armoured Regiment of the 1st Polish Armoured Division is a short history of the 1st Armoured Regiment's origins in France till the end of World War II in Germany.-France 1939:...	1 August 1944	Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksander Stefanowicz	208	?
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel. S. Koszustki	?	?
24th Polish Lancers Regiment	?	Lieutenant-Colonel J. Kański	?	?
10th Polish Dragoons Regiment (armoured infantry)	?	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	?	?