The British Army in
British |
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Commander : |
Gen. Sir Charles
C. Monro (4 November 1915) Lieut-Gen.
Sir Bryan T. Mahon (15 November 1915) Lieut-Gen.
Georges F. Milne (9 May 1916) Lieut-Gen.
Sir H.F.M Wilson (Acting, 3
January 1917) Lieut-Gen.
Georges F. Milne (11 January 1917) Gen. Georges
F. Milne (25 June 1918) |
Chief of
Staff : |
Brig-Gen. P.
Howell (15 November 1915) Brig-Gen. W.
Gillman (6 June 1916) Maj-Gen. W.
Gillman (25 June 1916) Maj-Gen. G.
N. Cory (25 August 1917) |
General Staff Officers : |
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Operations :
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Maj. F. H. G. Stanton (Acting, 15 November 1915) Lt-Col. F.
H. G. Stanton (19 November
1915) Lt-Col. R.
E. Solly Flood (19 March 1916) Lt-Col. P. L. Hanbury (29
October 1916) |
Intelligence
: |
Lt-Col. F. Cunliffe Owen
(15 November 1915) Lt-Col. Sir E. I. B. Grogan Bart (27 May 1917) Lt-Col. T. G. G. Heywood (29 May 1918) |
Adjutant
General : |
Brig-Gen. R. C. Boyle (9 28 November 1915) Brig-Gen. Travers E. Clarke (22 December 1915) Maj-Gen. Travers E. Clarke (25 June 1916) Maj-Gen. W.H. Rycroft (20 February 1917) Maj-Gen. H. J. |
Quartermaster-General
: |
Brig-Gen. Travers E. Clarke (15 November 1915) Maj-Gen. Travers E. Clarke (25 June 1916) Maj-Gen. W.H. Rycroft (1 August 1917) |
Head of Artillery
: |
Brig-Gen. W. H. Onslow (15
November 1915) Maj-Gen. W. H. Onslow (11
April 1917) |
Head of
Heavy Artillery : |
Brig-Gen. P.L. Holbrooke (4 October 1917) |
Chief
Engineer : |
Maj-Gen. S. R. Rice (26 January 1916) Brig-Gen. A. R. Reynolds (5 March 1916) Brig-Gen. H. L. Pritchard (Acting, 5 July 1916) Brig-Gen. H. Livingstone (12 August 1916) from 17 January 1917 as Engineer in Chief |
Line of
Communications : |
Maj-Gen.
J. Adye (6 November 1915 12 February 1916) Maj-Gen.
F. W. B. Koe (22 July 1916 22 February 1917) |
Base
Commandant : |
Brig-Gen.
J. H. Poett (25 November 1915) Col. D.
K. E. Hall (21 October 1916) Brig-Gen.
D. K. E. Hall (6 April 1918) |
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XII Corps |
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Commander : |
Lieut-Gen.
Sir Henry F. M. Wilson (5 September 1915) Maj-Gen. E. C. W. Mackenzie-Kennedy (Acting, 4 January 1917) Lieut-Gen.
Sir Henry F. M. Wilson (11 January 1917) |
Chief of
Staff : |
Brig-Gen. L.
J. Bols (8 September 1915) Brig-Gen. P.
Howell (21 October 15 November 1915) Brig-Gen. F.
G. Fuller (23 January 1915) Lt-Col. T.
G. G. Brig-Gen. F.
G. Fuller (30 June 1918) Lt-Col. P.
L. Hanbury (Acting, 12 July 1918) Brig-Gen. F.
G. Fuller (23 August 1918) Lt-Col. P.
L. Hanbury (Acting, 16 September 1918) Brig-Gen. F.
G. Fuller (26 September 1918) |
Quartermaster-General |
Brig-Gen. Travers E. Clarke (6 September 15
November 1915) Brig-Gen. G. S. Brig-Gen. H. L. N. Beynon (9 March 1916) Brig-Gen. E. J. F. Vaugham
(26 December 1917) |
Head of
Artillery : |
Brig-Gen. W. H. Onslow (19
September 15 November 1915) Brig-Gen. D. Arbuthnot (17 January 1916) Brig-Gen. H. E. T. Kelly (Acting, 29 July 1916) Brig-Gen. H. D. White-Thomson (20 September 1916) Brig-Gen. T. Bruce (Acting, 22 June 1917) Brig-Gen. H. D. White-Thomson (12 August 1917) Brig-Gen. H. H. Bond (Acting, 27 September 1917) Brig-Gen. H. D. White-Thomson (5 November 1917) |
Head of the
Engineers : |
Brig-Gen. W. H. Onslow (10
September 4 November 1915) Brig-Gen. F. K. Fair (15 January 1916) Lt-Col. C.
G. Hunter (Acting, 9 July 1916) Brig-Gen. G. Lt-Col. C.
G. Hunter (Acting, 12 July 1916) Brig-Gen. G. Lt-Col. C.
G. Hunter (Acting, 8 August 1916) Brig-Gen. G. Lt-Col. C.
G. Hunter (Acting, 30 November 1916) Brig-Gen. G. |
Attached
troops : |
A and D Sqs. of 1/1st
Lothians and Border Horse Yeonmary [11 May 1917] 12th Cyclist Battalion (10th, 22nd, 26th Div. Cyclist Company) [December
1916] |
XVI Corps |
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Commander : |
Lieut-Gen. G. Milne (17 January 1916) Lieut-Gen.
Charles James Briggs (17 May 1916) |
Chief of
Staff : |
Brig-Gen. G.
N. Cory (12 January 1916) Brig-Gen. H.
Knight (21 August 1917) |
Quartermaster-General |
Brig-Gen. H. J. Brig-Gen. E. D. Young (16 August 1917) |
Corps M. G.
Officer : |
Lt-Col. W. G. F. Barnard (27 December 1917) |
Head of
Artillery : |
Brig-Gen. A W. Gay (18 January 1916) Brig-Gen. H. E. T. Kelly
(10 March 1917) |
Chief
Engineer : |
Brig-Gen. H. L. Pritchard (16 February 1916) Brig-Gen. G. Brig-Gen. H. L. Pritchard (11 August 1916) |
Attached
troops : |
A and B Sqs. of 1/1st
Surrey Yeonmary (Queens Mary Regiment) [27
December 1916] 16th Cyclist Battalion (27th and 28th Divisional Cyclist Company) [December
1916] |
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10th (Irish)
Division |
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Commander : |
Lieut-Gen. Sir B. Mahon (24 August 1914 19 August 1915) Maj-Gen. W. Peyton
(Acting, 19-23 August 1915) Lieut-Gen. Sir T. Mahon (23 August 1915 11
November 1915) Brig-Gen. L. Nicol
(Acting, 11 November 1915 20 December 1915) Maj-Gen. J. Longley (20
December 1915 July 1916) Brig-Gen. E. Morris
(Acting, July 1916) Maj-Gen. J. Longley (July
1916) |
Allocation : |
British |
Composition : |
29th Brigade 6th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Irish Rifles 5th
(Service) Bn, the 6th
(Service) Bn, the 10th
(Service) Bn, the Hampshire [left November 1916] 1st Bn, the 29th Machine
Gun Company, MGC [formed 10 May 1916] 29th Trench
Mortar Battery [formed as No 7 Stokes Mortar Battery 2 October 1916, retitled
8 December 1916]. 30th Brigade 6th
(Service) Bn, the Royal 7th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Munster Fusiliers [absorbed
by 6th Bn on 3 November 1916] 6th
(Service) Bn, the Royal 7th
(Service) Bn, the Royal 1st Bn, the Royal Irish [joined 3 November 1916] 30th Machine
Gun Company [formed 10 May 1916] 30th Trench
Mortar Battery [formed as No 8 Stokes Mortar Battery 28 September 1916,
retitled 8 December 1916] 31st Brigade 5th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers 6th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers 5th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Irish Fusiliers 6th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Irish Fusiliers [absorbed
by 5th Bn on 2 November 1916] 2nd Bn, the Royal Irish Fusiliers [joined 2 November 1916] 31st Machine
Gun Company [formed 11 May 1916] 31st Trench
Mortar Battery [formed 17 October 1916] Divisional Troops 5th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Irish (Pioneer) Battalion 10th Divisional Cyclist Company [left 7 December
1916] Divisional Artillery LXVII,
LXVIII Brigade, RFA LIV Brigade,
RFA [left 28 August 1917] LVII
Brigade, RFA [left 28 August 1917] LVII
Brigade, RFA [attached 16 August to 18 December 1915] 15th Heavy
Battery, RGA [attached 10 August to 19 December 1915] IV ( 2nd Mountain
Battery [attached 28 December 1915 to 7 February 1916] Engineers Units 65th, 66th,
85th Field Company, RE 10th
Divisional Signal Company, RE |
22nd Division |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. Hon. F. Gordon
(17 June 1915 - 7 May 1917) Brig-Gen. J. Maj-Gen. J. |
Allocation : |
British British |
Composition :
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65th Brigade 9th (Service) Bn, the
King's Own (Royal 13th (Service) Bn, the
King's ( 12th (Service) Bn,
Lancashire Fusiliers [left 2nd July 1918] 8th (Service) Bn, the
South Wales Borderers [joined 30 June 1918] 9th (Service) Bn, the 65th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 14 July 1916] 65th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 3 November 1916] 66th Brigade 12th (Service) Bn, the 9th (Service) Bn, the 8th (Service) Bn, the
Kings (Shropshire Light Infantry) 13th (Service) Bn, the 66th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 14 July 1916] 66th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 4 November 1916] 67th Brigade 11th (Service) Bn, the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th (Service) Bn, the 8th (Service) Bn, the
South Wales Borderers [left 30 June 1918] 11th (Service) Bn, the
Welsh 67th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 14 July 1916] 67th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 4 November 1916] Divisional Troops 9th (Service) Bn
(Pioneers), the Border D Squadron, the 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse
Yeomanry [left 29 November 1916] 22nd Divisional Cyclist Company [left November 1916] Divisional Artillery XCVIII, XCIX, C, CI Brigade, RFA CXVII Brigade, RFA [left 9 August 1917] XXXI Brigade, RFA [attached 17 June to 24 August
1917] IV Highland Mountain Brigade [attached briefly in
August 1918] Engineers Units 99th, 109th, 127th Field Company, RE 22nd Divisional Signal Company, RE |
26th Division |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. E. MacKenzie-Kennedy (18 September 1914 - 4 January 1917) Brig-Gen. A. Gay (Acting,
4 January 1917 - 14 January 1917) Maj-Gen. A. Gay (14
January 1917 - 7 July 1917) Brig-Gen. A.Poole (Acting, 7 July 1917 - 2 August 1917) Maj-Gen. A. Gay (2 August
1917 - 27 September 1917) Brig-Gen. H.White-Thomson (Acting, 27 September 1917 - 4 November
1917) Maj-Gen. A. Gay (4
November 1917) |
Allocation : |
British British |
Composition :
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77th Brigade 8th
(Service) Bn, the Royal Scots Fusiliers 11th
(Service) Bn, the Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles) 10th
(Service) Bn, the Black Watch [left 30 July 1918] 12th
(Service) Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders 77th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 24 July 1916] 77th Trench
Mortar Battery [joined 3 November 1916] 78th Brigade 9th
(Service) Bn, the 11th
(Service) Bn, the Worcesters 7th (Service) Bn, the
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshires 7th (Service) Bn, the Royal
78th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 22 July 1916] 78th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 12 November 1916] 79th Brigade 10th (Service) Bn, the 8th (Service) Bn, the Duke
of Cornwalls Light Infantry 12th (Service) Bn, the
Hampshire 7th (Service) Bn, the
Wiltshires [left 16 June 1918] 79th Machine Gun Company, MGC [joined 15 July 1916] 79th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 3 November 1916] Divisional Troops 8th (Service) Bn
(Pioneers), the Oxford & Buckinghams A Squadron, the 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry
[left 29 November 1916] 26th Divisional Cyclist Company [left 16 December
1916] Divisional Artillery CXIV, CXV, CXVI Brigade, RFA CXVII Brigade, RFA [left 9 August 1917] XXXI Brigade, RFA [attached 17 June to 24 August 1917] LVII Brigade, RFA [joined September 1917] IV Highland Mountain Brigade [attached briefly in
August 1918] Engineers Units 107th, 108th, 131st Field Company, RE 26th Divisional Signal Company, RE |
27th Division |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. G. Milne (16 July
1915 13 January 1916) Brig-Gen. S. Hare
(Acting, 13 January 1916 7 February 1916) Maj-Gen. W. Brig-Gen. H.
White-Thomson (Acting, 14 September 1916) Maj-Gen. H. Ravenshaw (15
September 1916 30 September 1916) Brig-Gen. G. Weir
(Acting, 30 September 1916 22 December 1916) Maj-Gen. G. Forestier- |
Allocation : |
British |
Composition :
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80th Brigade 2nd Bn, the Kings (Shropshire Light Infantry) 3rd Bn, the King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Bn, the King's Royal Rifle Corps [left 12 June 1918] 4th Bn, the Rifle Brigade 80th Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 16 May 1916] 80th Trench
Mortar Battery [formed 2 September 1916] 81st Brigade 1st Bn, the Royal Scots 13th
(Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Bn, the Black Watch [left
11 June 1918] 2nd Bn, the Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn, the Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders 81st Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 16 May 1916] 81st Trench Mortar Battery [formed 16 October 1916] 82nd Brigade 2nd Bn, the 2nd Bn, the Duke of
Cornwalls Light Infantry 10th (Service) Bn, the
Hampshire 10th (Lovat's Scouts) Bn
Territorial Force, the Cameron Highlanders [left 22 June 1918] 82nd Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 16 May 1916] 82nd Trench
Mortar Battery [formed 31 July 1916] Divisional Troops 26th (Service) Bn (3rd
Public Works Pioneers), the Middlesex A Squadron, the Surrey Yeomanry [left 27 December
1916] D Squadron, the Derbyshire Yeomanry [attached 26 March 1916 to June
1916] Divisional Artillery I, XIX, XX, CXXIX Brigade, RFA Bute
Mountain Battery, IV Highland Mountain Brigade, RFA (attached 22 July to 8
September 1918, and 23 September to 25 September 1918) Engineers Units 17th Field Company, RE 500th Field Company, RE [renamed from 1st ( 17th , 500th, 501st Field Company, RE [renamed from 2nd ( 27th Divisional Signal Company, RE |
28th Division |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. C. Briggs (12
October 1915) Maj-Gen. H. Croker (21 May
1916 27 January 1917) Brig-Gen. E. Morris
(Acting, 27 January 1917 8 March 1917) Maj-Gen. H. Croker (8
March 1917) |
Allocation : |
British British British |
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83rd Brigade 2nd Bn, the King's Own (Royal 2nd Bn, the 1st Bn, the Kings Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [left 20
June 1918] 1st Bn, the York and Lancaster 83rd Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 21 May 1916] 83rd Trench
Mortar Battery [formed 12 September 1916] 84th Brigade 2nd Bn, the Northumberland Fusiliers [left 21 June 1918] 1st Bn, the 2nd Bn, the 1st Bn, the Welsh 84th Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 18 May 1916] 84th Trench Mortar Battery [joined 7 November 1916] 85th Brigade 2nd Bn, the Buffs 3rd Bn, the Royal Fusiliers [left 26 June 1918] 2nd Bn, the 3rd Bn, the Middlesex 85th Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed 18 May 1916] 85th Trench
Mortar Battery [formed in September 1916] Divisional Troops 23rd (Service) Bn (Welsh
Pioneers), the Welsh B Squadron, 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry [left 27 December
1916] 28th Cyclist Company [left 8 December 1916] Divisional Artillery III, XXXI, CXXX Brigade, RFA CXLVI Brigade, RFA [left August 1917] LIV Brigade, RFA [joined August 1917] 7th Mountain Battery, RFA [left 18 June 1916] IV Highland Mountain Brigade, RFA [attached December
1916 to 10 September 1918] III Mountain Brigade (2nd, 5th, 7th Bts.), RFA [joined 16 September 1918] 13th Heavy Battery, RGA [attached 23 October 1915 to
26 February 1916] Engineers Units 17th, 38th, Field Company 2/1st (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE [renamed
449th Field Coy in February 1917] 1/7th (Hants) Field Company, RE [renamed 506th Field
Coy in February 1917] 28th Divisional Signal Company, RE |
60th (2/2nd |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. E. Bulfin (20 December 1915 6 August 1917) |
Allocation : |
British |
Compositon : |
179th (2/4th 2/13th ( 2/14th ( 2/15th ( 2/16th ( 179th Machine Gun Company, MGC 179th Trench Mortar 180th (2/5th 2/17th ( 2/18th ( 2/19th ( 2/20th ( 180th Machine Gun Company , MGC 180th Trench Mortar 181st (2/6th 2/21st ( 2/22nd ( 2/23rd ( 2/24th ( 181st Machine Gun Company, MGC 181st Trench Mortar Divisional Troops 1/12th Bn, the Loyal North
Lancashire [joined 13 February 1917] B Squadron 1/1st Hants Yeomanry (Carabiniers)
[joined 19 January 1917] Divisional Artillery CCCI (2/VI X.60, Y.60 and Z.60 Medium Mortar Batteries, RFA Engineers Units 519th Field Company, RE [renamed from 3/3rd ( 521st Field Company, RE (renamed from 2/4th ( 60th Divisional Signal Company, RE [renamed from
2/2nd London Divisional Signal Coy] |
228th Infantry
Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig-Gen. W.C. Ross |
Allocation : |
Formed on 1 March 1917,
as Army Troops 28th Infantry Division
(26 February 1917 30 September 1918) Kriti Division, Greek Army (30 September 1918 4 October
1918) Broken up on 4 October
1918 |
Composition : |
2nd
(Garrison) Bn, the Kings ( 2/5th Bn, the Durham Light Infantry [joined 1 March 1917] 1st Garrison
Bn, the Seaforth Highlanders [joined 1 March 1917] 2nd Garrison
Bn, the Royal Irish Fusiliers [1 March 1917 6
August 1917] 22nd (Wessex & Welsh) Bn
TF, the Rifle Brigade [joined 1 March 1917] 228th Machine Gun Company, MGC [formed in September
1917, renumbered 277th on 20 September 1917] 228th Trench Mortar Battery [formed in September
1917] |
7th Mounted Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig-Gen. F. Fitz H. Lance |
Allocation : |
British |
Composition :
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1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry 1/1st |
8th Mounted Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig-Gen. A.H.M. |
Allocation : |
British |
Composition :
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1/1st City of 1/1st 1/3rd A and D Squadrons, 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse
(29 November 1916 11 and 14 January 1917 respectively) |
Army Troops |
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Composition :
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22nd (Wessex & Welsh) Bn
TF, the Rifle Brigade [November 1916 1 March 1917] 1st Garrison Bn Seaforth Highlanders
[August 1916 1 March 1917] 2nd Garrison Bn Royal
Irish Fusiliers [August 1916 February
1917] 2/5th Bn Durham Light
Infantry [15 November 1916 1 March 1917] 2/9th Bn Durham Light
Infantry [15 November 1916 30 September 1918] 2nd (Garrison) Bn, the
Kings ( 1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry [June 1917 30 September
1918] 1st Garrison Bn
Northamptonshire [October 1918 11 November 1918] |
6th Armoured Motor Battery, Machine Gun Corps
[January 1916 June 1917] |
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1/1st Derbyshire
Yeomanry (from June 1917) A Squadron,
1/1st Lothians & Border Horse (11 January to 11 May 1917) D Squadron, 1/1st Lothians & Border Horse
(14 January to 11 May 1917) |
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III Mountain Brigade [formed on July 1916] IV ( 2nd, 5th, 7th Mountain Batteries [from 28 December
1915] Ross, These units
were variously attached to the Infantry Division [see above] |
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20th Heavy
Artillery Group [from August 1916] 37th Heavy
Artillery Group [3 March 1917 November 1918] 61st Heavy
Artillery Group [August 1916 September 1917; from March 1918] 67th Heavy
Artillery Group [from January 1917] 75th Heavy
Artillery Group [from January 1917] 82nd Heavy
Artillery Group [from February 1917] 87th Heavy
Artillery Group [from March 1917] The Royal
Garrison Artillery Brigades were designated Heavy Artillery Groups between 2
April 1916 and 17 December 1917. |
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13th Heavy 18th Heavy 20th Heavy 143rd (Ashton-under-Lyne) Heavy Battery [from August
1916] 153rd (Tottenham) Heavy 180th Heavy 181st Heavy 185th Heavy 188th Heavy 190th Heavy 192nd Heavy 196th Heavy 43rd Siege Battery [from January 1916; 1st section
detached on September 1917] 84th Siege 127th Siege 130th Siege 132nd Siege 134th Siege 138th Siege 205th Siege 209th Siege 292nd Siege 320th Siege 322nd Siege 395th Siege 396th Siege 424th Siege 445th Siege Naval |
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24th Anti-Aircraft Section [from January 1916] 32nd Anti-Aircraft Section [from January 1916] 73rd Anti-Aircraft Section [from August 1916] 74th Anti-Aircraft Section [August 1916] 90th Anti-Aircraft Section [from March 1917] 91st Anti-Aircraft Section [from February 1917] 94th Anti-Aircraft Section [from February 1917] 95th Anti-Aircraft Section [from March 1917] 97th Anti-Aircraft Section [from April 1917] 98th Anti-Aircraft Section [from April 1917] 99th Anti-Aircraft Section [from June 1917] 141st Anti-Aircraft Section [from May 1918] 153rd Anti-Aircraft Section [from July 1918] 154th Anti-Aircraft Section [from August 1918] |
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A, B, C, D, E, F Medium Trench Mortar Battalion
[from January 1918] |
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420th Field Company, RE
[renamed from 2nd ( 37th, 137th, 139th, 140th, 143rd, 286th, 287th, Army
Troops Companies, RE |
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Air Force |
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Composition : |
16th Wing [20 September 1916] Squadron
No. 17 [21 July 1916] Squadron
No. 47 [20 September 1916] Squadron
No. 150 [1 April 1918] Composite
Fighter Squadron [March May 1916] 22nd Balloon
Company [from 12 February 1917] Balloon
section No. 17 (Naval) [from 20 September 1917] Balloon
section No. 26 [from 12 February 1917] Balloon
section No. 27 [from 12 February 1917] |
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Remarks : All the
dates in this page are according the western Gregorian calendar. |