5th
Canadian Armoured Division: The U.K., 1942 Major Unit Serial and Arm of Service Markings |
Two armoured brigades and one divisional support group structure.
Headquarters – 5th Canadian Armoured Division | |
1st Armoured Car Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons) |
1st Armoured Brigade
Headquarters – 1st Armoured Brigade | |
2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) | |
6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) | |
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse) | |
The Westminster Regiment (Motor) |
2nd Armoured Brigade
Headquarters – 1st Armoured Brigade | |
3rd
Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards) |
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5th
Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars) |
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9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons) | |
The Perth Regiment (Motor) |
5th Canadian Armoured Division Support Group
Headquarters – 5th
Canadian Armoured Division Support Group |
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Cape Breton Highlanders |
17th Field Regiment | |
4th Anti-Tank Regiment |
Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
1st Field Squadron | |
4th Field Park Squadron | |
10th Field Squadron |
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
5th Armoured Divisional Signals |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Headquarters – Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | |
1st Armoured Brigade Company | |
2nd Armoured Brigade Company | |
16th Company – 5th Armoured Division Support Group |
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
No. 7 Light Field Ambulance | |
No. 13 Light Field Ambulance | |
No. 24 Light Field Ambulance |
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
1st Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company | |
53 LAD (Attached to the Lord Strathcona's Horse) | |
54 LAD (Attached to the 1st Hussars) | |
55 LAD (Attached to the Fort Garry Horse) |
2nd Armoured Brigade
2nd Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company | |
56 LAD (Attached to the Governor General's Horse Guards) | |
70 LAD (Attached to the
8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars) |
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71 LAD (Attached to the British Columbia Dragoons) |
Note: LADs assumed the unit serial numbers of the armoured regiments to which they were assigned, but retained the arm of service background colours for their corps.
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