Utrecht Provincial
Military
Command/Garrison Command
Provinciaal
Militair Commando/Garnizoenscommando Utrecht (PMC/GC UT)
Part
I | Part II |
Part III
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
Staff
and Support Company
Utrecht Provincial
Military Command/Garrison
Command |
Utrecht |
7/18/9/20 (54)
|
42/38/93/22 (195) |
424
Mobile Security Infantry Company |
Utrecht |
5/25/93/1
(124) |
6/21/140/1
(168) |
344
Light Security Infantry Company [a] |
– |
– |
5/16/109
(130) |
345
Security Infantry Company [b] |
– |
– |
6/21/139
(166) |
346
Light Security Infantry Company
[a]
|
– |
– |
5/16/109
(130) |
383
Security Infantry Company [a]
|
– |
– |
6/21/139
(166) |
15
Company Staff, National Reserve Corps [c] |
– |
– |
2/4/17
(23) |
30 Company
Staff, National Reserve Corps
[c] |
– |
– |
2/4/17
(23) |
401
(IJsselstein) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
402
(IJsselstein) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
403
(IJsselstein) Platoon, National Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
404 (De
Bilt)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
405
(Utrecht) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
406
(IJsselstein) Platoon, National Reserve Corps |
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
461
(De Bilt) Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
462
(Driebergen-Rijsenburg)
Platoon, National
Reserve Corps
|
– |
– |
1/4/29
(34) |
453 Burial
Platoon [d] |
– |
– |
1/2/16
(19) |
Notes
a. |
Filled
by mobilisable personnel that had fulfilled their active-duty period
in 424
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. |
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 |
d. |
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 De Bilt Mobilisation Complex |
De
Bilt |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
-/1/-/4
(5) |
Barracks
Command Rhenen Mobilisation Complex |
Elst
(UT) |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
Barracks
Command Hoogland Mobilisation Complex |
Hoogland |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
-/1/-/4
(5) |
Barracks
Command Jaarsveld Mobilisation Complex |
Lopik |
-/-/-/3
(3) |
-/1/-/4
(5) |
Barracks
Command Lopik Mobilisation Complex |
Lopik |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
Barracks
Command Mijdrecht Mobilisation Complex |
Mijdrecht |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
Barracks
Command Maartensdijk Mobilisation Complex |
Maartensdijk |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/1/-/5
(6) |
Barracks
Command Odijk Mobilisation Complex |
Odijk |
-/-/-/3
(3) |
-/-/-/3
(3) |
Barracks
Command Soesterberg Mobilisation Complex |
Soesterberg |
-/1/-/3
(4) |
1/1/1/3
(6) |
Barracks
Command Bernhard Barracks |
Amersfoort |
7/27/33/59
(126) |
3/18/33/54
(108) |
Barracks
Command Hogeweg |
Amersfoort |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
-/-/-/5
(5) |
Barracks
Command Koningin Wilhelminalaan 21 |
Amersfoort |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
Barracks
Command Het Spoel |
Culemborg |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
-/-/-/4
(4) |
Barracks
Command Fort Blauwkapel/Ruygenhoek |
Groenekan |
-/-/-/2
(2) |
-/-/-/2
(2) |
Barracks
Command Koning Willem III Barracks
|
Nieuwersluis |
-/3/7/3
(13) |
-/3/5/2
(10) |
Barracks
Command Dumoulin Barracks |
Soesterberg |
-/5/9/28
(42) |
-/5/9/26
(40) |
Barracks
Command Camp Soesterberg |
Soesterberg |
-/1/-/28
(29) |
-/1/-/28
(29) |
Barracks
Command Fort Honswijk |
Tull
en 't Waal |
-/-/-/3
(3) |
-/-/-/3
(3) |
Barracks
Command Hojel/Knoop Barracks |
Utrecht |
-/3/4/13
(20) |
-/3/4/13
(20) |
Barracks
Command Kromhout Barracks
|
Utrecht |
5/19/37/43
(104) |
2/13/34/40
(89) |
Barracks
Command Lucas Bolwerk 12 |
Utrecht |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
-/-/-/1
(1) |
Barracks
Command Overste Den Oudenlaan 20 |
Utrecht |
-/1/-/12
(13) |
-/1/-/12
(13) |
Part
I | Part II | Part III
Unit |
Location |
Peace
Strength |
War
Strength |
57
Security Company
Staff (Professional Personnel in Training) [a] |
Breda |
~ 2/4/17
(23) |
– |
290
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
291
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a] |
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
292
Security Platoon (Professional
Personnel in Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
293
Security
Platoon (Professional Personnel in
Training) [a]
|
Breda/Weert |
~
1/4/29
(34) |
– |
Utrecht
Provincial
Military Command/Garrison Command Peace Strength:
24/103/192/260 (579) |
Utrecht
Provincial
Military Command/Garrison Command War Strength:
89/227/1097/252 (1665) |
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 |
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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. |
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