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Order of battle
editTask Force 81
Allied naval commanders for Operation Shingle
Rear Adm. Frank J. Lowry, USN
Rear Adm. Thomas H. Troubridge, RN
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- Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry, USN
"Peter" Force
edit- Rear Admiral Thomas Hope Troubridge
- Comprising 2 light cruisers (HMS Orion, HMS Spartan), 12 destroyers, 2 anti-aircraft/fighter director ships, 2 gunboats, 6 minesweepers, 4 transports, 63 landing craft, 6 patrol craft, 1 oiler, 1 net tender, 2 tugs, 4 hospital ships, 1 submarine
- Landed "Peter" Beach, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Anzio:
British 1st Infantry Division (Major General W.R.C. Penney)
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
- 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
- 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
- 24th Guards Brigade
- 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
- 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
- 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps
- 2/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 81st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 238th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 248th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 1st Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers
- 1st Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment
- 2nd Special Service Brigade (partial) (Brigadier R.J.F. Tod)
- No 1, 2 & 3 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Ranger Group
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- Captain E.C.L. Turner, RN
- Comprising 1 transport, 1 submarine chaser, 7 landing craft
- Attacked the port of Anzio:
- 6615th Ranger Force (Colonel William O. Darby)
- 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion
- 93rd Evacuation Hospital
- 95th Evacuation Hospital
"X-Ray" Force
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- Rear Admiral Lowry
- Comprising 2 light cruisers (USS Brooklyn, HMS Penelope), 11 destroyers, 2 destroyer escorts, 24 minesweepers, 166 landing craft, 20 subchasers, 3 tugs, 1 submarine, multiple salvage ships
- Landed "X-Ray" Beach on the coast east of Nettuno, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Anzio:
US 3rd Infantry ("Rock of the Marne") Division- Major General Lucian K. Truscott Jr.
- 7th Infantry Regiment
- 15th Infantry Regiment
- 30th Infantry Regiment
- HHB Division Artillery
- 9th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
- 10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
- 39th Field Artillery Battalion (75mm and 105mm)
- 41st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
- 10th Engineer Battalion
- 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
- 751st Tank Battalion
- 441st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Battery B, 36th Field Artillery Regiment (155mm Gun)(Motorized)
- 69th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 84th Chemical Battalion (Motorized)
- 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment[a]
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- ↑ Stanton 1984.
- ↑ Morison 1954, pp. 395–397.
- ↑ The invasion plan originally assigned this unit to make a parachute assault near Aprilia, eight miles north of Anzio, which would have placed it in position for an early capture of the key road junction at Campoleone, which was not taken until late May. However, these plans were scrapped on 20 January, apparently because of the high losses during the airborne assaults at Sicily. The 504th PIR was then assigned to land by sea.
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