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

German Order of Battle

 * Panzer Group West - General der Panzertruppen 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