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British XIII Corps

Under the command of Lieutenant-General Christopher Miles Dempsey.

General Dempsey

105th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
6th Army Group Royal Artillery

24th Armoured Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
98th Armoured Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
111th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
66th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
75th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
80th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

British 5th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin (succeeded by Gerard Bucknall on 3 August).

13th Infantry Brigade	2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade	1st Battalion Green Howards 1st Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
17th Infantry Brigade	2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
Divisional Units
91st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 92nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 156th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 18th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 5th Reconnaissance Regiment 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun battalion) 38th, 245th and 252nd Field Companies, Royal Engineers 245th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General Sidney Kirkman.

69th Infantry Brigade	5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion Green Howards 7th Battalion Green Howards
151st Infantry Brigade	6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
168th Infantry Brigade	1st Battalion London Irish Regiment 1st Battalion London Scottish Regiment 10th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
Divisional Units
74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 90th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (MG) 233rd, 501st and 505th Field Companies, Royal Engineers

British 78th Infantry Division (from 25 July 1943)
Commanded by Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh.

11th Infantry Brigade	2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
36th Infantry Brigade	6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Battalion Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
38th Infantry Brigade	6th Battalion Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles
Divisional Units
38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade 56th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps 17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 132nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 138th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 64th Anti-Tank Regiment, 142nd Field Regiment, RA 49th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's) (Machine Gun) 214th, 237th and 256th Field Companies, Royal Engineers 281st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

British 1st Airborne Division
Commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson. Did not participate as a division.

British 1st Parachute Brigade	1st Battalion Parachute Regiment 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment 1st Airlanding Anti-tank Battery, Royal Artillery
British 2nd Parachute Brigade
British 1st Airlanding Brigade (alianti)	1st Battalion The Border Regiment 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers

British 4th Armoured Brigade