HQ and 362nd Battery, 110th (7th Dorset) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ07th (Wessex) Field Park Company, Royal EngineersĤth Battalion, The Somerset Light InfantryĪ Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)ĩ4th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ35th Battery, 59th (DoCH) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artilleryģ60th Battery, 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ06th (Hampshire) Field Company, Royal Engineersī Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)ġ12th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ33rd Battery, 59th (DoCH) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artilleryģ62nd Battery, 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artilleryģ2nd Independent AA Troop, Royal Artilleryġst Battalion, The Worcestershire Regimentĥth Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantryħth Battalion, The Somerset Light InfantryĬ Company, 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) HQ and 236th Battery, 59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery HQ 8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) Three troops Churchill AVREs attached from 79th Armoured Division Ģ27th (Highland) Infantry Brigade Ģnd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlandersġ0th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)Ĭ Company, 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)ġ31st (Lowland – City of Glasgow) Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ86th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artilleryģ91st Battery, 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artilleryģ1st Independent Tank Brigade Ĭ Squadron, 2nd County of London Yeomanry ( Westminster Dragoons)Īttached from 79th Armoured Division Ĥ3rd (Wessex) Infantry Division Ĥ3rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (The Gloucestershire Regiment)Īrmoured cars, light reconnaissance cars not in action during Epsom Two troops Churchill Crocodiles attached from 79th Armoured Division ī Company, 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun)ġ61st Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Two Troops 141st (Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps Two Troops Churchill AVREs attached from 79th Armoured Division Ĥ6th (Highland) Infantry Brigade ĩth Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)Ī Squadron, 2nd Northamptonshire YeomanryĪttached from 11th Armoured Division Vickers MGs, platoon of 4.2-inch mortars ġ59th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artilleryīattery, 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Vickers machine guns and 4.2-inch mortarsĤ4th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade Ħth Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderersġ41st (Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured CorpsĢ x Troops Churchill Crocodiles attached from 79th Armoured Division Ī Company, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) HQ 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) HQ 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĦ24th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers HQ and 346th Battery, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery ![]() Troop, 612th Field Squadron, Royal EngineersĤth Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantryġst Battalion, The Herefordshire Regimentģrd Battalion, The Monmouthshire RegimentĢnd (Independent) Machine-Gun Company, Royal Northumberland Fusiliersġ51st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artilleryġ17th Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĨ1st Squadron, 6th Assault Regiment, Royal EngineersĮlements attached from 79th Armoured DivisionĢ x Churchill Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) scissors bridges ġ5th (Scottish) Infantry Division ġ5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps Sherman V, Sherman Vc and M5 Stuarts Ĩth Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)ġ3th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company)ġ19th Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery M10C Achilles self-propelled anti-tank guns Sexton self-propelled 25 pounder guns ġ44th Battery, 91st (A&SH) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Sherman II, Sherman Vc "Firefly" and M5 Stuart tanksģrd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey VIII Corps ĩ1st (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artilleryġ21st (The Leicestershire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ArtilleryĢ1st Army Group Troops (attached to VIII Corps for Epsom) Īrmoured reconnaissance regiment 'A' squadron was detached for Operation Epsom ħ7th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artilleryĥ8th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artilleryġ3th, 612th Field Squadrons, Royal Engineersġ47th Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers ![]() This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944.
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