North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45
North-West Europe 1944–1945 is a battle honour earned by regiments of the British Commonwealth forces during the Second World War that took part in the actions of the northern part of the war's Western Front. The battle honour North-West Europe is suffixed with the year, or years, in which the awarded unit took part in the action.
It refers to the land campaign starting with the 6th June landings in Normandy and ended with Field Marshal Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath in Northwest Germany. The campaign was conducted by Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, of which the British 21st Army Group was a component, along with the American 12th and 6th Army Groups. Together, the three army groups comprised the Allied effort on the Western Front which at its longest stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland.
The battle honours for the Second World War were not awarded until 1957/58 by which point some units had amalgamated or been disbanded.
List of units
The following units were awarded the battle honour,Canadian regiments
- The Toronto Scottish Regiment
- The Royal Regiment of Canada
- The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
- The Essex Scottish Regiment
- Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
- The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
- The South Saskatchewan Regiment
- 14th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- The Elgin Regiment
- The Royal Montreal Regiment
- The Lorne Scots
- 12th Manitoba Dragoons
- 8th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment
- 7th Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment
- The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
- 29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- The New Brunswick Rangers
- The Lake Superior Regiment
- The Black Watch of Canada
- Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
- The Calgary Highlanders
- The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- The Regina Rifle Regiment
- The Canadian Scottish Regiment
- The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- Le Régiment de la Chaudière
- The North Shore Regiment
- The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
- The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
- The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
- The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
- The Algonquin Regiment
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
- 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- 21st Armoured Regiment
- 22nd Armoured Regiment
- 28th Armoured Regiment
- 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment
- 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
- 1st Armoured Car Regiment
- 4th Reconnaissance Regiment
- The Saskatoon Light Infantry
- 3rd Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- The Westminster Regiment
- The Princess Louise Fusiliers
- The Royal Canadian Regiment
- 48th Highlanders of Canada
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment
- Royal 22e Regiment
- The Carleton and York Regiment
- The West Nova Scotia Regiment
- The Perth Regiment
- The Cape Breton Highlanders
- The Irish Regiment of Canada
- 11th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment
- 2nd Armoured Regiment
- 5th Armoured Regiment
- 9th Armoured Regiment
US-Canadian forces
- First Special Service Force
British regiments
- Honourable Artillery Company
- Royal Norfolk Regiment
- East Lancashire Regiment
- South Lancashire Regiment
- Suffolk Regiment
- Coldstream Guards
- Irish Guards
- Grenadier Guards
- Welsh Guards
- 3rd County of London Yeomanry
- Duke of Wellington's Regiment
- Parachute Regiment
- South Staffordshire Regiment
- Army Commandos, in the form of honours granted to the Commandos Association.
- Manchester Regiment
- Gloucestershire Regiment
- Life Guards
- Royal Horse Guards