Formed:
February 1942
Service Record:
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Operations and Campaigns:
Normandy Campaign
Operation Totalize
Operation Tractable
Unit Structure 1942 to 1945:
Divisional Staff:
Commander:
General Stanislaw Maczek (February 1942)
Brigades:
10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade:
Commander:
Colonel T. Majewski
Units:
1st Polish Armoured Regiment
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment
24th Polish Lancers Regiment (Armoured)
10th Polish Dragoons Regiment
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade:
Commander:
Colonel M. Wieroński
Units:
1st Polish Highland Battalion
8th Polish Rifle Battalion
9th Polish Rifle Battalion
1st Polish Independent Heavy Machine Gun Squadron
Divisional Artillery:
Commander:
Colonel B. Noel
Units:
1st Polish Motorized Artillery Regiment
2nd Polish Motorized Artillery Regiment
1st Polish Anti-Tank Regiment
1st Polish Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Divisional Troops:
Armoured Divisional Signals:
1st Divisional Armoured signals
Armoured Engineers:
1st Divisional Armoured Engineers
Reconnaissance:
10th Polish Mounted Rifle Regiment