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Armies

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First Army [1st Army] 

Second Army [2nd Army] 

Eighth Army [8th Army] 

Fourteenth Army [14th Army] 

   

 

Corps

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I Corps [1st Corps]  II Corps [2nd Corps]  III Corps [3rd Corps] 
IV Corps [4th Corps]  V Corps [5th Corps]  VIII Corps [8th Corps] 
IX Corps [9th Corps]  X Corps [10th Corps]  XII Corps [12th Corps] 
XIII Corps [13th Corps]  XXV Corps [25th Corps]  XXX Corps [30th Corps] 

 

Divisions  

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Armoured Divisions

Guards Armoured Division 1st Armoured Division 2nd Armoured Division
6th Armoured Division 7th Armoured Division 8th Armoured Division
9th Armoured Division 10th Armoured Division 11th Armoured Division
42nd Armoured Division 79th Armoured Division  

Infantry Divisions   

Guards Division
1st Infantry Division
1st London Division
2nd Infantry Division
2nd London Division
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
9th (Highland) Infantry Division
12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
 18th Infantry Division
23rd (Northumbrian) Division
36th Infantry Division
38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
45th Infantry Division
46th Infantry Division
48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
51st (Highland) Infantry Division
 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
 61st Infantry Division
 66th Infantry Division
 76th Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division
78th Infantry Division
80th Infantry (Reserve) Division

 

Airborne Divisions   

1st Airborne Division 6th Airborne Division  

 

Brigades   

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Regiments   

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Infantry Regiments

The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB)
   
 

Artillery Regiments

Field Regiments Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments
 

Reconnaissance Regiments

Reconnaissance Regiments RAC    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Navy

Admiralty

Coastal Forces
Dover Command
Home Fleet
Naval Air Stations Command
Nore Command
Plymouth Command
Portsmouth Command
Rosyth Command
(Coast of Scotland Command)
Western Approaches Command
Mediterranean Fleet
 
Ships (individual)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Air Force

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Sources

Lt.Col. H.F. Joslen Orders of battle (London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960) 2 vol.