First Battle of Ypres order of battle

This is the order of battle for the First Battle of Ypres fought from 19 October to 22 November 1914 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. It was fought between mixed British Expeditionary Force, French eighth army and armies of the German Empire in northern France and Flanders.

1st Division (Samuel Lomax)

1st (Guards) Brigade

1st Coldstream Guards

1st Scots Guards

1st Black Watch

1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

London Scottish Regiment

2nd Brigade

2nd Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1st Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps

3rd Brigade

1st Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

1st South Wales Borderers

1st Gloucestershire Regiment

2nd Welsh Regiment

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) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

30th (H) Battery

40th (H) Battery

57th (H) Battery

26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"A" Squadron 15th Hussars

1st Cyclist company

Engineers

23rd Field company Royal Engineers

26th Field company Royal Engineers

2nd Division (Charles Monro)

4th (Guards) Brigade

2nd Grenadier Guards

2nd Coldstream Guards

3rd Coldstream Guards

1st Irish Guards

1st Hertfordshire Regiment

5th Brigade

2nd Worcestershire Regiment

2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

2nd Highland Light Infantry

2nd Connaught Rangers

6th Brigade

1st King's Regiment (Liverpool)

2nd South Staffordshire Regiment

1st Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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 (H) Battery

56th (H) Battery

60th (H) Battery

35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"B" Squadron 15th Hussars

2nd Cyclist company

Engineers

5th Field company Royal Engineers

11th Field company Royal Engineers

3rd Division (Aylmer Haldane)

7th Infantry Brigade

3rd Worcestershire

2nd South Lancashire

1st Wiltshire(Duke of Edinburgh’s)

2nd Royal Irish Rifles

8th Infantry Brigade

2nd Royal Scots

2nd Royal Irish

4th Middlesex(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)

1st Devonshire

1st Honourable Artillery Company

9th Infantry Brigade

1st Northumberland Fusiliers

4th Royal Fusiliers

1st Lincolnshire

1st Royal Scots Fusiliers

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

45th Battery

XXX (Howitzer) Brigade , Royal Field Artillery

128th (H) Battery

129th (H) Battery

130th (H) Battery

48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"C" Squadron 15th Hussars

3rd Cyclist company

Engineers

56th Field company Royal Engineers

57th Field company Royal Engineers

5th Division (Charles Fergusson)

13th Infantry Brigade

2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)

1st Royal West Kent

2nd The King's Own 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

XV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

11th Battery

52nd Battery

80th Battery

XXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

119th Battery

120th Battery

121st Battery

XXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

122nd Battery

123rd Battery

124th Battery

VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

37th (H) Battery

61st (H) Battery

65th (H) Battery

108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"A" Squadron 19th Hussars

5th Cyclist company

Engineers

17th Field company Royal Engineers

59th Field company Royal Engineers

4th Division (Henry Wilson)

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

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 (H) Battery

35th (H) Battery

55th (H) Battery

31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"A" Squadron 19th Hussars

4th Cyclist company

Engineers

7th Field company Royal Engineers

9th Field company Royal Engineers

6th Division (John Keir)

16th Brigade

1st Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1st Leicestershire

1st King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)

2nd York and Lancaster

17th Brigade

1st Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1st Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)

2nd Prince of Wales's Leinster (Royal Canadians)

3rd Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

18th Brigade

1st Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

1st East Yorkshire

2nd Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

2nd Durham Light Infantry

19th Brigade

2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1st Middlesex

2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

II Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

21st Battery

42nd Battery

53rd Battery

XXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

110th Battery

111th Battery

112th Battery

XXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

24th Battery

34th Battery

72nd Battery

XII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

43rd (H) Battery

86th (H) Battery

87th (H) Battery

24th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Mounted Troops

"C" Squadron 19th Hussars

6th Cyclist company

Engineers

12th Field company Royal Engineers

38th Field company Royal Engineers

HQ Wireless Unit

2nd Aeroplane Squadron

3rd Aeroplane Squadron

4th Aeroplane Squadron

5th Aeroplane Squadron

6th Aeroplane Squadron

1st Cavalry Division (Beauvoir De Lisle)

1st Cavalry Brigade

2nd Dragoon Guards

5th Dragoon Guards

11th Hussars

1st Signal Troop

2nd Cavalry Brigade

4th Dragoon Guards

9th Lancers

18th Hussars

2nd Signal Troop

VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

H Battery, RHA

I Battery, RHA

Cavalry Divisional Troops

1st Field Squadron Royal Engineers

1st Signal Squadron

1st Cavalry Division supply column

1st and 3rd Cavalry Field Ambulances

2nd Cavalry Division (Hubert Gough)

3rd Cavalry Brigade

4th Hussars

5th Lancers

16th Lancers

3rd Signal Troop

4th Cavalry Brigade

6th Dragoon Guards

3rd Hussars

Household Cavalry Composite Regiment

4th Signal Troop

5th Cavalry Brigade

2nd Dragoons

12th Lancers

20th Hussars

5th Signal Troop

III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

D Battery, RHA

E Battery, RHA

J Battery, RHA

Cavalry Divisional Troops

2nd Field Squadron Royal Engineers

2nd Signal Squadron

2nd Cavalry Division supply column

2nd, 4th and 5th Cavalry Field Ambulances

7th Division (Thompson Capper)

20th Brigade

1st Grenadier Guards

2nd Scots Guards

2nd Border

2nd Gordon Highlanders

21st Brigade

2nd Bedfordshire

2nd Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)

2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers

2nd Wiltshire (Duke of Edinburgh's)

22nd Brigade

2nd Queen's (Royal West Surrey)

2nd Royal Warwickshire

1st Royal Welch Fusiliers

1st South Staffordshire

XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

C Battery, RHA

F Battery, RHA

XXII Brigade Royal Field Artillery

104th Battery

105th Battery

106th Battery

XXXV Brigade Royal Field Artillery

12th Battery

25th Battery

58th Battery

24th Heavy Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery

7th Divisional ammunition column

Mounted Troops

Northumberland Hussars

7th Cyclist company

Engineers

54th Field company Royal Engineers

55th Field company Royal Engineers

Divisional Troops

7th Signal company

7th divisional train

21st,22nd and 23rd Field Ambulances

3rd Cavalry Division (Julian Byng)

6th Cavalry Brigade

3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

1st Royal Dragoons

10th Hussars

7th Cavalry Brigade

1st Life Guards

2nd Life Guards

Royal Horse Guards

XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (later renumbered IV Brigade, RHA)

G Battery, RHA

K Battery, RHA

Cavalry Divisional Troops

3rd Field Squadron Royal Engineers

3rd Signal Squadron

33rd Cavalry Division supply column

6th and 7th Cavalry Field Ambulances

Lahore Division (H.B.B. Watkis)

Ferozepore Brigade

1st Connaught Rangers

9th Bhopal Infantry

57th Wilde's Rifles

129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis

Jullundur Brigade

1st Manchester

15th Ludhiana Sikhs

47th Sikhs

59th Scinde Rifles

Meerut Division (C.A. Anderson)

Dehra Dun Brigade

1st Seaforth Highlanders

6th Jat Light Infantry

2/2 King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)

1/9 Gurkha Rifles

Garwhal Brigade

2nd Leicestershire

1/39 Garhwal Rifles

2/39 Garhwal Rifles

2/3 Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles

Bareilly Brigade

2nd Black Watch

41st Dogras

58th Vaughan's Rifles

2/8 Gurkha Rifles

IV Brigade Royal Field Artillery

7th Battery

14th Battery

66th Battery

IX Brigade Royal Field Artillery

19th Battery

20th Battery

28th Battery

XIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery

2nd Battery

8th Battery

44th Battery

110th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Meerut Divisional ammunition column

Mounted Troops

4th Cavalry(Lancers)

Engineers

3rd company 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners

4th company 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners

Divisional Troops

Meerut Signal company

107th Pioneers

Meerut divisional train

19th and 20th Field Ambulances

128th, 129th and 130th (Indian) Field Ambulances

Royal Naval Division (Archibald Paris)

17th Division (Guignabaudet)

18th Division (Lefevre)

6th Cavalry Division (Requichot)

7th Cavalry Division (Hely d'Oissel)

31st Division (Vidal)

32nd Division (Bouchez)

39th Division (Danant)

43rd Division (Lanquetot)

38th Division (Jean-Marie Brulard)

42nd Division (Denis Auguste Duchêne)

89th Territorial Division (Boucher)

4th Cavalry Division (Buyer)

11th Division (Ferry)

26th Division (Hallouin)

87th Territorial Division (Roy)

5th Cavalry Division (Allenou)

9th Cavalry Division (de L'espee)

1st Cavalry Division (Olivier Mazel)

3rd Cavalry Division (Lastours)

10th Cavalry Division (Contades)

Marine Division (Ludwig von Schröder)

Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment)

5th Reserve Division (Richard Voigt)

6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

9th Reserve Infantry Brigade

8th Reserve Infantry Regiment

48th Reserve Infantry Regiment

10th Reserve Infantry Brigade

12th Reserve Infantry Regiment

52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment

6th Reserve Division (Emil von Schickfuß und Neudorf)

6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

11th Reserve Infantry Brigade

20th Reserve Infantry Regiment

24th Reserve Infantry Regiment

12th Reserve Infantry Brigade

26th Reserve Infantry Regiment

35th Reserve Infantry Regiment

4th Ersatz Division (Albert von Werder)

43rd Reserve Division (Karl Stenger)

44th Reserve Division (Eugen von Dorrer)

45th Reserve Division (Albert Schöpflin)

46th Reserve Division (Bruno Hahn)

51st Reserve Division (Ferdinand Waenker von Dankenschweil)

52nd Reserve Division (Emil Waldorf)

53rd Reserve Division (Hans von Watzdorf)

54th Reserve Division (Paul von Schaefer)

2nd Guards Division (Arnold von Winckler)

30th Aviation Battalion

15th (Heavy) Foot Artillery Regiment

3rd Division (Ferdinand Karl von Trossel)

3rd Artillery Brigade

3rd Horse Grenadiers

5th Infantry Brigade

2nd Grenadier Regiment

9th Grenadier Regiment

6th Infantry Brigade

34th Fusilier Regiment

42nd Infantry Regiment

4th Division (Erich Freyer)

4th Artillery Brigade

12th Dragoons

7th Infantry Brigade

14th Infantry Regiment

149th Infantry Regiment

8th Infantry Brigade

49th Infantry Regiment

140th Infantry Regiment

30th Division (Friedrich von Gontard)

39th Division (Hugo von Kathen)

3rd Bavarian Division (Otto Ritter von Breitkopf)

4th Bavarian Division (Ernst Ritter von Schrott)

6th Bavarian Reserve Division (Maximilian von Speidel)

25th Reserve Division (Thaddäus von Jarotzky)

26th Division (Wilhelm von Urach)

Guard Cavalry Division (Günther von Etzel)

4th Cavalry Division (Otto von Garnier)

2nd Cavalry Division (Georg Thumb von Neuburg)

7th Cavalry Division (Ernst von Heydebreck)

3rd Cavalry Division (Kurt von Unger)

Bavarian Cavalry Division (Karl von Wenninger)

24th Division (Hans Krug von Nidda)

40th Division (Leo Götz von Olenhusen)

13th Division (Kurt von dem Borne)

14th Division (Paul Fleck)

28th Division (Kurt von Kehler)

29th Division (August Isbert)

• British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1914)
• German Army order of battle (1914)

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