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

German Order of Battle

Panzer Group West - General der Panzertruppe 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

Notes

Bibliography

Trew, Simon; Badsey, Stephen (2004). Battle for Caen. Battle Zone Normandy. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-7509-3010-1.

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Operation Goodwood order of battle

British Order of Battle

German Order of Battle

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