21st Army Group

This is an ongoing project to profile the lieutenant-colonels who led the infantry and armoured battalions of 21st Army Group during the eleven months from the landings at Normandy through to the invasion of Germany. If you can provide any corrections to the lists or fill in some of the gaps, please contact me.

10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade

1st Armoured Regiment (1 pułk pancerny)
A. Stefanowicz, Nov ’43—end

2nd Armoured Regiment (2 pułk pancerny)
S. Koszutski, Sep ’42—Apr ’45
M. Gutowski, Apr ’45—end

24th Polish Uhlan Regiment
J. Kański, Nov ’43—Aug ’44 †
R. Dowbor, Aug ’44—end

10th Dragoons Regiment
W. Zgorzelski, Nov ’43—Aug ’44
B. Mincer, Sep ’44—Dec ’44
A. Szajowski, Dec ’44—Feb ’45
W. Zgorzelski, Feb ’45—end

3rd Rifle Brigade

1st Podhale Rifles Battalion
K. Complak, Dec ’43—end

8th Rifle Battalion
A. Nowaczyński, Nov ’43—end

9th Rifle Battalion
Z. Szydłowski, Nov ’43—Jan ’45
K. Stępień, Jan ’45—end

British Army Formations

3rd (Iron) Infantry Division

8th Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (The Buffs)
E.G. Fraser, Sep ’39—May ’40 †
F.A. Milnes, May ’40—Aug ‘42
F.V. Oborne, Aug ‘42—Jun ‘43
R.E. Goodwin, Jun ’43—Jun ‘44
J.G.M.B. Gough, Jun ’44—Aug ‘44
F.F.E. Allen, Aug ‘44
R.W. Craddock, Aug ’44—Oct ‘44
F.F.E. Allen, Oct ’44—Nov ‘44
R.E. Goodwin, Nov ’44—end

2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
L.H. Spicer, ?—Jan ‘44
C.F. Hutchinson, Jan ’44—Jun ‘44
N.J. Dickson, Jun ’44—Oct ‘44
J.D.W. Rension, Oct ’44—end

1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
D.M.W. Beak, ‘38—Jun ‘40
G.A. Townsend, Jun ’40—Oct ‘41
L.L. Lane, Oct ’41—Jun ‘43
W.P.S. Curtis, Jun ’43—Oct ‘43
R.P.H. Burbury, Oct ’43—Jun ’44 † 
J.E.S. Stone, Jun ‘44
G.H. Bolster, Jun ‘44—Jul ’44 †
J.H. Orgill, Jul ’44—Oct ‘44

W.A. Waller, Oct ’44—Apr ‘45
M.A.H. Butler, Apr ’45—end

9th Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
?
P. Adams, Dec ’43—Mar ‘44
C.E. Welby-Everard, Mar ’44—Jul ‘44
D.R. Wilson, Jul ‘44— Aug ‘44
C.L. Firbank, Aug ’44—Apr ‘45

1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
D.C. Bullen-Smith, ’40—Jun ‘41
M. McLellan, Jun ’41—’42
R. Payton-Reid, ’42—Oct ‘43
F.W. Johnston, Oct ’43—Mar ‘44
G.D. Renny, Mar ’44—Jul ‘44
J.F.M. Macdonald, Jul ’44—Nov ‘44
R.C. Macdonald, Nov ‘44—Mar ‘45
W.F.R. Turner, Mar ’45—end

2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
G. Whitfeld, Oct ’39—May ‘40
F. Knox, May ’40—?
I.C. Harris, Aug ’43—Dec ‘44
J. Drummond, Dec ’44—end

185th Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
P.H.W. Hicks, May ’40—Feb ‘42
N.C.S. Young, Feb ’42—Sep ‘43
H.O.S. Herdon, Sep ’43—Jun ’44 †
D.L.A. Gibbs, Jun ’44—Mar ‘45
R.C. Macdonald, Mar ’45—end

1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
G.C. Thorne, Oct ‘39—Dec ’40
F.A. Cocksedge, Dec ’40—Jan ‘41
F.M.E.D. Drake-Briscoe, Jan ‘41—Sep ‘42
H.F. Watling, Sep ‘42—Feb ‘43
S. Pope, Feb ’43—Apr ‘43
L.A. Villiers, Apr ’43—Sep ‘43
R.H. Bellamy, Sep ’43—Jan ’45
F.P. Barclay, Feb ’45—end

2nd Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
?
F.J. Maurice, Jul ’42—Jun ’44 †
M.J.F. Wilson, Jun ‘44
C.G. Millett, Jul ’44—Dec ’44 †
P.D. Daly, Dec ’44—end

3rd Division Support Troops

3rd Reconnaissance Regiment
E.H.D. Grimley, ’40
E.L. Bols, ‘41—Nov ‘42
H.H. Merriman, Nov ’42—end

2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (MG)
B.G. Horrocks, May ‘40—Jun ‘40
S.F.W.M. Del Court, Jun ‘40—Apr ‘41
J.G.E. Reid, Apr ‘41—’42
P.H. Earle, ‘42—Jan ‘43
J.F. Bonham-Carter, Jan ‘43—Feb ‘43
J.E.F. Willoughby, Feb ‘43—Jun ‘43
G.P.L. Weston, Jun ’43—end

15th (Scottish) Infantry Division

44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade

8th Battalion, Royal Scots
J.E.M. Richard, Aug ’39—May ‘42
D.R.G. Cameron, May ’42—Apr ‘43
R. Delacombe, Apr ’43—Jul ‘44
P.R. Lane-Joynt, Jul ’44—Oct ‘44
J.A.H. Douglass, Nov ‘44
B.A. Pearson, Nov ’44—end

6th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Lord Napier and Ettrick, Sep ’39—Oct ‘41
J.G. Shillington, Oct ’41—Jul ‘44
C.W.P. Richardson, Jul ’44—end

6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lord Rowallan, Apr ’39—Jul ‘40
N. Macleod, Jul ’40—Dec ‘43
C.R. Buchanan, Dec ’43—Aug ‘44
I. Mackenzie, Aug ‘44—end

46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders
T.G. Robinson, ’41—’42
G. Laird, ’43
P.U. Campbell, Jan ‘43—Oct ‘44
H.C. Baker-Baker, Nov ‘44—end

7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
G. Borthwick, ’40
D.H. Haugh, ’40—’42
E.H.G. Grant, ‘42—Jul ‘44
D. Robertson, Jul ’44—Aug ‘44
P.M. Hunt, Aug ’44—end

9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
R.F.H. Gordon, Sep ’39—Oct ‘40
H.D.K. Money, Oct ’40—May ‘41
H.H. Storey, May ’41—Dec ‘42
R.M. Villiers, Jan ‘43—Aug ‘44
E.M.A. Bradford, Aug ‘44—Dec ‘44
E. Remington-Hobbs, Jan ’45—end

227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade

10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
L. Morrison, ‘40
F.A. Hawkins, ‘41
R.W. Hamilton, ‘42
R.G. Collingwood, ’42—Oct ‘43
J.D.S. Young, Oct ’43 —Jul ‘44
D. Russell Morgan, Jul ’44—Aug ‘44
H.P. Mackley, Sep ’44—Jan ‘45
R.A. Bramwell-Davis, Feb ‘45—Apr ‘45
F.B.B. Noble, Apr ’45—May ’45
R.A. Bramwell-Davis, May ‘45—end

2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
J.G. Bedford-Roberts, May ‘42—Dec ‘42
J.W. Tweedie, Jan ‘43—Aug ‘44
J. Kenneth, Aug ’44
D. Russell Morgan, Sep ’44—end

2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
?
E.C. Colville, Aug ‘43—Jul ‘44
J.R. Sinclair, Jul ‘44—Aug ‘44
R.W. de Winton, Sep ’44—end

15th Division Support Troops

15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment
R.J. Sandeman, Jan ’41—May ‘41
N.C. Hendricks, May ’41—Dec ‘41
J.I. Faircloth, Dec ’41—Mar ‘42
P.T.I. MacDiarmid, Mar ’42—Feb ‘43 (as 15th Recce Company)
J.A. Grant-Peterkin, Feb ’43—Sep ‘44
K.C.C. Smith, Sep ’44—end

1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (MG)
Sherbrooke-Walker, ’40—’41
F. Walden, Oct ‘41—Mar ‘44
J.P. Hall, Mar ’44—Feb ’45 †
A.N.W. Kidston, Feb ’45—end

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division

129th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
G.W.R. Bishop, Sep ’39—Feb ‘41
R.H. Bakewell, Feb ‘41—Jul ‘41
W.S.C. Curtis, Jul ‘41—Jun ‘44
C.G. Lipscomb, Jun ’44—end

4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
H.S. Starkey, Sep ’39—May ‘40
H.R. Phipps, May ’40—Jun ‘40
H.R. Hicks, Jun ’40—‘41
N.R. Kennedy, ’41—’42
E.L. Luce, Apr ’42—Jan ‘45
J.E.L. Corbyn, Feb ’45—Apr ‘45
M.W. Allen, Apr ’45—May ‘45
J.E.L. Corbyn, May ’45—end

5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
N.C.E. Kenrick, ’43—Jul ‘44
J.H.C. Pearson, Jul ‘44—Aug ’44 †
W.Q. Roberts, Aug ’44—Oct ‘44
N.C.E. Kenrick, Oct ’44—Mar ‘45
J.L. Brind, Mar ’45—end

130th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
A.W. Malim, Sep ’39—Feb ‘41
Lee, Feb ’41—May ‘41
H.M.E. Bradshaw, May ’41—Sep ‘42
G.D. Brown, Sep ’42—Aug ‘43
D.W.G. Ray, Sep ‘43—Jul ’44 †
J.R.C. Mallock, Jul ’44 †
D.E.B. Talbot, Jul ‘44—end

4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
H.E. Cowie, ?—Jul ‘44
G. Tilly, Aug ‘44—Sep ‘44
J.S. Eyre, Sep ’44—Oct ‘44
W.Q. Roberts, Oct ’44—Apr ’45

5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
B.A. Coad, Jul ’42—Oct ‘44
W.A. Venour, Oct ’44—Feb ’45
A.E.C. Bredin, Feb ’45—

214th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
G.P. Clarke, ’39—?
R.G.P. Besley, Jan ‘43—Jul ‘44
G.C.P. Lance, Jul ’44 †
E.J. Bruford, Jul ’44 †
J.W. Nicol, Jul ’44—Aug ’44
H.A. Borradaile, Sep ’44—Jan ‘45
T.B. Elliott, Jan ’45
I.L. Reeves, Feb ’45
C. Brooke-Smith, Feb ’45—

5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
J.G. Carew Pole, Aug ’39—Jan ’44
J.W. Atherton, Jan ’44—Jun ’44 †
R.W. James, Jun ’44—Jul ’44 †
G. Taylor, Jul ’44—end

1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
W.R. Cox, Jul ’42—Sep ‘43
R.B. Moss, Sep ‘43—Dec ‘43
A.R. Harrison, Jan ‘44—Aug ‘44
R. Osborne-Smith, Aug ’44—Nov ‘44
A.W.N.L. Vickers, Nov ’44—Feb ‘45
M.R.J. Hope-Thomson, Feb ’45—Apr ‘45
A.A. Grubb, Apr ‘45
M.R.J. Hope-Thomson, Apr ‘45—end

43rd Division Support Troops

43rd Reconnaissance Regiment
A.D. Ward, ’41—Jul ‘42
F.G.W. Lane Fox, Sep ’43—Sep ‘44
C.H. Kinnersley, Oct ’44—end

8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (MG)
E.W. Fane de Salis, ’40—May ‘42
M. Crawford, May ‘42—end

49th (West Riding) Infantry Division

146th Infantry Brigade

1/4th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
H.B. Hibbert, Dec ’39—Jun ‘41
J.F. Walker, Jun ‘41—Jun ’44
E.D. Wardleworth, Jun ‘44
C.D. Barlow, Jun ’44—Jul ’44 †
E.D. Wardleworth, Jul ’44—Aug ‘44
T.W. Harrison-Topham, Aug ’44—Dec ‘44
A.J.A. Arengo-Jones, Jan ’45—Feb ‘45
M.B. Jenkins, Feb ’45—end

4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
R.W. Newton, ’37—Jun ‘40
R.L. de Brisay, Jun ‘40—Jul ‘43
W.E. Carrick, Jul ’43—Apr ‘44
F.P. Barclay, Apr ‘44—Feb ’45
J.E.B. Freeman, Feb ‘45
P.R. Ashburner, Feb ’45—end

Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
C.G. Robbins, ‘40
J. Packard, ?—late ‘43
T. Hart Dyke, late ‘43—Mar ‘45
M.C.K. Halford, Mar ’45—end

147th Infantry Brigade

11th Battalion., Royal Scots Fusiliers
W.M. Syfret, Jun ’40—May ‘42
A.W.H.J. Montgomery-Cuninghame, Jun ‘42—Jul ’44 †
D.A.D. Eykyn, Jul ’44—end

7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
J.W.N. Haugh, Mar ’40—Dec ’40
L.E. Bishop, Jan ‘41—Aug ‘43
K.G. Exham, Aug ’43—Oct ‘43
J.H.O. Wilsey, Nov ‘43—Jan ‘45
C.D. Hamilton, Jan ’45—end

6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (left 6 Jul ’44, to UK)
C.F. Tissington, ’41—Feb ‘44
R.K. Exham, Feb ‘44—Jun ’44
A. Warhurst, Jun ‘44
A.J.D. Turner, Jun ’44—Jul ’44 (disbanded)

1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (joined 6 Jul ’44)
P.A.B. Wrixon, May ’42—Jan ‘44
A.L. Novis, Jan ’44—Jul ‘44
R.J. German, Jul ’44—Aug ’44 †
I.D.M. Liddell, Aug ’44—Sep ‘44

F.W. Sandars, Sep ‘44—May ‘45

70th Infantry Brigade (disbanded, Aug ’44)

10th Battalion., Durham Light Infantry
P.B. Robinson, Sep ’39—Nov ‘40
C.D. Marley, Feb ’40—‘41
E.F. Davies, Jan ’42—Jun ‘42
E.V. Lang, Jul ’42—Nov ‘42
P.J. Jeffreys, Nov ‘42—Jul ‘43
F.W. Sandars, Jul ‘43—Aug ’44 (to 1st Leicesters)

11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
J. Bramwell, Sep’ 39—May ‘40
R. Ware, Jun ‘40—Dec ‘41
F.W. Sandars, Jan ’42—Jul ‘42
N. Poett, Jul ‘42—May ‘43
G.O. Rogers, Jun ’43—Sep ‘43
C.D. Hamilton, Sep ’43—Nov ’43
J.M. Hanmer, Nov ‘43—Aug ’44
C.D. Hamilton, Aug ’44 (to 7th DWR)

1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish
H. Swinburne, Feb ‘40—May ‘40 (POW)
C.W. Oxley, Jun ‘40—Jun ‘43
A.J.H. Cassels, Jul ‘43—Dec ‘44
R.W.M. De Winton, Jan ’44—Jul ‘44
D.N. Nicol, Jul ’44—Aug ’44 (to 7th Argylls)

56th Infantry Brigade (joined 20 Aug ’44)

2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
C.J. Reynolds, Oct ’43—Mar ‘44
R.W. Craddock, Mar ’44—Jun ‘44
F.F.S. Barlow, Jun ’44—Nov ‘44
J.T. Boon, Nov ’44—Dec ’44
D.R. Wilson, Dec ’44—May ‘45

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
D.W. Biddle, Oct ’43—Aug ‘44
F.W.A. Butterworth, Aug ’44—Nov ’44 †
R.N.H.C. Bray, Nov ’44—May ‘45

2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
L.W.W. Marriott, ?—Mar ‘44
J.F. Higson, Mar ’44—Jun ‘44
G.G. Elliott, Jun ‘44—Oct ‘44
N.W. Finlinson, Oct ’44—Nov ‘44
M.A.H. Butler, Nov ’44—Apr ‘45
E.S. Scott, Apr ’45—end

49th Division Support Troops

49th Reconnaissance Regiment
G.B. King, ?
A.E. Warhurst, ?
C.J. Luce, ?—Sep ‘44
J.P.F. Miles, Sep ’44—
P.T.I. MacDiardmid, ’45

2nd Battalion, Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment (MG)
C.C. Musselwhite, Oct ’41—’42
D.V.G. Brock, May ’42—end?

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (returned to UK, Dec ’44)

69th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
J.T. Thornhill, ?—May ‘42
T.W.G. Stansfeld, May ’42—Jan ‘43
R.B. James, Feb ’43—Jul ‘43
G.W. White, Aug ’43—Jun ‘44
R.B. James, Jun ’44—Aug ’44 †
T.L.G. Charles, Aug ’44—Dec ’44

6th Battalion, Green Howards
E.C. Cooke-Collis, ?—Jun ‘42
E.W. Eden, Jul ’42—Oct ’42
G.C.P. Lance, Oct ’42—Jun ’43
R.H.W.S. Hastings, Jul ’43—Jun ‘44
R.K. Exham, Jun ’44—Sep ‘44
C.F. Hutchinson, Sep ’44—Dec ’44

7th Battalion, Green Howards
?
D.A. Seagrim, Oct ’42—Apr ’43 †
D.G. Jebb, Apr ’43—Aug ’43
P.H. Richardson, Aug ’43—Jun ’44 (POW)
H.R.D Oldman, Jun ‘44
W.R. Cox, Jun ’44—Oct ‘44
D.R. Wilson, Oct ’44—Dec ‘44

151st Infantry Brigade

6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
T. H. Miller, Jan ’37—Jun ‘40
P.J. Jeffreys, Jun ’40—Aug ‘40
V.A.C. Yate, Sep ‘40—May ‘42
C.R. Battiscombe, May ’42—Sep ‘42
W.I. Watson, Sep ‘42—Aug ‘43
A.E. Green, Sep ’43—Jun ’44
G.L. Wood, Jun ’44
A.E. Green, Jun ’43—Sep ’44
G.L. Wood, Sep ’44
J.M. Hanmer, Sep ’44—Nov ’44
G.L. Wood, Nov ’44—Dec ’44

8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
E.A. Leybourne, Dec ’37—Oct ‘39
R. McLearan, Oct ‘39—Dec ‘39
T. Beart, Dec ‘39—May ‘42
M.L.P. Jackson, May ‘42—Mar ‘43 †
R.P. Lidwill, Mar ’43—Aug ‘44
W.T. Woodruff, Aug, ‘44
C.F. Hutchinson, Aug ‘44
H.R.D. Oldman, Aug ’44—Dec ’44

9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (left Nov ’44 to 131st Bde, 7th Armd Div)
W.F. Simpson, ‘36—May ‘40
J.E.S. Percy, May ‘40—Jun ‘42
A.B.S. Clarke, Jun ’42—Jul ‘43 †
H.R. Woods, Jul ‘43—Jun ‘44 †
H.J. Mogg, Jun ’44—end

231st Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (left Nov ’44 to 131st Bde, 7th Armd Div)
A.W. Valentine, ’41—Mar ‘44
C.A.R. Nevill, Mar ’44—Jul ‘44
G.B. Browne, Jul ’44
J.G. Carew Pole, Jul ’44—Nov ‘44
P.H.W. Brind, Nov ’44—end

1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
W.H.B. Ray, ?—Mar ‘44
E.A.M. Norie, Mar ’44—Jun ’44 †
J.E.F. Willoughby, Jun ’44—Jul ‘44
A.E.C. Bredin, Jul ’44—Dec ’44 (to 5th Dorsets)

1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
J.L. Spence, ?—Sep ‘43
H.D. Nelson Smith, Sep ’43—Jun ‘44
C.H.R. Howie, Jun ’44—Jul ‘44 †
A.J.D. Turner, Jul ’44—Dec ‘44

50th Division Support Troops

61st Reconnaissance Regiment
Sir W.M. Mount, ?—Jun ‘44
P.H.A. Brownrigg, Jun ’44—end

2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (MG)
C. Gentry-Birch, ?—Mar ‘42
S.V. Keeling, Apr ’42—’45

51st (Highland) Infantry Division

152nd Infantry Brigade

2nd Bn., Seaforth Highlanders
I.C. Barclay, ‘38—Jun ‘40
G. Murray, Jul ’40—May ‘41
C.P.R. Johnston, May ’41—Jun ‘42
A.R. Wilson, Jun ‘42 –Sep ‘42
K. Mackessack Sep ’42—Dec ‘42
R.D. Horne, Jan ’43—Jul ’43 (POW)
G.L.W. Andrews, Jul ’43—Feb ‘45
G.W. Dunn, Mar ’45—end

5th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders
J.E. Stirling, ’42—Dec ‘42
J.H. Walford, Jan ‘43—Jan ‘45
J.M. Sym, Jan ’45—end

5th Bn., Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
A. Cattanach, May ’39—Apr ‘42
R.D.M.C. Meirs, Apr ‘42—May ‘43
J. Sorel-Cameron, May ’43—Jul ‘43
C.A.H.M. Noble, Jul ‘43
A.G.F. Munro, Jul ’43—Jun ‘44
H.W. Cairns, Jun ’44—Jul ‘44
C.A.H.M. Noble, Jul ‘44
P.M. Hunt, Jul ‘44
D.B. Lang, Jul ‘44—May ‘45
C.A.H.M. Noble, May ’45—

153rd Infantry Brigade

1st Bn., Gordon Highlanders
C.M. Usher, Jan ’38—Feb ‘40
H. Wright, Feb ’40—Jun ‘40 (POW)
H. Murray, May ’42—Nov ‘42
A.H.F. Fausset-Farquhar, Dec ’42—Nov ’43
J.D.C. Anderson, Nov ’43—May ’44
W.A. Stevenson, May ‘44—Jul ‘44
H.C.H.T. Cumming-Bruce, Jul ’44—Nov ‘44
J.A. Grant-Peterkin, Nov ’44—Mar ‘45
M. Lindsay, Mar ’45—Apr ‘45
J.A. Grant-Peterkin, Apr ’45—end

5th/7th Bn., Gordon Highlanders
H.W.B. Saunders, ’41—Feb ‘43
J. Sorel-Cameron, Feb ’43
J.E.G. Hay, Mar ’43—Jul ‘43
C. Napier, Jul ‘43
R.W.M de Winton, Jul ’43—Aug ‘43
J.E.G. Hay, Aug ’43—Jun ‘44
H.A.C. Blair-Imrie, Jul ‘44—Aug ’44 †
G.D. Renny, Aug ’44—Jan ‘45
C.F. Irvine, Jan ’45—end

5th Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
H.F.K. Wedderburn, Aug ’40—
?
T.G. Rennie, Mar ‘42—Dec ‘42
C.N. Thomson, Dec ’42—Jul ‘44
B.C. Bradford, Jul ’44—end

154th Infantry Brigade

1st Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
G.E.B. Honeyman, ’40
?
W.N. Roper-Caldbeck, Apr ’42—May ‘43
C.N.M. Blair, May ’43—Jul ’43
A.J. Murray, Jul ‘43
J.A. Hopwood, May ’43—end

7th Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
J.A. Oliver, May ’42—Aug ‘43
C.F. Cathcart, Sep ’43—Apr ‘45
B.A. Innes, Apr ’45—end

7th Bn., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
E.P. Buchanan, ?—Jun ‘40
?
L.M. Campbell, ’42—Apr ‘43
R. Mathieson, May ’43—Jul ’43 †
A. Dunlop, Jul ’43—Jan ‘44
A. Rose, Jan ’44—May ‘44
J. Meiklejohn, May ‘44—Aug ‘44
D.N. Nicol, Aug ’44—Oct ‘44
A. MacKinnon, Nov ’44—end

51st Division Support Troops

2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Viscount Allenby, Apr ‘42—Apr ‘43
Rodney Palmer, Apr ’43—Jun ‘44
Walter Serocold, Jun ’44—end

1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (MG)
J.W.A. Stephenson, Apr ‘42—Sep ’43
A.J. Hughes, Sep ’43—Dec ’43
A.M. Man, Jan ’44—Feb ’45
D.G. Parker, Feb ’45—end

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

155th Infantry Brigade

7th/9th Battalion, Royal Scots
M.E. Melvill, ?—Oct ’44
J.G. Dawson, Nov ’44—end

4th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Douglas Scott, ’38—’40
R.A.H. Kappey, ’40
H.A. Kelly, ’40—‘42
J.B. Vans-Agnew, ’42—Feb ‘43
W.A.H. Maxwell, Feb ’43—?
C.L. Melville, Aug ’44—Apr ‘45
G.H. Davidson, Apr ’45—end

5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (left 12 Feb ‘45 to 157th Bde)
G.G. Walker, ’34—’40
K.A.T. Maclennan, ’40—?
W.F.R. Turner, ’42—Mar ’45
G.G.M. Batchelor, Mar ’45—end

156th Infantry Brigade

4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
H. A. Holme, ?—Jul ‘40
E. Hakewill Smith, Sep ’40—Mar ‘41
K.W.D. Strong, Mar ’41—Mar ‘42
A.N. Gosselin, Mar ’42—end

6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
A. Cullen, Feb ‘39—Jun ‘41
E.G. Wightwick, Jun ’41—Jan ‘42
J.E.B. Whitehead, Jan ’42—May ‘43
T.L. Binney, Jun ’43—Apr ‘44
A.I. Buchanan-Dunlop, Apr ‘44—Jan ‘45
E.N. Southward, Jan ’45—end

7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (left 13 Mar ‘45 to 157th Bde)
D.F. Campbell, Sep ‘39—Jul ‘41
K.E.M. Brunker, Jul ’41—Sep ‘42
C.F. Nason, Sep ’42—Jan ‘45
W.J.H. Forbes, Jan ’45—end

157th Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders (left 12 Mar ‘45 to 156th Bde)
D. Carnegie, ?
I.A. Grant, ?
W.I. French, ?—end

5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
A.R. Cross, ’40
J. Macgregor, ?
J.W.M. Paterson, ?
R.A. Bramwell-Davis, ?
R.L.C. Rose, ‘44 —end

6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (left 12 Feb ‘45 to 155th Bde)
J. McGregor, ’40
W.C. Storrie, ’41—’42
J. Greenshields, ’42—‘43
E.L. Percival, ’44—end

52nd Division Support Troops

52nd Reconnaissance Regiment
J.B.A. Hankey, Jan ’41—Sep ‘45

7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (MG)
K.O.N. Foster, ’44—‘45

53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division

158th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
A.H. Williams, ’44—Jul ’44
G.F.T.B. Dickson, Jul ’44—Mar ‘45 †
H.W. Tyler, Mar ’45—end

1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment (from 4 Aug ’44, 160th Bde)
E.R.G. Ripley, ?—Jun ’44 †
J.S. Morrison-Jones, Jul ‘44
J.T. Gibson Jul ‘44—Sep ‘44 †
J.S. Morrison-Jones, Sep ‘44—Oct ’44
H.D. Nelson Smith, Oct ’44—Jan ‘45
J.S. Morrison-Jones, Jan ‘45—Apr ’45 †
C.H. Bowker, Apr ’45—end

1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (from 3 Aug ’44, 71st Bde)
J.W. Pendlebury, ’39—’40
H. Essame, ’41—Sep ‘42
?, ’42—’43
G.W.P.N. Burden, Mar ‘43—Nov ‘44
F.F.E. Allen, Nov ‘44—end

160th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
G.P. Grismond Phillips, ’40
W. Yanto Price, ‘41
C.F.C. Coleman, Sep ’41—Jun ‘44
G.A. Burnett, Jun ’44
J.W.C. Williams, Jun ’44— Aug ‘44
J.M.K. Spurling, Aug ’44—Oct ‘44
R.G.F. Frisby, Oct ’44—May ‘45
G.A. Burnett, May ’45—end

2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
J.A.N. Beattie, ‘38—Jan ‘41
A.T.A. Brown, Jan ‘41—Jun ‘41
J.A. Garnons-Williams, Jun ‘41—Nov ‘42
W.F.H. Kempster, Nov ‘42—Aug ‘44
H.W. Tyler, Aug ‘44
F.H. Brooke, Aug ’44—Apr ‘45
D.S.O. Bremner, Apr ’45—?

6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 4 Aug ’44, 158th Bde)
E.N. Clarke, ?—Oct ‘43
E.H. Cadogan, Oct ’43—Jul ‘44
R.J.F. Snead-Cox, Jul ’44—Oct ‘44
K.G. Exham, Oct ’44—Mar ‘45
C.F. Hutchinson, Mar ’45—end

71st Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (from 4 Aug ’44, 158th Bde)
H. Allsebrooke, Apr ’39—Feb ‘40
M.K. Watson, Feb ’40—Sep ‘41
J.A.M. Rice-Evans, Sep ’41—Jul ‘44
H.J. Tedder, Jul ’44—Nov ‘44
J.M. Hanmer, Nov ’44—end

1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
J.E. Dunbar Kilburn ?—Dec ‘42
R.D.R. Sale, Dec ‘42—Mar ‘44
J.H. Hare, Mar ‘44—Oct ’44 †
F.H. Howard, Oct ’44—end

1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
J.D. Russell, Sep ’39—?
E.J. Montgomery, ’41
G. MacGregor, ’42
T. Macleod, ’42—Mar ‘45
C.R.H. Kindersley, Mar ‘45—end

53rd Division Support Troops

53rd Reconnaissance Regiment
G.M.F. Prynne, Jan ’41—Dec ‘41
L. Williams, Dec ’41—end

1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment (MG)
C.H.P. Harington, ?—Sep ‘44
R.L. Willott, Nov ’44—May ‘45

59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division (disbanded, Aug ’44)

176th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
J.G. Bullock, ?—Aug ‘44 †

6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
G.M. Wilkins, ’43—Aug ’44 †

7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
F.W. Clowes, ?—Jul ‘42
H. Long, Jul ‘42—Feb ‘43
D.M. Fitzgerald, Feb ’43—Jul ‘43
T.L.G. Charles, Jul ’43—Apr ‘44
I.H. Freeland, Apr ‘44—Aug ‘44 (to 1/5th QRR)

177th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
M.B. Jenkins, Mar ‘44—Aug ‘44

1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
W.E. Gibbons, ’40—?
D.G.B. Ridout, Apr ’43—Aug ’44
R.C. MacDonald, Aug ‘44

2/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
N.W. Finlinson, ?—Aug ‘44

197th Infantry Brigade

2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
C.W.D Chads, ?—Jul ‘44
J.M.K. Spurling, Jul ‘44—Aug ‘44

5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
H.A. Borradaile, ?—Aug ‘44

1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
C.D. Siddeley, ?—Feb ‘40
G.H.L. Mole, Feb ‘40—Aug ‘42
B.B. Walton, Aug ’42—Jun ‘44
E.J. Jerram, Jun ’44—Aug ‘44

59th Division Support Troops

59th Reconnaissance Regiment
?

7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (MG)
?

6th Airborne Division

3rd Parachute Brigade

8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion
S.H.H. Hildersley, Nov ‘42—Nov ‘43
A.S. Pearson, Dec ’43—Oct ‘44
G. Hewetson, Nov ’44—end

9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
S.J.L. Hill, Nov ’42—Apr ‘43
M.A. Lindsay, Apr ’43—Mar ’44
T. Otway, Apr ’44—Jul ‘44
N. Crookenden, Jul ’44—end

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
H.D. Proctor, Jul ’42—Sep ‘42
G.F.P. Bradbrooke, Oct ‘42—Aug ‘44
G.F. Eadie, Aug ’44—Sep ‘44
J.A. Nicklin, Sep ’44—Feb ‘45 †
G.F. Eadie, Feb ’45—end

5th Parachute Brigade

12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion
R.G. Parker, May ‘43—Feb ’44
A.P. Johnson, Feb ‘44—Jun ’44 †
W.A.B. Harris, Jun ’44—Jul ‘44
N.C. Stockwell, Jul ’44—Dec ‘44
K.T. Darling, Dec ‘44—end

13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
G.A.B. Russell, May ’43—Sep ’43
P.J. Luard, Sep ‘43—end

7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
H.N. Barlow, Nov ‘42—Feb ‘44
R.G. Pine-Coffin, Mar ‘44—end

6th Airlanding Brigade

2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
R. Brett, ’39—Jul ‘40
L.W. Giles, Jul ’40—Jun ‘42
T.G.D. Rowley, Jun ‘42—Dec ‘43
M.W. Roberts, Dec ‘43 —Oct ‘44
M. Darell-Brown, Oct ’44—end

1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
R.J.R. Campbell, ’41—Feb ‘43
R.J.H. Carson, Feb ‘43—Mar ‘45
G.P. Rickcord, Mar ’45—end

12th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
R.G. Coates, ’41—’42
D.D. Rutherford , ’42—’43
R.F.B. Hill, ’43—Nov ‘43
G.R. Stevens, Nov ‘43—Aug ‘44
P. Gleadell, Aug ‘44—Jun ’45
A. Tilly, Jun ’45—end

6th Airborne Division Support Troops

6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment
G.R. de C. Stewart, Jan ’44—end

7th Armoured Division

22nd Armoured Brigade

1st Royal Tank Regiment
W.E. Molesworth, Sep ‘39—Sep ‘40
F. Brown, Sep ‘40—Jun ‘42
E.C. Mitford, Jun ’42—Jul ‘42
G.C. Webb, Jul ’42—Jan ‘43
R.F.K. Belchem, Jan ’43—Jun ‘43
R.M.P. Carver, Jun ’43—Jun ‘44
E.H. Gibbon, Jun ’44—Aug ‘44
P.R.C. Hobart, Aug ’44—end

5th Royal Tank Regiment
E.F. Ledward, ?—Apr ‘40
H.D. Drew, May ’40—?
R.D.W. Uniacke, ?—Jun ’42 †
J.P. Archer-Shee, Jun ’42—Jul ‘44
W.M. Hutton, Jul ‘42—Jul ‘43
R.N. Wilson, Jul ’43—May ‘44
C.A. Holliman, May ’44—Jan ’45 †
A.R. Leakey, Jan ’45—end

4th County of London Yeomanry (left 29 Jul ’44, to 4th Armd Bde as 3/4th CLY)
F.G.B. Arkwright, ?—Jul ’42 †
H.B. Scott, Jul ’42—Jun ‘43
Viscount Cranley, Jun ‘43—Jun ’44 (POW)
W. Rankin, Jun ’44—Jul ‘44

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (joined 29 Jul ’44)
J.H. Anstice, Jan ’40—Jan ’41
F.P.B. Sangster, Jan ’41—May ’44
J.E. Swetenham, May ’44—end

1st Battalion (Motor) Rifle Brigade
C.B.A. Hoskyns, ’38—Jun ’40 †
T.H. Massy-Beresford, Jul ’40—Dec ’40
T.J.B. Bosvile, Dec ’40—Jul ’42
F. Stephens, Jun ’42—May ’43
A.G.V. Paley, Jun ’43—Apr ’45
P.A.D. Boden, Apr ’45—end

131st Infantry Brigade

1/5th Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
G.V. Palmer, Sep ’39—Aug ‘41
L.C. East, Aug ’41—Mar ‘43
N.D. Leslie, Mar ’43—Sep ‘43
M. Elrington, Sep ’43—Jan ’44
C.J. Luce, Jan ’44—Mar ‘44
H. Wood, Mar ’44—Jul ‘44
J.B. Ashworth, Jul ’44—Aug ‘44
I.H. Freeland, Aug ’44—Jun ‘45

1/6th Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (left Dec ’44 to 231st Bde, 50th Div)
I.T.P. Hughes, Nov ’39—Oct ‘40
R.E. Pickering, Oct ’40—Dec ‘41
N.A. Willis, Dec ‘41
D.L.A. Gibbs, Jan ‘42—Oct ‘42 (POW)
E.P. Sewell, Oct ’42—Nov ‘42
R.J.A. Kaulback, Dec ’42—Mar ‘43
R.D. Thicknesse, Mar ’43—Aug ‘43
M. Forrester, Aug ’43—Jun ‘44
J.H. Mason, Jun ’44—Dec ‘45

1/7th Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (left Dec ’44 to 151st Bde, 50th Div)
P. Adams, Sep ’39—Feb ‘40
G.A. Pilleau, Feb ’40—Apr ‘41
R.M. Burton, May ’41—Oct ’42 †
R.H. Senior, Nov ’42—Mar ‘43
D.S. Gordon, Mar ’43—Jul ‘44
W.D. Griffiths, Jul ’44—Dec ‘44
H.G. Veasey, Dec ’44—end

11th Armoured Division

29th Armoured Brigade

23rd Hussars
C.R. Harvey, Dec ’40—Aug ‘41
R.P. Harding, Aug ’41—end

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
A.H. McIntosh, Sep ’39—Dec ‘40
E.S. Sword, Jan ‘41—Oct ‘41
K.C. Cooper, Oct ‘41—Oct ‘42
A.B.J. Scott, Oct ‘42—Nov ‘45

3rd Royal Tank Regiment
D.A.H. Silvertop, ?—Sep ’44 †
A.W. Brown, Oct ’44—

8th Battalion, (Motor) Rifle Brigade
A.T.B. Bignold de Cologan, Feb ’40—Oct ’41
L.M.B. Rathbone, Oct ’41—Nov ’42
E.D. Treneer-Michell, Nov ’42—Jul ‘44
J.A. Hunter, Jul ’44—end

159th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
H.H. Lanyon, ’38—’41
H.P. Miles, ’42—Jun ’44
M.R. Robinson, Jul ’44
I.L. Reeves, Jul ’44—Sep ’44
M.R. Robinson, Oct ’44—

1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
I.H. Freeman, ?—Jan ‘44
J.B. Churcher, Feb ’44—Jun ‘44
G.R. Turner-Cain, Jul ’44—end

3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (left 3 Apr ’45, to 115th Ind Bde)
H.G. Orr, ?—Sep ‘44
R.C. Stockley, Oct ’44—Nov ‘44
W.P. Sweetman, Dec ’44—

1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (joined 6 Apr ‘45)
?

Guards Armoured Division

5th Guards Brigade

1st (Motor) Battalion, Grenadier Guards
E.H. Goulburn, Mar ’42—Oct ’44
Lord Tryon, Oct ’44—Nov ’44
L.S. Starkey, Nov ’44—Oct ’44
P.H. Lort-Phillips, Oct ’44—end

2nd Armoured Battalion, Grenadier Guards
C.M. Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, Oct ’41—Oct ’42
R.N. Brinckman, Oct ’42—Jan ’44
J.N.R. Moore, Jan ’44—end

1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Lord Bingham, ’40—Feb ’42
R. Myddelton, Feb ’42—Aug ’44
R.F.S. Gooch, Aug ’44—

2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards
J.C. Haydon, May ’39—Oct ’40
G.L. Verney, Oct ’40—Jun ’42
C.K. Finlay, Jun ’42—Aug ’44
G.A.M. Vandeleur, Aug ’44—Apr ’45
J.S.O. Haslewood, Apr ’45—Jun ’45

32nd Guards Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Lord Stratheden, Oct ’41—Jul ’44
M.E. Adeane, Jul ’44—Aug ’44
E.R. Hill, Aug ’44—end

1st Battalion, Welsh Guards,
G. St. V.J. Vigor, Jul ’42—Mar ’44
G.W. Browning, Mar ’44—Jun ’44
J.E. Fass, Jun ’44 †
C.H.R. Heber-Percy, Jul ’44—Aug ’44
J.F. Gresham, Aug ’44—Oct ’44
C.H.R. Heber-Percy, Oct ’44—

3rd Battalion, Irish Guards
J.O.E. Vandeleur, Oct ’41—Nov ’44
T.M. Gimson, Nov ’44—Jan ’45
B.O.P. Eugster, Jan ’45—Feb ’45
D.H. Fitzgerald, Feb ’45—end

79th Armoured Division

30th Armoured Brigade

22nd Dragoons
G.L. Craig, s—Mar ‘44
G.S. Grosvenor, Mar ’44—
P.S. Plowden, Jul ’44—Aug ‘44
W.A.C. Anderson, Aug ’44—end

2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
J.G. Crabbe, ?

1st Lothians and Border Horse
C.J.Y. Dallmeyer, ?—May ‘45

31st Armoured Brigade

1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Crocodile)
W.G.N. Walker, Sep ’44—end

141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (Crocodile)
H. Waddell, June ’44—Oct ‘44
D.J.E. O’Flynn, Oct ’44—end

7th Royal Tank Regiment (Crocodile)
R.P.B. Wood, Feb ’45—end

49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment (Kangaroo)
H.N. King, Nov ’44—end

1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (Kangaroo)
G.M. Churchill, Oct ’44—May ‘45

33rd Armoured Brigade

1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
Lord G.F.J. Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Mar ’45—end

1st East Riding Yeomanry
T.C. Williamson, Jan ’45—Mar ‘45

4th Royal Tank Regiment
A. Jolly, Sep ’44—Apr ‘45
F.I.C. Wetherell, Apr ’45—end

11th Royal Tank Regiment
R. Dixon, Mar ’44—Nov ‘44
S.I. Howard-Jones, Nov ’44—end

Independent Armoured Brigades

8th Armoured Brigade

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
L.E. Misa, ‘40—Aug ‘41
R.G.G. Byron, Aug ’41—Sep ‘44
G.K. Barker, Sep ’44—

24th Lancers (disbanded, 24 Jul ’44)
W.A.C. Anderson, Dec ’43—Jul ’44 (to 22nd Dragoons)

13th/18th Royal Hussars (from 24 Jul ’44, 27th Bde)
R.H. Moulton-Barrett, Aug ’41—May ‘44
R.T.G. Harrap, May ’44—Jun ’44 †
Earl of Feversham, Jul ’44—Jul ‘44
V.A.B. Dunkerly, Jul ’44—Oct ‘44
Earl of Feversham, Oct ’44—end

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
E.O. Kellett, MP, ?—Mar ’43 †
J.D. Player, Mar ’43—Apr ’43 †
J. Anderson, Apr ’43—Jun ‘44
M. Laycock, Jun ’44 †
S. Christopherson, Jun ’44—end

12th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
?
G.W. White, Mar ’45—end

27th Armoured Brigade (disbanded, 29 Jul ’44)

1st East Riding Yeomanry (left 29 Jul ’44, to 33rd Armd Bde)
T.C. Williamson, Feb ’43—?

7th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
?

Staffordshire Yeomanry (left 29 Jul ’44, to 79th Armd Div)
J.A. Eadie, Oct ’42—Jul ‘44
C.R. Farquhar, Jul ’44—?

6th Guards Armoured Brigade

4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
O.W.D. Smith, ?
H.R.H. Davies, ?—Oct ’44
C.M.F. Deakin, Nov ’44
Lord Tryon, Nov ’44—end

4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards
N.W. Gwatkin, ?
W. de S. Barttelot, Jul ’43—Jul ’44
A.W.A. Smith, Aug ’44—end

3rd Battalion, Scots Guards
H.K.M. Kindersley, ?
C.I.H. Dunbar, ’43—end