that battle, but was involved heavily in the battles for the Channel ports, such as Operation Astonia at Le Havre, and the Battle of the Scheldt. 30th Armoured Brigade (Sherman Crab) 22nd Dragoons 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1st Lothians and Border Horse 1st Assault Brigade and Assault Park Squadron RE (AVRE) 5th Assault Regiment RE 6th Assault Regiment RE 42nd Assault Regiment RE 1st Tank Brigade 11th Royal Tank Regiment - Grant CDL tank 42nd Royal Tank Regiment - Grant CDL tank 49th Royal Tank Regiment - Grant CDL tank 31st Tank Brigade 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps - Churchill Crocodile 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - Churchill Crocodile 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment - Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier Operation Varsity (Rhine crossing) This is the order of battle for the division on 23 March 1945, which was the commencement of the crossing of the River Rhine, and the beginning of the final advance into Germany. As can be seen, the establishment of the division had grown as the requirement for specialised armour had increased. 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers (AVRE) 5th Assault Regiment R.E. 6th Assault Regiment R.E. 42nd Assault Regiment R.E. 87 Assault Dozer Squadron, R.E. 149 Assault Park Squadron, R.E. 30th Armoured Brigade (Sherman Crab) 22nd Dragoons 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 1st Lothians and Border Horse 31st Armoured Brigade (Churchill Crocodile, Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)) 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Crocodile) 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (Crocodile) 7th Royal Tank Regiment (Crocodile) 49th Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment (Kangaroo) 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (Kangaroo) 33rd Armoured Brigade (LVT 4) 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry 1st East Riding Yeomanry 4th Royal Tank Regiment 11th Royal Tank Regiment See also List of British divisions in World War II British Armoured formations of World War II Notes References Doherty, Richard Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2011, . Fletcher, D. Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD Amphibious Tank of World War II, Osprey Publishing, 2006. Joslen, Lt-Col H.F., Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, . External links Royal Artillery 1939–1945 Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and Second World War (Assault Engineers) Royal Engineers Museum Biography of Major General Sir Percy Hobart Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and Operation Overlord Armoured