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===Order of battle 1939–1945=== [[File:1st Canadian Infantry Division formation sign.png|thumb|right|Formation sign used to identify vehicles of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division during the war.]] HQ * 1st Canadian Infantry Division Defence and Employment Platoon ([[Lorne Scots]]) [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]] * [[4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)]] [[Royal Canadian Artillery]] * [[1st Field Regiment (Canada)|1st Field Regiment, R.C.H.A.]] * [[2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)|2nd Field Regiment]] * [[3rd Field Regiment (Canada)|3rd Field Regiment]] * [[1st Anti-Tank Regiment (Canada)|1st Anti-Tank Regiment]] * [[2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Canada)|2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment]] * 12th Canadian Meteorological Section [[Royal Canadian Infantry Corps]] * [[The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.)]] – Machine gun battalion * [[1st Canadian Infantry Brigade]]: ** [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]] ** [[The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment]] ** [[48th Highlanders of Canada]] ** 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon ([[Lorne Scots]]) * [[2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade]]: ** [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]] ** [[The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada]] ** [[The Loyal Edmonton Regiment]] ** 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon ([[Lorne Scots]]) * [[3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade]]: ** [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]] ** [[The Carleton and York Regiment]] ** [[The West Nova Scotia Regiment]] ** 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon ([[Lorne Scots]]) [[1st Canadian Armoured Brigade]] * [[11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)]] * [[12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)]] * [[King's Own Calgary Regiment|14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary Regiment)]] [[Royal Canadian Corps of Signals]] * 1st Canadian Divisional Signals [[Royal Canadian Engineers#World War II|Royal Canadian Engineers]] * 1st Canadian Field Company * 3rd Canadian Field Company * 4th Canadian Field Company * 2nd Canadian Field Park Company * 1st Canadian Bridging Platoon [[Royal Canadian Army Service Corps]] * [[41 Service Battalion|1 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company]] * 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company * 3 Canadian Infantry Brigade Company * 1 Canadian Infantry Divisional Troops Company * No. 83 Company – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943. [[Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps]] * [[No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance]] * [[No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance]] * [[No. 9 Canadian Field Ambulance]] * No. 2 Canadian Field Hygiene Section * [[No. 2 Canadian Light Field Ambulance]] – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943. [[Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps]] * 1st Canadian Infantry Divisional Ordnance Field Park * 1st Canadian Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit * No. 1 Army Tank Brigade Sub-Park – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943. * 1st Tank Brigade Workshop – originally a part of 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, joined in 1943. [[Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] * 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop * 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop * 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop * No. 1 Infantry Troops Workshop [[Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps]] * 1st Canadian Field Cash Office [[Royal Canadian Postal Corps]] * 1 Canadian Infantry Division Postal Unit [[Royal Canadian Dental Corps]] * 1st Canadian Dental Company [[Canadian Provost Corps]] * [[Canadian Provost Corps#Second World War|No. 1 Provost Company (RCMP)]] In July 1944, the divisional reconnaissance battalion, the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, converted to infantry and transferred to the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the [[5th Canadian Division|5th Canadian Armoured Division]], to be replaced by [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons]]. The Princess Louise returned to its original [[Mechanized infantry|mechanized role]] in Northwest Europe in March 1945, and The Royal Canadian Dragoons became the armoured car regiment of [[I Canadian Corps]].
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