2nd Canadian Infantry Division

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The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division landed in France in July 1944 as reinforcements following the first month of fighting in the Normandy Campaign. This series contains the July and August war diaries for this division, as well as 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.

2nd Canadian Infantry Division Headquarters:

• G Branch (General Staff)

Infantry:

4th Canadian Infantry Brigade

• The Royal Regiment of Canada
• Essex Scottish Regiment
• Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
  

5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

• The Calgary Highlanders 
• Le Regiment de Maisonneuve 
• The Black Watch (Royal Highalnders) of Canada

6th Canadian Infantry Brigade

• Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
• Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
• The South Sasketchewan Regiment

Artillery:

• 4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
• 5th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
• 6th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

Divisional Troops:

• 2nd Division Signals
  
• Senior Chaplain (Protestant) 2nd Canadian Division
• 8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment*
• The Toronto Scottish Regiment

*This file only contains the July diary for this regiment. The August diary may have been permanently lost at Library and Archives Canada during the microfilming process of the original paper copies.