Canadian 3rd Division
D-Day order of battle
Source Major L.F. Ellis, et. al., Victory in the West, Volume I, The Battle of Normandy (History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1962).
CANADIAN 3RD DIVISION |
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7th Brigade |
8th Brigade |
9th Brigade |
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles | The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada | The Highland Light Infantry |
The Regina Rifles | Le Régiment de la Chaudière | The Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Highlanders |
1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment | The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment | The North Nova Scotia Highlanders |
DIVISIONAL TROOPS |
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7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars) | 3rd Canadian Divisional Engineers | 3rd Canadian Divisional Signals |
12th, 13th, and 14th Field, 3rd Anti-Tank, and 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments R.C.A. | ||
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) | ||
6th Armoured Regiment (The First Hussars) 10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse) 27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment) |
Above: Gilbert Alexander Milne / Canada. Dept. of National Defence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Right: Lockeyear W T (Lt), War Office official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lockeyear W T (Lt), War Office official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons