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Some of the Canadian Formations
Participating in the Landing on D-Day, 6 June 1944
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division:
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine-Gun)
7th Infantry Brigade
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
The Regina Rifle Regiment
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment
8th Infantry Brigade
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Le Régiment de la Chaudière
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
9th Infantry Brigade
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Canadian Armoured Corps
7th Reconnaissance Regiment
(Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars)
Royal Canadian Artillery
12th Field Regiment (SP)
16th Field Battery
11th Field Battery
43rd Field Battery
13th Field Regiment (SP)
44th Field Battery
22nd Field Battery
78th Field Battery
14th Field Regiment (SP)
34th Field Battery
66th Field Battery
81st Field Battery
19th Field Regiment (SP) attached
3rd Anti-Tank Regiment
4th Anti-Tank Battery
94th Anti-Tank Battery
52nd Anti-Tank Battery
105th Anti-Tank Battery
4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
69th LAA Battery
32nd LAA Battery
100th LAA Battery
Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
3rd Field Park Company
5th Field Company
6th Field Company
16th Field Company
18th Field Company
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
3rd Infantry Divisional Troops Company
7th Infantry Brigade Company
8th Infantry Brigade Company
9th Infantry Brigade Company
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
No. 14 Field Ambulance
No. 22 Field Ambulance
No. 23 Field Ambulance
No. 5 Field Dressing Station
No. 7 Field Dressing Station
7th Field Hygiene Section
Other Divisional Troops
3rd Infantry Divisional Signals
3rd Infantry Division Ordnance Field Park
7th Infantry Brigade Workshop, RCEME
8th Infantry Brigade Workshop, RCEME
9th Infantry Brigade Workshop, RCEME
4th LAA Workshop
4th Provost Company
Canadian Armoured Corps:
The 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)
27th Armoured Regiment (the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
Royal Canadian Navy:
31st Canadian Minesweeping Flotilla
29th Canadian Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla
528th Canadian LCA Flotilla
529th Canadian LCA Flotilla
HMCS Prince David
HMCS Prince Henry