Gelderland Provincial
Military
Command/Garrison Command
Provinciaal
Militair Commando/Garnizoenscommando Gelderland
(PMC/GC GLD)
Part
I | Part II |
Part III
| Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Staff
and Support Company
Gelderland Provincial
Military Command/Garrison
Command |
Arnhem |
9/28/5/49 (91)
|
48/39/83/46 (216) |
| 426
Mobile Security Infantry Company |
Arnhem |
5/25/93/1
(124) |
6/21/140/1
(168) |
| 335
Light Security Infantry Company [a] |
– |
– |
5/16/109
(130) |
| 365
Light Security Infantry Company [a] |
– |
– |
5/16/109
(130) |
| 366
Heavy Security Infantry Company
[b]
|
– |
– |
6/18/123
(147) |
| 367
Heavy Security Infantry Company [c]
|
– |
– |
6/18/123
(147) |
| 371
Security Infantry Company [a]
|
– |
– |
6/21/139
(166) |
| 376
Security Infantry Company [d]
|
– |
– |
6/21/139
(166) |
| 384
Security Infantry Company [e]
|
– |
– |
6/21/139
(166) |
| 17
Company Staff, National Reserve Corps [f] |
– |
– |
2/4/17
(23) |
| 27 Company
Staff, National Reserve Corps
[f] |
– |
– |
2/4/17
(23) |
| 312
(Nijmegen) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 330
(Lelystad) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 331
(Tiel) Platoon, National Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 332 (Groenlo)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 351
(Arnhem) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 352
(Ede) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 353
(Nijmegen) Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 354 (Arnhem)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 355 (Eefde)
Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 356
(Apeldoorn) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 357
(Eibergen) Platoon, National Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 358 (Harderwijk)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 447
(Eefde) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 448
(Arnhem) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 454
(Tiel) Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 455 (Stroe)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
| 647 Labour
Company |
– |
4/10/112
(126) |
6/15/146
(167) |
| 412 Labour
Company [g] |
– |
– |
6/15/146
(167) |
| 403 Burial
Platoon [h] |
– |
– |
1/2/16
(19) |
| 457 Burial
Platoon [h] |
– |
– |
1/2/16
(19) |
Notes
| a. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period in
426 Mobile Security Infantry Company up to eight and a half years prior
to mobilisation.1 |
| b. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period in
434
Mobile Security Infantry Company up to eight and a half years
prior to mobilisation.1 |
| c. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period in
433 Mobile
Security Infantry Company up to eight and a half years prior
to mobilisation.1 |
| d. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period in
429 Mobile
Security Infantry Company up to eight and a half years prior
to mobilisation.1 |
| e |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period in
425
Mobile Security Infantry Company
up to eight and a half years prior to mobilisation.1 |
| f. |
A National
Reserve (NATRES)
company staff would take three or more NATRES
platoons under command. Other platoons would operate under the
command of a security infantry company, or directly under
the Provincial Military Commander/Garrison Commander.2 |
| g. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel from 236 Labour Company (RIM) (disbanded between
1983 and 1985) after their fourteen
to sixteen-month RIM period in that unit had expired, up to eight and a
half years prior to mobilisation.1
4 |
| h. |
Filled
by personnel from the general pool of mobilisable reserves
(vrij-indeelbaar bestand) that had fulfilled their active-duty period
in relevant functions up to eight and a half years prior to
mobilisation.1 |
Part
I | Part II | Part III
| Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
| Barracks
Command Ede-Driesprong Mobilisation Complex |
Ede |
-/1/-/8
(9) |
1/1/-/8
(10) |
| Barracks
Command Loenen-Veldhuizen Mobilisation Complex |
Loenen |
-/1/-/7
(8) |
-/2/-/7
(9) |
| Barracks
Command Schaarsbergen Mobilisation Complex |
Schaarsbergen |
-/1/-/9
(10) |
1/-/-/9
(10) |
| Barracks
Command Wilp-Klarenbeek Mobilisation Complex |
Voorst |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
| Barracks
Command Voorthuizen Mobilisation Complex |
Voorthuizen |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
-/1/-/4
(5) |
| Barracks
Command Wezep Mobilisation Complex |
Wezep |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/1/-/1
(2) |
| Barracks
Command Alverna Mobilisation Complex |
Wijchen |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
| Barracks
Command Van Haeften Barracks |
Apeldoorn |
-/2/3/6
(11) |
-/2/3/6
(11) |
| Barracks
Command Koning Willem III Barracks |
Apeldoorn |
3/16/18/39
(76) |
1/11/19/36
(67) |
| Barracks
Command Berghuizerweg 160 |
Apeldoorn |
-/2/2/4
(8) |
-/2/2/4
(8) |
| Barracks
Command Deventerstraat Stores Complex |
Apeldoorn |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
| Barracks
Command Menno van Coehoorn Barracks |
Arnhem |
-/3/4/10
(17) |
-/3/4/10
(17) |
| Barracks
Command Saxen Weimar Barracks |
Arnhem |
-/3/7/17
(27) |
-/3/9/15
(27) |
| Barracks
Command Apeldoornseweg 40 |
Arnhem |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
| Barracks
Command Fransekampweg Complex |
Bennekom |
? |
? |
| Barracks
Command Detmers Barracks |
Eefde |
-/3/4/16
(23) |
-/3/7/15
(25) |
| Barracks
Command Ede-Oost Barracks Complex |
Ede |
1/11/14/42
(68) |
1/9/17/39
(66) |
| Barracks
Command Ede-West Barracks Complex |
Ede |
5/18/16/33
(72) |
4/17/15/31
(67) |
| Barracks
Command Camp Holterhoek |
Eibergen |
-/4/6/20
(30) |
-/4/6/20
(30) |
| Barracks
Command Jan van Schaffelaer Barracks |
Ermelo |
-/3/8/17
(28) |
-/3/8/17
(28) |
| Barracks
Command Generaal Spoor Barracks |
Ermelo |
6/27/22/39
(94) |
3/13/26/35
(77) |
| Barracks
Command Jan van Nassau Barracks |
Harderwijk |
-/7/15/25
(47) |
-/7/15/23
(45) |
| Barracks
Command Oranje Nassau Barracks |
Harderwijk |
-/2/3/6
(11) |
-/2/2/6
(10) |
| Barracks
Command Willem George Frederik Barracks |
Harderwijk |
-/5/7/17
(29) |
-/4/9/16
(29) |
| Barracks
Command Harderwijk Stores Complex |
Harderwijk |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
| Barracks
Command De Harskamp Barracks |
Harskamp |
2/12/16/56
(86) |
2/11/19/54
(86) |
| Barracks
Command De Harskamp Stores Complex |
Harskamp |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
| Barracks
Command Oldebroek Barracks
|
't
Harde |
-/6/9/31
(46) |
1/7/11/30
(49) |
| Barracks
Command Luitenant-kolonel Tonnet Barracks |
't
Harde |
5/22/19/40
(86) |
3/14/21/38
(76) |
| Barracks
Command Oranje Barracks |
Schaarsbergen |
6/26/21/37
(90) |
3/14/25/34
(76) |
| Barracks
Command Generaal-majoor Koot Barracks |
Stroe |
6/26/21/47
(100) |
3/17/23/44
(87) |
| Barracks
Command Camp Teuge |
Teuge |
-/-/-/2
(2) |
-/-/-/2
(2) |
| Barracks
Command Camp Nieuw Milligen |
Nieuw Milligen |
1/5/8/26
(40) |
1/6/23/25
(55) |
| Barracks
Command Generaal Winkelman Barracks |
Vierhouten |
5/18/20/38
(81) |
3/13/23/36
(75) |
| Barracks
Command Prinses Margriet Barracks |
Wezep |
5/20/16/32
(73) |
3/12/20/30
(65) |
| Barracks
Command Willem de Zwijger Barracks |
Wezep |
-/2/4/9
(15) |
-/2/4/9
(15) |
Part
I | Part II | Part III
| Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
| 55
Security Company
Staff (Professional Personnel in Training) [a] |
Breda |
~ 2/4/17
(23) |
– |
| 56
Security Company
Staff (Professional Personnel in Training)
[a] |
Breda |
~ 2/4/17
(23) |
– |
| 280
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 281
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 282
Security Platoon (Professional
Personnel in Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 283
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 284
Security Platoon (Professional
Personnel in Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 285
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 286
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 287
Security Platoon (Professional
Personnel in Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 288
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| 289
Security Platoon (Professional
Personnel in Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
| Gelderland
Provincial
Military Command/Garrison Command Peace Strength: 63/309/473/705 (1550)
|
| Gelderland
Provincial
Military Command/Garrison Command War Strength:
158/483/2237/668 (3546) |
Note
| a. |
These
were provisional units, to be formed in
the warning phase
preceding actual mobilisation (likely: NATO Military Vigilance), from pupils of
the Royal
Military School (Koninklijke Militaire School, KMS)
in
Weert, the Special
Officer Training Centre (Opleidingscentrum
Officieren
Speciale Diensten,
OCOSD)
in Breda and the Royal
Military Academy (Koninklijke
Militaire Academie, KMA), also in Breda. Unit strength and
organisation were probably
similar to that of NATRES units, as their role
was more or less the same. These units would be
disbanded once
the mobilisable security companies
were available, after which their
personnel would be reassigned through the regular personnel replacement
system.3 |
_________________________________________________
| 1. |
|
NIMH
205A/10, Aflossing van mobilisabele eenheden en -aanvullingen d.d. 27
mei 1980. Ibid., d.d. 11 november 1983. Ibid., d.d. 17 juni 1985. |
| 2. |
|
VS 7-265, 13. Hoffenaar en
Schoenmakers, November
Romeo, 112-113. |
| 3. |
|
HTK
1983-1984, kamerstuknr. 18169 ondernr. 2
(Defensienota 1984-1993), 103. Hoffenaar en
Schoenmakers, loc. cit. Bevaart, Kort maar Krachtig,
88-89. Anonymus, KMS,
OCOSD en NATRES,
27. Platoon and
group commanders would be chosen from OCOSD pupils, as these were
sub-officers and reserve officers; their mobilisation role was part of
their training as of 1985. The platoons would be filled out by KMS
pupils (sub-officers in training), the company staffs
would be formed with KMA pupils (officers in training). Unit strength and
organisation probably similar to NATRES: in
1983-1984 NATRES had adopted the platoon organisation of the
territorial security infantry companies, which
indicates a
wish
for a standard unit type for this role. Hoffenaar en Schoenmakers, op.
cit., 119-120, 143. The aforementioned anonymous article notes that
all provisional security platoons would be placed under
command of NATRES company staffs, which seems incorrect given the
apparent presence of provisional company staffs. Disbandment:
NL-HaNA 2.13.182 inv. nr. 546, Planningsmemorandum verdere uitbreiding
NATRES d.d. 10 juni 1983, Bijlage A d.d. 12 maart 1981. The official order of
battle shows these units as peacetime units (as I
have
done above), probably on the assumption that mobilisation would be
timely, in advance of hostilities. They were
scheduled to be disbanded on Telegram A, which was not part of
the mobilisation telegram
sequence. Telegram A would also disband the Hohne
and Langemannshof Barrack Commands,
the Military
Constabulary Detachments at the Netherlands embassies in East Berlin,
Warsaw and Moscow, and the UN Infantry Company in
Lebanon, so we may assume it signalled the breakout of war. NIMH 430, inv. nr. 54
(Slagorde KL stand 1 juli 1985). As actual
personnel strengths are unknown these units are not included in the
total peacetime
strength above. |
| 4. |
|
RIM was
the Dutch acronym for Direct Influx into Mobilisable Units (Rechtstreekse
Instroming in Mobilisabele Eenheden). GRIM was a variant of
this system, meaning "Largely RIM" (Grotendeels
Rechtstreekse Instroming in Mobilisabele Eenheden).
For a survey of the
Royal Army's unit filling and reserve system see Gijsbers, Blik
in de smidse, 2222-2231;
Selles,
Personele
vulling;
Berghuijs, Opleiding,
14-23. In English: Isby and Kamps, Armies,
341-343; Sorrell, Je
Maintiendrai, 94-96; Van
Vuren, The
Royal Netherlands Army Today, Military Review April 1982, 23-28. |
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