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)
