Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944 explained
The Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle for January 1944, is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line January 1944, during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte Cassino.
C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
Commander:
Lieutenant-General Mark Wayne Clark
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery
- 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 102nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 5th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 254th Field Park Company, RE
- 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- 71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 215th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
- 46th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 273rd Field Park Company, RE
- 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 64th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 44th Reconnaissance Regiment
- 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)
- 220th and 221st Field Companies, Royal Engineers
- 501st (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 563rd Field Park Company, RE
- 40th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)
- 50th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)
- 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 74th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 140th (5th London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Major-General Geoffrey Keyes
- 6th Armored Infantry Regiment
- 3 Armored Infantry Battalions
- 27th, 68th and 91st Armored Field Artillery Battalions
- 81st Reconnaissance Squadron
- 3 infantry battalions (1st, 3rd, 100th)
- 125th, 151st and 175th (105 mm) Artillery Battalions
- 185th (155 mm) Artillery Battalion
- 131st, 132nd and 133rd (105 mm) Artillery Battalions
- 155th (155 mm) Artillery Battalion
- 3 Regiments of two battalions. Each battalion two companies.[5]
- 1 battery airborne artillery[5]
- 67th Infantry Regiment[6]
- 51st Bersaglieri Battalion
General Alphonse Juin
- 3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
- 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment
- 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment
- 67th African Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
- 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
- 5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
- 8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
- 63rd African Artillery Regiment
- 3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
Army Reserve
Was sent to Anzio and took part in the fighting until January 9th, 1944 until being sent to a rest area. They would then be sent to land at Anzio on January 22nd, 1944.
Commander:
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Commander: General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
- 95th Reconnaissance battalion
- 95th Mountain Artillery battalion
- 95th Mountain Engineer battalion
- 104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
- 194th Anti-tank battalion
- 171st Anti-tank battalion
- 8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Army Reserve
Under Kesselring's direct command)[9]
Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm
- 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
- 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- 190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
Notes
- Footnotes
Citations
Sources
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Notes and References
- Molony, p. 607.
- Molony, p. 607n
- Molony, p. 278n.
- Molony, p. 608n.
- Molony, p. 513.
- Molony, p. 519.
- Ellis, p. 551.
- Ellis p. 550.
- Molony, p. 586.