2nd CAVALRY DIVISION
BELGIAN TITLE:
2 ème Division de Cavalerie
HEADQUARTERS:
Leuven
MOBILISED:
26th August 1939
INTERNED:
28th May 1940
COMMANDER:
Major General Joseph Edouard Louis Beernaert
STRUCTURE 1940:
DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS
1st REGIMENT CHASSEURS À CHEVAL (MOTORCYCLE)
• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)
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• I Battalion
• 1st Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• II Battalion
• 4th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)
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2nd REGIMENT CHASSEURS À CHEVAL (MOTORCYCLE)
• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)
•
• I Battalion
• 1st Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• II Battalion
• 4th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)
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1st LANCER REGIMENT (MOTORCYCLE)
• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Headquarters Guard Platoon (Motorised)
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• I Battalion
• 1st Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 2nd Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 3rd Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• II Battalion
• 4th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 5th Fusilier Squadron (Motorcycle)
• 6th Heavy Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914 & C47 Anti-Tank Guns)
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• 7th Armoured Squadron (T-13s & T-15s)
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2nd CARABINIER REGIMENT (BICYCLE)
• Regimental Headquarters
• Headquarters Squadron (Motorised)
• Medical Platoon (Motorised)
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• 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)
4th 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 Rifle Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Modele 1914)
• 7th Anti-Tank Company (C47 Motorised Anti-Tank Guns)
18th ARTILLERY REGIMENT (MOTORISED)
• Regimental Headquarters
• Staff Battery
• I Artillery Battalion (C75 GP Field Guns)
• II Artillery Battalion (C75 GP Field Guns)
SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-TANK COMPANY
• Armoured Car Squadron (ACG-1s)
• I Armoured Company (T-13s)
• II Armoured Company (T-13s)
29th SIGNALS BATTALION (MOTORISED)
26th ENGINEER BATTALION (MOTORISED)
29th TRANSPORT BATTALION (MOTORISED)
29th MEDICAL BATTALION (MOTORISED)
