# Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle January 1944

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The Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle for January 1944, is a listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in January 1944, during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte Cassino.

## Allied Armies in Italy

C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding

### US Fifth Army

Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark

#### British X Corps (left)

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery
    British 5th Infantry Division
    Major-General Gerald Bucknall to 22 Jan, then
    Major-General P. G. S. Gregson-Ellis
       13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier L. M. Campbell)
          2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
          2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
          2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
       15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier E. O. Martin until 22 January then Brigadier John Yeldham Whitfield)
          1st Battalion, Green Howards
          1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
          1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
       17th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Dudley Ward)
          2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
          2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
          6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
       201st Guards Brigade (under command) (Brigadier R. B. R. Colvin)
          6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
          3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
          2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
       Divisional troops
          91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          102nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          18th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
          215th (Gosport & Fareham) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
          5th Reconnaissance Regiment
          50th Royal Tank Regiment (One squadron attached from Corps troops)
          7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)
          245th, 252nd and 38th Field companies, Royal Engineers
          254th Field Park Company, RE
          18th Bridge Platoon, RE
    British 46th Infantry Division
    Major-General John Hawkesworth
       128th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Manley Angell James)
          2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
          1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
          5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
       138th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier G. P. Harding)
          6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
          2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
          6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
       139th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R. E. H. Stott)
          2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
          5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
          16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
       Divisional troops
          70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          172nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          58th (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          115th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
          215th Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
          46th Reconnaissance Regiment
          2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine gun)
          270th, 271st and 272nd Field companies, Royal Engineers
          273rd Field Park Company, RE
          201st Bridge Platoon, RE
          40th Royal Tank Regiment (attached from Corps troops)
    British 56th Infantry Division
    Major-General Gerald Templer
       167th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier C. E. A. Firth until 29 January then Brigadier J. Scott-Elliott)
          8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
          9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
          7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
       168th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier K. C. Davidson)
          10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
          1st Battalion, London Scottish
          1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles
       169th (London) Infantry Brigade (Brigadier L. O. Lyne)
          2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
          2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
          2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
       Divisional troops
          64th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          113th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
          100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
          214th (Southsea) Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
          44th Reconnaissance Regiment
          6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine gun)
          220th and 221st Field Companies, Royal Engineers
          501st (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers
          563rd Field Park Company, RE
          40th Royal Tank Regiment (One squadron attached from Corps troops
    Corps troops
       British 23rd Armoured Brigade (Brigadier Robert Arkwright)
          40th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)
          50th Royal Tank Regiment (less detachments)
          11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
       2nd Special Service Brigade (Brigadier T. D. L. Churchill)
          No. 9 Commando
          No. 10 (Inter Allied) Commando
          No. 40 (Royal Marine) Commando
          No. 43 (Royal Marine) Commando (less detachments)
       2nd Army Group Royal Artillery (under command)
          78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
          69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          74th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          140th (5th London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
          56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
          146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

#### US II Corps (centre)

Major-General Geoffrey Keyes
    US 1st Armored Division
    Major General Ernest N. Harmon
       Armor
          1st Armored Regiment
          13th Armored Regiment
       Infantry
          6th Armored Infantry Regiment
       Artillery
          27th, 68th and 91st Armored Field Artillery Battalions
       Divisional troops
          16th Engineer Battalion
          81st Reconnaissance Squadron
          601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (Self Propelled) (Attached)
    US 34th Infantry Division
    Major General Charles W. Ryder)
       Infantry
          133rd Infantry Regiment
          135th Infantry Regiment
          168th Infantry Regiment
       Artillery
          125th, 151st and 175th Field Artillery Battalions (105mm)
          185th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
       Divisional troops
          109th Engineer Battalion
    US 36th Infantry Division
    Major General Fred L. Walker
       Infantry
          141st Infantry Regiment
          142nd Infantry Regiment
          143rd Infantry Regiment
             CMoH recipient: Sgt. Thomas E. McCall
       Artillery
          131st, 132nd and 133rd (105 mm) Artillery Battalions
          155th (155 mm) Artillery Battalion
       Divisional troops
          111th Engineer Battalion
    1st Special Service Force (Brigadier-General Robert T. Frederick)
       3 Regiments of two battalions. Each battalion two companies.
       1 battery airborne artillery
    I Motorized Grouping (Brigadier-General Vincenzo Dapino)
       67th Infantry Regiment
       51st Bersaglieri Battalion
       11th Artillery Regiment
       5th Anti-tank Regiment
       One engineer battalion

#### French Expeditionary Corps (right)

General Alphonse Juin
    3rd Algerian Infantry Division
    Major-General Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
       3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       4th Group of Tabors (3 tabors)
       Divisional troops
          67th African Artillery Regiment
          83rd Engineer Battalion
          3rd Algerian Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment
    2nd Moroccan Infantry Division
    Brigadier-General André M. Dody
       4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       5th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       8th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (3 battalions)
       3rd Group of Tabors (3 tabors)
       Divisional troops
          63rd African Artillery Regiment
          87th Engineer Battalion
          3rd Moroccan Spahis Reconnaissance Regiment

#### Fifth Army Reserve

    US 45th Infantry "Thunderbird" Division
    Major General 'William W. Eagles
       The 45th was sent to [Salerno] under Major General Troy H. Middleton. MG Wm. Eagles assumed command of the 45th in November '43, and led the 45th in the fighting into the mountains north of Cassino, until January 9th, 1944 until being sent to a rest area. They would then be sent to land at Anzio on January 22nd, 1944.

## German Army Group C

Commander:
    Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

### German Tenth Army

    Commander: General (Generaloberst) Heinrich von Vietinghoff

#### XIV Panzer Corps

    Lieutenant-General (General der Panzertruppe) Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
       5th Mountain Division (until 17 January) (Lieutenant General (General der Gebirgstruppe) Julius Ringel)
          85th Mountain Regiment
             3 battalions
          100th Mountain Regiment
             3 battalions
          Divisional troops
             95th Reconnaissance battalion
             95th Mountain Artillery battalion
             95th Anti-tank battalion
             95th Mountain Engineer battalion
       15th Panzer Grenadier Division (Major General (Generalleutnant) Eberhard Rodt)
          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
       44th Reichsgrenadier 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
       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
       71st Infantry Division (from 17 January) (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
             171st Engineer battalion
       3rd Panzergrenadier Division (relieved 5th Mountain Division on 17 January) (Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppen) Fritz-Hubert Gräser)
          8th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
             3 battalions

### Army Reserve

       Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1

#### German I Parachute Corps

    Under Kesselring's direct command)
    Lieutenant-General Alfred Schlemm
       29th Panzergrenadier Division
          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
       90th Panzergrenadier Division
          155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
             3 battalions
          200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
             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