16th INFANTRY DIVISION

16th INFANTRY DIVISION
BELGIAN TITLE:
16 ème Infanteriedivisie

STATUS:
Second Reserve

HEADQUARTERS:
Ghent

MOBILIZED:
25th August 1939

INTERNED:
28th May 1940

COMMANDER:
Major General Georges Clement

STRUCTURE 1940:

DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS

37th INFANTRY REGIMENT
• Regimental Headquarters
• Staff Company
• Medical Company
• Scout Platoon

• I Battalion
• 1st Rifle Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• 4th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• II Battalion
• 5th Rifle Company
• 6th Fusilier Company
• 7th Fusilier Company
• 8th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• III Battalion
• 9th Fusilier Company
• 10th Fusilier Company
• 11th Fusilier Company
• 12th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

41st INFANTRY REGIMENT
• Regimental Headquarters
• Staff Company
• Medical Company
• Scout Platoon

• I Battalion
• 1st Rifle Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• 4th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• II Battalion
• 5th Fusilier Company
• 6th Fusilier Company
• 7th Fusilier Company
• 8th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• III Battalion
• 9th Fusilier Company
• 10th Fusilier Company
• 11th Fusilier Company
• 12th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

44th INFANTRY REGIMENT
• Regimental Headquarters
• Staff Company
• Medical Company
• Scout Platoon

• I Battalion
• 1st Rifle Company
• 2nd Fusilier Company
• 3rd Fusilier Company
• 4th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• II Battalion
• 5th Fusilier Company
• 6th Fusilier Company
• 7th Fusilier Company
• 8th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

• III Battalion
• 9th Fusilier Company
• 10th Fusilier Company
• 11th Fusilier Company
• 12th Machine Gun Company (Mitrailleuse Colt Modele 1914)

24th ARTILLERY REGIMENT

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

16th SIGNALS BATTALION
18th ENGINEER BATTALION