Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944
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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.
British 8th Army
- C-in-C: General Sir Harold Alexander
- Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir John Harding
Commander:
- Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
New Zealand Corps
- Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 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
- 5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier D. R. E. R. Bateman)
- British 78th Infantry Division (from 17 February[1]) (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)
- 11th British Infantry Brigade
- Corps troops
- 2nd Army Group, RA (under command)[2]
- 166th (Newfoundland) Field Artillery Regiment[3]
- Two additional Field Regiments, RA
- Five Medium Regiments, RA
- 2nd New Zealand Division (Major-General Howard Kippenberger)