Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944

Allied Armies in Italy

C-in-C: General Sir Harold AlexanderChief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

U.S. Fifth Army

Commander:

Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark

British X Corps (left)

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery

British 5th Infantry Division (Major-General Gerald Bucknall to 22 January then Major-General P. G. S. Gregson-Ellis)

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 until 22 January then Brigadier John Yeldham Whitfield)

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

201st Guards Brigade (under command) (Brigadier R. B. R. Colvin)

6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

2nd Battalion, Scots Guards

Divisional troops

91st, 92nd, 98th and 156th Field regiments, Royal Artillery

102nd Medium Regiment, RA

52nd Anti-tank Regiment, RA

18th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA

215th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, RA

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 (Major-General 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)

2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

Divisional troops

70th, 71st and 172nd Field regiments, RA

5th Medium Regiment, RA

58th Anti-tank Regiment, RA

115th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA

215th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, RA

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)

British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General Gerald Templer)

167th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C. E. A. Firth until 29 January then Brigadier J. Scott-Elliott)

8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

168th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier K. C. Davidson)

10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Battalion, London Scottish

1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles

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)

Divisional troops

64th, 65th, 113th and 142nd Field regiments, RA

51st Medium Regiment, RA

67th Anti-tank Regiment, RA

100th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA

214th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, RA

44th Reconnaissance Regiment

6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)

220th, 221st and 501st Field companies, RE

563rd Field Park Company, RE

40th Royal Tank Regiment (One squadron attached from Corps troops

Corps Troops

British 23rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Robert Arkwright)

40th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)

50th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)

11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Special Service Brigade (Brigadier T. D. L. Churchill)

No. 9 Commando

No. 10 (Inter Allied) Commando

No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando

No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando (less detachments)

2nd Army Group Royal Artillery (under command)

78th Field Regiment, RA

69th, 74th and 140th Medium regiments, RA

56th Heavy Regiment, RA

146th Field Regiment, RA

U.S. II Corps (centre)

Major-General Geoffrey Keyes

U.S. 1st Armored Division (Major General Ernest N. Harmon)

1st Armored Infantry Regiment

6th, 11th and 14th Armoured Infantry Battalions

1st Armored Regiment

1st, 4th and 13th Tank Battalions

Divisional troops

27th, 68th and 91st Armored Field Artillery Batteries

16th Engineer Battalion

81st Reconnaissance Squadron

U.S. 34th Infantry Division (Major General Charles W. Ryder)

133rd Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions (1st, 3rd, 100th)

135th Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions

168th Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions

Divisional troops

125th, 151st and 175th Light Artillery Batteries

185th Medium Artillery Battery

109th Engineer Battalion

U.S. 36th Infantry Division (Major General Fred Walker)

141st Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions

142nd Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions

143rd Infantry Regiment

3 infantry battalions

Divisional troops

131st, 132nd and 133rd Light Artillery Batteries

155th Medium Artillery Battery

111th Engineer Battalion

1st Special Service Force (Brigadier-General Robert T. Frederick)

3 Regiments of two battalions. Each battalion two companies.

1 battery airborne artillery

1st Italian Motorised Group (Brigadier-General Vincenzo di Pino)

67th Infantry Regiment

51st Bersaglieri Battalion

11th Artillery Regiment

5th Anti-tank Regiment

One engineer battalion

French Expeditionary Corps (right)

General Alphonse Juin

3rd Algerian Infantry Division (Major-General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert)

3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

4th Group of Tabors

3 tabors

Divisional troops

67th African Artillery Regiment

83rd Engineer Battalion

3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment

2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (Brigadier-General André M. Dody)

4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment

3 battalions

3rd Group of Tabors

3 tabors

Divisional troops

63rd African Artillery Regiment

87th Engineer Battalion

3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment

Army Reserve

U.S. 45th Infantry Division (Major General William W. Eagles)

Was sent to Anzio and took no part in the fighting at Cassino

German Army Group C

Commander:

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

German Tenth Army

Commander: General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff

XIV Panzer Corps

Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin

5th Mountain Division (until 17 January) (Lieutenant General (General der Gebirgstruppe) Julius Ringel)

85th Mountain Regiment

3 battalions

100th Mountain Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

95th Reconnaissance battalion

95th Mountain Artillery battalion

95th Anti-tank battalion

95th Mountain Engineer battalion

15th Panzer Grenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Eberhard Rodt)

104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion

115th Panzer battalion

33rd Artillery battalion

33rd Anti-tank battalion

115th Engineer battalion

44th Reichsgrenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)

131st Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

132nd Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

134th Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

44th Fusilier battalion

96th Artillery Regiment

46th Anti-tank battalion

96th Engineer battalion

94th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Bernhard Steinmetz)

267th Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

274th Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

276th Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

94th Fusilier battalion

194th Artillery Regiment

194th Anti-tank battalion

94th Engineer battalion

71st Infantry Division (from 17 January) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Wilhelm Raapke)

191st Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

194th Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

211st Infantry Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

171st Fusilier battalion

171st Artillery Regiment

171st Anti-tank battalion

171st Engineer battalion

3rd Panzergrenadier Division (relieved 5th Mountain Division on 17 January) (Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Fritz-Hubert Gräser)

8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

Army Reserve

Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1

German I Parachute Corps

Under Kesselring's direct command)Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm

29th Panzergrenadier Division

15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

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

3 battalions

200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment

3 battalions

Divisional troops

190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion

190th Panzer battalion

190th Artillery Regiment

90th Anti-tank battalion

90th Engineer battalion