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 1 Première Guerre mondiale 2 Ordre de bataille au 22 août 1914 2.1 La division de cavalerie 2.2 I Corps 2.3 II Corps 3 Seconde Guerre mondiale 4 Source

[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

Troupe de défense des lignes de communication

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

[modifier] Source

• (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu d’une traduction de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « British Expeditionary Force ».

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