POLISH FORCES IN BRITAIN

(with a focus on Scotland)

during and after World War Two

POLISH ARMY UNITS FORMED IN GREAT BRITAIN INFANTRY/RIFLE BRIGADES
1st Rifle Brigade		2nd Rifle Bde (10th Armd Cav Bde)	3rd Officers Cadre Rifle Bde	3rd Infantry Bde (1st Polish Armd Div)	4th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde (later formed 1 Para Bde)
NOTES (later reformed into 1st Grenadier Division (Cadre); then 2nd Armd Gren Div (Cadre); then Armd Gren Div (Cadre) and finally 4th Infantry Division.		NOTES	NOTES	NOTES	NOTES
Jan 1942
1 Rifle Bn				Highland Infantry Bn
2 Rifle Bn				8 Rifle Bn
3 Rifle Bn				9 Rifle Bn
1 Recce Unit				MMG Coy
1 Fd Arty Regt + LAD
1 AA Arty Tp
1 A/Tk Coy
1 Sigs Coy
1 Engr Coy
1 Wksp Coy
1 Pk Plt
1 Fd Amb
1 Sply Coy
Dtchmt Rsvr Depot 1 Rfl Bde
5th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde	Independent Carpathian Rifle Bde (6th Rifle Bde)	7th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde	8th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde	1st Officers Training Bde
				1942 (Jan)
				HQ
				2 Fd Ct + Cage
				Sig Pl
				Mil Geog Sec
				Med Services Sect
				Vet Services Sect
				1 Offr Trg Bn
				2 Offr Trg Bn
				Inf Trg Centre
				Arty Trg Centre
				Armd Tps Trg Centre
				AA Arty Trg Centre
				Engr Trg Centre
				Sigs Trg Centre
				Rear Services Trg Centre
1st Grenadier Bde (4th Inf Div)	2nd Foot Rifle Bde (4th Inf Div)	8th Infantry Bde (4th Inf Div)
Feb 1945	Feb 1945	Feb 1945
HQ	HQ	HQ
1 Gren Bn	4 Warsaw Foot Rifles Bn	24 Silesian Inf Bn
2 Gren Bn	5 Little Poland Foot Rifles Bn	25 Poznanian Inf Bn
3 Gren Bn	6 Borderlands Foot Rifles Bn	26 Pomeranian Inf Bn
INFANTRY DIVISIONS
4 Infantry Division
Feb 1945
HQ	4 Sigs Bn
9 Lancers Recce Regt	20 Div Tps Coy
1 Gren Bde	7 Sply Coy
2 Gren Bde	8 Sply Coy
8 Inf Bde	12 Sply Coy
4 MMG Bn	7 Wksp Coy
3 Mot Arty Regt	8 Wksp Coy
14 Arty Regt	12 Wksp Coy
15 Arty Regt	12 Fd Amb
4 A/Tk Arty Regt	13 Fd Amb
4 LAA Regt	14 Fd Amb
Counter Mort Bty	2 FDS
7 Engr Coy	3 FDS
8 Engr Coy	4 Div Ord Pk
9 Engr Coy	4 Prov Sqn
4 Fd Pk Coy
PARACHUTE BRIGADE
ARMOURED/TANK BRIGADES			10th Armoured Cavalry Bde	16th Tank Bde	16 Indep Armd Bde
			Jan 1942	Jan 1942	Feb 1945
			HQ	HQ	HQ
			10 Recce Unit	Sigs Coy	3 Armd Regt
			10 Mtd Rifles Regt	65 Tk Bn	14 Lancers Armd Regt
			Bn in the name of 14 Lancers	66 Tk Bn	5 Armd Regt
			24 Lancers	67 Tk Bn	16 Dgns Regt
			10 Fd Arty Regt + LAD	Sply Coy	16 Sigs Sqn
			10 AA Arty Tp		8 Lt Fd Amb
			10 A/Tk Sqn		16 Sply Coy
			10 Sigs Sqn		16 Wksp Coy
			10 Engr Coy		19 Ord Fd Pk
			10 Wksp Coy
			10 LAD
			10 Fd Amb
			10 Sply Coy
			10 Fd Ct + Cage
			Dtchmt Rsvr Depot 10 Armd Cav Bde
I CORPS ARMS AND SERVICES UNITS	I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services)		I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services)	I ARMD MOT CORPS	I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services)
	1940		Jan 1942	1942/1943	Feb 1945
	Corps Recce Gp		Corps Recce Gp + LAD	HQ Corps	HQ I Corps
	Hy Arty Brt		1 Med Arty Regt +LAD	11 Fd Ct	Car Coy
	Tk Regt		1 MG Bn + LAD	HQ Coy	6 Prov Sqn
	Engr Bn		AA Arty Bty	1 Prov Sqn	25 Sply Coy
	Sigs Coy		HQ Engr Bn + LAD	1 Med Arty Regt	Corps Arms and Services Units
	Veh Column		11 Engr Coy	11 Sigs coy	12 Sigs Bn
	MAC		11 Engr Pk Coy	Hy AA Arty Bty	Lt Horse Recce Regt (cadre)
	Ord Pk		11 Bomb Disp Plt	309 Army Co-op Sqn	11 A/Tk Arty Regt (cadre)
	Armament Pk		11 Sigs Coy	No 2 Fd Hosp	11 LAA Regt (cadre)
	Veh Pk		2 Prov Sqn	1 MAC	2 Survey Regt Arty (cadre)
			11 Sply Coy	Cent Ord Depot	11 Engr Bn (cadre)
			11 Wksp Coy	Two LADs	11 Wksp Coy (cadre)
			11 Pk Plt	Fd Cash
			No 2 Mil Hosp	Salvage Unit
			1 MAC	Fd Post
			11 Fd Amb
			Fd Hyg Plt
			Fd Post
			Fd Cash
			11 Fd Ct
			11 Fd Ct Cage
HQ STATIC UNITS				HQ STATIC UNITS
Notes				NOTES
1941/1942				1942/1943
Record and Recruitment Bureau No 1
Cent Ord Depot
Med Depot
Accounts Office
Discipl Unit
No 2 Mil Hosp
Rest Home
Fd Ct
Cent Publ Boards
Officers Holding Station
Pol Mil Bureaux – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dundee
CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS
GHQ UNITS
SPECIAL UNITS
Indep Gren Coy
Cdo Coy

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