BELGIAN TITLE:
1 ère Division de Chasseurs Ardennais
MOTTO:
Résiste et Mords (Resist and Bite)
HEADQUARTERS:
Neufchâteau
FORMED:
22nd November 1939
INTERNED:
28th May 1940
COMMANDER:
Major General Victor Phillipe Joseph Descamps
BATTLES:
Bodange
Strainchamps
Bastogne
Chabrehez
Vielsalm
Rochelinval
Temploux
Lys
Vinkt
Gottem
Albert Canal
STRUCTURE 1940:
DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS
1st Chasseurs d’Ardennes Regiment
• Regimental Headquarters
• I Infantry Battalion
• 1st Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 2nd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 3rd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• II Infantry Battalion
• 4th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 5th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• III Infantry Battalion
• 7th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 8th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 9th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 10th Motorcycle Company
• 11th Armoured Anti-Tank Company (T-13s)
2nd CHASSEURS D’ARDENNES REGIMENT
• Regimental Headquarters
• I Infantry Battalion
• 1st Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 2nd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 3rd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• II Infantry Battalion
• 4th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 5th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• III Infantry Battalion
• 7th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 8th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 9th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 10th Motorcycle Company
• 11th Armoured Anti-Tank Company (T-13s)
3rd CHASSEURS D’ARDENNES REGIMENT
• Regimental Headquarters
• I Infantry Battalion
• 1st Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 2nd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 3rd Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• II Infantry Battalion
• 4th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 5th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 6th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• III Infantry Battalion
• 7th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 8th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 9th Mixed Company (Bicycle)
• 10th Motorcycle Company
• 11th Armoured Anti-Tank Company (T-13s)
19th SIGNALS BATTALION (MOTORISED)
19th PIONEER BATTALION (MOTORISED)
19th MEDICAL COMPANY (MOTORISED)
19th TRANSPORT BATTALION (MOTORISED)
