In typical British county regiments, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regular army, the 3rd was the special reserve battalion which did not normally serve overseas but remained at home as the regimental depot and training unit, from which replacements were sent to the regular battalions. The 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions were normally Territorial Force battalions. Amongst the terms of service in the Territorial Force, service outside the United Kingdom was voluntary. Territorial battalions raised second line battalions which would be numbered 2/4th, 2/5th and 2/6th, initially from men who declined to volunteer for overseas service. The number of battalions depended on the recruitment potential of the area from which the battalions were raised (the Dorsetshire Regiment raised eleven battalions, whilst the London Regiment managed to raise eighty-eight battalions).[1] Regular army divisions were numbered 1st to 8th. "New Army" divisions of Kitchener's Army raised after the outbreak of war were numbered 9th to 26th. The 27th to 29th Divisions were Regular army divisions made up from units recalled from garrisons around the empire. The 30th to 41st were New Army and the 42nd to 74th were Territorial. The 63rd Division (Royal Naval Division) was made up from Naval Reserves and did not follow this numbering pattern.[2]
Army and Corps organisation
Army
British Expeditionary Force: Commander: General Sir Douglas Haig (since 10 December 1915)[3]
Reserve Army: The Reserve Army was formed on 23 May 1916 and took over VIII and X Corps from the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916, during the Battle of Albert.[5] Army Commander: General Sir Hubert Gough[3]
Fifth Army: The Reserve Army was renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October 1916[6]
Refer following section titled "Divisions" for brigades, regiments and battalions associated with each division participating in the listed battles. Battle nomenclature and participating units information taken from source British Army Council Command Notice 1138 unless stated.[17]
Colour coding for division type
Regular Army and Naval divisions
New Army divisions recruited under Kitchener Recruitment Plan
A majority of the French Divisions were triangular divisions – comprising three regiments, with each regiment containing three battalions. During the Battle of Verdun, General Pétain had rotated the French Divisions through the battle – resulting in a large number of divisions entering the Battle of the Somme with experience.
Army and corps organisation
List of Army/Corps/Divisions involved taken from Organigramme des Grandes Batailles.[24]
Army
Northern Army Group (Groupe d'armées du Nord) Commander: General Ferdinand Foch
(Note: A majority of the corps and divisions were transferred from other armies during the battle.)
Infantry divisions
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
10th Infantry Division
11th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
13th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Division
18th Infantry Division
20th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
26th Infantry Division
39th Infantry Division
41st Infantry Division
42nd Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
45th Infantry Division
46th Infantry Division
47th Infantry Division
48th Infantry Division
51st Infantry Division
53rd Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division
61st Infantry Division
62nd Infantry Division
66th Infantry Division
70th Infantry Division
72nd Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division
120th Infantry Division
121st Infantry Division
125th Infantry Division
127th Infantry Division
132nd Infantry Division
152nd Infantry Division
153rd Infantry Division
Moroccan Infantry Division
2nd Colonial Infantry Division
3rd Colonial Infantry Division
10th Colonial Infantry Division
15th Colonial Infantry Division
16th Colonial Infantry Division
Cavalry divisions
1st Cavalry Division
2nd Cavalry Division
3rd Cavalry Division
4th Cavalry Division
German: 2nd Army
German order of battle derived from Hart, Appendix C unless stated. Commander: General der InfanterieFritz von Below On 19 July, split into the 1st Army (opposite the British) and the 2nd Army, Commander: General der ArtillerieMax von Gallwitz (opposite the French) with authority over the 1st Army as Armeegruppe Gallwitz-Somme, this was not an army group, the term for which was Heeresgruppe Chief of the German General Staff: General der InfanterieErich Falkenhayn (until 28 August 1916), GeneralfeldmarschallPaul von Hindenburg. German divisions were being converted from square to triangular, hence some had four infantry regiments, others had three.
^The 102nd and 103rd Infantry Brigades of the 34th Division had suffered many losses in the Battle of Albert, 1916, changed places with the 111th and 112th Infantry Brigades of the 37th Division and went into line with the 37th Division, IV Corps, First Army on Vimy Ridge, while the two 37th Division brigades, fought in the battles of Bazentin and Pozières under the 34th Division. (Liddle p. 176)
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Digby, Peter. K. (1993). Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders: 1915–1919. Rivonia: Ashanti. ISBN978-1-874800-53-8.
Doughty, Robert A. (2005). Pyrrhic victory: French Strategy and Operation in the Great War. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Belknap Press. ISBN978-0-674-01880-8.
Keegan, John (1998). The First World War (1st ed.). London: Random House. ISBN978-0-09-180178-6.
Kincaid-Smith, M. (2001) [1920]. The 25th Division in France and Flanders (pbk. repr. Naval & Military Press ed.). London: Harrison & Sons. ISBN978-1-84342-123-8. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
Liddle, P. H. (2001). The 1916 Battle of the Somme: A Reappraisal. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth. ISBN978-1-84022-240-1 – via Archive foundation.
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The Official Names of the Battles and Other Engagements Fought by the Military Forces of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914–1919, and the Third Afghan War, 1919: Report of the Battles Nomenclature Committee as Approved by The Army Council Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: HMSO. 1921. OCLC 29078007.
Websites
"Order Of Battle For The Somme July–November 1916". Western Front Association. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
"The 21st Division in 1914–1918". The Long, Long Trail. 1914–1918 Net. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
"The German Army: Order of Battle 1 July 1916". The Battle of the Somme 1916 [microsite]. Imperial War Museum. 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
Further reading
Edmonds, J. E.; Wynne, G. C. (2010) [1932]. Military Operations France and Belgium 1916: Appendices. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. I (Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN978-1-84574-730-5.
James, E. A. (1990) [1924]. A Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders 1914–1918 (repr. London Stamp Exchange ed.). Aldershot: Gale & Polden. ISBN978-0-948130-18-2.
Order of Battle of British Infantry Units, 1 July 1916, Imperial War Museum
August 22, 2023
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Main article Battle of the Somme Battle of the SommePart of the Western Front of the First World WarBattle of the Somme 1 July 18 November 1916 Date1 July 18 November 1916LocationSomme river north central Somme and south eastern Pas de Calais departements France50 1 N 2 41 E 50 017 N 2 683 E 50 017 2 683ResultInconclusiveBelligerents British Empire Australia Bermuda Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand South Africa Southern Rhodesia United Kingdom France German Empire Baden Bavaria Prussia Saxony WurttembergCommanders and leadersDouglas Haig Ferdinand Foch Henry Rawlinson Emile Fayolle Hubert Gough Joseph Alfred MichelerCrown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria Max von Gallwitz Fritz von BelowStrength13 British 11 French divisions 1 July51 British 48 French divisions July November10 1 2 divisions 1 July50 divisions July NovemberCasualties and losses623 907c 237 000 500 000 This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war It was fought between French British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley and vicinity in northern France Contents 1 Background 1 1 British and Dominion forces 1 2 Army and Corps organisation 1 2 1 Army 1 2 2 Corps 1 3 Formations per battle 1 3 1 Battle of Albert 1 13 July 1 3 1 1 Subsidiary Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 1 July 1 3 2 Battle of Bazentin Ridge 14 17 July 1 3 2 1 Subsidiary Attack at Fromelles 19 July 1 3 2 2 Subsidiary Attacks on High Wood 20 25 July 1 3 3 Battle of Delville Wood 15 July 3 September 1 3 4 Battle of Pozieres 23 July 3 September 1 3 5 Battle of Guillemont 3 6 September 1 3 6 Battle of Ginchy 9 September 1 3 7 Battle of Flers Courcelette 15 22 September 1 3 8 Battle of Morval 25 28 September 1 3 9 Battle of Thiepval 26 28 September 1 3 10 Battle of Le Transloy 1 18 October 1 3 11 Battle of the Ancre Heights 1 18 October 1 3 12 Battle of the Ancre 13 16 November 1 4 Divisions 1 4 1 Regular Army and Naval divisions 1 4 2 New Army divisions 1 4 3 Territorial divisions 1 4 4 Dominion divisions 1 5 Royal Flying Corps 2 French forces 2 1 Army and corps organisation 2 1 1 Army 2 1 2 Corps 2 1 3 Infantry divisions 2 1 4 Cavalry divisions 3 German 2nd Army 3 1 Guards divisions 3 2 Line divisions 3 3 Guards Reserve divisions 3 4 Reserve Infantry divisions 3 5 Ersatz divisions 4 Notes 5 Citations and references 5 1 Citations 5 2 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksBackground EditBritish and Dominion forces Edit In typical British county regiments the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regular army the 3rd was the special reserve battalion which did not normally serve overseas but remained at home as the regimental depot and training unit from which replacements were sent to the regular battalions The 4th 5th and 6th Battalions were normally Territorial Force battalions Amongst the terms of service in the Territorial Force service outside the United Kingdom was voluntary Territorial battalions raised second line battalions which would be numbered 2 4th 2 5th and 2 6th initially from men who declined to volunteer for overseas service The number of battalions depended on the recruitment potential of the area from which the battalions were raised the Dorsetshire Regiment raised eleven battalions whilst the London Regiment managed to raise eighty eight battalions 1 Regular army divisions were numbered 1st to 8th New Army divisions of Kitchener s Army raised after the outbreak of war were numbered 9th to 26th The 27th to 29th Divisions were Regular army divisions made up from units recalled from garrisons around the empire The 30th to 41st were New Army and the 42nd to 74th were Territorial The 63rd Division Royal Naval Division was made up from Naval Reserves and did not follow this numbering pattern 2 Army and Corps organisation Edit Army Edit British Expeditionary Force Commander General Sir Douglas Haig since 10 December 1915 3 Third Army Army Commander General Sir Edmund Allenby 3 Fourth Army The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February 1916 4 Army Commander General Sir Henry Rawlinson 3 Reserve Army The Reserve Army was formed on 23 May 1916 and took over VIII and X Corps from the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916 during the Battle of Albert 5 Army Commander General Sir Hubert Gough 3 Fifth Army The Reserve Army was renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October 1916 6 Corps Edit II Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Claud Jacob 3 III Corps Corps Commander Major General Henry Hudson 7 later replaced by Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney 8 V Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Edward Fanshawe 3 VII Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sir Thomas d Oyly Snow 3 VIII Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter Weston 9 X Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Morland 3 XIII Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Walter Congreve VC 10 XIV Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Rudolph Lambart 10th Earl of Cavan 3 XV Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General D M G Campbell then Lt Gen Henry Horne then Lt General John du Cane 3 11 Canadian Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General the Honourable Sir Julian Byng 3 ANZAC Corps Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood 12 Machine Gun Corps 13 French Sixth Army which contained British or Dominion forces 20th Army Corps 14 The 11th and 39th Divisions were attached to the French XX Corps Sixth Army for the opening days of the battle 15 35th Army Corps 14 The British 2nd Division was detached to XXXV Corps Sixth Army 16 Formations per battle Edit Refer following section titled Divisions for brigades regiments and battalions associated with each division participating in the listed battles Battle nomenclature and participating units information taken from source British Army Council Command Notice 1138 unless stated 17 Colour coding for division type Regular Army and Naval divisions New Army divisions recruited under Kitchener Recruitment Plan Territorial divisions Dominion divisionsBattle of Albert 1 13 July Edit Capture of Montauban Capture of Mametz Capture of Fricourt Capture of Contalmaison Capture of La Boisselle Organization of the Fourth Army on the First day of the Battle of the Somme 1 July 1916Army Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 1st Division8th Division12th Division19th Division34th DivisionVIII Corps 4th Division29th Division31st Division48th DivisionX Corps 23rd Division25th Division32nd Division36th Division49th DivisionXIII Corps 3rd Division9th Division18th Division30th Division35th DivisionXV Corps 7th Division17th Division21st Division33rd Division38th DivisionReserve Army The Reserve Army took over the VIII and X Corpsfrom the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916 5 Subsidiary Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 1 July Edit Army Corps DivisionsThird Army VII Corps 37th Division46th Division56th DivisionBattle of Bazentin Ridge 14 17 July Edit Capture of Longueval Capture of Trones Wood Capture of OvillersArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army Army Troops 2nd Indian Cavalry DivisionII Corps 1st Division23rd Division34th Division Note 1 XIII Corps 3rd Division9th Division18th DivisionXV Corps 7th Division21st Division33rd DivisionReserve Army X Corps 25th Division32nd Division48th Division49th DivisionSubsidiary Attack at Fromelles 19 July Edit Army Corps DivisionsFirst Army XI Corps 61st Division5th Australian DivisionSubsidiary Attacks on High Wood 20 25 July Edit Army Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 19th DivisionXV Corps 5th Division7th Division33rd Division51st DivisionBattle of Delville Wood 15 July 3 September Edit Army Corps DivisionsFourth Army XIII Corps 2nd Division3rd Division9th Division18th Eastern Division24th Division53rd Bde 18th DivisionXIV Corps 20th Division24th DivisionXV Corps 7th Division14th DivisionBattle of Pozieres 23 July 3 September Edit Fighting for Mouquet FarmArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 1st Division15th Division19th Division23rd Division34th DivisionReserve Army II Corps 12th Division25th Division48th Division49th Division1 ANZAC Corps 1st Australian Division2nd Australian Division4th Australian DivisionBattle of Guillemont 3 6 September Edit Army Corps DivisionsFourth Army XIV Corps 5th Division16th Division20th DivisionXV Corps 7th Division24th Division55th DivisionBattle of Ginchy 9 September Edit Army Corps DivisionsFourth Army XIV Corps 16th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 55th DivisionBattle of Flers Courcelette 15 22 September Edit Capture of Martinpuich Canadian soldiers going over the topArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army Army Troops 1st Cavalry Division2nd Indian Cavalry DivisionIII Corps 1st Division15th Division23rd Division47th Division50th Division103rd Bde 34th DivisionXIV Corps Guards Division5th Division6th Division20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 14th Division21st Division41st Division55th DivisionNew Zealand DivisionReserve Army II Corps 11th Division49th DivisionCanadian Corps 1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian DivisionBattle of Morval 25 28 September Edit Capture of Combles Capture of Lesbœufs Capture of GueudecourtArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 1st Division23rd Division50th DivisionXIV Corps Guards Division5th Division6th Division20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 21st Division55th DivisionNew Zealand DivisionBattle of Thiepval 26 28 September Edit Army Corps DivisionsReserve Army II Corps 11th Division18th DivisionV Corps 39th DivisionCanadian Corps 1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian DivisionBattle of Le Transloy 1 18 October Edit Capture of Eaucourt l Abbaye Capture of Le Sars Attacks on the Butte de WarlencourtArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 9th Division15th Division23rd Division47th Division50th DivisionXIV Corps 4th Division6th Division20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 12th Division21st Division30th Division41st DivisionNew Zealand Division88th Bde of 29th DivisionReserve Army Canadian Corps 1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian Division4th Canadian DivisionBattle of the Ancre Heights 1 18 October Edit Capture of Schwaben Redoubt Capture of Stuff Redoubt Capture of Regina TrenchArmy Corps DivisionsReserve Army II Corps 18th Division19th Division25th Division39th Division4th Canadian DivisionV Corps 39th DivisionBattle of the Ancre 13 16 November Edit Capture of Beaumont HamelArmy Corps DivisionsFourth Army III Corps 48th DivisionFifth Army II Corps 18th Division19th Division39th Division4th Canadian DivisionV Corps 2nd Division3rd Division32nd Division37th Division51st Division63rd Naval DivisionXIII Corps 31st Division120th Bde 40th DivisionDivisions Edit Regular Army and Naval divisions Edit Guards Division Major General Geoffrey Feilding 3 1st Guards Brigade 2nd Guards Brigade 3rd Guards Brigade2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion Scots Guards 2nd Battalion Scots Guards1st Battalion Irish Guards 2nd Battalion Irish Guards 1st Battalion Welsh GuardsPioneers 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards1st Division Major General Peter Strickland 3 1st Brigade 2nd Brigade 3rd Brigade10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers1st Battalion Black Watch 1 Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment8th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment1st Battalion Queen s Own Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion Royal Munster FusiliersPioneers 1 6th Battalion Welch Regiment2nd Division Major General Cecil Pereira5th Brigade 6th Brigade 99th Brigade17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers2nd Battalion Oxfordshire amp Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 13th Battalion Essex Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion King s Royal Rifle CorpsPioneers 10th Battalion Duke of Cornwall s Light Infantry3rd Division Major General Aylmer Haldane then Major General Cyril Deverell 3 8th Brigade 9th Brigade 76th Brigade2nd Battalion Royal Scots 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion King s Own Royal Regiment8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 13th Battalion King s Regiment 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers7th Battalion King s Shropshire Light Infantry 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion Gordon HighlandersPioneers 20th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps4th Division Major General The Honourable William Lambton 3 10th Brigade 11th Brigade 12th Brigade1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion King s Own Royal Regiment2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion East Lancashires 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington s RegimentPioneers 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment5th Division Major General Reginald Stephens 3 13th Brigade 15th Brigade 95th Brigade14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion Devon Regiment15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment2nd Battalion King s Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion Bedford Regiment 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall s Light InfantryPioneers 1 6th Battalion Argyll amp Sutherland Highlanders6th Division Major General Charles Ross 3 16th Brigade 18th Brigade 71st Brigade1st Battalion Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment 11th Battalion Essex Regiment 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment1st Battalion King s Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion Sherwood ForestersPioneers 11th Royal Leicester Regiment7th Division Major General Herbert Watts 3 20th Brigade 22nd Brigade 91st Brigade8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Queen s9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment2nd Battalion Border Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 21st Battalion Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion Manchester RegimentPioneers 24th Battalion Manchester Regiment8th Division Major General Havelock Hudson23rd Brigade 24th Brigade 25th Brigade2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion Rifle BrigadePioneers 22nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry29th Division Major General Henry de Lisle86th Brigade 87th Brigade 88th Brigade2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion King s Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion Essex Regiment16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Battalion Border Regiment 1st Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment Pioneers 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment63rd Royal Naval Division 18 Major General George Forestier Walker188th Royal Naval Brigade 189th Royal Naval Brigade 190th BrigadeAnson Battalion Drake Battalion 1 1st Battalion Honourable Artillery CompanyHowe Battalion Hood Battalion 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers1st Royal Marine Battalion Nelson Battalion 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment2nd Royal Marine Battalion Hawke Battalion 10th Battalion Royal Dublin FusiliersNew Army divisions Edit 9th Scottish Division 19 Major General William Furse 3 26th Brigade 27th Brigade South African Brigade 8th Battalion Black Watch 11th Battalion Royal Scots 1st South African Battalion Cape 9th Battalion Seaforth 12th Battalion Royal Scots 2nd South African Battalion Natal amp OFS 5th Battalion Camerons 6th Battalion King s Own Scottish Borderers 3rd South African Battalion Transvaal amp Rhodesia 10th Battalion Argyll amp Sutherland Highlanders 9th Battalion Scottish Rifles 4th South African Battalion Scottish Pioneers 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders11th Northern Division Major General Charles Woollcombe32nd Brigade 33rd Brigade 34th Brigade9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers6th Battalion Green Howards 6th Battalion Border Regiment 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers8th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment6th Battalion York amp Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 11th Battalion Manchester RegimentPioneers 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment12th Eastern Division Major General Arthur Scott35th Brigade 36th Brigade 37th Brigade7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion Queen s Regiment7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment 9th Battalion Essex Regiment 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion Royal West Kent RegimentPioneers 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment14th Light Division Major General Victor Couper41st Brigade 42nd Brigade 43rd Brigade7th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion Oxfordshire amp Buckinghamshire Regt 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry8th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion King s Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall s Lt Inf 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Lt Inf 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion Durham Light InfantryPioneers 11th Battalion King s Regiment15th Scottish Division Major General Frederick McCracken 3 44th Brigade 45th Brigade 46th Brigade9th Battalion Black Watch 13th Battalion Royal Scots 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles8th Battalion Seaforth 6 7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 7 8th Battalion King s Own Scottish Borderers10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 6th Battalion Camerons 10 11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry7th Battalion Camerons 11th Battalion Argyll amp Sutherland Highlanders 12 11th Battalion Highland Light InfantryPioneers 9th Battalion Gordon Highlanders16th Irish Division Major General William Hickie47th Brigade 48th Brigade 49th Brigade6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment 7th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers6th Battalion Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers 8th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers7th Battalion Leinster Regiment 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers8th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers 9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion Royal Irish FusiliersPioneers 11th Battalion Hampshire Regiment17th Northern Division Major General Thomas Pilcher since 13 July Major General Philip Rynd Robertson50th Brigade 51st Brigade 52nd Brigade10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion Border Regiment 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers7th Battalion Green Howards 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment6th Battalion Dorset Regiment 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 12th Battalion Manchester RegimentPioneers 7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment18th Eastern Division Major General Ivor Maxse 20 53rd Brigade 54th Brigade 55th Brigade8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion Queen s Regiment8th Battalion Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion Bedford Regiment 7th Battalion Buffs10th Battalion Essex Regiment 8th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion Royal West Kent RegimentPioneers 8th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment19th Western Division Major General Tom Bridges 3 56th Brigade 57th Brigade 58th Brigade7th Battalion Kings Own 10th Battalion Royal Warwick Regiment 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion Worcesters 9th Battalion Welch Regiment7th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion Wiltshire RegimentPioneers 5th Battalion South Wales Border Regiment20th Light Division Major General William Douglas Smith59th Brigade 60th Brigade 61st Brigade10th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion Oxford amp Buckinghamshire Lt Regt 7th Battalion Somerset Lt Inf 11th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion King s Stropshire Lt Inf 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall s Lt Inf 10th Battalion Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Lt Inf 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion King s RegimentPioneers 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry21st Division Major General David Campbell62nd Brigade 63rd Brigade 64th Brigade12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 9th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Lt Inf 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion Somerset Lt Inf 10th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Lt Inf 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 12th Bn Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshires 14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry10th Bn Princess of Wales s Own Yorkshire Regt 10th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment 15th Bn Durham Light InfantryPioneers 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers110th Brigade The 110th Brigade replaced the 63rd Brigade in July 1916 21 6th Bn Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment23rd Division Major General James Babington 3 68th Brigade 69th Brigade 70th Brigade10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion Green Howards 8th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion Green Howards 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington Regiment 9th Battalion York and Lancaster RegimentPioneers 9th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment24th Division Major General John Capper17th Brigade 72nd Brigade 73rd Brigade8th Battalion Buffs 8th Battalion Queen s Regiment 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment12th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regt 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regt 2nd Battalion Leinster RegimentPioneers 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters25th Division Major General Guy Bainbridge 22 7th Brigade 74th Brigade 75th Brigade10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment3rd Battalion Worcester Regiment 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion Border Regiment8th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Regiment 8th Battalion South Lancashire RegimentPioneers 6th Battalion South Wales Border Regiment30th Division Brigadier General Ferdinand Stanley 23 21st Brigade 89th Brigade 90th Brigade18th Battalion King s Own Royal Regiment 17th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 16th Battalion 1st City Manchester Regiment19th Battalion 4th City Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion 2nd City Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regt 20th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion 3rd City Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion Duke of Edinburgh s Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Scots FusiliersPioneers 11th Battalion St Helens Pioneers Prince of Wales s Volunteers31st Division Major General Wanless O Gowan92nd Brigade 93rd Brigade 94th Brigade10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion East Lancaster Regiment11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion York amp Lancaster Regiment12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 18th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion York amp Lancaster Regiment13th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 14th Battalion York amp Lancaster RegimentPioneers 12th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment32nd Division Major General Reginald Barnes14th Brigade 96th Brigade 97th Brigade19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Battalion Border Regiment1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Inf 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion Highland Light Infantry15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 17th Battalion Highland Light InfantryPioneers 17th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers33rd Division Major General Reginald Pinney98th Brigade 100th Brigade 19th Brigade4th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion Queen s Royal West Surrey Regiment 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers1 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion The Cameronians Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion Argyll amp Sutherland Highlanders 1 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 1 5th Battalion The Cameronians Scottish Rifles Pioneers 18th Battalion Middlesex Regiment34th Division Major General Edward Ingouville Williams killed then Major General C L Nicholson 3 101st Brigade 102nd Tyneside Scottish Brigade 103rd Tyneside Irish Brigade15th Battalion Royal Scots 20th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers16th Battalion Royal Scots 21st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 25th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers10th Battalion Lincoln Regiment 22nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 26th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Note 2 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion Northumberland FusiliersPioneers 18th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers35th Division Major General Herman Landon104th Brigade 105th Brigade 106th Brigade17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 17th Battalion Royal Scots Regiment18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment20th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 14th Battalion Gloster Regiment 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry23rd Battalion Manchester Regiment 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 18th Battalion Highland Light InfantryPioneers 19th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers36th Ulster Division Major General Oliver Nugent107th Brigade 108th Brigade 109th Brigade8th Bn East Belfast Royal Irish Rifles 9th Bn Armagh Cavan amp Monaghan Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Bn County Tyrone Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers9th Bn West Belfast Royal Irish Rifles 11th Bn South Antrim Royal Irish Rifles 10th Bn Derry Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers10th Bn South Belfast Royal Irish Rifles 12th Bn Central Antrim Royal Irish Rifles 11th Bn Donegal and Fermanagh Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers15th Bn North Belfast Royal Irish Rifles 13th Bn 1st Co Down Royal Irish Rifles 14th Bn Young Citizens Volunteers Royal Irish RiflesPioneers 16th Bn 2nd Co Down Royal Irish Rifles37th Division Major General Lord Edward Gleichen110th Brigade 111th Brigade 112th Brigade6th Battalion Leicester Regiment 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion Royal Warwick Regiment7th Battalion Leicester Regiment 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion Bedford Regiment8th Battalion Leicester Regiment 13th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment9th Battalion Leicester Regiment 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire RegimentPioneers 9th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment38th Welsh Division Major General Charles Blackader113th Brigade 114th Brigade 115th Brigade13th Bn 1st North Wales Royal Welch Fusiliers 10th Battalion 1st Rhondda Welch Regiment 17th Bn 2nd North Wales Royal Welch Fusiliers14th Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers 13th Battalion 2nd Rhondda Welch Regiment 10th Bn 1st Gwent South Wales Borderers15th Bn 1st London Welsh Royal Welch Fusiliers 14th Battalion Swansea Welch Regiment 11th Bn 2nd Gwent South Wales Borderers16th Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers 15th Battalion Carmarthenshire Welch Regiment 16th Bn Cardiff City Welch RegimentPioneers 19th Battalion Glamorgan Pioneers Welsh Regiment39th Division Major General Gerald Cuthbert116th Brigade 117th Brigade 118th Brigade11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 17th Battalion King s Royal Rifle Corps 1 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 16th Battalion Rifle Brigade 4 5th Battalion Black WatchPioneers 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment41st Division Major General Sydney Barlow Lawford122nd Brigade 123rd Brigade 124th Brigade12th Bn East Surrey Regiment Note 3 11th Bn Queen s Royal West Surrey Regt 10th Bn The Queen s Royal West Surrey Regt15th Bn Hampshire Regiment Note 4 10th Bn Royal West Kent Regiment Note 5 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers11th Bn Royal West Kent Regiment Note 6 23rd Bn Middlesex Regiment Note 7 32nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers18th Bn King s Royal Rifle Corps Note 8 20th Bn Durham Light Infantry Note 9 21st Bn King s Royal Rifle Corps Note 10 Pioneers 19th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Note 11 Territorial divisions Edit 46th North Midland Division Major General The Honourable Edward Montagu Stuart Wortley 3 137th Brigade 138th Brigade 139th Brigade1 5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 1 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters1 6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 1 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters1 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment 1 4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 1 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters1 6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment 1 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 1 8th Battalion Sherwood ForestersPioneers 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment47th 1 2nd London Division Major General Sir Charles Barter relieved then Major General George Gorringe 3 140th Brigade 141st Brigade 142nd Brigade1 6th Battalion London Regiment Note 12 1 17th Battalion London Regiment Note 13 1 21st Battalion London Regiment Note 14 1 7th Battalion London Regiment Note 12 1 18th Battalion London Regiment Note 15 1 22nd Battalion London Regiment Note 16 1 8th Battalion London Regiment Note 17 1 19th Battalion London Regiment Note 18 1 23rd Battalion London Regiment1 15th Battalion London Regiment Note 19 1 20th Battalion London Regiment Note 20 1 24th Battalion London Regiment Note 16 Pioneers 1st Battalion 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers48th South Midland Division Major General Robert Fanshawe143rd Brigade Warwickshire 144th Brigade Gloucester and Worcester 145th Brigade South Midland 1 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 4th City of Bristol Battalion Gloucestershire Regt 1 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regt1 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1 4th Battalion Oxfordshire amp Buckinghamshire Lt Inf 1 7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1 1st Battalionn Oxfordshire amp Buckinghamshire Lt Inf 1 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1 4th Battalion Royal Berkshire RegimentPioneers 1 5th Cinque Ports Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment49th West Riding Division Major General Edward Perceval146th Brigade 147th Brigade 148th Brigade1 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1 4th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry1 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1 5th Battalion King s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry1 7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1 4th Battalion York amp Lancaster Regt 1 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment 1 7th Battalion Duke of Wellington s Regiment 1 5th Battalion York amp Lancaster Regt Pioneers 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment replaced by 19th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers 6 August 1916 50th Northumbrian Division Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson149th Brigade 150th Brigade 151st Brigade1 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 1 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 1 6th Battalion Durham Lt Inf1 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 1 4th Bn Green Howards 1 8th Battalion Durham Lt Inf1 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 1 5th Bn Green Howards 1 9th Battalion Durham Lt Inf1 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 1 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 1 5th Battalion Border RegimentPioneers 1 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry51st Highland Division Major General George Harper152nd 1st Highland Brigade 153rd 2nd Highland Brigade 154th 3rd Highland Brigade1 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Note 21 1 6th Battalion Black Watch 1 4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders Note 22 1 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Note 23 1 7th Battalion Black Watch Note 24 1 4th Bn Gordon Highlanders1 8th Battalion Argyll amp Sutherland Highlanders Note 25 1 5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Note 26 1 9th Bn Royal Scots Note 27 1 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Note 28 1 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Note 29 1 7th Bn the Argyll amp Sutherland HighlandersPioneers55th West Lancashire Division Major General Hugh Jeudwine164th North Lancashire Brigade 165th Liverpool Brigade 166th South Lancashire Brigade1 4th Battalion King s Own Royal Regiment 1 5th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1 5th Battalion King s Own Royal Lancaster Regt 1 4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1 6th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1 10th Battalion King s Liverpool Regt 1 8th Irish Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1 7th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1 5th Battalion Prince of Wales s Volunteers2 5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 1 9th Battalion King s Liverpool Regiment 1 5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire RegimentPioneers 1 4th Battalion Prince of Wales s Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment 56th 1st London Division Major General Charles Hull167th Brigade 168th Brigade 169th Brigade1 1st Battalion London Regiment 1 4th Battalion London Regiment 1 2nd Battalion London Regiment1 3rd Battalion London Regiment 1 12th London Rangers Battalion London Regiment 1 5th London Rifle Brigade Battalion London Regiment1 7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 1 13th Kensington Battalion London Regiment 1 9th Queen s Victoria Rifles Battalion London Regiment1 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 1 14th London Scottish Battalion London Regiment 1 16th Queen s Westminster Rifles Battalion London RegimentPioneers 1 5th Battalion Cheshire RegimentDominion divisions Edit 2nd Indian Cavalry Division Major General Henry Macandrew5th Mhow Cavalry Brigade 3rd Ambala Cavalry Brigade 9th Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade6th Inniskilling Dragoons 13th Hussars 7th Princess Royal s Dragoon Guards2nd Lancers Gardner s Horse 3rd Skinner s Horse 20th Deccan Horse38th King George s Own Central India Horse 18th King George s Own Lancers 34th Prince Albert Victor s Own Poona HorseCanadian Cavalry Brigade attached to 2nd Indian Cavalry Division Royal Canadian Dragoons Lord Strathcona s Horse Fort Garry HorseCanadian Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun SquadronNew Zealand Division Note 30 Major General Andrew Russell 3 1st New Zealand Brigade 2nd New Zealand Brigade 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade1st Battalion Auckland Regiment 2nd Battalion Auckland Regiment 1st Battalion NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion Canterbury Regiment 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment 2nd Battalion NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion Otago Regiment 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment 3rd Battalion NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion Wellington Regiment 2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment 4th Battalion NZ Rifle BrigadePioneers New Zealand Pioneer Battalion1st Canadian Division Major General Arthur Currie 3 1st Brigade 2nd Brigade 3rd Brigade1st Battalion Ontario 5th Battalion Western Cavalry 13th Battalion Royal Highlanders 2nd Battalion East Ontario 7th Battalion 1st British Columbia 14th Battalion Royal Montreal 3rd Battalion Toronto 8th Battalion 90th Rifles 15th Battalion 48th Highlanders 4th Battalion 10th Battalion 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish Pioneers 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion2nd Canadian Division Major General Richard Turner 3 4th Brigade 5th Brigade 6th Brigade18th West Ontario Battalion 22nd Canadien Francais Battalion 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion19th Central Ontario Battalion 24th Victoria Rifles Battalion 28th North West Battalion20th Central Ontario Battalion 25th Nova Scotia Rifles Battalion 29th Vancouver Battalion21st Eastern Ontario Battalion 26th New Brunswick Battalion 31st Alberta BattalionPioneers 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion3rd Canadian Division Major General Loius Lipsett7th Brigade 8th Brigade 9th BrigadePrincess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry 1st Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 43rd Cameron Highlanders BattalionRoyal Canadian Regiment 2nd Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 52nd North Ontario Battalion42nd Royal Highlanders Battalion 4th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 58th Central Ontario Battalion49th Edmonton Battalion 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 60th Victoria Rifles BattalionPioneers 3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion4th Canadian Division Major General Sir David Watson10th Brigade 11th Brigade 12th Brigade44th Battalion 54th Kootenay Battalion 38th Ottawa Battalion46th South Saskatchewan Battalion 75th Mississauga Battalion 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Battalion47th British Columbia Battalion 87th Canadian Grenadier Guards Battalion 73rd Royal Highlanders Battalion50th Calgary Battalion 102nd Battalion 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers BattalionPioneers 67th Canadian Pioneer Battalion1st Australian Division Major General Harold Walker1st New South Wales Brigade 2nd Victoria Brigade 3rd Brigade1st Battalion 5th Battalion 9th Queensland Battalion2nd Battalion 6th Battalion 10th South Australia Battalion3rd Battalion 7th Battalion 11th West Australia Battalion4th Battalion 8th Battalion 12th Tasmania S and W Australia BattalionPioneers 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion2nd Australian Division Major General James Legge 3 5th New South Wales Brigade 6th Victoria Brigade 7th Brigade17th Battalion 21st Battalion 25th Queensland Battalion18th Battalion 22nd Battalion 26th Queensland amp Tasmania Battalion19th Battalion 23rd Battalion 27th South Australia Battalion20th Battalion 24th Battalion 28th West Australia BattalionPioneers 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion4th Australian Division Major General Sir Herbert Cox 3 4th Brigade 12th Brigade 13th Brigade13th New South Wales Battalion 45th New South Wales Battalion 49th Queensland Battalion14th Victoria Battalion 46th Victoria Battalion 50th South Australia amp Tasmania Battalion15th Queensland amp Tasmania Battalion 47th Queensland amp Tasmania Battalion 51st West Australia Battalion16th South amp West Australia Battalion 48th South amp West Australia Battalion 52nd West amp South Australia Tasmania BattalionPioneers 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion5th Australian Division Major General The Honourable James McCay 3 8th Brigade 14th New South Wales Brigade 15th Victoria Brigade29th Victoria Battalion 53rd Battalion 57th Battalion30th New South Wales Battalion 54th Battalion 58th Battalion31st Queensland amp Victoria Battalion 55th Battalion 59th Battalion32nd South amp West Australia Battalion 56th Battalion 60th BattalionPioneers 5th Australian Pioneer BattalionRoyal Flying Corps Edit No 1 Squadron RFC No 2 Squadron RFC No 3 Squadron RFC No 4 Squadron RFC No 6 Squadron RFC No 9 Squadron RFC No 10 Squadron RFC No 41 Squadron RFC No 70 Squadron RFCFrench forces EditA majority of the French Divisions were triangular divisions comprising three regiments with each regiment containing three battalions During the Battle of Verdun General Petain had rotated the French Divisions through the battle resulting in a large number of divisions entering the Battle of the Somme with experience Army and corps organisation Edit List of Army Corps Divisions involved taken from Organigramme des Grandes Batailles 24 Army Edit Northern Army Group Groupe d armees du Nord Commander General Ferdinand Foch Sixth Army Army Commander General Marie Emile Fayolle Tenth Army Army Commander General Joseph Alfred MichelerCorps Edit I Corps Corps Commander General Adolphe Guillaumat II Corps Corps Commander General Denis Auguste Duchene V Corps Corps Commander General Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy VI Corps Corps Commander General Marie Jean Auguste Paulinier VII Corps Corps Commander General Georges de Bazelaire IX Corps Corps Commander General Horace Fernand Achille Pentel XI Corps Corps Commander General Charles Mangin XX Corps Corps Commander Generals Georges Prosper Anne Claret de la Touche and Emile Alexis Mazillier XXI Corps Corps Commander General Paul Maistre XXX Corps Corps Commander General Paul Chretien XXXII Corps Corps Commander Generals Henri Mathias Berthelot and Marie Eugene Debeney XXXIII Corps Corps Commander General Alphonse Nudant XXXV Corps Corps Commander General Charles Jacquot I Colonial Corps Corps Commander General Pierre Berdoulat II Colonial Corps Corps Commander General Ernest Joseph Blondlat I Cavalry Corps Corps Commander General Louis Conneau II Cavalry Corps Corps Commander General Antoine de Mitry Note A majority of the corps and divisions were transferred from other armies during the battle Infantry divisions Edit 1st Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division 10th Infantry Division 11th Infantry Division 12th Infantry Division 13th Infantry Division 14th Infantry Division 17th Infantry Division 18th Infantry Division 20th Infantry Division 25th Infantry Division 26th Infantry Division 39th Infantry Division 41st Infantry Division 42nd Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division 46th Infantry Division 47th Infantry Division 48th Infantry Division 51st Infantry Division 53rd Infantry Division 56th Infantry Division 61st Infantry Division 62nd Infantry Division 66th Infantry Division 70th Infantry Division 72nd Infantry Division 77th Infantry Division 120th Infantry Division 121st Infantry Division 125th Infantry Division 127th Infantry Division 132nd Infantry Division 152nd Infantry Division 153rd Infantry Division Moroccan Infantry Division 2nd Colonial Infantry Division 3rd Colonial Infantry Division 10th Colonial Infantry Division 15th Colonial Infantry Division 16th Colonial Infantry Division Cavalry divisions Edit 1st Cavalry Division 2nd Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Division 4th Cavalry DivisionGerman 2nd Army EditGerman order of battle derived from Hart Appendix C unless stated Commander General der Infanterie Fritz von Below On 19 July split into the 1st Army opposite the British and the 2nd Army Commander General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz opposite the French with authority over the 1st Army as Armeegruppe Gallwitz Somme this was not an army group the term for which was Heeresgruppe Chief of the German General Staff General der Infanterie Erich Falkenhayn until 28 August 1916 Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg German divisions were being converted from square to triangular hence some had four infantry regiments others had three Guards divisions Edit Guards Divisions3rd Guards Infantry Division Guards Fusiliers Lehr Infantry Regiment Grenadier Regiment No 94th Guards Infantry Division 5th Foot Guards 5th Guards Grenadiers 93rd Reserve Infantry RegimentLine divisions Edit Line divisions5th Division Grenadier Regiment 8 Grenadier Regiment No 12 Regiment 526th Division Regiment 20 Regiment 24 Regiment 647th Division Regiment 26 Regiment 27 Regiment 1658th Division Regiment 72 Regiment 93 Regiment 15312th Division Regiment 23 2nd Upper Silesian Regiment 62 3rd Upper Silesian Regiment 63 4th Upper Silesian 16th Division Regiment 28 Regiment 29 Regiment 68 Regiment 6924th Division Regiment 133 Regiment 139 Regiment 17926th Division Wurttemberg Grenadier Regiment 119 Regiment 121 Regiment 12527th Division Regiment 120 Grenadier Regiment 123 Regiment 124 Regiment 12735th Division Regiment 141 Regiment 61 Regiment 17638th Division Regiment 94 Regiment 95 Regiment 9640th Division Regiment 104 Regiment 134 Regiment 18152nd Division Regiment 66 3rd Magdeburg Regiment 169 8th Baden Regiment 170 9th Baden 56th Division Fusilier Regiment 35 Regiment 88 Regiment 11858th Division Regiment 106 Regiment 107 Reserve Regiment 120111th Division Fusilier Regiment 20 Regiment 76 Regiment 164117th Division Regiment 157 Reserve Regiment 11 Reserve Regiment 22121st Division Regiment 60 Reserve Regiment 7 Reserve Regiment 35183rd Division Regiment 183 Regiment 184 Reserve Regiment 122185th Division Regiment 185 Regiment 186 Regiment 190208th Division Regiment 25 Regiment 185 Reserve Regiment 65222nd Division Regiment 193 Regiment 397 Reserve Regiment 81223rd Division Regiment 144 Regiment 173 Ersatz Regiment 292nd Bavarian Division Bavarian Regiment 12 Bavarian Regiment 15 Bavarian Regiment 203rd Bavarian Division Bavarian Regiment 17 Bavarian Regiment 18 Bavarian Regiment 234th Bavarian Division Bavarian Regiment 5 Bavarian Regiment 9 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 55th Bavarian Division Bavarian Regiment 7 Bavarian Regiment 14 Bavarian Regiment 19 Bavarian Regiment 216th Bavarian Division Bavarian Regiment 6 Bavarian Regiment 10 Bavarian Regiment 11 Bavarian Regiment 1310th Bavarian Division 25 Bavarian Regiment 16 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 6 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 8Marine Brigade Marine Regiment 1 Marine Regiment 2 Marine Regiment 3Guards Reserve divisions Edit Guards Reserve divisions 26 1st Guards Reserve Division Guards Reserve Regiment 1 Guards Reserve Regiment 2 Reserve Regiment 642nd Guards Reserve Division 25 Reserve Regiment 15 Reserve Regiment 55 Reserve Regiment 77 Reserve Regiment 91Reserve Infantry divisions Edit Reserve Infantry Divisions 26 7th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 36 Reserve Regiment 66 Reserve Regiment 7212th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 23 Reserve Regiment 38 Reserve Regiment 5117th Reserve Infantry Division Regiment 162 Regiment 163 Reserve Regiment 75 Reserve Regiment 7618th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 31 Reserve Regiment 84 Reserve Regiment 8619th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 73 Reserve Regiment 78 Reserve Regiment 79 Reserve Regiment 9223rd Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Grenadier Regiment 101 Reserve Regiment 101 Reserve Regiment 10224th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 101 Reserve Regiment 107 Reserve Regiment 13326th Reserve Infantry Division 25 Regiment 180 10th Wurttemberg Reserve Regiment 99 Reserve Regiment 119 1st Wurttemberg Reserve Regiment 121 3rd Wurttemberg 28th Reserve Infantry Division 25 Reserve Regiment 109 Reserve Regiment 110 Reserve Regiment 11145th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 210 Reserve Regiment 211 Reserve Regiment 21250th Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 229 Reserve Regiment 230 Reserve Regiment 23151st Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 233 Reserve Regiment 234 Reserve Regiment 235 Reserve Regiment 23652nd Reserve Infantry Division Reserve Regiment 238 Reserve Regiment 239 Reserve Regiment 2406th Bavarian Reserve Division Bavarian Reserve Regiment 16 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 17 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 20 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 2189th Reserve Brigade Reserve Regiment 209 Reserve Regiment 213Ersatz divisions Edit Ersatz Divisions 26 4th Ersatz Division Regiment 359 Regiment 360 Regiment 361 Regiment 3625th Ersatz Division Landwehr Regiment 73 Landwehr Regiment 74 Reserve Ersatz Regiment 3Bavarian Ersatz Division Bavarian Reserve Regiment 14 Bavarian Reserve Regiment 15 Ersatz Regiment 28Notes Edit The 102nd and 103rd Infantry Brigades of the 34th Division had suffered many losses in the Battle of Albert 1916 changed places with the 111th and 112th Infantry Brigades of the 37th Division and went into line with the 37th Division IV Corps First Army on Vimy Ridge while the two 37th Division brigades fought in the battles of Bazentin and Pozieres under the 34th Division Liddle p 176 The Cambridgeshire Battalion The Bermondsey Battalion The 2nd Portsmouth Battalion The Kent County Battalion The Lewisham Battalion The 2nd Football Battalion The Arts and Crafts Battalion The Wearside Battalion The Yeomen Rifles Battalion The 2nd Public Works Battalion a b City of London Regiment Poplar and Stepney Rifles Regiment 1st Surrey Rifles Regiment London Irish Rifles Regiment a b The Queen s Regiment Post Office Rifles Regiment St Pancras Regiment Civil Service Rifles Regiment Blackheath and Woolwich Regiment The Sutherland and Caithness Battalion The Ross Highland Battalion The Morayshire Battalion The Fife Battalion The Argyllshire Battalion The Buchan and Formartine Battalion The Highlanders Battalion The Banff and Donside Battalion The Deeside Highland Battalion The New Zealand Division later joined II ANZAC Corps together with the 3rd and 5th Australian DivisionsCitations and references EditCitations Edit Hart p 42 Hart p 43 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Western Front Association website Liddle p 175 a b Liddle p 174 Liddle p 175 Hart p 164 Hart p 385 Hart p 132 Hart p 184 Liddell Hart p 322 Hart p 308 Keegan p 320 a b Doughty p 291 Hart p 209 Hart Appendix B Army Council Cmnd 1138 National Archives Naval Division 1914 1919 Buchan p 58 Buchan p 56 Long Long Trail Kincaid Smith 1920 pp 11 12 Hart p 54 1 Archived 2011 07 23 at the Wayback Machine french Organigramme des Grandes Batailles Accessed 2010 07 01 a b c d Imperial War Museum The Somme website a b c Hart Appendix C References Edit Books Buchan John 1992 1920 The History of the South African forces in France litho repr ed London Imperial War Museum amp Battery Press ISBN 978 0 901627 89 6 Digby Peter K 1993 Pyramids and Poppies The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya France and Flanders 1915 1919 Rivonia Ashanti ISBN 978 1 874800 53 8 Doughty Robert A 2005 Pyrrhic victory French Strategy and Operation in the Great War Cambridge Massachusetts and London Belknap Press ISBN 978 0 674 01880 8 Hart Peter 2006 The Somme London Cassell ISBN 978 0 304 36735 1 Keegan John 1998 The First World War 1st ed London Random House ISBN 978 0 09 180178 6 Kincaid Smith M 2001 1920 The 25th Division in France and Flanders pbk repr Naval amp Military Press ed London Harrison amp Sons ISBN 978 1 84342 123 8 Retrieved 13 November 2014 Liddle P H 2001 The 1916 Battle of the Somme A Reappraisal Hertfordshire Wordsworth ISBN 978 1 84022 240 1 via Archive foundation Liddell Hart B H 1973 1970 History of the First World War 3rd ed London Pan Books ISBN 978 0 304 93653 3 Robertshaw Andrew Dennis Peter 2006 Somme 1 July 1916 Campaign 169 Oxford Osprey ISBN 978 1 84603 038 3 The Official Names of the Battles and Other Engagements Fought by the Military Forces of the British Empire during the Great War 1914 1919 and the Third Afghan War 1919 Report of the Battles Nomenclature Committee as Approved by The Army Council Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty London HMSO 1921 OCLC 29078007 Websites Order Of Battle For The Somme July November 1916 Western Front Association Retrieved 2009 07 31 Royal Naval Division 1914 1919 The National Archives Retrieved 2009 08 08 The 21st Division in 1914 1918 The Long Long Trail 1914 1918 Net Retrieved 2009 08 09 The German Army Order of Battle 1 July 1916 The Battle of the Somme 1916 microsite Imperial War Museum 2006 Retrieved 14 March 2012 Further reading EditEdmonds J E Wynne G C 2010 1932 Military Operations France and Belgium 1916 Appendices History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence Vol I Imperial War Museum and Naval amp Military Press ed London Macmillan ISBN 978 1 84574 730 5 James E A 1990 1924 A Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders 1914 1918 repr London Stamp Exchange ed Aldershot Gale amp Polden ISBN 978 0 948130 18 2 External links Edit World War I portalOrder of Battle of British Infantry Units 1 July 1916 Imperial War Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order of battle for the Battle of the Somme amp oldid 1159109087, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
