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The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was the first Canadian division to fight in the Normandy Campaign, landing on D-Day (6 June 1944) at Juno Beach. This series contains the June, July and August war diaries for the division, as well as the war diaries for every brigade and battalion within it.
Complete war diaries, including items not in our online collection may be viewed through Library and Archives Canada. To search, follow the instructions here.
3rd Canadian Division Headquarters:
- G Branch (General Staff)
- A & Q Branch (Quartermaster)
Infantry:
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
- Highland Light Infantry of Canada
- Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders
- The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Artillery:
- 12th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery
- 13th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery
- 14th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery
- 19th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery (June)
- 19th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery (July)
- 19th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery (August)
- 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
- 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Divisional Troops:
- 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment
- Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
- 3rd Division Signals
- Senior Chaplain (Protestant) 3rd Division
- Senior Chaplain (Roman Catholic) 3rd Division
- 6th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 16th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
- 18th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
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