THE BEF
(British Expeditionary Force)
Commander-in-Chief: Gen. Sir John French
I Corps – Lt.Gen. Sir Douglas Haig
Made up of 1st and 2nd Divisions.
1st Division – Maj.Gen. S Lomax
1st (Guards) Brigade-
1st Coldstream Guards. 1st Scots Guards. 1st Black Watch. 1st Camerons. London Scottish.
2nd Brigade-
2nd Royal Sussex. 1st Loyal North Lancs. 1st Northern. 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
3rd Brigade-
1st Queen’s. 1st South Wales Borderers. 1st Gloster. 2nd Welch.
Mounted Troops –
‘A’ Squadron. 15th Hussars. 1st Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery.
XXV Brigade, XXVI Brigade. XXXIX Brigade. XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade.
26th Heavy Battery.
Royal Engineers –
23rd and 26th Field Companies, RE.
2nd Division – Maj.Gen. C Munro.
4th (Guards) Brigade-
2nd Grenadier Guards. 2nd & 3rd Coldstream Guards. 1st Irish Guards. 1st Hertfordshire.
5th Brigade –
2nd Worcestershire Regiment. 2nd Oxs & Bucks Light Infantry. 2nd Highland LI. 2nd Connaught Rangers.
6th Brigade –
1st King’s 2nd South Stafford. 1st Royal Berkshire. 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
Mounted Troops –
B Squadron. 15th Hussars. 2nd Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery.
XXXIV Brigade. XXXVI Brigade. XLI Brigade. XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade.
35th Heavy Battery.
Royal Engineers –
5th and 11th Field Companies.
II Corps – Gen. Sir H, Smith-Dorrien.
Made up of 3rd and 5th Divisions.
3rd Division – Maj.Gen, H. Hamilton.
7th Brigade –
3rd Worcestershire. 2nd South Lancashire. 1st Wiltshire. 2nd Royal Irish Rifles.
8th Brigade –
2nd Royal Scots. 2nd Royal Irish. 4th Middlesex. 1st Devonshire. 1st Honourable Artillery Company
note – despite being called Honourable Artillery Company, they were in fact Infantry.
9th Brigade –
1st Northumberland Fusiliers. 4th Royal Fusiliers. 1st Lincolns. 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Mounted Troops –
C. Squadron. 15th Hussars. 3rd Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery.
XXIII Brigade. XL Brigade. XLII Brigade. XXX (Howitzer) Brigade.
48th Heavy Battery.
Royal Engineers –
56th & 57th Field Companies.
5th Division – Maj.Gen Sir C, Fergusson
13th Brigade –
2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers. 2nd Duke of Wellington Regiment. 1st Royal West Kent. 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire LI.
14th Brigade –
2nd Suffolk Regiment. 1st East Surrey Regiment. 1st Duke of Cornwall’s LI. 2nd Manchester Regiment
15th Brigade –
1st Norfolk Regiment. 1st Bedfordshire Regiment. 1st Cheshire Regiment. 1st Dorset Regiment.
Mounted Troops –
A. Squadron, 19th Hussars. 5th Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery –
XV Brigade. XXVII Brigade. XXVIII Brigade. VIII (Howitzer) Brigade.
108th Heavy Battery.
Royal Engineers –
17th & 59th Field Companies.
III Corps – Maj. Gen W. Pulteney.
4th Division – Maj. Gen. H. Wilson.
10th Brigade –
1st Royal Warwicks. 2nd Seaforth Highlanders. 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers. 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
11th Brigade –
1st Somerset LI. 1st East Lancs Regiment. 1st Hampshire Regiment. 1st Rifle Brigade.
12th Brigade –
1st King’s Own (Lancaster). 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers. 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers. 2nd Essex Regiment.
Mounted Troops –
B. Squadron, 19th Hussars. 4th Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery.
XIV Brigade. XXIX Brigade. XXXII Brigade. XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade.
31 Heavy Battery.
Royal Engineers –
7th & 9th Field Companies.
6th Division – Maj. Gen. J.L. Keir.
16th Brigade –
1st The Buffs. 1st Leicestershire Regiment. 1st King’s Shropshire LI. 2nd Yorks & Lancs.
17th Brigade –
1st Royal Fusiliers. 1st North Stafford. 2nd Leinster. 3rd Rifle Brigade.
18th Brigade –
1st West Yorkshire. 1st East Yorkshire. 2nd Sherwood Foresters. 2nd Durham LI.
19th Brigade –
2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers. 2nd Cameronians. 1st Middlesex. 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Mounted Troops –
C. Squadron. 19th Hussars. 6th Cyclist Company.
Artillery – Royal Field Artillery.
II Brigade. XXIV Brigade. XXXVIII Brigade. XII (Howitzer) Brigade.
24th Heavy Battery – Royal Garrison Artillery.
Royal Engineers –
12th & 38th Field Companies.
Royal Flying Corps –
Brig. Gen. Sir D. Henderson.
HQ Wireless Unit. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Aeroplane Squadrons (63 Aeroplanes)
Cavalry Corps – Lt.Gen. E.H.H. Allenby
1st Cavalry Division – Maj. Gen. H. de Lisle.
1st Cavalry Brigade –
2nd Dragoon Guards. 5th Dragoon Guards. 11th Hussars. 1st Signal Troop.
2nd Cavalry Brigade –
4th Dragoon Guards. 9th Lancers. 18th Hussars. 2nd Signal Troop
Cavalry Divisional troops –
Artillery – VII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery.
Royal Engineers – 1st Field Squadron Royal Engineers.
Signal Services – 1st Signal Squadron.
ASC – 1st Cavalry Division, Supply Column.
Medical Units – 1st & 3rd Cavalry Field Ambulances.
2nd Cavalry Division – Maj. Gen. H. Gough.
3rd Cavalry Brigade –
4th Hussars. 5th Lancers. 16th Lancers. 3rd Signal troop.
4th Cavalry Brigade –
Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry. 6th Dragoon Guards. 3rd Hussars. 4th Signal Troop.
5th Cavalry Brigade –
2nd Dragoons. 12th Lancers. 20th Hussars. 5th Signal Troops.
Cavalry Divisional Troops –
Artillery – II Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.
Royal Engineers – 2nd Field Squadron, RE.
Signal Services – 2nd Signal Squadron.
ASC – 2nd Cavalry Division, Supply Column.
Medical Units – 2nd, 4th & 5th Cavalry Field Ambulances.
IV Corps – Lt. Gen Sir H. Rawlinson.
7th Division – Maj. Gen T. Capper.
20th Brigade –
1st Grenadier Guards. 2nd Scots Guards. 2nd Border Regiment. 2nd Gordon Highlanders.
21st Brigade –
2nd Bedfordshire Regiment. 2nd Green Howards. 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers. 2nd Wiltshire.
22nd Brigade –
2nd Queen’s. 2nd Royal Warwickshire. 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers. 1st South Staffordshire.
Divisional troops –
Mounted Troops –
Northumberland Hussars. 7th Cyclist Company.
Artillery – XIV Brigade Royal Horse Artillery.
XXII Brigade Royal Field Artillery. XXXV Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
III (Heavy) Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery.
7th Division Ammunition Column.
Royal Engineers -54th and 55th Field Companies RE.
Signals – 7th Signal Company.
ASC – 7th Division Train.
Medical Units – 21st, 22nd and 23rd Field Ambulances.
3rd Cavalry Division – Maj. Gen J. Byng
6th Cavalry Brigade –
3rd Dragoon Guards. 1st Royal Dragoons. 10th Hussars.
7th Cavalry Brigade –
1st and 2nd Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards.
Cavalry Divisional troops –
Artillery – Xv Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.
Royal Engineers – 3rd Field Squadron, RE.
Signals – 3rd Signal Squadron.
ASC – 33rd Cavalry Division Supply Column.
Medical Units – 6th and 7th Cavalry Field Ambulances.
Indian Corps – Lt. Gen Sir. J Willcocks.
The Lahore Division. Lt. Gen H Watkis.
Ferozepore Brigade –
1st Connaught Rangers. 9th Bhopal Infantry. 57th Wilde’s Rifles. 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis.
Jullunder Brigade –
1st Manchester Regiment. 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. 47th Sikhs. 59th Scinde Rifles.