Appendix "F"
Canadian Army Units in North-West Europe
(8 May 1945)

Formations and units are grouped by corps. Designations are those authorized by General Orders at the time (except for certain modifications made for the sake of brevity and consistency, or as concessions to current usage). The complete roll of units is too long to be printed here. Thus headquarters of formations and supporting arms and services, as well as such relatively small units as Field Dressing Stations, are not included; although all made important contributions. As a very rough general rule, units with strengths of less than 100 all ranks are usually omitted.

CANADIAN ARMOURED CORPS

1ST ARMOURED BRIGADE:

2ND ARMOURED BRIGADE:

1ST CORPS TROOPS:

2ND CORPS TROOPS:

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:


* Operated under 79th British Armoured Division.

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3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

1ST CORPS TROOPS:

2ND CORPS TROOPS:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

CORPS OF ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

1ST CORPS TROOPS:

2ND CORPS TROOPS:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

G.H.Q. AND L. OF C. TROOPS:

ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS

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CANADIAN INFANTRY CORPS

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

1ST CORPS TROOPS:

2ND CORPS TROOPS:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS

1ST ARMOURED BRIGADE:


*Operated under 6th British Airborne Division.

†The motor battalion formed part of the armoured brigade of the armoured division.

‡Provided by The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment), which also furnished platoons for defence and employment at divisional and brigade headquarters.

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2ND ARMOURED BRIGADE:

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

1ST CORPS TROOPS:

2ND CORPS TROOPS:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

G.H.Q., L. OF C. AND BASE TROOPS:

ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

1ST ARMOURED BRIGADE:

2ND ARMOURED BRIGADE:

1ST INFANTRY DIVISION:

2ND INFANTRY DIVISION:

3RD INFANTRY DIVISION:

4TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

5TH ARMOURED DIVISION:

FIRST CANADIAN ARMY TROOPS:

G.H.Q. AND L. OF C. TROOPS:

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CANADIAN DENTAL CORPS

ROYAL CANADIAN ORDNANCE CORPS

ROYAL CANADIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

CANADIAN POSTAL CORPS

CANADIAN PROVOST CORPS

CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS

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MISCELLANEOUS

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