Corps expéditionnaire britannique

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Un Corps expéditionnaire britannique (British Expeditionary Force ou BEF) de la British Army a participé aux combats en France durant la Première Guerre mondiale et au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale (bataille de France).

Sommaire

[modifier] Première Guerre mondiale

Il a beaucoup évolué : D'une force de 70 000 hommes, composée de professionnels, il est passé à plus de 1,5 millions d'hommes, d'abord volontaires puis conscrits.

Son premier commandant est Sir John French.

[modifier] Ordre de bataille au 22 août 1914

Nota : toutes les unités dont la nature n'est pas spécifiée sont des bataillons.

[modifier] La division de cavalerie

CAVALERIE

  • 1st Brigade
2nd Dragoon Guards
5th Dragoon Guards
11th Hussars
  • 2nd Brigade
4th Dragoon Guards
9th Lancers
19th Hussars
  • 3rd Brigade
4th Hussars
5th Lancers
16th Lancers
  • 4th Brigade
6th Dragoon Guards
3rd Hussars
Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry
  • 5th Brigade
2nd Dragoons
12th Lancers
20th Hussars

ARTILLERIE

  • III Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Battery D
Battery E
  • VIII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Battery I
Battery L

[modifier] I Corps

1st Division

INFANTERIE

  • 1st Guards Brigade
1st Coldstream Guards
1st Scots Guards
1st Black Watch
2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade
2nd Royal Sussex
1st Loyal North Lancashire
1st Northamptonshire
2nd The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
  • 3rd Infantry
1st Royal West Surrey
1st South Wales Borderers
1st Gloucesteshire
2nd Welsh

ARTILLERIE

  • 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

INFANTERIE

  • 4th Guards Brigade
2nd Grenadier Guards
2nd Coldstream Guards
3rd Coldstream Guards
1st Irish Guards
  • 5th Infantry Brigade
2nd Worcestershire
2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
2nd Highland Light Infantry
2nd Connaught Rangers
  • 6th Infantry Brigade
1st Liverpool
2nd South Staffordshire
1st Royal Berkshire
1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps

ARTILLERIE

  • XXXIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery
22nd Battery
50th Battery
70th Battery
  • XXXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery
15th Battery
48th Battery
71st Battery
  • XLI Brigade Royal 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

[modifier] II Corps

3rd Division

INFANTERIE

  • 7th Infantry Brigade
3rd Worcesteshire
2nd South Lancashire
1st Duke of Edinburgh’s
2nd Royal Irish Rifles
  • 8th Infantry Brigade
2nd Royal Scots
2nd Royal Irish
4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own
1st Gordon Highlanders
  • 9th Infantry Brigade
1st Northumberland Fusiliers
4th Royal Fusiliers
1st Lincolnshire
1st Royal Scots Fusiliers

ARTILLERIE

  • XXIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
107th Battery
108th Battery
109th Battery
  • XL Brigade Royal Field Artillery
6th Battery
23rd Battery
49th Battery
  • XLII Brigade Royal 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

INFANTERIE

  • 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 Light Infantry
1st East Lancashire
1st Hampshire
1st The Rifle Brigade
  • 12th Brigade
1st The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster)
2nd Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2nd Sussex

ARTILLERIE

  • 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 Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

5th Division

INFANTERIE

  • 13th Infantry Brigade
2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Duke of Wellington’s Own
1st Royal West Kent
2nd Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • 14th Infantry Brigade
2nd Suffolk
1st East Surrey
1st Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
2nd Manchester
  • 15th Infantry Brigade
1st Norfolk
1st Bedfordshire
1st Cheshire
1st Dorsetshire

ARTILLERIE

  • 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

Eléments organiques d'Armée

A, B, and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Aeroplane Squadrons
1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

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1st Devonshire
  • 19th Infantry Brigade (formed August 22nd, 1914)
2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers
1st Cameronians
1st Duke of Cambridge’s Own
2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

[modifier] Seconde Guerre mondiale

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