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| Commanders |
| May 1943 – December 1944 |
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| Richard Nelson “Windy” Gale |
| December 1944 – December 1946 |
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| Eric Louis Bols |
| Order of Battle |
| 6th Airborne Division, June 6th, 1944 |
- Divisional Headquarters
- Defence Platoon
- 3rd Parachute Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion
- 9th (Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
- 3rd Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- 5th Parachute Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
- 12th (10th Battalion, The Green Howards) Parachute Battalion
- 13th (2nd/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment) Parachute Battalion
- 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
- 591st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 225th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- 6th Airlanding Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles
- 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
- 249th (Airborne) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- Divisional Units
- 22nd Independent Parachute Company
- 6th Airborne Divisional Signals
- 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 210th Airlanding Light Battery
- 211th Airlanding Light Battery
- 212th Airlanding Light Battery
- 2 Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
- 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- 286th (Airborne) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 63rd Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 398th Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 716th Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- 10th Airlanding Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- 12th Airlanding Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police
- 317th (Airborne) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps
- 6th Airborne Divisional Postal Unit
- Attached Units
- The Glider Pilot Regiment
- Regimental Headquarters
- No.1 Wing
- No.2 Wing
- Headquarters, 245th Provost Company, Corps of Military Police
- The Glider Pilot Regiment
| 6th Airborne Division, March 23rd, 1945 |
- Divisional Headquarters
- Defence Platoon
- 3rd Parachute Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion
- 9th (Home Counties) Parachute Battalion
- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 3rd Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 224th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- 5th Parachute Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
- 12th (10th Battalion, The Green Howards) Parachute Battalion
- 13th (2nd/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment) Parachute Battalion
- 591st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 225th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- 6th Airlanding Brigade
- Brigade Headquarters
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles
- 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 12th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
- 249th (Airborne) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 195th Airlanding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
- Divisional Units
- 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Regimental Headquarters
- 210th Airlanding Light Battery
- 211th Airlanding Light Battery
- 212th Airlanding Light Battery
- 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Regimental Headquarters
- 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
- 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
- 6th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
- 22nd Independent Parachute Company
- 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- 6th Airborne Divisional Signals
- 63rd Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 398th Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 716th Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- 6th (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police
- 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Attached Units
- The Glider Pilot Regiment
- Regimental Headquarters
- No.1 Wing
- The Glider Pilot Regiment