43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Battle order – June 1944 – Battle of Normandy
Commander: Major General Ivor Thomas
129th Infantry Brigade
– 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
– 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
– 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
130th Infantry Brigade
– 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
– 4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
– 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
214th Infantry Brigade
– 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
– 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
– 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Support
– 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Vickers machine guns et 4.2″ Mortars)
– 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
Artillery
– 94th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 112th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 59th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 110th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
Engineer
– 13th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers
– 204th Field Company, Royal Engineers
– 207th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (from Bath, Somerset)
– 260th Field Company, Royal Engineers (from Chippenham, Wiltshire)
– 553rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
Royal Army Service Corps
– 54th Company, RASC
– 504th Company, RASC
– 505th Company, RASC
– 506th Divisional Company, RASC
– 553rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
