This is the complete order of battle of Allied and German forces involved during Operation Market Garden.
Allied forces US General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) and in that capacity was ultimately responsible for the planning and execution of the whole operation. British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder was his deputy, while Major General Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff.
British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery was in charge of the 21st Army Group which included all the ground forces in the operation. Montgomery was also the chief advocate for Market Garden having been directed by SHAEF ‘to plan and direct the employment of the entire Airborne force’.
First Allied Airborne Army Commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton, USAAF
British I Airborne Corps Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army
1st Airborne Division, Major-General Roy Urquhart 1st Parachute Brigade, Brigadier Gerald Lathbury 1st Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Dobie 2nd Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost 3rd Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel John A.C. Fitch 4th Parachute Brigade, Brigadier John W. Hackett 10th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth B.I. Smyth 11th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Lea 156th Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de Bacquencourt Des Voeux (KIA September 1944) 1st Airlanding Brigade, Brigadier Philip Hicks 1st Battalion Border Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Haddon 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel W. Derek H. McCardie 7th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Payton-Reid 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron, Major Charles Frederick Gough 21st Independent Parachute Company (Pathfinders), Major Bernard Wilson 1st Airborne Divisional Signals, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G.V. Stephenson 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, Captain William B. Gray 89th (Parachute) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps, Captain John Killick Royal Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. Loder-Symonds 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel William F.K. Thompson 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major William F. Arnold 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Major A.F. Haynes 1st Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, Major Denys R. Wight-Boycott Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.W. Myers 1st Parachute Field Squadron, Major Douglas C. Murray then Captain Eric Mackay 4th Parachute Field Squadron, Major Aeneas Perkins 9th Airborne Field Company, Major John C. Winchester 261st (Airborne) Field Park Company, Lieutenant William H. Skinner Royal Army Service Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel M. St. John Packe 250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Major D.G. Clarke Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Mobbs 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, Major Cecil Cyril Chidgey Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Major Jack Carrick Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel Graeme M. Warrack 16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel E. Townsend 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Alford 163rd Field Ambulance, Lieutenant-Colonel Martin E.M. Herford 181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur T. Marrable Glider Pilot Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel George Chatterton No.1 Wing, Lieutenant-Colonel Iain Murray No.2 Wing, Lieutenant-Colonel John Place
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, Brigadier-General Stanisław Sosabowski (arrived September 21st) 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Tonn 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel W. Ploszewski 3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion, Major W. Sobocinski Light Artillery Battery, Major J. Bielecki Anti-Tank Battery, Capt. J. K. Wardzala Engineers Company, Captain B.B. Budziszewski Medical Company, Lieutenant J. Moździerz Signals Company, Lieutenant-Colonel. W. D. Tucker
82nd Airborne Division, Brigadier General James M. Gavin 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Reuben H. Tucker 1st Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Berry 2nd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Wellems 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Cook 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel William E. Ekman 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, Major Talton Long 2nd Battalion, 505th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort 3rd Battalion, 505th PIR, Major James, Lieutenant Colonel Ed Krause 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Colonel Roy E. Lindquist 1st Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Shields Warren 2nd Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Shanley, Major Otho Holmes 3rd Battalion, 508th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Louis G. Mendez Jr. 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles Billingslea (arrived September 23rd) 1st Battalion, 325th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel R. Klemm Boyd, Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Sanford 2nd Battalion, 325th GIR, Major Charles T. Major 2nd Battalion, 401st GIR, Major Osmund A. Leahy Divisional Artillery, Colonel Francis A. March 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel J. Carter Todd 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wright 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur Griffith 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Wagner d’Allessio 80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Singleton 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Bedell 307th Airborne Medical Company, Major Jerry J. Belden 82nd Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel J. Mohrmann 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment 782nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company
101st Airborne Division, Major General Maxwell D. Taylor 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Howard R. Johnson 1st Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Harry W.O. Kinnard 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Ballard 3rd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Ewell 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Michaelis 1st Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Steven A. Chapuis, Lieutenant Colonel Elbridge Chapman 3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole (KIA September 18th) 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Robert F. Sink 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harwick, James L. LaPrade 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strayer 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver M. Horton, Lloyd E. Patch 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Joseph H. Harper 1st Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Hartford T. Sallee 2nd Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Roy C. Allen Divisional Artillery, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Carmichael 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Elkins 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Nelson 81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel X.B. Cox, Jr. 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Mozley or John Pappas 326th Airborne Medical Company, Major William E. Barfield 101st Airborne Signal Company, Lieutenant Colonel Sidney S. Davis 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment 801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company, Lieutenant Colonel Roger W. Parkinson 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company, Major Charles J. Rich
21st Army Group Commanded by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
British Second Army Commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
VIII Corps Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
11th Armoured Division, Major-General G. P. B. Roberts 29th Armored Brigade, Brigadier C. B. C. Harvey 23rd Hussars 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel A.W. Brown (KIA 25 September 1944) 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 159th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier J. B. Chucher 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Gerald Orr (KIA 25 September 1944) 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Max Robinson 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars 2nd Company, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Artillery 13th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 151st Field Regiment 75th Anti-Tank Regiment 58th Light AA Regiment Royal Engineers 13th Field Squadron 612th Field Squadron 10th Bridging Troop 147th Field Park Squadron Royal Army Service Corps 29th Armoured Brigade Company 159th Infantry Brigade Company Divisional Transport Company Royal Army Ordnance Corps Ordnance Field Park Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 29th Armoured Brigade Workshop 159th Infantry Brigade Workshop Royal Army Medical Corps 18th Light Field Ambulance 179th Light Field Ambulance 7th Field Dressing Station Field Hygiene Section Divisional Signals Divisional Provost Company Divisional Troops Company 270th Forward Delivery Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps
3rd Infantry Division, Major-General L. G. Whistler 8th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier E. E. Cass 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 9th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier G. D. Browne 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 185th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Eric Bols 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Recce Regiment, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Royal Artillery 131st Field Regiment 181st Field Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel R.B.W. Bethell, DSO 190th Field Regiment 97th Anti-Tank Regiment 119th Light AA Regiment Royal Engineers 246th Field Company 253rd Field Company 17th Field Company 2nd Bridging Platoon 15th Field Park Company Royal Army Service Corps 23rd Field Company 47th Field Company 48th Field Company Royal Army Ordnance Corps 3rd Ordnance Field Park Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 8th Infantry Brigade Workshop 9th Infantry Brigade Workshop 185th Infantry Brigade Workshop Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance 9th Field Ambulance 223rd Field Ambulance 10th Field Dressing Station 11th Field Dressing Station 3rd Divisional Provost Company 172nd Divisional Company 3rd Divisional Signals
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker (not committed to the fighting, did not arrive in area until 21 September 1944) 4th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier R. M. P. Carver 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry 44th Royal Tank Regiment 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Artillery Royal Scots Greys 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, RA 5th Field Company, RASC 4th Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park, RAOC 4th Armoured Brigade Workshop, REME 14th Light Field Ambulance, RAMC 271st Forward Delivery Squadron, RAC
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Piron 1st Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major Wintergroen 2nd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major R. Waterloos 3rd Belgian Independent Motorised Fighting Group, Major L. Nowe 1st Belgian Armoured Car Squadron, Major B.E.M. de Solliers de Moranville