WWII
Canada Infantry Division

1941-43 Dieppe

List C17

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 5 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
    4 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 1(7 man) rifle PHQ sqd, 1x 2" mortar, 1 Boys, 3(10 man) rifle sqds, 3 LMG

    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      1 platoon: 4 or 6x 3" mortars, 4 or 6 Carriers, 1x Carrier PHQ
      1 platoon: 2 rifle/engineer sqds, 1 lorry
      1 platoon:
        PHQ: 1x Carrier, 1x Daimler S/C, 1 LMG
        4 sections@ 3x Carrier, 3 LMG, 1 Boys, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd

      1 platoon: 4x twin AALMG, 4 Boys, in 2 rifle crew sqds

Divisional Recce Battalion (Late 1941)

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 4 trucks, 3 LMG, 2 Boys
    1 AA Platoon: 4x twin AALMG, 4 Boys, 4 trucks
    1 Battery: 2x 3" mortars, 2 trucks, Assigned FC
    1 Anti-Tank Platoon: 8x Boys in trucks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 3 trucks
      3 platoons@
        PHQ: 1x Carrier, 1 LMG, 1 Boys, 1x 2", 1x Light Recce Car
        1 Section: 2x Light Recce Cars
        2 Sections@ 3x Carrier, 1x Boys, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd

      1 platoon: 4(8 man) rifle sqds, 4 trucks, 1 Boys, 4 LMG

Divisional Recce Battalion (April 1942-1943)

    Bttn HQ: 3 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 2 Boys, 3x Light Recce Car
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 3 trucks, 1 Light Recce Car
      3 platoons@
        PHQ: 1x Carrier, 1 LMG, 1 Boys, 1x 2", 1x Light Recce Car
        1 Section: 2x Light Recce Car OR 1x A/C, 1x Daimler S/C
        2 Sections@ 3x Carrier, 1x Boys, 3 LMG, 1x 2", 1 rifle sqd

      1 platoon: 4(9 man) rifle sqds, 4 trucks, 1 Boys, 4 LMG

    1 Mortar Battery: 4-6x 3" mortars, 5-7x Universal Carriers
    1 A/T Platoon: 4x 2pdr A/T guns, 4 trucks, 2 LMG
    1 AA Platoon: 4x twin AALMG on trucks, 4 Boys

14th Army Tank Battalion (July-August 1942, Dieppe)

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 2x Churchill III
    2 Squadrons@ SHQ: 2x Churchill III
    5 Troops@ 3x Churchill III
    1 Squadron:
      SHQ: 2x Churchill III
      2 Troops@ 3x Churchill III Bobbin (early prototype carpet layers)
      1 Troop: 3x Churchill II Oke (early prototype flamethrower tanks)

    1 Scout Troop:
      THQ: 1x Daimler Scout Car or Lynx Scout Car
      3 sections@ 3x Daimler or Lynx Scout Car

2. Brigade Support

    Infantry Brigade HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 Lorries with:
      1 Defence Platoon: 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 1x 2" mortar, 1 Boys

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

    3 Engineer Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 4(12 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 3 LMG

    1 Field Park Company:

      CHQ: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries
      1 Workshop Section: 4 rifle/engineer sqds, workshop lorries, cranes
      1 Stores Section: 3 rifle/engineer sqds, explosives, tools, etc
      1 Bridging Section: 5 rifle/engineer sqds, pontoon bridges, etc

    3 AA Batteries@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 Troops@ 4 or (1943+) 6x 40mm Bofors, 6 trucks

    4 Anti-Tank Batteries@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 Troops@ 4x 2pdr or 6pdr, 4 truck portees, 2 LMG

    3 Field Artillery Regiments@

      3 Artillery Batteries@
        BHQ: 1 radio van, 5 trucks, 4 rifle sqds, 2 Boys, 4 AALMG
        2 Troops@ 4x 25pdr, 5 trucks, radio van, 1 Boys, 2 AALMG, OP Team

    1 Machine Gun Battalion:

      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle squads, 4 trucks
      1 AA Platoon: 4x twin AALMG, 4 trucks

    4 MG Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4 Vickers MMG, 1 Boys A/T rifle, 1 LMG, 4 rifle crew squads

    1 MP Company: 6 Sections

4. Notes

a) Radios are in all CHQ and AFV. All artillery is Assigned FC up to July 1942. After that is Flexible FC, with OP teams in truck or Daimler S/C.
b) Infantry squads have No.74 or No.75 Hawkins A/T grenades. Boys A/T Rifle can be replaced with PIATs from June 1943.
c) The 2nd and 3rd Divisions each have 3<+-> infantry br<-->igades each of 3 battalions, and one divisional Recce Battalion.
d) Divisional A/T Batteries do not have 6pdr until July 1942, with other units receiving them later.
e) May replace Daimler S/C with Humber Light Recce Mk.II or III, Otter Mk.1
f) In 1942 25pdr can have AP. From May 1942 the 2pdr has APC, and APCBC from August 1942.
g) Armoured Car is Humber III, was planned to have been Daimler II or Humber IV, but none materialised. Light Recce Car is Beaverette II, or Humber Mk1 Ironsides from mid 1941 or Otter Mk.1. From 1942 can be Humber Light Recce Mk.II, III or IIIA, or Morris Light Recce Mk.I or Mk.II.
h) The 2nd Division has assigned the 14th Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Armoured Regiment) in July-August 1942 for the Dieppe raid.


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