Formed:
January 1942
Linage:
4th Canadian Infantry Division
Service Record:
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Operations and Campaigns:
Normandy Campaign
Operation Totalize
Operation Tractable
Operation Plunder
Unit Structure 1942 to 1945:
Divisional Staff:
Commanders:
Major General L.F. Page
Major General F.F. Worthington
Major General F.F. George Kitching
Major General H.W. Foster
Major General C. Vokes
Brigades:
3rd Canadian Armoured Brigade (5th February 1942 to 11th January 1943)
Commanders:
Brigadier J.B. Stevenson (5th February 1942)
Brigadier A.M. Thomas (18th February 1942)
Units:
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
3rd Canadian Army Tank Brigade
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade
Commanders:
Brigadier J.D.B. Smith (6th May 1943)
Brigadier E. L. Booth (23rd February 1944)
Brigadier R.W. Moncel (14th August 1944)
Units:
21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards)
22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)
28th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Regiment)
The Lake Superior Regiment (Motorised)
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade (11th January 1943)
Commanders:
Brigadier J.B. Stevenson (10th February 1941)
Brigadier G.S.N. Gostling (6th May 1943)
Brigadier N.E. Rodger (6th November 1943)
Brigadier J.C. Jefferson (27th February 1944)
Lieutenant Colonel J.D. Stewart (30th August 1944)
Units:
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
The Algonquin Regiment
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
10 Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)
Divisional Troops:
Armoured Divisional Signals: (Royal Canadian Signals)
4th Canadian Divisional Signals
Royal Canadian Artillery:
15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
23rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
5th Anti-tank Regiment
8th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Canadian Armoured Corps
Royal Canadian Engineers:
8th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
9th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
Reconnaissance:
29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment)
