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 - Major-General Percy Hobart
- ****5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers '
- ****22nd Dragoons '
- ****141st Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps '
- ****1st Lothians and Border Horse '
- **I Corps - Lieutenant-General John Crocker
- ***Corps troops
- ****27th Armoured Brigade
- *****13th/18th Royal Hussars
- *****1st East Riding Yeomanry
- ***3rd Infantry Division - Major-General Lashmer Whistler
- ****Divisional troops
- *****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
- *****2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment '
- ****8th Infantry Brigade
- *****1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- *****2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
- *****1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
- ****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 '
- *****1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
- *****Staffordshire Yeomanry
- *****144th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- *****148th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- ***51st Infantry Division - Major-General D.C. Bullen-Smith
- ****Divisional troops
- *****2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry '
- *****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 '
- ****152nd 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 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 '
- ****5th Guards Armoured Brigade
- *****2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- *****1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- *****2nd Battalion, Irish Guards
- *****1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- ****32nd Guards Infantry Brigade
- *****5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- *****3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
- *****1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- ***7th Armoured Division - Major-General George Erskine
- ****Divisional troops
- *****8th King's Royal Irish Hussars '
- *****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
- *****1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- ****131st Infantry Brigade
- *****1st/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
- *****1st/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
- *****1st/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
- ***11th Armoured Division - Major-General George "Pip" Roberts
- ****Divisional troops
- *****2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry '
- *****The Inns of Court Regiment '
- *****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
- *****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 - 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 - 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