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5th Canadian Armoured Division: The U.K., 1942 Major Unit Serial and Arm of Service Markings

Two armoured brigades and one divisional support group structure.

	Headquarters – 5th Canadian Armoured Division
	1st Armoured Car Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons)

1st Armoured Brigade

	Headquarters – 1st Armoured Brigade
	2nd Armoured Regiment (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians))
	6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
	10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)
	The Westminster Regiment (Motor)

2nd Armoured Brigade

	Headquarters – 1st Armoured Brigade
	3rd Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards)
	5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)
	9th Armoured Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons)
	The Perth Regiment (Motor)

5th Canadian Armoured Division Support Group

	Headquarters – 5th Canadian Armoured Division Support Group
	Cape Breton Highlanders

	17th Field Regiment
	4th Anti-Tank Regiment

Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers

	1st Field Squadron
	4th Field Park Squadron
	10th Field Squadron

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

5th Armoured Divisional Signals

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

	Headquarters – Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
	1st Armoured Brigade Company
	2nd Armoured Brigade Company
	16th Company – 5th Armoured Division Support Group

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

	No. 7 Light Field Ambulance
	No. 13 Light Field Ambulance
	No. 24 Light Field Ambulance

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

1st Armoured Brigade

	1st Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company
	53 LAD (Attached to the Lord Strathcona's Horse)
	54 LAD (Attached to the 1st Hussars)
	55 LAD (Attached to the Fort Garry Horse)

2nd Armoured Brigade

	2nd Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company
	56 LAD (Attached to the Governor General's Horse Guards)
	70 LAD (Attached to the 8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars)
	71 LAD (Attached to the British Columbia Dragoons)

Note: LADs assumed the unit serial numbers of the armoured regiments to which they were assigned, but retained the arm of service background colours for their corps.