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Order of battle
[edit]Task 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.
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