1st Polish Armored Division
1 Dywizja Pancerna
Battle order – August 1944 – Battle of Normandy
History of the 1st Polish Armored Division
1 Dywizja Pancerna (1st Polish Division)
Commander: General Stanislaw Maczek
Headquarter
Reconnaissance
10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej): Colonel Thadée Majewski
1st Polish Armoured Regiment (1 pułk pancerny): Lieutenant Colonel Aleksander Stefanowicz
2nd Polish Armoured Regiment (2 pułk pancerny): Lieutenant Colonel S. Koszustki
24th Polish Uhlan Lancers Regiment (Armoured; 24 pułk ułanów im. Hetmana Żółkiewskiego): Lieutenant Colonel J. Kański
10th Polish Dragoons Regiment (10 pułk dragonów zmotoryzowanych): Lieutenant Colonel Władysław Zgorzelski
3rd Polish Infantry Brigade (3 Brygada Piechoty): Colonel Marian Wieroński
1st Polish Highland Battalion “Podhale hunters” (1 battalion Strzelców Podhalańskich): Lieutenant Colonel K. Compla
8th Polish Rifle Battalion “Bloody shirts” (8 battalion strzelców): Lieutenant Colonel Aleksander Nowaczyńsk
9th Polish Rifle Battalion “Flanders hunters ” (9 battalion strzelców flandryjskich): Lieutenant Colonel Zygmunt Szydłowsk
1st Polish Independent HMG Squadron (C.K.M. szwadron Ciężkich Karabinów Maszynowych): Major M. Kochanowski
Divisional Artillery (Artyleria dywizyjna): Colonel B. Noel
1st Polish Motorized Artillery Regiment (1 pułk artylerii motorowej): Lieutenant Colonel J. Krautwal
2nd Polish Motorized Artillery Regiment (2 pułk artylerii motorowej): Lieutenant Colonel K. Meresch
1st Polish Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1 pułk artylerii przeciwlotniczej): Lieutenant Colonel O. Eminowicz
Combat support and combat service units
Divisional Engineers (saperzy dywizyjni): Lieutenant Colonel J. Dorantt
HQ
10th Field Company Engineers
11th Field Company Engineers
Field Park Company
Bridge Platoon
Divisional Signals – 1st Signals Battalion (1 batalion łączności): Lieutenant Colonel J. Grajkowski
HQ Squadron
1st Signal Squadron
2nd Signal Squadron
3rd Signal Squadron
10th Signal Squadron
Divisional Workshops
3rd Workshop Company
10th Workshop Company
Divisional Medical Units
10th Light Field Ambulance
11th Heavy Field Ambulance
1st Field Dressing Station
1st Field Hygiene Station
Divisonal Supply Units
3rd Transport Company (Ammunition)
10th Transport Company (Petrol)
11th Transport Company (Rations)
Infantry Transport Company
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