1st Division (Colombia)

The 1st Division (Spanish: Primera División del Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is a Colombian National Army division consisting on two brigades; The 2nd Brigade based in the city of Barranquilla and the 10th Armored Brigade based in the city of Valledupar. Its current commander is general Juan Bautista Yepez Bedoya, an infantry officer.

Units

2nd Mechanized Brigade

  • 2nd Mechanized Brigade HQ (Santa Marta)
    • 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "General Antonio Nariño" (Malambo)
    • 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Santa Marta)
    • 6th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Fundación)
    • 2nd Brigade Training Battalion (El Cenizo)
    • 2nd Military Police Battalion (Barranquilla)
    • 2nd Engineer Battalion (Malambo)
    • 2nd Combat Service Support Battalion (Barranquilla)
    • Gaula Group “Magdalena” (Santa Marta)
    • Gaula Group “Atlantico” (Barranquilla)
  • 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "General Antonio Nariño" (Malambo)
  • 5th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Santa Marta)
  • 6th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Fundación)
  • 1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

    The 1st Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army with a very long history. The division was present at the Peninsular War, the Crimean War, the First World War, and during the Second World War and was finally disbanded in 1960.

    Napoleonic Wars

    The British 1st Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, drawing initially from two British brigades and one Hanoverian brigade of the King's German Legion. During the Peninsula War it was involved in most of the engagements between the Allies and France including the Battle of Talavera, Battle of Salamanca in 1812, Siege of Tarragona (1813), Battle of Vitoria, Siege of San Sebastián, Battle of the Pyrenees, Battle of the Bidassoa (1813), Battle of Toulouse (1814).

    Peninsular formation

    (April 1814)

  • General Officer: Lieutenant General Sir John Hope (Major General Kenneth Howard)
  • Maitland's Brigade: Major General Maitland
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