D-DAY - UNITS XXX Corps (Gold Beach)
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2nd British Army: Lieutenant General Sir Miles C. Dempsey | ||||||||||||
XXX Corps - Gold Beach: Lieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall | ||||||||||||
7th Armoured Division: Major General George Watkin Eben James Erskine | ||||||||||||
49th (West Riding) Division: Major General Evelyn W. Baker | ||||||||||||
50th British Division: Major General Douglas Alexander Henry Graham | ||||||||||||
69th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier Fergus Y. C. Knox | ||||||||||||
151st Infantry Brigade: Brigadier Ronald H. Senior (WIA 6 June 44) | ||||||||||||
231st Infantry Brigade: Brigadier A. G. B. Stanier Bart | ||||||||||||
8th Armoured Brigade: Brigadier Bernard Cracroft | ||||||||||||
Divisional Artillery: Brigadier C. H. Norton | ||||||||||||
Divisional Engineer: Lt. Colonel R. Willott | ||||||||||||
Divisional Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineer: Lt. Colonel E. H. Rundle | ||||||||||||
Divisional Royal Army Service Corps: Lt. Colonel G. W. Fenton | ||||||||||||
104th Beach Sub-Area: | ||||||||||||
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando: Lt. Colonel Cecil F. Philiips | ||||||||||||