53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
Order of battle – June 1944 – Battle of Normandy
Commander: Major General R. K. Ross
71st Infantry Brigade: Brigadier V. Blomfield
– 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
– 1st Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
– 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
158th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier S. O. Jones
– 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
– 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
– 7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
160th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier L. G. Whistler, replaced on June 22nd, 1944, by Brigadier C. F. C. Coleman
– 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
– 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
– 1/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, The Welch Regiment
Support
– 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Machine-Gun Regiment)
– 53rd Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
Artillery
– 81st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 133rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 71st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Engineer
– 244th Field Company, Royal Engineers
– 282nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
– 555th Field Company, Royal Engineers
