POLISH FORCES IN BRITAIN (with a focus on Scotland) |
during and after World War Two
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POLISH ARMY UNITS FORMED IN GREAT BRITAIN INFANTRY/RIFLE BRIGADES |
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1st Rifle Brigade |
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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) |
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NOTES (later reformed into 1st Grenadier Division (Cadre); then 2nd Armd Gren Div (Cadre); then Armd Gren Div (Cadre) and finally 4th Infantry Division. |
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Jan 1942 |
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1 Rifle Bn |
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Highland Infantry Bn |
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2 Rifle Bn |
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8 Rifle Bn |
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3 Rifle Bn |
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9 Rifle Bn |
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1 Recce Unit |
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MMG Coy |
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1 Fd Arty Regt + LAD |
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1 AA Arty Tp |
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1 A/Tk Coy |
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1 Sigs Coy |
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1 Engr Coy |
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1 Wksp Coy |
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1 Pk Plt |
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1 Fd Amb |
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1 Sply Coy |
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Dtchmt Rsvr Depot 1 Rfl Bde |
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5th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde |
Independent Carpathian Rifle Bde (6th Rifle Bde)
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7th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde |
8th Officers Cadre Rifle Bde |
1st Officers Training Bde |
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1942 (Jan) |
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HQ |
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2 Fd Ct + Cage |
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Sig Pl |
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Mil Geog Sec |
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Med Services Sect |
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Vet Services Sect |
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1 Offr Trg Bn |
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2 Offr Trg Bn |
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Inf Trg Centre |
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Arty Trg Centre |
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Armd Tps Trg Centre |
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AA Arty Trg Centre |
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Engr Trg Centre |
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Sigs Trg Centre |
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Rear Services Trg Centre |
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1st Grenadier Bde (4th Inf Div) |
2nd Foot Rifle Bde (4th Inf Div) |
8th Infantry Bde (4th Inf Div) |
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Feb 1945 |
Feb 1945 |
Feb 1945 |
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HQ |
HQ |
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1 Gren Bn |
4 Warsaw Foot Rifles Bn |
24 Silesian Inf Bn |
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2 Gren Bn |
5 Little Poland Foot Rifles Bn |
25 Poznanian Inf Bn |
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3 Gren Bn |
6 Borderlands Foot Rifles Bn |
26 Pomeranian Inf Bn |
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INFANTRY DIVISIONS |
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4 Infantry Division |
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Feb 1945 |
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HQ |
4 Sigs Bn |
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9 Lancers Recce Regt |
20 Div Tps Coy |
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1 Gren Bde |
7 Sply Coy |
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2 Gren Bde |
8 Sply Coy |
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8 Inf Bde |
12 Sply Coy |
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4 MMG Bn |
7 Wksp Coy |
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3 Mot Arty Regt |
8 Wksp Coy |
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14 Arty Regt |
12 Wksp Coy |
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15 Arty Regt |
12 Fd Amb |
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4 A/Tk Arty Regt |
13 Fd Amb |
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4 LAA Regt |
14 Fd Amb |
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Counter Mort Bty |
2 FDS |
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7 Engr Coy |
3 FDS |
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8 Engr Coy |
4 Div Ord Pk |
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9 Engr Coy |
4 Prov Sqn |
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4 Fd Pk Coy |
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PARACHUTE BRIGADE |
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ARMOURED/TANK BRIGADES |
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10th Armoured Cavalry Bde |
16th Tank Bde |
16 Indep Armd Bde |
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Feb 1945 |
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HQ |
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10 Recce Unit |
Sigs Coy |
3 Armd Regt |
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10 Mtd Rifles Regt |
65 Tk Bn |
14 Lancers Armd Regt |
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Bn in the name of 14 Lancers |
66 Tk Bn |
5 Armd Regt |
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24 Lancers |
67 Tk Bn |
16 Dgns Regt |
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10 Fd Arty Regt + LAD |
Sply Coy |
16 Sigs Sqn |
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10 AA Arty Tp |
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8 Lt Fd Amb |
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10 A/Tk Sqn |
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16 Sply Coy |
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10 Sigs Sqn |
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16 Wksp Coy |
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10 Engr Coy |
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19 Ord Fd Pk |
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10 Wksp Coy |
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10 LAD |
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10 Fd Amb |
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10 Sply Coy |
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10 Fd Ct + Cage |
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Dtchmt Rsvr Depot 10 Armd Cav Bde |
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I CORPS ARMS AND SERVICES UNITS |
I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services) |
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I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services) |
I ARMD MOT CORPS |
I CORPS UNITS (Arms and Services) |
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Jan 1942 |
1942/1943 |
Feb 1945 |
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Corps Recce Gp |
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Corps Recce Gp + LAD |
HQ Corps |
HQ I Corps |
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Hy Arty Brt |
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1 Med Arty Regt +LAD |
11 Fd Ct |
Car Coy |
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Tk Regt |
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1 MG Bn + LAD |
HQ Coy |
6 Prov Sqn |
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Engr Bn |
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AA Arty Bty |
1 Prov Sqn |
25 Sply Coy |
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Sigs Coy |
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HQ Engr Bn + LAD |
1 Med Arty Regt |
Corps Arms and Services Units |
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Veh Column |
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11 Engr Coy |
11 Sigs coy |
12 Sigs Bn |
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MAC |
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11 Engr Pk Coy |
Hy AA Arty Bty |
Lt Horse Recce Regt (cadre) |
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Ord Pk |
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11 Bomb Disp Plt |
309 Army Co-op Sqn |
11 A/Tk Arty Regt (cadre) |
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Armament Pk |
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11 Sigs Coy |
No 2 Fd Hosp |
11 LAA Regt (cadre) |
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Veh Pk |
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2 Prov Sqn |
1 MAC |
2 Survey Regt Arty (cadre) |
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11 Sply Coy |
Cent Ord Depot |
11 Engr Bn (cadre) |
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11 Wksp Coy |
Two LADs |
11 Wksp Coy (cadre) |
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11 Pk Plt |
Fd Cash |
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No 2 Mil Hosp |
Salvage Unit |
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1 MAC |
Fd Post |
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11 Fd Amb |
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Fd Hyg Plt |
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Fd Post |
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Fd Cash |
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11 Fd Ct |
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11 Fd Ct Cage |
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HQ STATIC UNITS |
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HQ STATIC UNITS |
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1941/1942 |
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1942/1943 |
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Record and Recruitment Bureau No 1 |
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Cent Ord Depot |
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Med Depot |
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Accounts Office |
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Discipl Unit |
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No 2 Mil Hosp |
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Rest Home |
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Fd Ct |
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Cent Publ Boards |
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Officers Holding Station |
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Pol Mil Bureaux – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dundee |
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CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS |
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GHQ UNITS |
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SPECIAL UNITS |
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Indep Gren Coy |
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Cdo Coy |
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PolishArmyUnits.htm |
Prepared 9 Mar 2013 |