Listed below is all that is known about the composition of XXX Corps, but caution is advised as the units listed may not be correct. Please let me know of any contradicting information, the commanders of any units, and also the size of any formations and their casualties, pegasusarchive@googlemail.com.
Corps HQ
Commander : Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
Guards Armoured Division
Divisional HQ
Commander : Major-General Allan H. S. Adair
Irish Guards Group
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel J. O. E. Vandeleur
2nd Armoured Bn The Irish Guards
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Vandeleur
3rd Infantry Bn The Irish Guards
5th Guards Armoured Brigade
Commander : Brigadier N. W. Gwatkin
1st Armoured Bn The Coldstream Guards
1st Motorised Bn The Grenadier Guards
2nd Armoured Bn The Grenadier Guards
2nd Bn The Household Cavalry Regiment
32nd Guards Brigade
Commander : Brigadier G. F. Johnson
5th Bn The Coldstream Guards
1st Bn The Welsh Guards
'X' Company, 4th Bn The Scots Guards
Divisional Units
2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Bn The Welsh Guards
1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Northumberland Fusiliers)
55th Field Regiment (RA)
153rd Field Regiment (RA)
21st Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)
14th Field Squadron (RE)
615th Field Squadron (RE)
148th Field Park Squadron (RE)
11th Bridging Troop
310th Armoured Brigade Coy (RASC)
224th Infantry Brigade Coy (RASC)
535th Infantry Brigade Coy (RASC)
5th Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop (REME)
32nd Guards Brigade Workshop (REME)
19th Field Ambulance (RAMC)
128th Field Ambulance (RAMC)
8th Guards Field Dressing Station
60th Field Hygiene Section
43rd (Wessex) Division
Divisional HQ
Commander : Major-General G. Ivor Thomas
129th Infantry Brigade
Commander : Brigadier G. H. L. Mole
4th Bn The Somerset Light Infantry
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel C. G. Lipscomb
4th Bn The Wiltshire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel E. L. Luce
5th Bn The Wiltshire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Roberts
130th Infantry Brigade
Commander : Brigadier B. B. Walton
4th Bn The Dorsetshire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel G. Tilley
5th Bn The Dorsetshire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel B. A. Coad
7th Bn The Hampshire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel D. E. B. Talbot
214th Infantry Brigade
Commander : Brigadier H. Essame
5th Bn The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel G. Taylor
7th Bn The Somerset Light Infantry
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel C. Brooke-Smith
1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Osborne-Smith
Divisional Units
8th (Machine Gun) Bn The Middlesex Regiment
43rd Reconnaissance Regiment (RAC)
94th Field Regiment (RA)
112nd Field Regiment (RA)
179th Field Regiment (RA)
59th Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)
204th Field Company (RE)
260th Field Company (RE)
553rd Field Company (RE)
207 Field Park Company (RE)
13th Bridging Platoon (RE)
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Divisional HQ
Commander : Major-General D. A. H. Graham
69th Brigade
Commander : Brigadier F. Y. C. Knox
5th Bn The East Yorkshire Regiment
6th Bn The Green Howards
7th Bn The Green Howards
151st Brigade
Commander : Brigadier D. S. Gordon
6th Bn The Durham Light Infantry
8th Bn The Durham Light Infantry
9th Bn The Durham Light Infantry
231st Brigade
Commander : Sir A. G. B. Stanier-Bart
2nd Bn The Devonshire Regiment
1st Bn The Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Bn The Hampshire Regiment
Divisional Units
2nd (Machine Gun) Bn The Cheshire Regiment
61st Reconnaissance Regiment (RAC)
74th Field Regiment (RA)
90th Field Regiment (RA)
124th Field Regiment (RA)
102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)
233rd Field Company (RE)
295th Field Company (RE)
505th Field Company (RE)
235th Field Park Company (RE)
15th Bridging Platoon (RE)
8th Independent Armoured Brigade Group
Brigade HQ
Commander : Brigadier E. G. Prior-Palmer DSO
4th/7th Dragoon Guards
13th/18th Hussars
The Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry
12th Bn The King's Royal Rifle Corps
147 (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment (RA)
168 (City of London) Light Field Ambulance (RAMC)
552 Coy (RASC)
8th Armoured Brigade Workshops (REME)
265 Forward Delivery Squadron
8th Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park
157th Infantry Brigade Group
This Brigade was the sea-echelon for the 52nd (Lowland) Division and was under the command of XXX Corps on the 17th September 1944.
Brigade HQ
Commander : Brigadier J. D. Russell
6th Bn The Highland Light Infantry
52nd Reconnaissance Regiment (RAC)
79th Field Regiment (RA)
304th Battery, 54th Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
354th Battery, 108 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)
243rd Field Park Company (RE)
17th Bridging Platoon (RE)
Royal Netherlands "Princess Irene" Brigade
Brigade HQ
Commander : Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck
