Divisional HQ and Defence Platoon
Commander: Major-General Hopkinson
GSO-1 (Operations) : Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. K. Goldsmith
GSO-1 (Air) : Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Campbell
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General : Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Goschen
Assistant Director Medical Service : Colonel A. A. Eagger
Assistant Director Ordnance Services : Lieutenant-Colonel G. M. Loring
Commander Royal Artillery : Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Crawfurd
Commander Royal Engineers : Lieutenant-Colonel M. C. A. Henniker
Commander Royal Signals : Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Moberley
Commander Royal Army Service Corps : Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. Jefferies
Commander Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers : Lieutenant-Colonel R. T. L. Shorrick
1st Parachute Brigade
Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon
Commander : Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
Brigade Major : Major David Hunter
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General : Major C. D. Byng-Maddicks
Signals Officer : Captain G. Rowland
Second-in-Command : Lieutenant L. Golden
1st Parachute Battalion
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Pearson
Second-in-Command : Major Peter Cleasby-Thompson
Adjutant : Captain J. A. Jessop
Intelligence Officer : Lieutenant J. J. MacFadden
Quartermaster : Lieutenant T. Brown
Medical Officer : Captain M. H. K. Haggie
Regimental Medical Officer : Captain M. Haggie
2nd Parachute Battalion
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost
Second-in-Command : Major J. H. S. Lane
Adjutant : Captain Victor Dover
Intelligence Officer : Lieutenant Francis Hoyer-Millar
Medical Officer : Captain R. Gordon
Chaplain : Captain / Reverend Bernard Egan
Headquarters Company
Commander : Major K. Mountford
Quartermaster : Lieutenant J. T. Parker
Regimental Signals Officer : 2/Lieutenant J. G. Blunt
2/Lieutenant G. F. W. Ellum
A Company
Commander : Major Richard Lonsdale
Second in Command : Captain J. D. Brayley
No.1 Platoon : Lieutenant Tony Frank
No.2 Platoon : Lieutenant A. Roberts
No.3 Platoon : Lieutenant R. B. Woods
B Company
Commander : Major John Fitch
Second in Commander : Captain Doug Crawley
No.4 Platoon : Lieutenant Peter Cane
No.5 Platoon : Lieutenant W. E. Tite
No.6 Platoon : Lieutenant D. J. Pye
Spare Officer : Lieutenant D. N. Grove
C Company
Commander : Major J. G. Ross
Second-in-Command : Captain F. E. Kite
No.7 Platoon : Lieutenant M. K. Dunkeld
No.8 Platoon : Lieutenant M. P. H. Barry
No.9 Platoon : Lieutenant J. C. Horner
Support Company
Commander : Captain Stanley Charles Panter
3rd Parachute Battalion
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Yeldman
Second-in-Command : Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Young
Adjutant : Captain R. M. D. Thesiger
Quartermaster : Lieutenant S. W. Burnard
Signals Officer : Lieutenant J. I. Pryce
Transport Officer : Lieutenant H. D. Burwash
Regimental Medical Officer : Captain John Rutherford
Regimental Sergeant Major : RSM John Lord
B Company
Commander : Major David Dobie
? Platoon : Lieutenant Richard Dorrien-Smith
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA
Commander : Major W. F. Arnold
Second-in-Command : Captain N. McLeod
A Troop
Commander : Lieutenant Hogan
B Troop
Commander : Lieutenant Tansley
2/Lieutenant Edward Eric Clapham
1st Parachute Squadron, RE
Commander : Major D. C. Murray
Captain T. J. Livesey
Captain T. C. Brockington
Lieutenant C. E. P. Sankey
Lieutenant C. G. Cox
Lieutenant A. E. Houghton
Lieutenant P. T. Stainforth
Lieutenant G. C. Buchanan
Lieutenant A. H. Scott-Fleming
Squadron Sergeant Major : CSM J.Bannerman
Strength on Fustian : 76
16 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Percival Ross Wheatley
No.3 Section : Captain J. H. Keesey
No.4 Section : Captain A. Percival
Captain R.Wright (Attached R Company, 1 Parachute Battalion)
HQ Sticks including a Surgical Team in each
Captain Derek Hughes Ridler (Army Dental Corps)
Captain Alexander Lipman-Kessel (Surgeon)
Major C. J. Longland (Surgeon)
Padre : Captain/Reverend R.T. Watkins
Regimental Sergeant Major : RSM E. W. Brock
Strength on Fustian : 118
2nd Parachute Brigade
Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon
Commander : Brigadier Eric Down
Deputy Commander : Colonel C. H. V. Pritchard
Brigade Major : Major H. E. N. Bredin
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General : Major R. H. Preston
Intelligence Officer : Captain J. Hibbert
Staff Captain : Captain J. H. Davies
Brigade Royal Army Service Corps Officer : Captain J. Naylor
Medical Officer : Captain R. Palmer
Chaplain : Captain / Reverend C. Bankes
Chaplain : Captain / Reverend E. Downing
Chaplain : Captain / Reverend J. Robertson
4th Parachute Battalion
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Dene
Second-in-Command : Major S. H. B. Blaikie
Adjutant : Lieutenant C. P. Heygate
Quartermaster : Lieutenant G. A. Wright
A Company
Commander : Major R. E. Calvert
B Company
Commander : Major W. F. J. Gartell
C Company
5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mackenzie
6th Parachute Battalion
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel J. Goodwin
2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA
Commander : Major H. Wilson
2nd Parachute Squadron, RE
Commander : Major C. D. H. Vernon
127th Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel M. J. Kohane
4th Parachute Brigade
Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon
Commander : Brigadier John Hackett
156 Parachute Battalion
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de B. des Voeux
10th Parachute Battalion
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Ken Smyth
11th Parachute Battalion
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Micky Thomas
4th Parachute Squadron, RE
Commander : Major A. J. Hardiman
133 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Alford
1st Airlanding Brigade
Brigade HQ and Defence Platoon
Commander : Brigadier Philip Hicks
Deputy Commander : Colonel Osmond Luxmoore Jones
Brigade Major : Major C. M. B. Howard
Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General : Major R. Tompkins
GSO III : Captain D. H. Robson
Intelligence Officer : Captain H. B. Ingram
Staff Captain : Captain W. E. Balmer
Transport Officer : Captain B. W. Briggs
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Officer : Captain A. Bury
Liaison Officer : Lieutenant E. A. Moy-Thomas
Liaison Officer : Lieutenant D. G. Longden
Chaplain : Captain / Reverend D. F.
Hourigan
Forward Observation Officer : Captain C. McNaught
Forward Observation Officer : Captain J. W. Tate
Defence Platoon : Lieutenant Gordon Welch
Strength on Husky: 57
1st Battalion The Border Regiment
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel George Britten MBE
Second In Command : Major Tommy Haddon
Adjutant : Captain N. A. H. Stafford
Intelligence Officer : Lieutenant Ronald C. Hope-Jones
Liaison Officer : Lieutenant Barry B. Ingram
Acting/Liaison Officer : 2/Lieutenant Ronald R. Jack
Quartermaster : Lieutenant H. S. Barnes
Motor Transport Officer : Captain C. R. W. Scruby
Acting/Motor Transport Officer : Lieutenant J. Horsley
Medical Officer : Captain Godfrey G. Black
Padre : Capt/Rev. John Rowell
Headquarters Company
Signals Officer : Lieutenant Joe Hardy
Recce Platoon : Captain Geoffrey Costeloe
No.2 Section : Lieutenant William G. Budgen
No.? Section : Lieutenant J. C. Law
A Company
Commander : Major John D. Gibbon
Second-in-Command : Captain William K. Hodgson
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant John M. Bainbridge
Platoon Commander : 2/Lieutenant J. Anthony Howe
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Robert H. Coulston
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Baldwin Wilson
B Company
Commander : Captain T. W. Armstrong
Second-in-Command : Captain W. Neill
No.11 Platoon : Lieutenant Grant Louden
No.12 Platoon : 2/Lieutenant Arthur R. Royall
No.13 Platoon : Lieutenant John S. G. McCartney
No.14 Platoon : Lieutenant W. Pat Scott
C Company
Commander : Major Freddie W. Finerton
Second-in-Command : Captain T. E. Montgomery
No.15 Platoon : 2/Lieutenant Alan T. Green
No.17 Platoon : 2/Lieutenant Robert C. Crittenden
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Arthur W. Springbett
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Mike R. Holman
D Company
Commander : Major H. Stuart Cousens
Second-in-Command : Captain Ernie W. R. Gaff
No.21 Platoon : 2/Lieutenant W.C. Sainty
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Joe Tate
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Philip J. Wyatt
Support Company
Commander : Major T. P. H. Du Boulay
Second-in-Command : Captain Richard H. Stewart
Mortar Platoon : Lieutenant George B. Coulthard
1st Anti-Tank Platoon : Lieutenant Robert M. A. Reese
2nd Anti-Tank Platoon : Lieutenant Edward S. Newport
Medium Machine Gun Platoon : Lieutenant Colin M. Douglas
R Company
Commander : Major W. Howard Wilkie
Captain T. W. Ingram Cleasby
Captain Dennis R. L. Morrisey (Rear Party for 'ops')
Captain Bob Stockwell (Commander : Training Coy)
Others
Lieutenant J. H. Rees
Lieutenant J. Mears
2/Lieutenant J. MacFadyen
2/Lieutenant Pat Baillie
2/Lieutenant Alan H. Cox
Strength on Husky: 819
2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion Headquarters
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Derek McCardie
Second-in-Command : Major M.W. Brennan
Adjutant : Captain E. P. P. Connellan
Intelligence Officer : Lieutenant G. R. Roberts
Liaison Officer : Lieutenant P. B. Warneford
Signals Officer : Lieutenant D. R. Ashburnham
Pioneer Officer : Lieutenant D.A.S.Parker
Loading Officer : Lieutenant C. J. Austin
Medical Officer : Captain Joseph Esmond Miller
Chaplain : Capt/Rev. A. A. Buchanan
Regimental Sergeant Major : RSM R. P. O'Brien
A Company
Commander : Major T. B. Lane
Second-in-Command : Captain J. B. McCooke
Company Sergeant Major : CSM R. Woolhouse
No.7 Platoon : Lieutenant R. A. Barrett
No.8 Platoon : Sergeant V. Williams
No.9 Platoon : Lieutenant R. G. Williams
No.10 Platoon : Lieutenant A. R. Clowes
B Company
Commander : Major Robert Cane
Second-in-Command : Captain Reginald Sydney Foot
Company Sergeant Major : CSM A. Probert
No.11 Platoon : Lieutenant George Willie James Goodman
No.12 Platoon : Lieutenant Ernest Deuchar
No.13 Platoon : Lieutenant T. F. Anderson
No.14 Platoon : Lieutenant J. F. K. Chapman
C Company
Commander : Major E. G. Ballinger
Second-in-Command : Captain E. M. Wyss
Company Sergeant Major : CSM L. Knight
No.15 Platoon : Lieutenant Lennard Withers
No.16 Platoon : Lieutenant R. S. Robey
No.17 Platoon : Lieutenant H. D. Scott
No.18 Platoon : Lieutenant John Badger
D Company
Commander : Major J. E. Phillp
Second-in-Command : Captain P. R. T. Wright
Company Sergeant Major : CSM R. Heapey
No.19 Platoon : Lieutenant E. F. Walters
No.20 Platoon : Lieutenant H. M. Brown
No.21 Platoon : Lieutenant Eric John Davies
No.22 Platoon : Lieutenant E. W. Broadbridge
E Company (composite company formed from H Company and Reconnaissance Platoon)
Commander : Major J. A. Neilson
Second-in-Command : Captain P. A. Davis
Company Sergeant Major : CSM J. Edmondson
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant N. E. Pollard
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant W. C. Dorrinton
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant G. W. Glassborow
H Company (reorganised as two 6-pounder anti-tank gun detachments)
Commander : Lieutenant A. G. Gotto
S Company
Commander : Major R. L. Hargroves
Mortar Officer : Lieutenant A. H. Willcocks
Simforce (composite force to allow the deployment of additional troops when more gliders became available)
Commander : Captain J. M. Simonds
Company Sergeant Major : CSM D. R. Slater
Platoon Commander : Lieutenant Jack Reynolds
Strength on Husky: 731
181 Airlanding Field Ambulance, RAMC
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel Graeme Warrack
Regimental Sergeant Major : RSM L. H. Bryson
No.1 Section : Captain H. G. Greaves (Attached to 1st Border for "Husky")
No.2 Section : Captain Brian Brownscombe (Attached to 2nd South Staffs for "Husky")
No.4 Section : Captain S. Frazer
No.5 Section : Captain J. Graham-Jones
No.1 Surgical Team : Captain Guy Rigby-Jones
Strength on Husky: 76
9th Field Company, RE
Commander : Major Basil Beasley
Second-in-Command : Captain R. McNeile
Company Sergeant Major : CSM C. H. Cousins
No.1 Platoon : Captain Roger Binyon
Second-in-Command : Lieutenant George Brown
No.2 Platoon : Captain Duncan Williams
Second-in-Command : Lieutenant Jimmy Steel
No.3 Platoon : Captain John Holmes
Second-in-Command : Lieutenant Eric O'Callaghan
Strength on Husky: 82
Divisional Units
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. McLeod
Second-in-Command : Major W. F. K. "Sheriff" Thompson
1st (Roughriders) Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
Commander : Major The Lord Hardwick
1st Airborne Divisional Signals
Strength on Husky: 8
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Commander : Major Freddie Gough
21st Independent Parachute Company
Commander : Major John Lander
261st (Airborne) Field Park Company, RE
Commander : Major J. N. Chivers
93rd (Airborne) Composite Company, RASC
Commander : Major F. A. Lovegrove
250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, RASC
Commander : Major Michael Packe
253rd (Airborne) Composite Company, RASC
1st (Airborne) Ordnance Field Park, RAOC
Commander : Captain Bill Chidgey
1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, REME
Commander : Major W.J. Carrick
1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, CMP
89th (Parachute) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps
Commander : Captain J. D. Dunbar
1st (Airborne) Divisional Postal Unit
Commander : Lieutenant J. C. Williams
Attached Units
1st Battalion The Glider Pilot Regiment
Commander : Lieutenant-Colonel George Chatterton
Strength on Husky: 302
