Agira War Cemetery - Forces: British XIII Corps

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British XXX Corps

Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese.

Objectives:

- to conquest the airport Pachino;
- to replace the 13th to control Avola;
- to contact with the U.S. 7th Army in the area of Ragusa and Comiso.
- to go to Palazzolo Acreide and Vizzini
- to join the XIII Corps and move the bulk of the force to Augusta and Catania

73rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
5th Army Group Royal Artillery

57th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
58th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
78th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
70th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal Horse Artillery
142nd Armoured Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

1st Canadian Division
Commanded by Major-General Guy Granville Simonds.

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Commanded by Hugh Graham	The Royal Canadian Regiment Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 48th Highlanders of Canada
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Loyal Edmonton Regiment
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade	Royal 22e Régiment Carleton and York Regiment West Nova Scotia Regiment
Divisional Units
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)		cap. Tom Storer
The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Machine Gun)
1st Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
3rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
1st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
No. 1 Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots)
1st, 3rd and 4th Field Companies , Royal Canadian Engineers
2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers

Objectives:

to land near Pozzallo, at the Ambra Coast to conquest the airport of Pachino.

1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade
commanded by Brigadier R.A. Wyman.

11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
12th Armoured Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment)
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)

British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division]
Commanded by Major-General Douglas Wimberley.

152nd Infantry Brigade	5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
153rd Infantry Brigade	Gruppo Gordon ( ten. col. H. Fausset Farquhar) 5th Battalion Black Watch 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders 5/7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
154th Infantry Brigade	(Rennie Thomas Strelley, Brigadier ) 1st Battalion Black Watch 7th Battalion Black Watch 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Units
1st/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine Gun battalion)
126th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 127th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 128th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
61st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery		(magg. Bill Johnston)
40th Light Antiaircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th Battalion Royal Marines (under command 19 to 29 July)
274th 275th and 275th Field Companies, Royal Engineers
239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

Objectives:

to land at Island of Capo Passero and at Punta Formiche
to conquest Pachino, reaching the road Noto-Avola
to go on the heights of Palazzolo and Vizzini

British 23rd Armoured Brigade
Commanded by Brig.R.Richards:
HQ 23rd Armoured Brigade HQ fought as Arrow Force in mid July with 2nd battalion Seaforth Highlanders (from 152nd Brigade) under command together with elements of 50th RTR and 11th (HAC) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery as well as an anti-tank battery and a machine gun company.

Objectives: to land at Marzamemi

British 231st Infantry Brigade
Commanded by Robert Elliott Urquhart, Major-General

1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
165th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
295th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Objectives: To land at Marzamemi and to rejoin the XIII Corps in Noto.