6th
(Airborne) Division
This
was an Airborne division formed in
May 1943. It units dropped into
Normandy on the night of 5th/6th
June 1944, and as a division it
would remain in Normandy and NW
Europe until 3rd September 1944.
After D Day it held the vital
Eastern flank until the breakout.
The Divisional Commander was Major
General R.N. Gale
3rd
Parachute Brigade
8th
Battalion Parachute Regiment
9th
Battalion Parachute Regiment
1st
Canadian Parachute Battalion
5th
Parachute Brigade
7th
Battalion Parachute Regiment (Light
Infantry)
12th
Battalion Parachute Regiment
(Yorkshire)
13th
Battalion Parachute Regiment
(Lancashire)
6th
Airlanding Brigade
12th
Battalion Devonshire Regiment
2nd
Battalions Oxs and Bucks Light
Infantry
1st
Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
Divisional
Artillery
53rd
(Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding
Light Regiment Royal Artillery
2nd
Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Royal
Artillery
3rd
Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Royal
Artillery
4th
Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery Royal
Artillery
2nd
Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft
Battery Royal Artillery
Divisional
Engineers
3rd
Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
591st
Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
249th
Airborne Field Company Royal
Engineers
286th
Airborne Field Park Company Royal
Engineers
Divisional
RASC
716th
Airborne Light Company Royal Army Service Corps
63rd
Airborne Divisional Company Royal Army Service Corps
398th
Airborne Divisional
Company Royal Army Service Corps
Divisional
RAOC
6th
Airborne Ordnance Field Park Royal Army
Ordnance Corps
Divisional
REME
6th
Airborne Workshop
Airborne
Light Aid Detachments
Royal
Army Medical Corps
224th
Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC
225th
Parachute
Field Ambulance RAMC
195th
Airlanding Field Ambulance RAMC
Other
Units
6th
Airborne Recce Regiment RAC
22nd
Independent Parachute Company Army
Air Corps
317th
Field Security Section CMP
6th
Airborne Divisional Signals Royal Corps of
Signals
Web
Links
6th
Airborne Division in Normandy
Airborne
Assault of 6th Airborne Division
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