British task force

The British Task force ( British Expeditionary Forces , BEF) of the British Army evolved/moved much during the First World War. Of a force of: 70000 men, made up of professionals, it passed to more than 1,5 million men, initially voluntary then conscript.

Its first commander is Sir John French.

Battle order

Foot-note: all the units whose nature is not specified are CAVALRY]] : * '' 1st Brigade '' :: 2nd Dragoon Guards :: 5th Dragoon Guards :: 11th Hussars : * '' 2nd Brigade '' :: 4th Dragoon Guards :: 9th Throws :: 19th Hussars : * '' 3rd Brigade '' :: 4th Hussars :: 5th Throws :: 16th Throws : * '' 4th Brigade '' :: 6th Dragoon Guards :: 3rd Hussars :: Composite Regiment off Household Cavalry : * '' 5th Brigade '' :: 2nd Dragoons :: 12th Throws :: 20th Hussars [[artillery|ARTILLERY]] : * '' III Brigade Royal Horse Artillery '' :: Battery D :: Battery E : * '' VIII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery '' :: Battery I :: Battery L ====I Corps==== ''' 1st Division ''' [[Infantry|INFANTRY]] : * '' 1st Guards Brigade '' :: 1st Coldstream Guards :: 1st Scots Guards :: 1st Black Watch :: 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers : * '' 2nd Infantry Brigade '' :: 2nd Royal Sussex :: 1st Honest North Lancashire :: 1st Northamptonshire :: 2nd The Kings Royal Files Body : * '' 3rd Infantry '' :: 1st Royal West Surrey :: 1st South Wales Borderers :: 1st Gloucesteshire :: 2nd Welsh ARTILLERY : * '' XXV Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 113th Battery :: 114th Battery :: 115th Battery : * '' XXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 116th Battery :: 117th Battery :: 118th Battery : * '' XXXIX Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 46th Battery :: 51st Battery :: 54th Battery : * '' XLIII (Howitzer) Royal Field Artillery '' :: 30th (howitzer) Battery :: 40th (howitzer) Battery :: 57th (howitzer) Battery : 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''' 2nd Division ''' INFANTRY : * '' 4th Guards Brigade '' :: 2nd Guards Pomegranate :: 2nd Coldstream Guards :: 3rd Coldstream Guards :: 1st Irish Guards : * '' 5th Infantry Brigade '' :: 2nd Worcestershire :: 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Infantry Light :: 2nd Highland Infantry Light :: 2nd Connaught Rangers : * '' 6th Infantry Brigade '' :: 1st Liverpool :: 2nd South Staffordshire :: 1st Royal Berkshire :: 1st Kings Royal Files Body ARTILLERY : * '' XXXIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 22nd Battery :: 50th Battery :: 70th Battery : * '' XXXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 15th Battery :: 48th Battery :: 71st Battery : * Royal '' XLI Brigade Field Artillery '' :: 9th Battery :: 16th Battery :: 17th Battery : * '' XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 47th (howitzer) Battery :: 56th (howitzer) Battery :: 60th (howitzer) Battery : 35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ====II Corps==== ''' 3rd Division ''' INFANTRY : * '' 7th Infantry Brigade '' :: 3rd Worcesteshire :: 2nd South Lancashire :: 1st Duke off Edinburgh' S :: 2nd Royal Irish Riffles : * '' 8th Infantry Brigade '' :: 2nd Royal Scots :: 2nd Royal Irish :: 4th Duke off Cambridge' S Own :: 1st Gordon Highlanders : * '' 9th Infantry Brigade '' :: 1st Northumberland Fusiliers :: 4th Royal Fusiliers :: 1st Lincolnshire :: 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers ARTILLERY : * '' XXIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 107th Battery :: 108th Battery :: 109th Battery : * Royal '' XL Brigade Field Artillery '' :: 6th Battery :: 23rd Battery :: 49th Battery : * Royal '' XLII Brigade Field Artillery '' :: 29th Battery :: 41st Battery :: 75th Battery : * '' XXX (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 128th (howitzer) Battery :: 129th (howitzer) Battery :: 130th (howitzer) Battery : 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''' 4th Division ''' INFANTRY : * '' 10th Brigade '' :: 1st Royal Warwickshire :: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders :: 1st Princess Victoria' S (Royal Irish Fusiliers) :: 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers : * '' 11th Brigade '' :: 1st Prince Albert (Somerset Infantry Light :: 1st East Lancashire :: 1st Hampshire :: 1st The Files Brigade : * '' 12th Brigade '' :: 1st The King' S Own (Royal Lancaster) :: 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers :: 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers :: 2nd Sussex ARTILLERY : * '' XIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 39th Battery :: 68th Battery :: 88th Battery : * '' XXIX Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 125th Battery :: 126th Battery :: 127th Battery : * '' XXXII Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 27th Battery :: 134th Battery :: 135th Battery : * '' XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 31st (howitzer) Battery :: 35th (howitzer) Battery :: 55th (howitzer) Battery : 31st Royal Battery Garrison Artillery ''' 5th Division ''' INFANTRY : * '' 13th Infantry Brigade '' :: 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers :: 2nd Duke off Wellington' S Own :: 1st Royal West Kent :: 2nd Yorkshire Infantry Light : * '' 14th Infantry Brigade '' :: 2nd Suffolk :: 1st East Surrey :: 1st Duke off Cornwall' S Infantry Light :: 2nd Manchester : * '' 15th Infantry Brigade '' :: 1st Norfolk :: 1st Bedfordshire :: 1st Cheshire :: 1st Dorsetshire ARTILLERY : * '' XV Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 11th Battery :: 52nd Battery :: 81st Battery : * '' XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 119th Battery :: 120th Battery :: 121st Battery : * '' XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 122nd Battery :: 123rd Battery :: 124th Battery : * '' VIII (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery '' :: 37th (howitzer) Battery :: 61st (howitzer) Battery :: 65th (howitzer) Battery : 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery ''' Organic Elements of Army ''' : With, B, and C Squadrons North Irish Horse : 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Squadrons Airplane : 1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders ''' Troop of defense of the lines of communication ''' : 1st Devonshire : * '' 19th Infantry Brigade '' (formed August 22nd, 1914) :: 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers :: 1st Cameronians :: 1st Duke off Cambridge' S Own :: 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders == Source == {{Translation/Reference|in|British Expeditionary Forces|96265620}} {{Military Gate history}} [[Category: British armed forces]] [[Category: Military unit of the First World War]] [[bg: Британскиекспедиционенкорпус]] [[Ca: Cos Expedicionari Britànic]] [[of: British Expeditionary Forces]] [[in: British Expeditionary Forces]] [[be: Fuerza Expedicionaria Británica]] [[it: Corpo di Spedizione Britannico]] [[nl: British Expeditionary Forces]] [[No: British Expeditionary Forces]] [[pl: Brytyjski Korpus Ekspedycyjny]] [[sv: British Expeditionary Forces]] [[tr: BEF

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