Piron Brigade
Organisation
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This page shows the organization of the 1st Belgian Group on August, 1, 1944
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Staff of the 1st Belgian Group :
Gpt Commander |
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Col PIRON | Transport Offr |
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Lt MAHY | |
Aide de Camp |
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Cdt HOUBION | Provost |
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Lt JACQUES | |
Gpt Major |
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Maj PONCELET | Staff Coy Comd |
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Maj THISE | |
Staff Captain |
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Cpn VAN HOVER | Signal Offr |
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Cdt RICHIR | |
Intelligence Offr |
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Cpn DIDISHEIM | Medical Offr |
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Cpn Med VERMEYLEN | |
Supply Offr |
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Cpn WOLFERS |
British Liaison :
Brit. Liaison |
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LtCol Mc ALISTER | Staff Cpn |
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Cpn LIMEBEER | |
Security |
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Maj FORTESCUE | Supply |
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Cpn RUSH | |
Operations |
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Cpn FAIRBAIRN |
Liaison Offr with Gpt Staff :
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Lt COURMONT |  |
Lt du MONCEAU de BERGENDAEL |  |
Lt VAN CAUWELAERT |
1st Motorized Company
Commander |
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Maj WINTERGROEN | 1st Pl (Scout Sec) |
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Lt ROELANTS | |
2nd Commander |
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Lt VAN LAETHEM | 2nd Pl (Mortars) |
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Lt HIERNAUX | |
Adjt Major |
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Lt WIBIN | (Antitank) |
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Lt WANTY | |
Signal |
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Lt FASSIN | (Antiair) |
Lt BENOIT | ||
Doctor |
Med GERARD | 3rd Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt JACOBS | ||
Chaplain |
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Chapl DETHISE | 4th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt LUYCKX | |
Supply |
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Lt LACHOWSKY | 5th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt SCHMITZ | |
Coy Sgt Major |
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1SgtMaj TIMMERMANS | 6th Pl (Mach Gun) |
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Lt MATTON |
2nd Motorized Company
Commander |
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Maj WATERLOOS | 1st Pl (Scout Sec) |
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Lt GIERSE | |
2nd Commander |
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Lt MOOS | 2nd Pl (Mortars) |
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Lt MENTIOR | |
Adjt Major |
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Lt SAVOYE | (Antitank) |
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Lt D'HELFT | |
Signal |
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Lt PINKOUS | (Antiair) |
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Lt LESAGE | |
Doctor |
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Lt Med EVRARD | 3rd Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt ROGGE | |
Chaplain |
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Chapl DEHOUX | 4th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt TABARY | |
Supply |
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Lt DARIMONT | 5th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt VANDERVEEN | |
Coy Sgt Major |
1SgtMaj DENIS | 6th Pl (Mach Gun) |
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Lt TORRELE |
3rd Motorized Company
Commander |
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Maj NOWE | 1st Pl (Scout Sec) |
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Lt PATERNOTTE | |
2nd Commander |
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Lt EVRARD | 2nd Pl (Mortars) |
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Lt SAUSSEZ | |
Adjt Major |
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Lt DETIEGE | (Antitank) |
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Lt BULPA | |
Signal |
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Lt CLOSE | (Antiair) |
Lt BAMMENS | ||
Doctor |
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Med GOLDBLAT Alexandre | 3rd Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt VAN CAUWELAERT | |
Chaplain |
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Chapl NOBELS | 4th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt GONTHIER | |
Supply |
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Lt BAUGNIET | 5th Pl (Riflemen) |
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Lt THUMAS | |
Coy Sgt Major |
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1SgtMaj DEHASSE | 6th Pl (Mach Gun) |
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Lt WEBER |
Armoured Cars Squadron
Commander |
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Maj de SELLIERS | Daimler "Amarante" | 2nd Commander |
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Cpn LANCKSWEERT | Daimler "Amazone" | |
Rgt Sgt Major |
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Adjt DE POTTER | Daimler "As de Pique" | Adjt Major |
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Lt DULAIT | Scout Car "Ajax" | |
Rens. Offr |
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Lt d'ANDRIMONT | Scout car "Achille" | Signal Offr |
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Lt TOTELIN | Staghound "Ardent" | |
Air Defence |
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Sgt BILLIET | Staghound AA | Aie Defence |
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Adjt LEMOINE | Staghound AA | |
Supply |
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Lt GROSJEAN | White Scout Car | Supply |
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Lt GENDEBIEN | REC Scammel | |
Supply |
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Lt MOUREAU | White Scout Car | Chaplain |
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Aum KREMER |
Troop 1 |
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Lt SAUVAGE | Daimler "Boute en Train" |  |
1SgtMaj NOEL | Daimler "Branle Bas" | ||
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1SgtMaj PUTZEYS | Daimler "Burkel" |  |
Sgt EQUETER | Scout Car "Bliksem" | ||
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Sgt DANEAU | Scout Car "Blackswan" | |||||
Troop 2 |
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Lt DEWANDRE | Daimler "Calamity" |  |
1SgtMaj SALMAN | Daimler "Corsaire" | ||
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1Sgt LIENARD F. | Daimler "Casse-cou" |  |
Sgt MATAGNE | Scout Car "Cycloon" | ||
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Sgt HARREWIJNS | Scout Car "Cobra" | |||||
Troop 3 |
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Lt VERHAEGHE | Daimler "D'Artagnan" |  |
1SgtMaj BIHAY | Daimler "Dur-à-Cuire" | ||
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1Sgt ROELANTS | Daimler "Dynamite" |  |
Sgt CHOUGOL | Scout Car "Dendermonde" | ||
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Sgt COLLET | Scout Car "Diskmuide" | |||||
Troop 4 |
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Lt PELSMACKERS | Daimler "Enragé" |  |
1SgtMaj FLASSCHOEN | Daimler "Effronté" | ||
| 1Sgt TRELACHAUD | Daimler "Entêté" | Sgt GABELLE | Scout Car "Eekhoorn" | ||||
| Sgt CORBEELS | Scout Car "Egel" | ||||||
Troop 5 |
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Lt d'OULTREMONT | Daimler "Franchimont" |  |
1SgtMaj VAN PRAET | Daimler "Flandria" | ||
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1Sgt WAGEMANS | Daimler "FEAR-Naught" |  |
Sgt LELEU | Scout Car "Furet" | ||
| Sgt MAITREJEAN | Scout-Car "Féroce" | ||||||
Artillery Battery
Commander |
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LtCol DE RIDDER | Chaplain |
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Chapl. BEKE | |
Bty Sgt Major |
Adjt COULON | Doctor |
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Med GOL |
Troop A |
Troop B |
Troop C |
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Commander |
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Cpn LEDENT |  |
Cpn SIMONET |
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Lt RAQUET
Lt SWALUE |
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GPO |
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Lt MARECHAL |  |
Lt DERENNE |  |
Lt DANCKAERT | ||
Troop leader |
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Lt JUTTEL |  |
Lt GAYE |  |
Lt JACOBY | ||
TSM |
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1Sgt WEERTS | 1Sgt BROSSE |  |
1Sgt KRIER | |||
Gun Nr 1 |
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1Sgt DUCHESNE |  |
1Sgt MINGUET |  |
Sgt DOERFEL ("Princesse Elisabeth") | ||
Gun Nr 2 |
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Sgt HALEN |  |
1Sgt FASBINDER |  |
Sgt PUTZ ("Princesse Marie-Adélaïde") | ||
Gun Nr 3 |
Sgt ECKSTEIN |  |
1Sgt DE HERTOGH |  |
Sgt WAGNER ("Princesse Marie-Gabrielle") | |||
Gun Nr 4 |
1Sgt DUBOIS |  |
Sgt DE TROYER |  |
Sgt GOEREND ("Princesse Alix") |
Engineers Company
Commander |
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Cpn SMEKENS | Pl Leader |
Lt DEGREEF | ||
2d Commander |
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Lt LEFEVRE | Pl Leader |
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Lt BASTOGNE | |
Coy Sgt Major |
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Adjt HARBOORT | Pl Leader |
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Lt DEFENSE | |
Coy Sgt Major |
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1 SM LOOS |
Brigade Trains
Commander |
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Cpn BERO | Pl Leader |
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Lt SEYNAVE | |
2nd Commander |
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Lt CHARLOT | Pl Leader |
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Lt MUSSCHOOT |
Light Aid Detachement (Repair)
Commander B Type |
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Lt DE COCK |
Medical Units
Light Field Amb Unit |
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Lt Med PETRE | Field Transfusion Unit |
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Lt Med LINZ | |
Field Chirurgical Unit |
Maj Med DUMONT |
On November 17, 1944, the Brigade left the Dutch front, having been fighting since the beginning of August. This was the period of reorganization until April 1945. With the addition of some 2,000 "volunteers of the 44th," the motorized units were formed into battalions. The Brigade became an infantry brigade. The Armored Car Squadron left the brigade and became the 1st Armored Regiment. This regiment did not return to the Dutch front. The Artillery Battery became the 1st Artillery Regiment and participated in the 2nd Dutch Campaign under British control. The Engineer Company became the 1st Engineer Battalion.
The reconstituted Brigade consisted of a Headquarters, three infantry battalions, and various units listed below.
Staff of the Brigade :
Brigade Commander : Col PIRON
Brigade Major : Maj BERNARD (then Capt C. BACHELART
Company Mi-Mo (Mitrailleurs-Mortiers) : Major THISE (+ Capt PATERNOTTE, MATTON,OLDEHVOVE,TORRELE,GOFFIN,BOSSE)
Company RASC : Capt BERO
Company REME : Lt LEBRUN
Comd Maj Emile JANSSENS Maj Marcel VAN HOREN Maj Maurice PONCELET Comd 2nd Capt VAN LAETHEM Capt René DIDISHEIM Adjt Major WIBIN? Lt Alex DETIEGE Intell. Offr Asp. Jean JUNION Offr Transmissions Lt John CLOSE; Sgt CREVECOEUR RSM TIMMERMAN Gustave DEHASSE Medecin GOLDBLAT + Jean-Claude BERNARD Supply CLEMENT MTO Raymond KESTELOOT Aumonier Aum Sevrin? Aum Robert DEHOUX Aum DETHISE Cie EM Capt LIMBURGSTIRUM Capt MENSCHAERT / Lt DELGUSTE A Coy Comd Lt WANTY Capt MOOS Lt Louis THUMAS 2IC Lt ANDRE R. PLATTON 1Pl Lt RENSON Asp Jean de la SERNA Lhommel 2Pl Lt SIMON Asp Guy CHAUDOIR Hubert DOCQUIER 3Pl Lt HARDY Jacques LOUDECHE B Coy Comd Lt JACOBS Capt SCOUVEMONT Lt Georges COURMONT 2IC J. VERRECHT 1Pl A. HOOGHE 2Pl J. BRUSSELMANS 3Pl Henri MAYAERT C Coy Comd Capt MATERNE CSM CazAU Capt MENTIOR Lt André GOORMANS 2IC Pierre DEWERBE 1Pl Lt Albert Dewaele 2Pl barque ? Robert GAILLIAERT 3Pl Lt SARLET/Divry Marcel MARTIN D Coy Comd Lt SERRUYS Capt DIMIAUX Capt Paul DEWAELE 2IC Lt MAES TOURNAY; GOMREE 1 Pl SLt J. DENBLYDEN Désiré VOGLAIRE 2 Pl Adjt VREVEN LHEUREUX 3 Pl SLt COLAU Lt TINANT CSM 1Sgt EGERICKX Supply Coy (heavy weapons) Capt Francis BIOT Capt Jean SAUSSEZ Pl Bren carriers SLt Jean-Louis GRISAR SLt Claude BLOCH; SLt Guy WEBER Pl Mortiers 3" defawes Armand DELHASSE Pl Atk 6 livres SLt Gérard BULPA; F. DEMEYER Pl Pionniers SLt Robert TABARY Lt Georges DARIMONT
