Allied Invasion of Italy Order of Battle is a listing of the significant Allied and Axis formations that were involved during the Allied invasion of Italy (the landings at Salerno, Reggio and Taranto) 3 September – 16 September 1943.
Allied Forces Headquarters - Mediterranean (AFHQ)
Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Naval Forces - Mediterranean
Commanded by Admiral Andrew Cunningham
Western Task Force (Operation Avalanche)
Commanded by Vice Admiral H.K. Hewitt
Force H
Commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Willis
Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick
Commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur Power
Mediterranean Air Command (Allied)
Commanded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Headquarters at Algiers, Algeria
Allied 15th Army Group under the command of General Sir Harold Alexander.
Under direct Army Group command
British 1st Airborne Division
(Operation Slapstick at Taranto), commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson (Killed in action 9 September replaced by Major-General Ernest Down)
1st Parachute Brigade - Brigadier G.W. Lathbury
1st Parachute Battalion
2nd Parachute Battalion
3rd Parachute Battalion
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
2nd Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Ernest Down
4th Parachute Battalion
5th Parachute Battalion
6th Parachute Battalion
127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
4th Parachute Brigade - Brigadier J.W. Hackett
10th Parachute Battalion
11th Parachute Battalion
156th Parachute Battalion
133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance
1st Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Pip Hicks
1st Battalion Border Regiment
2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
Glider Pilot Regiment
(Operation Avalanche at Salerno) U.S. Fifth Army commanded by Lieutenant General Mark Clark.
Army troops
U.S. Ranger Force - Lieutenant-Colonel William Darby
1st Ranger Battalion
3rd Ranger Battalion
4th Ranger Battalion
British Special Service Brigade - Brigadier Robert Laycock
No. 2 (Army) Commando
No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando
U.S. VI Corps
U.S. VI Corps commanded by Major General Ernest J. Dawley
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Lucian K. Truscott.
7th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 34th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Charles W. Ryder.
133rd Infantry Regiment
135th Infantry Regiment
168th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 36th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Fred L. Walker.
141st Infantry Regiment
142nd Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
U.S. 45th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major General Troy H. Middleton.
157th Infantry Regiment
179th Infantry Regiment
180th Infantry Regiment
British X Corps
British X Corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery.
British 46th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General John Hawkesworth
128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.A. 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
2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Battalion)
46th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
270th Field Company, Royal Engineers
271st Field Company, Royal Engineers
272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
British 56th Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General Douglas Graham.
167th (London) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier C.E.A. Firth
8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
169th (London) Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.O. Lyne
2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
201st Guards Brigade - Brigadier J.A. Gascoigne
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
Divisional Troops
6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion)
44th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
64th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
113th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
220th Field Company, Royal Engineers
221st Field Company, Royal Engineers
42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
563rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
British 7th Armoured Division
Commanded by Major-General George Erskine.
22nd Armoured Brigade - Brigadier W.R.N. Hinde
1st Royal Tank Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
131st Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Lashmer Whistler
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Divisional Troops
11th Hussars
3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
146th Field Battery, Royal Artillery
65th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
621st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
143rd Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers
Corps Troops
Royal Scots Greys (Sherman tanks, attached to 56th Division)
40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached to British 46th Infantry Division)
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
Commanded by Major General Matthew Ridgway.
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
325th Glider Infantry Regiment
U.S. 1st Armored Division
Commanded by Major General Ernest N. Harmon. (note, 1st Armored Division was in Morocco being reorganized in the new "light armored division" organization. It began to arrive at Naples on 28 October 1943 and thus was not in the Army Group reserve for the landings in Italy).
British Eighth Army commanded by General Bernard Montgomery
British XIII Corps
(Operation Baytown at Reggio di Calabria) British XIII Corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
5th British Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General Gerard Bucknall
13th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier L.M. Campbell
2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier E.O. Martin
1st Battalion Green Howards
1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
17th Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Dudley Ward
2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
Divisional troops
7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun Battalion)
5th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
91st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
92nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
245th Field Company, Royal Engineers
252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
254th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
1st Canadian Infantry Division
Commanded by Major-General Guy Simonds
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Howard Graham
The Royal Canadian Regiment
1st Battalion, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada
2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier Chris Vokes
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
1st Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade - Brigadier M.H.S. Penhale
Royal 22e Régiment
1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment
1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R.A. Wyman
11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
Divisional troops
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
1st Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Saskatoon Light Infantry) (Machine Gun Battalion)
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
1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
4th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
British 231st Infantry Brigade Group - Brigadier Roy Urquhart2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
165th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
295th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Corps artillery
6th Army Group, Royal Artillery
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Corps troops
1st Special Reconnaissance Squadron
No. 3 Commando
No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
Also supporting XIII Corps
5th Army Group, Royal Artillery
XXX Corps Artillery
Army Command South
Commanded by Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Albert Kesselring
Commanded by General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Hermann Balck (acting commander).
16th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Rudolf Sieckenius.
15th Panzer Grenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Eberhard Rodt.
Luftwaffe Panzer Division Hermann Göring
Commanded by Major-general (Generalleutnant) Paul Conrath.
LXXVI Panzer Corps
Commanded by Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Traugott Herr.
German 29th Panzergrenadier Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Walter Fries.
15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
26th Panzer Division
Commanded by Brigadier-General (Generalmajor) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
1st Parachute Division
Commanded by Major-General (Generalleutnant) Richard Heidrich
1st Parachute Regiment - (less 3rd Battalion detached to Hermann Göring Division)
3rd Parachute Regiment - (detached to 26th Panzer Division and then to 29th Panzer Grenadier Division)
4th Parachute Regiment - (detached to 26th Panzer Division)
