Order of Battle for Canadian Regiments in 1945

Maple Leaf (2K)
Note - Armoured Regiments numbered thus: [32]

Source of information: Aldershot Military Museum, Hampshire, UK

1st INFANTRY DIVISION – RED shoulder patches
4th Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards (Recce) [4]
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M/c Gun Bn)
1st Infantry Brigade
Royal Canadian Regiment
48th Highlanders of Canada
Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment
2nd Infantry Brigade
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Loyal Edmonton Regiment
3rd Infantry Brigade
Royal 22nd Regiment
Carleton & York Regiment
West Nova Scotia Regiment

2nd INFANTRY DIVISION – ROYAL BLUE shoulder patches
14th Canadian Hussars (Recce) [8]
Toronto Scottish (M/c Gun Bn)
4th Infantry Brigade
Royal Regiment of Canada
Essex Scottish Regiment
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
5th Infantry Brigade
Black Watch of Canada
Regiment de Maisonneuve
Calgary Highlanders
6th Infantry Brigade
Fusiliers Mont Royal
Queens Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
South Saskatchewan Regiment

3rd INFANTRY DIVISION – FRENCH GREY shoulder patches
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (Recce) [7]
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M/c Gun Bn)
7th Infantry Brigade
Canadian Scottish Regiment
Regina Rifles
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
8th Infantry Brigade
Queens Own Rifles of Canada
Regiment de la Chaudière
North Shore Regiment
9th Infantry Brigade
Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Highland Light Infantry of Canada

4th ARMOURED DIVISION – DARK GREEN shoulder patches
South Alberta Regiment (Recce) [29]
4th Armoured Brigade
Governor General's Foot Guards [21]
Canadian Grenadier Guards [22]
British Columbia Regiment [28]
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor Battalion)
10th Infantry Brigade
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
Lincoln & Welland Regiment
Algonquin Regiment
New Brunswick Rangers (M/c Gun Bn)

5th ARMOURED DIVISION – MAROON shoulder patches
Governor General Horse Guards (Recce) [3]
5th Armoured Brigade
Lord Strathcona's Horse [2]
8th Princess Louise's N.B. Hussars [5]
British Columbia Dragoons [9]
6th Duke of Connaught's R. Cdn Hussars (HQ Sqn) [15]
Westminster Regiment (Motor Battalion)
11th Infantry Brigade
Irish Regiment of Canada
Perth Regiment
Cape Breton Highlanders
Princess Louise's Fusiliers (M/c Gun Bn)

INDEPENDENT BRIGADES – BLACK shoulder patches
1st Armoured Brigade
Ontario Regiment [11]
Three Rivers Regiment [12]
Calgary Regiment [14]
2nd Armoured Brigade
1st Canadian Hussars [6]
Fort Garry Horse [10]
Sherbrooke Fusiliers [27]

TROOPS – ORANGE shoulder patches
1st Corps Troops
Royal Canadian Dragoons (Recce) [1]
2nd Corps Troops
12th Manitoba Dragoons (Recce) [18]
Prince Edward's Island Lt Horse (Corps HQ Defence) [17]
Army Troops
Elgin Regiment (Armoured Delivery) [25]
Royal Montreal Regiment (HQ Defence) [32]


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