1st Airborne Division
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| colspan="2" style="background:#
b0c4de; text-align: center;" | 1st Airborne Division |
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|---|---|
| Aktiv: | 31 oktober 1941 - 1945 |
| Land: |  Storbritannien |
| Typ: | flygburen |
| Storlek: | Division |
| Ingående brigader: | 1st Parachute Brigade 4th Parachute Brigade 1st Airlanding Brigade |
| Smeknamn: | Red Devils |
| Kända slag och krig: | Operation Market Garden |
| colspan="2" style="background:#
b0c4de;" | Befälhavare |
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| Framstående befälhavare: | Frederick Browning Roy Urquhart |
1st Airborne Division var en brittisk flygburen division under andra världskriget.
Organisation
Divisionens organisation
- 1st Airborne Division GOC Maj.Gen R.Urquhart
- 1st Parachute Brigade CO Brig G.Lathbury
- 1st Bn, Parachute Regiment CO Lt.col D.Dobie
- 2nd Bn, Parachute Regt. CO Lt.col J.Frost
- 3rd Bn, Parachute Regt. CO Lt.col J.Fitch
- 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
- 16 Parachute Field Ambulance CO Lt.Col E.Townsend
- 1st Parachute Squadron
- 4th Parachute Brigade CO Brig S.Hacket
- 10th Bn, Parachute Regt. CO Lt.col K.Smith
- 11th Bn, Parachute Regt. CO Lt.col G.Lea
- 156th Bn, Parachute Regt. CO Lt.col des Voeux
- 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA
- 133 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC CO Lt.col Alford
- 4th Parachute Squadron, RE Maj Perkins
- 1st Airlanding BrigadeCO brig Hicks
- 1st Battalion The Border Regiment CO Lt.col T.Haddon
- 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire RegimentCO Lt.col Mc Cardie
- 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King's Own Scottish BorderersCO Lt.col R.Payton Reid
- 181 Airlanding Field Ambulance CO lt.col A. Marrable
- Divisional Units
- 21st Independent Parachute Company CO Maj B.Wilson
- 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA CO Lt.Col S.Thompson
- 1 Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, RA Maj Wight Boycott
- 1st Airborne Divisional Signals Lt.Col T.C.V.Stephenson
- 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron CO Maj F.Gough
- 9th (Airborne) Field Company
- 261 (Airborne) Field Park Company
- 250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company
- 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park
- 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops
- 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company
- 89th (Parachute) Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps
