1st Airborne Division
| 1st Airborne Division | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Datum | 31 oktober 1941 - 1945 |
| Land |  Storbritannien |
| Försvarsgren | Brittiska armén |
| Typ | flygburen |
| Ingående delar | 1st Parachute Brigade 4th Parachute Brigade 1st Airlanding Brigade |
| Storlek | Division |
| Smeknamn | Red Devils |
| Kända slag och krig | Operation Market Garden |
| Befälhavare | |
| Framstående befälhavare | Frederick Browning Roy Urquhart |
| Tjänstetecken | |
| Identifikationssymbol |  |
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 Gerald 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 John Hackett
- 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 Brigade CO brig Pip Hicks
- 1st Battalion The Border Regiment CO Lt.col T.Haddon
- 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment CO Lt.col Mc Cardie
- 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers CO 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