Operation Goodwood order of battle

This is the order of battle for Operation Goodwood, a World War II battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 18 July and 20 July 1944.

British Order of Battle

• 21st Army Group - General Bernard Montgomery
  • Second Army - Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
    • Army troops
      • 4th and 8th Army Group Artillery
      • 79th Armoured Division (elements) - Major-General Percy Hobart
        • 1st Lothian and Border Horse (Sherman Crabs)
        • 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers (Churchill AVRE)
        • 22nd Dragoons (Sherman Crabs)
        • 141st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Churchill Crocodiles)
    • I Corps - Lieutenant-General John Crocker
      • Corps troops
        • 27th Armoured Brigade
          • 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
          • 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
      • 3rd Infantry Division - Major-General Lashmer Whistler
        • Divisional troops
          • 2nd battalion Middlesex Regiment (Machine gun battalion)
          • 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
          • 7th, 33rd, 76th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
          • 20th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 20th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
        • 8th Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Suffolk Regiment
          • 1st battalion South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
          • 2nd battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
        • 9th Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
          • 2nd battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
          • 2nd battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
        • 185th Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment
          • 2nd battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry
          • 2nd battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
        • 33rd Armoured Brigade (attached)
          • 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
          • 144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
          • 148th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
          • The Staffordshire Yeomanry
      • 51st (Highland) Infantry Division - Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith
        • Divisional troops
          • 1st/7th battalion Middlesex Regiment (Machine gun battalion)
          • 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
          • 126th, 127th and 128th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
          • 61st Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 40th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
        • 152nd (Highland) Infantry Brigade
          • 2nd battalion Seaforth Highlanders
          • 5th battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
          • 5th battalion Seaforth Highlanders
        • 153rd Highland Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Gordon Highlanders
          • 5th battalion Black Watch
          • 5th/7th battalion Gordon Highlanders
        • 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Black Watch
          • 7th battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
          • 7th battalion Black Watch
    • VIII Corps - Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
      • Guards Armoured Division - Major-General Allan Adair
        • Divisional troops
          • 2nd battalion Welsh Guards(Armoured reconnaissance)
          • 55th and 153rd Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
          • 21st Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 94th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
        • 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
          • 1st (Armoured) battalion Coldstream Guards
          • 1st (Motor) battalion Grenadier Guards
          • 2nd (Armoured) battalion Grenadier Guards
          • 2nd (Armoured) battalion Irish Guards
        • 32nd Guards Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Welsh Guards
          • 3rd battalion Irish Guards
          • 5th battalion Coldstream Guards
      • 7th Armoured Division - Major-General G.W.E.J. Erskine
        • Divisional troops
          • 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
          • 3rd and 5th Regiments, Royal Horse Artillery
          • 65th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 15th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
        • 22nd Armoured Brigade
          • 1st battalion Rifle Brigade
          • 1st Royal Tank Regiment
          • 5th Royal Tank Regiment
          • 4th County of London Yeomanry
        • 131st (Queens) Infantry Brigade
          • 1st/5th battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
          • 1st/6th battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
          • 1st/7th battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
      • 11th Armoured Division - Major-General George "Pip" Roberts
        • Divisional troops
          • 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry
          • The Inns of Court Regiment (attached)
          • 13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
          • 151st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 75th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          • 58th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
        • 29th Armoured Brigade
          • 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
          • 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
          • 8th battalion Rifle Brigade
          • 23rd Hussars
        • 159th Infantry Brigade
          • 1st battalion Herefordshire Regiment
          • 3rd battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
          • 4th battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry

German Order of Battle

• Panzer Group West - General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Eberbach
  • I SS Panzer Corps - SS-Obergruppenführer Josef Dietrich
    • Corps troops
      • 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
      • 101st SS Artillery Battalion
      • 7th Werfer Brigade
        • 83rd and 84th Werfer Regiments
    • 1st SS Panzer Division (1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler) - SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Wisch
      • 1st SS Panzer Regiment
      • 1st SS Reconnaissance Battalion
      • 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 1st SS Artillery Regiment
    • 12th SS Panzer Division (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend) - SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer
      • 12th SS Panzer Regiment
      • 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
      • 25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 12th SS Artillery Regiment
    • 272nd Infantry Division - Major General Friedrich Schack
      • 980th Infantry Regiment
      • 981st Infantry Regiment
      • 982nd Infantry Regiment
      • 272nd Reconnaissance Battalion
      • 272nd Artillery Regiment
      • 272nd Anti Tank Battalion
  • LXXXVI Corps - General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder
    • Corps troops
      • 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion
      • 9th Werfer Brigade
        • 14th and 54th Werfer Regiments
      • 555th, 763rd, 1151st and 1193rd Artillery Battalions
      • 1255th Heavy Coastal Artillery Battalion
      • 1039th and 1053rd Anti Tank Battalions
      • 725th Railway Artillery Battalion
    • 16th Luftwaffe Field Division - Major General Karl Sievers
      • 31st Rifle Regiment
      • 32nd Rifle Regiment
      • 46th Rifle Regiment
      • 16th Luftwaffe Artillery Regiment
      • 16th Luftwaffe Anti Tank Battalion
    • 21st Panzer Division - Brigadier General Edgar Feuchtinger
      • 22nd Panzer Regiment
      • 125th Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 192nd Panzergrenadier Regiment
      • 21st Reconnaissance Battalion
      • 155th Artillery Regiment
      • 200th Assault Gun Battalion
    • 346th Infantry Division - Major General Erich Straube
      • 857th Infantry Regiment
      • 858th Infantry Regiment
      • 346th Reconnaissance Battalion
      • 346th Artillery Regiment
      • 346th Anti Tank Battalion
    • 711th Infantry Division - Major General Josef Reichert
      • 731st Infantry Regiment
      • 744th Infantry Regiment
      • 711th Anti Tank Company
      • 1711th Artillery Regiment

See also

World War II portal

• List of orders of battle

Notes

Bibliography

• Trew, Simon; Badsey, Stephen (2004). Battle for Caen. Battle Zone Normandy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-75093-010-1.