Here you will find an overview of all British units of the 1st Airborne Division that fought during the Battle of Arnhem. It is indicated per unit how many soldiers were killed, injured, taken prisoner of war and returned safely.
It is also indicated who led the unit in question.
Headquarters Division and Defense Platoon
Commander: General Roy Urquhart
Strength: 142 men
Death: 14
Evacuated: 70
Caught / injured: 58
1st Parachute Brigade
Headquarters 1st Parachute Brigade
Commander: General Lathbury
Strength: 82 men
Death: 5
Evacuated: 3
Caught / injured: 74
1st Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel David Dobie
Strength: 548 men
Death: 84
Evacuated: 89
Caught / injured: 377
2nd Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel John Frost
Strength: 525 men
Death: 57
Evacuated: 16
Caught / injured: 452
3d Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel John Fitch
Strength: 588 men
Death: 65
Evacuated: 28
Caught / injured: 495
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
Commander: Major Bill Arnold
Strength: 191 men
Dead: 24
Evacuated: 52
Caught / injured: 115
1st Parachute Squadron Reconnaissance
Commander: Major Douglas Murray
Strength: 143 men
Death: 20
Evacuated: 13
Caught / injured: 110
16 Parachute Field Ambulance
Commander: Colonel E. Townsend
Strength: 135 men
Death: 6
Evacuated: 0
Caught / injured: 129
4th Parachute Brigade
Headquarters 4th Parachute Brigade
Commander: General John Hackett
Strength: 86 men
Death: 12
Evacuated: 43
Caught / injured: 31
10th Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel Ken Smyth
Strength: 582 men
Death: 92
Evacuated: 86
Caught / injured: 404
11th Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel George Lea
Strength: 571 men
Death: 99
Evacuated: 72
Caught / injured: 407
156th Parachute Battalion
Commander: Colonel Richard des Voeux
Strength: 621 men
Dead: 98
Evacuated: 68
Caught / injured: 455
2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
Commander: Major A, Haynes
Strength: 168 men
Death: 25
Evacuated: 37
Caught / injured: 106
4th Parachute Squadron Reconnnaissance
Commander: Major Aeneas Perkins
Strength: 155 men
Death: 19
Evacuated: 64
Caught / injured: 72
133 Parachute Field Ambulance
Commander: Colonel W. Alford
Strength: 129 men
Death: 6
Evacuated: 3
Caught / injured: 120
1st Airlanding Brigade
Headquarters 1st Airlanding Brigade
Commander: General Philip Hicks
Strength: 69 men
Death: 7
Evacuated: 39
Caught / injured: 23
1st Battalion Border Regiment
Commander: Colonel Tommy Haddon
Strength: 788 men
Death: 121
Evacuated: 235
Caught / injured: 432
2nd Battalion South Staffords Regiment
Commander: Colonel Derek McCardie
Strength: 767 men
Death: 85
Evacuated: 124
Caught / injured: 558
7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Commander: Colonel Robert Payton-Reid
Strength: 765 men
Death: 112
Evacuated: 76
Caught / injured: 577
181 Airlanding Field Ambulance
Commander: Colonel Arthur Marrable
Strength: 137 men
Death: 5
Evacuated: 10
Caught / injured: 122
Glider Pilot Regiment
Glider Pilot Regiment
Commander: Colonel George Chatterton
Strength: 1262 men
Death: 219
Evacuated: 532
Caught / injured: 511
Parts Division
1st Airlanding Light Regiment Artillery
Commander: Colonel “Sheriff” Thompson
Strength: 372 men
Death: 36
Evacuated: 136
Caught / injured: 200
1 Forward Observation Unit Artillery
Commander: Major Denys White-Boycott
Strength: 69 men
Death: 7
Evacuated: 13
Caught / injured: 49
1st Airborne Divisonal Signal
Commander: Colonel Tom Stephenson
Strength: 348 men
Death: 28
Evacuated: 149
Caught / injured: 171
1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Commander: Major Freddie Gough
Strength: 181 men
Death: 30
Evacuated: 73
Caught / injured: 78
21st Parachute Company
Commander: Major Boy Wilson
Strength: 186 men
Death: 20
Evacuated: 20
Caught / injured: 146
9th Field Company Engineers
Commander: Major John Winchester
Strength: 194 men
Death: 44
Evacuated: 71
Caught / injured: 79
261 Field Park Company Engineers
Commander: Lieutenant W. Skinner
Strength: 13 men
Death: 2
Evacuated: 5
Caught / injured: 6
250 Light Composite Company Service Corps
Commander: Captain John Cranmer-Byng
Strength: 226 men
Death: 29
Evacuated: 75
Caught / injured: 122
1st Divisional Ordnance Field Park
Commander: Captain Bill Chidgey
Strength: 19 men
Death: 2
Evacuated: 2
Caught / injured: 15
1st Divisional Workshops
Commander: Lieutenant G. Manning
Strength: 61 men
Death: 6
Evacuated: 29
Caught / injured: 26
1st Provost Company, Military Police
Commander: Captain Bill Gray
Strength: 69 men
Death: 7
Evacuated: 13
Caught / injured: 49
89th Field Security, Intelligence Corps
Commander: Captain J. Killick
Strength: 16 men
Death: 2
Evacuated: 4
Caught / injured: 10
Other parts
(Correspondents, liaision, Jedburgh, RAF)
Strength: 85 men
Death: 11
Evacuated: unknown
Caught / injured: unknown
