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Royal Hungarian Honvéd
1st Cavalry Brigade (ii)
Headquarters:
   Nyiregyháza (Mobile Corps)
Lineage:
   Redesignated:       01.10.1937    from 2nd Cavalry Brigade (i)
   Activated:    05.04.1941     
   Inactivated:    20.04.1941     
   Activated:    27.06.1941     
   Inactivated:    06.12.1941     
   Discontinued:    30.09.1942    Dissolved [1]
Commanding Officers:
   19.01.1931–01.05.1933    BG Lajos Keresztes-Fischer
   01.05.1933–01.02.1935    BG Guzstáv Kistoranyi Denk
   01.02.1935–01.05.1938    BG Elemér Gorondy.Novák
   01.05.1938–01.03.1940    BG Béla Miklós
   01.03.1940–01.10.1941    BG Lajos Veress
   01.10.1941–30.09.1942    BG András Király
Administrative Subordination:
   16.06.1928–05.04.1941    VKF (peace time garrisons)
   05.04.1941–20.04.1941    Mobile Corps, Third Army
   20.04.1941–27.06.1941    Mobile Corps, VKF (peace time garrisons)
   27.06.1941–09.07.1941    Mobile Corps, Carpathian Army Group
   09.07.1941–6.10.1941    Mobile Corps
   06.10.1941–00.10.1941    Returned to Hungary
   00.10.1941–30.09.1942    Mobile Corps, VKF (peace time garrisons)
Tactical Subordination:
   09.07.1941–19.07.1941    z.Vfg., Heeresgruppe Süd
   19.07.1941–02.08.1941    Gruppe Kempf, 17. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
   02.08.1941–07.08.1941    Befh. HG Süd, Heeresgruppe Süd
   07.08.1941–12.08.1941    Gruppe Kempf, 17. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
   12.08.1941–21.08.1941    XXXXVIII. Armeekorps (mot), 1. Panzergruppe, Heeresgruppe Süd
   21.08.1941–12.09.1941    Gruppe Kempf, 1. Panzergruppe, Heeresgruppe Süd
   12.09.1941–22.09.1941    z.Vfg., Heeresgruppe Süd
   22.09.1941–06.10.1941    Gruppe von Roques, Heeresgruppe Süd
 
Peace Time Organization until 1942:
   1st Cavalry Brigade Headquarters
   Artillery Commander
   3rd Hussar Regiment Headquarters
     • I./3rd Hussar-Regiment
     • II./3rd Hussar-Regiment
   4th Hussar Regiment Headquarters
     • I./4th Hussar-Regiment
     • II./4th Hussar-Regiment
   13th Bicycle Battalion
   14th Bicycle Battalion
   3rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
   3rd Artillery Battalion (mot)
   1st Horse Artillery Battalion
   1st Cavalry Anti-Aircraft Company (mot)
   1st Cavalry Combat Engineer Company (mot)
   1st Cavalry Bridge Column (mot)
   1st Cavalry Signal Company (mot)
   1st Cavalry Brigade Service Headquarters (mot)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nagyvárad)
   (Nagyvárad)
   (Munkács)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Kiskunhalas )
   (Nagyszöllös)
   (Szilágysomlyó)
   (Nyirbátor)
   (Nagycárad)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
   (Nyiregyháza)
 
NOTES:
[1] The units of the 1st Cavalry Brigade were used to form the 1st Cavalry Division.
 
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