Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino.
C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
British 8th Army
Commander:
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
New Zealand Corps
Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
*2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
**5th Infantry Brigade
***21st Infantry Battalion
***23rd Infantry Battalion
***28th (MÃÂori) Infantry Battalion
**6th Infantry Brigade
***24th Infantry Battalion
***25th Infantry Battalion
***26th Infantry Battalion
**4th Armoured Brigade
***18th Armoured Regiment
***19th Armoured Regiment
***20th Armoured Regiment
***22nd Motorised Battalion
**Divisional troops
***4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery
***14th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, NZA
***11th and 17th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
***66th and 80th Medium Regiments, RA
***6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
***5th Field Park Company, NZE
***2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment
*4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Francis Tuker until 4 February then Brigadier Harry Dimoline (due to illness))
**5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)
***1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment
***4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
***1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
**7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier O. de T. Lovett)
***1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
***4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment
***1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles
**11th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier V. C. Griffin)
***2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
***1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
***2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles
**Divisional troops
***1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery
***149th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
***27th Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
***Engineers
****4th Field Company, King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
****12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
****21st Field Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
****11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
****5th Indian Bridging Platoon
***Central India Horse (Reconnaissance Regiment)
***Machine gun Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
*British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February) (Major-General Charles Keightley)
**11th British Infantry Brigade
***2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
***1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
***5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
**36th British Infantry Brigade
***5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
***6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
***8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
**38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
***2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles
***1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
***6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
**Divisional troops
***17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA
***64th Anti-tank Regiment, RA
***49th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RA
***214th, 237th and 256th Field Company, Royal Engineers
***281st Field Park Company, RE
***21st Bridging Platoon, RE
***56th Reconnaissance Regiment
***1st Battalion, Kensington Regiment (MG)
*Corps troops
*2nd Army Group, RA (under command)
**166th (Newfoundland) Field Artillery Regiment
**Two additional Field Regiments, RA
**Five Medium Regiments, RA
Commander:
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Commander: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff
XIV Panzer Corps
Lieutenant-General Frido von Senger und Etterlin
* 15th Panzergrenadier Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Rudolf Sperl)
**104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**129th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***115th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
***115th Panzer battalion
***33rd Artillery battalion
***33rd Anti-tank battalion
***115th Engineer battalion
*29th Panzergrenadier Division (ordered to Anzio early Feb) Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Walter Fries)
**15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**71st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***129th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
***129th Panzer battalion
***29th Artillery Regiment
***29th Anti-tank battalion
***29th Engineer battalion
***171st Engineer battalion
* 44th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Friedrich Franek)
**131st Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**132nd Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**134th Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***44th Fusilier battalion
***96th Artillery Regiment
***46th Anti-tank battalion
***96th Engineer battalion
* 71st Infantry Division (elements at Anzio ordered back to Tenth Army on 8 February) (Major General (Generalleutnant) Wilhelm Raapke)
**191st Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**194th Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**211st Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***171st Fusilier battalion
***171st Artillery Regiment
***171st Anti-tank battalion
*90th Panzergrenadier Division (Major-General Ernst-Gunther Baade. Placed in charge of all troops in the Cassino position from 1 February.)
**155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr)
***3 battalions
**361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***190th Armoured Reconnaissance battalion
***190th Panzer battalion
***190th Artillery Regiment
***90th Anti-tank battalion
***90th Engineer battalion
***3rd battalion 3rd Parachute Regiment
***2nd battalion 1st Parachute Regiment
***Parachute Machine Gun Battalion
***4th Alpine Battalion
* 94th Infantry Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Bernhard Steinmetz)
**267th Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**274th Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**276th Infantry Regiment
***3 battalions
**Divisional troops
***94th Fusilier battalion
***194th Artillery Regiment
***194th Anti-tank battalion
***94th Engineer battalion
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