Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944
The Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle for January 1944 , is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in January 1944, during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte Cassino .
C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding Commander:
Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery
British 5th Infantry Division Gerald Bucknall to 22 January then Major-General P. G. S. Gregson-Ellis [ 1] 13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier L. M. Campbell)
15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E. O. Martin until 22 January then Brigadier John Yeldham Whitfield [ 2] 17th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Dudley Ward )
201st Guards Brigade (under command) (Brigadier R. B. R. Colvin)
Divisional troops
91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 102nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 18th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
215th (Gosport & Fareham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
50th Royal Tank Regiment (One squadron attached from Corps troops)7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)
245th, 252nd and 38th Field companies, Royal Engineers
254th Field Park Company, RE
18th Bridge Platoon, RE British 46th Infantry Division John Hawkesworth )
128th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Manley Angell James )
2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 138th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier G. P. Harding)
6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 139th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R. E. H. Stott)
Divisional troops
70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
58th (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 215th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
46th Reconnaissance Regiment
2nd Battalion , Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine gun)270th, 271st and 272nd Field companies, Royal Engineers
273rd Field Park Company, RE
201st Bridge Platoon, RE
40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached from Corps troops[ 3] British 56th Infantry Division Gerald Templer )
167th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C. E. A. Firth until 29 January then Brigadier J. Scott-Elliott[ 4] 168th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier K. C. Davidson)
169th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier L. O. Lyne )
Divisional troops
64th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 113th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
214th (Southsea) Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 44th Reconnaissance Regiment
6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)
220th and 221st Field Companies, Royal Engineers
501st (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers 563rd Field Park Company, RE
40th Royal Tank Regiment (One squadron attached from Corps troops[ 4] Corps Troops
Major-General Geoffrey Keyes
General Alphonse Juin
3rd Algerian Infantry Division Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert )
3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment
7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
4th Group of Tabors
Divisional troops
67th African Artillery Regiment
83rd Engineer Battalion
3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
3rd Group of Tabors
Divisional troops
63rd African Artillery Regiment
87th Engineer Battalion
3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
Army Reserve
The 45th was sent to [Salerno] under Major General Troy H. Middleton. MG Wm. Eagles assumed command of the 45th in November '43, and led the 45th in the fighting into the mountains north of Cassino, until January 9th, 1944 until being sent to a rest area. They would then be sent to land at Anzio on January 22nd, 1944. Commander:
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring Commander: General (Generaloberst ) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe ) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
5th Mountain Division [ 7] General der Gebirgstruppe ) Julius Ringel )
85th Mountain Regiment
100th Mountain Regiment
Divisional troops
95th Reconnaissance battalion
95th Mountain Artillery battalion
95th Anti-tank battalion
95th Mountain Engineer battalion 15th Panzer Grenadier Division Generalleutnant ) Eberhard Rodt )
104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Divisional troops
115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
115th Panzer battalion
33rd Artillery battalion
33rd Anti-tank battalion
115th Engineer battalion 44th Reichsgrenadier Division Generalleutnant ) Friedrich Franek )
131st Infantry Regiment
132nd Infantry Regiment
134th Infantry Regiment
Divisional troops
44th Fusilier battalion
96th Artillery Regiment
46th Anti-tank battalion
96th Engineer battalion 94th Infantry Division Generalleutnant ) Bernhard Steinmetz )
267th Infantry Regiment
274th Infantry Regiment
276th Infantry Regiment
Divisional troops
94th Fusilier battalion
194th Artillery Regiment
194th Anti-tank battalion
94th Engineer battalion 71st Infantry Division [ 8] Generalleutnant ) Wilhelm Raapke )
191st Infantry Regiment
194th Infantry Regiment
211st Infantry Regiment
Divisional troops
171st Fusilier battalion
171st Artillery Regiment
171st Anti-tank battalion
171st Engineer battalion 3rd Panzergrenadier Division [ 7] General der Panzertruppen ) Fritz-Hubert Gräser )
8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Army Reserve
Under Kesselring's direct command)[ 9] [ Note 1]
Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm
29th Panzergrenadier Division 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Divisional troops
129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
129th Panzer battalion
29th Artillery Regiment
29th Anti-tank battalion
29th Engineer battalion 90th Panzergrenadier Division 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Divisional troops
190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
190th Panzer battalion
190th Artillery Regiment
90th Anti-tank battalion
90th Engineer battalion
Notes
Footnotes
^ Both divisions were released to XIV Panzer Corps on 18 January[ 7]
Citations
^ Molony, p. 607.
^ Molony, p. 607n
^ Molony, p. 278n.
^ a b c d Molony, p. 608n.
^ a b Molony, p. 513.
^ Molony, p. 519.
^ a b c Ellis, p. 551.
^ Ellis p. 550.
^ Molony, p. 586.
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