Formed:
June 1941
Linage:
1st Canadian Infantry Division
1st Canadian Armoured Division
Service Record:
Great Britain
North Africa
Italy
Holland
Germany
Operations and Campaigns:
Italian Campaign
Operation Olive
Operation Chesterfield
Operation Goldflake
Operation Delfzijl
Unit Structure 1941 to 1945:
Divisional Staff:
Commanders:
Major General E.W. Sansom (June 1941)
Major General C.R.S. Stein (January 1943)
Major General G.G. Simonds (October 1943)
Major General E.L.M. Burns (January 1944)
Major General B.M. Hoffmeister (March 1944)
1st Canadian Armoured Brigade: (5th June 1941 to 11th January 1943)
Commander:
Brigadier T.J Rutherford (15th March 1941)
Units:
10th Armoured Regiment
1st Westminster Regiment
5th Canadian Armoured Brigade: (11th January 1943)
Commander:
Brigadier G.R. Bradbrooke (11th January 1943)
Brigadier J.D.B. Smith (23rd February 1944)
Brigadier I.H. Cumberland (7th June 1944)
Units:
2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)
9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)
The Westminster Regiment (Motorised)
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade: (11th January 1943)
Commanders:
Brigadier T.J. Rutherford (31st January 1943)
Brigadier G. Kitching (1st November 1943)
Brigadier T.E. D’O Snow (14th February 1944)
Brigadier I.S. Johnston (24th June 1944)
Units:
11th Independent Machine Gun Company (The Princess Louise Fusiliers)
The Perth Regiment
The Cape Breton Highlanders
The Irish Regiment of Canada
3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards)
11th Infantry Brigade Ground Defense Platoon (Lorne Scots)
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade: (12th July 1944)
Commanders:
Brigadier D.C. Spry (13th July 1944)
Brigadier J.S.H. Lind (13th August 1945)
Units:
4th Reconnaissance Regiment
1st Westminster Regiment
Divisional Troops:
Armoured Divisional Signals: (Royal Canadian Signals)
5th Canadian (Armoured) Divisional Signals, Royal Canadian Signals
Royal Canadian Artillery:
17th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
8th Field Regiment (Self-Propelled), Royal Canadian Artillery
4th Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
5th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Royal Canadian Engineers:
1st Canadian Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
10th Canadian Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
4th Canadian Field Park Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers
