1st Division (Spain)

This article is about the Spanish Republican military unit. For other formations, see 1st Division.

1st Division
1.ª División

Military flag of the Popular Army

Active| 1936–1939
Country|  Spain
Branch| Spanish Republican Army
Type| Infantry division
Role| Home Defence
Part of| 1st Army Corps (1936–1939)
Garrison/HQ| Lozoyuela
Engagements| Spanish Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders| Enrique Jurado Barrio

Military unit

View of the mountains of the Somosierra area in the winter.

The 1st Division (Spanish: 1.ª División)[1] was a division of the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War.

This unit was deployed in a relatively inactive section of the front located in the mountainous area north of Madrid.

## History

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The First Division was established on 31 December 1936 with the militia forces that had been operating in the Somosierra sector and which had been led by Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio.[2] The headquarters of the division was in Loyozuela.[3]

This unit was garrisoned at the secondary sector of El Escorial and did not take part in any important military operation. The commander who replaced Enrique Jurado, Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero, was discovered when he was trying to join the enemy forces and was summarily dismissed and shot for treason on 18 September 1937. Except for a few sporadic skirmishes the unit rarely saw combat action and was mainly engaged in fortification work. The First Division was disbanded at the end of the war in late March 1939.[1]

## Order of battle

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Date | Army Corps | Mixed Brigades | Battlefront

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December 1936 | 1st Army Corps | 26th, 27th and 28th | Center
December 1937 | 1st Army Corps | 26th and 27th | Center
April 1937 | 1st Army Corps | 26th, 27th and 28th | Center
November 1938 | 1st Army Corps | 26th and 27th | Center

## Leaders

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Commanders

* Lt. Colonel Enrique Jurado Barrio;[4]
* Lt. Colonel Fernando Cueto Herrero;[1]
* Infantry Commander Ernesto Güemes Ramos;
* Militia Major Dionisio Hortelano Hortelano;
* Militia Major Raimundo Calvo Moreno;[5]
* Militia Major Juan Sáez de Diego;

Commissars

* Alberto Barragán López, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE);
* Victorio Casado Fernández, member of the (PSOE);

Chief of Staff

* Carabineros Commander Rafael Quintana Vilches;

## See also

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* Mixed Brigades

## References

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1. ^ a b c Engel Masoliver 1999.
2. ^ Suero Roca 1981, p. 340.
3. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 125.
4. ^ Zaragoza 1983, p. 48.
5. ^ Martínez Bande 1981, p. 294.

## Bibliography

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* Alpert, Michael (1989). El Ejército Republicano en la Guerra Civil. Madrid: Siglo XXI de España. ISBN 978-84-323-0682-2.
* Álvarez, Santiago (1989). Los comisarios políticos en el Ejército Popular de la República. Ediciós do Castro.
* Engel Masoliver, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército popular de la República, 1936-1939. Madrid: Editorial Almena. ISBN 84-96170-19-5.
* Martínez Bande, José Manuel (1981). La batalla de Pozoblanco y el cierre de la bolsa de Mérida. Editorial San Martín.
* Salas Larrazábal, Ramón (2006). Historia del Ejército Popular de la República. La Esfera de los Libros S.L. ISBN 84-9734-465-0.
* Suero Roca, M.ª Teresa (1981). Militares republicanos de la Guerra de España. Barcelona: Ed. Península Ibérica. ISBN 84-297-1706-4.
* Thomas, Hugh (1976). Historia de la Guerra Civil Española. Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores. ISBN 84-226-0874-X.
* Zaragoza, Cristóbal (1983). Ejército Popular y Militares de la República, 1936-1939. Barcelona: Ed. Planeta.

## External links

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* SBHAC - El Ejército Popular
* Organización militar republicana - 1936 - La Guerra Civil Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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