1st CAVALRY DIVISION

1st CAVALRY DIVISION
BELGIAN TITLE:
1 ère Division de Cavalerie

HEADQUARTERS:
La Roche

MOBILISED:
26th August 1939

INTERNED:
28th May 1940

COMMANDER:
Lieutenant General Maurice Keyaerts

STRUCTURE 1940:

DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS

1st GUIDES REGIMENT (MOTORCYCLE)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)

• I Battalion
• 1st Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• II Battalion
• 4th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)

2nd LANCER REGIMENT (MOTORCYCLE)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)

• I Battalion
• 1st Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• II Battalion
• 4th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)

3rd LANCER REGIMENT (MOTORCYCLE)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)

• I Battalion
• 1st Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• II Battalion
• 4th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Squadron (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)

• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)

1st CARABINIER REGIMENT (BICYCLE)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Medical Platoon (Motorised)

• I Battalion
• 1st Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 2nd Fusilier Company (Bicycle)
• 3rd Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914)

• II Battalion
• 4th Fusilier Company (Bicycle)
• 5th Fusilier Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914)

• 7th Anti-Tank Company (C47 Motorised Anti-Tank Guns)

3rd CARABINIER REGIMENT (BICYCLE)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Medical Platoon (Motorised)

• I Battalion
• 1st Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 2nd Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 3rd Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914)

• II Battalion
• 4th Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 5th Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914)

• 7th Anti-Tank Company (C47 Motorised Anti-Tank Guns)

17th ARTILLERY REGIMENT (MOTORISED)

• Regimental Headquarters
• Staff Battery
• I Artillery Battalion (C75 GP Field Guns)
• II Artillery Battalion (C75 GP Field Guns)

28th SIGNALS BATTALION (MOTORISED)
25th ENGINEER BATTALION (MOTORISED)
28th TRANSPORT BATTALION (MOTORISED)
28th MEDICAL BATTALION (MOTORISED)