British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940)

A 2-pdr anti-tank gun of 44 Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd Division in the snow near Beuvry, 15 February 1940. The crew wear snow suits and the gun is camouflaged with white sheets.

This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France.

High-level order of battle

BEF commander Lord Gort and Chief of the General Staff Pownall study a map at GHQ in the Chateau at Harbarcq, 26 November 1939.

First Expeditionary Force

General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

5th Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Franklyn)

I Corps (Lieutenant-General Michael Barker )

1st Infantry Division (Major-General Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander)

2nd Infantry Division (Major-General Henry Charles Loyd)

48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (Major-General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne)

II Corps (Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke )

3rd Infantry Division (Major-General Bernard Montgomery)

4th Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Johnson)

50th (Northumbrian) Motor Infantry Division (Major-General Giffard Martel)

III Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam ^[1]

42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (Major-General William Holmes)

44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (Major-General Edmund Osborne)

Saar Force (Major-General Victor Fortune)

51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Major-General V. M. Fortune)

Formations undergoing training and performing labour duties

HQ Lines of Communication British Expeditionary Force (Major-General Philip de Fonblanque)

Units arriving in France after 10 May 1940

Other formations

Air Component

Second Expeditionary Force

First Expeditionary Force

General Headquarters (GHQ)

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief: General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Royds Pownall

Adjutant General: Lieutenant-General Sir W. D. S. Brownrigg

Quartermaster General: Lieutenant-General W. G. Lindsell

Deputy Chief of the General Staff; Major-General Philip Neame

Major-General Royal Artillery: Major-General Sydney Rigby Wason

Engineer-in-Chief: Major-General Ridley Pakenham-Walsh

GHQ, BEF Headquarters Troops

GHQ-attached units Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps General Headquarters Signals, Royal Signals 2nd Wireless Company, Royal Signals 100th Special Wireless Section (Providing support for GHQ) 101st Special Wireless Section (Providing support for I Corps) 102nd Special Wireless Section (Providing support for II Corps) 103rd Special Wireless Section (Providing support for III Corps) 1st Air Formation Signals, Royal Signals 2nd Air Formation Signals, Royal Signals 1st Air Liaison Signals Section Royal Signals 4th Air Liaison Signals Section Royal Signals 6th Air Liaison Signals Section Royal Signals 7th Air Liaison Signals Section Royal Signals 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine-Guns) 14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (company size) - garrison unit 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine-Guns) 9th Overseas Defence Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) - garrison unit 6th (Argyllshire) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises's Own) (Machine-Guns) 6th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Pioneers) 7th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Pioneers) 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Pioneers) 6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (Pioneers) 5th Movement Control Group Royal Engineers 2nd Advanced Medical Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Advanced Medical Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 11th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 13th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Field Security Police Section Royal Military Police 6th Field Security Police Section Royal Military Police 30th Field Security Police Section Royal Military Police 33rd Field Security Police Section Royal Military Police

Headquarters, G.H.Q. Troops, Royal Army Service Corps 1st G.H.Q. Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd G.H.Q. Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd G.H.Q. Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Lines of Communication Railhead Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Lines of Communication Railhead Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Supply Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Petrol Depot, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 9th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 13th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 14th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Motor Transport Works Services Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Motor Transport Works Services Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Motor Transport Works Services Company, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Motor Transport Works Services Company, Royal Army Service Corps

Armoured Brigades

1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade

Brigade manning armoured cars

1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals

1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

1st East Riding of Yorkshire Lancers

2nd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade

Brigade manning armoured cars

2nd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals

5th (Royal Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards

15th/19th (The King's) Royal Hussars

1st Army Tank Brigade

Brigade manning infantry and cavalry tank

1st Army Tank Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals

4th Royal Tank Regiment

7th Royal Tank Regiment

Commander Royal Artillery

Direct reports 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 61st Carnarvon and Denbigh (Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 63rd (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 65th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 51st (Lowland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Super-Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Super-Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 3rd Super-Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 85th (Tees) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 60th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery 51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery 58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery 8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 174th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – from I Corps 5th Searchlight Brigade 5th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

Commander Royal Engineers

Major-General Ridley Pakenham Pakenham-Walsh

Direct reports

100th (Monmouthshire) Army Field Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers

101st (Monmouthshire) Army Field Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers

216th (1st London) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers

228th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers

242nd (Lowland) Field Company, Royal Engineers

223rd (2nd London) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

109th Workshop and Park Company, Royal Engineers

1st Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers

2nd Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers

19th Army Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers

119th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers

135th Excavator Company, Royal Engineers

1st Boring Section, Royal Engineers

2nd Boring Section, Royal Engineers

1st Anti-Gas Laboratory, Royal Engineers

58th (Chemical Warfare) Company, Royal Engineers

61st (Chemical Warfare) Company, Royal Engineers

62nd (Chemical Warfare) Company, Royal Engineers

1st Tunnelling Group, Royal Engineers

170th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

171st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

172nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

173rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers

5th Infantry Division

Main article: 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General Harold Franklyn [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1]

Division-level units 5th Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon, Royal Pioneer Corps 5th Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 5th Divisional Signals, Royal Signals 9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment [2] 5th Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 9th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [nb 1] 5th Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 13th Infantry Brigade 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, The Scottish (Cameronian) Rifles 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment 13th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 17th Infantry Brigade 17th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment 6th (Morayshire) Battalion, The Duke of Albany's Seaforth Highlanders (The Ross-shire Buffs) 17th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Division Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Division HQ 9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 5th Division Commander Royal Engineers, 5th Division HQ 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers 245th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers 252nd (West Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers 254th (West Lancashire) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 5th Division 5th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 5th Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 5th Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 5th Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 5th Division 5th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 141st (County of London) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 158th (Welsh) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 164th (West Lancashire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 24th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

I Corps

Main article: I Corps (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant-General Michael Barker

Corps-level units I Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals I Corps Postal Unit, Royal Engineers 4th (The Earl of Chester's) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine-Guns) 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Machine-Guns) I Corps Troops Ammunition Column, Royal Army Service Corps I Corps Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps I Corps Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps I Corps Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Reception Camp 1st Storage Unit 2nd Storage Unit 3rd Storage Unit 8th Storage Unit

Corps Headquarters Troop, I Corps 1st Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 2nd Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 3rd Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 48th Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps

I Corps Troops, Royal Engineers Main article: I Corps Troops, Royal Engineers Direct reports 102nd (London) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 107th (North Riding) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 221st (2nd London) Field Company, Royal Engineers 105th Army Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 13th Corps Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers 1st Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps Cypriot Pack Transportation Company, Royal Army Service Corps 5th Section from 1st Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 6th Section from 1st Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 32nd Section from 2nd Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1st Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2nd Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 11th Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 13th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Advanced Medical Stores Depôt, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Mobile Hygiene Laboratory, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 102nd Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 1st General Construction Group, Royal Engineers 660th General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 661st General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 667th General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 223rd (2nd London) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 12th Group, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 44th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 45th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 61st Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

I Corps Artillery Troops 1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st General Headquarters Artillery Company, Royal Army Service Corps I Corps Commander Royal Artillery Commander Corps Artillery Royal Artillery, I Corps 115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 140th (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 61st (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery I Corps Commander Medium Artillery Commander Corps Medium Artillery, I Corps 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 63rd (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery 3rd Super-Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery

1st Infantry Division

Main article: History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars

Major-General Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

Division-level units 1st Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 1st Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 1st Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 13th/18th Royal Hussars [nb 2] 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Machine-Guns) [nb 1] 4th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (Machine-Guns) [nb 1] 1st Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 1st Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1st Company, Corps of Military Police 1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade 1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 1st Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company 2nd Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) 6th (Banffshire) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 3rd Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Division 1st Infantry Divisional Artillery HQ 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Division 1st Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers HQ 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers 238th (County of Renfrewshire, Highland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 248th (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers 6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 1st Division 1st Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 1st Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 1st Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 1st Division 1st Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 1st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

2nd Infantry Division

Main article: 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General Henry Charles Loyd

Division-level units 2nd Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 2nd Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 2nd Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards [nb 2] 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Machine-Guns) [nb 1] 2nd Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 2nd Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2nd Company, Corps of Military Police 4th Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Royal Scots 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 4th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 5th Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 5th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 6th Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Division 2nd Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 10th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 2nd Division 2nd Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers HQ 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers 208th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers 506th Field Company, Royal Engineers 21st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 2nd Division 2nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 2nd Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd Division 2nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 4th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

48th (South Midland) Infantry Division

Main article: 48th (South Midland) Division

Major-General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne

Division-level units 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 48th (South Midland) Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment [nb 1] 48th (South Midland) Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 14th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 48th (South Midland) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 143rd Infantry Brigade 143rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 144th Infantry Brigade 144th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 145th Infantry Brigade 145th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 145th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 48th Division 48th (South Midland) Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 18th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 53rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 48th Division 48th (South Midland) Divisional Royal Engineers HQ 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers 224th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 226th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 227th (South Midland) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 48th Division 48th (South Midland) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 48th (South Midland) Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 48th (South Midland) Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 48th (South Midland) Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 48th Division 48th (South Midland) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 143rd (South Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 144th (South Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 145th (South Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 12th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

II Corps

Main article: II Corps (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke

Corps-level units 4th Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 5th, Royal Army Pay Corps 6th, Royal Army Pay Corps II Corps Signals, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine-Guns) 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine-Guns) 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine-Guns) II Corps Postal Unit, Royal Engineers II Corps Troops Ammunition Column, Royal Army Service Corps II Corps Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps II Corps Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps II Corps Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Ambulance Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Section from 1st Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 18th Section from 2nd Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 33rd Section from 2nd Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2nd Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 8th Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 14th Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 6th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 14th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 7th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Advanced Medical Stores Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Mobile Hygiene Laboratory, Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, Royal Army Medical Corps 5th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 103rd Provost Company, Royal Military Police 2nd Reception Camp 4th Storage Unit 5th Storage Unit 6th Storage Unit 13th Storage Unit

II Corps Headquarters Troops Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps 2nd Air Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps 8th Air Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps 5th Employment Platoon 4th Field Security Police Section, Royal Military Police 5th Field Security Police Section, Royal Military Police 8th Field Security Police Section, Royal Military Police 12th Field Security Police Section, Royal Military Police 20th Field Security Police Section, Royal Military Police

II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers Main article: II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers 222nd (2nd London) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 234th (Northumbrian) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 240th (Lowland) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 108th (Essex) Corps Field Park, Royal Engineers 14th Corps Survey Company, Royal Engineers 2nd General Construction Group, Royal Engineers 660th General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 661st General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 667th General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 223rd (2nd London) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 11th Group, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 40th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 42nd Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 60th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

II Corps Artillery Troops 2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd General Headquarters Artillery Company, Royal Army Service Corps II Corps Commander, Royal Artillery 60th (North Midland) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 88th (2nd West Lancashire) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 53rd (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery II Corps Commander, Medium Artillery 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Field) [nb 2] 32nd Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery [nb 2] 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery [nb 2] 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery [nb 2] 58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery [nb 2] 51st (Lowland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery [nb 2] 2nd Super Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery [nb 2]

3rd Infantry Division

Main article: 3rd Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General Bernard Montgomery

Division-level units 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 3rd Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 3rd Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [nb 2] 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [nb 2] 3rd Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 3rd Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 3rd Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 7th (Guards) Infantry Brigade 7th (Guards) Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 7th (Guards) Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 8th Infantry Brigade 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York's Own) 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 9th Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Division 3rd Infantry Division Royal Artillery Headquarters 7th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 76th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 20th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 3rd Division Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers 246th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers 253rd (West Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers 15th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 3rd Division Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Infantry Divisional, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 3rd Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 3rd Division Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps 7th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

4th Infantry Division

Main article: 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General Dudley Johnson

Division-level units 4th Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 4th Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 4th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 2nd Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [nb 3] 4th Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 13th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 10th Infantry Brigade 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 11th Infantry Brigade 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 12th Infantry Brigade 12th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment 6th (Perthshire) Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Division 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 22nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 4th Division 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers HQ 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers 225th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 18th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 4th Division 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 4th Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 4th Division 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 10th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 11th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

50th (Northumbrian) Motor Infantry Division

Main article: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

Major-General Giffard Martel

Division-level units 50th Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals, Royal Signals 4th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers—Divisional motorcycle reconnaissance unit 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers unknown #, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 25th Infantry Brigade 25th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers 7th (Southwark) Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 150th Infantry Brigade 150th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York's Own) 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) 151st Infantry Brigade 151st Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

Commander Royal Artillery, 50th Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 72nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 50th Division 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Engineers HQ 232nd (Northumbrian) Field Company, Royal Engineers 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers 235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 50th Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 50th Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 149th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 150th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 183rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 22nd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

III Corps

Main article: III Corps (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam ^[3]

III Corps Headquarters, Troops III Corps Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 44th Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps III Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 1/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (Machine-Guns) III Corps Postal Unit, Royal Engineers 78th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps III Corps Troops Ammunition Column, Royal Army Service Corps III Corps Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps III Corps Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps III Corps Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Ambulance Car Convoy, Royal Army Service Corps 4th Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 4th Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 9th Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 15th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 159th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 23rd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 12th Casualty Clearing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 104th Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 3rd Reception Camp 7th Storage Unit 9th Storage Unit 12th Storage Unit

Commander Royal Engineers, III Corps 214th (North Midland) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 217th (1st London) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers 293rd Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 668th General Construction Company, Royal Engineers 514th Corps Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Artillery, III Corps 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery 3rd General Headquarters Artillery Company, Royal Army Service Corps 4th General Headquarters Artillery Company, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Artillery, III Corps III Corps Royal Artillery HQ 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Field) 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Medium Artillery, III Corps III Corps Medium Artillery HQ 139th (4th London) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery

42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division

Main article: 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division

Major-General William Holmes

Division-level units 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Signals, Royal Signals 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment [nb 2] 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 10th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 125th Infantry Brigade 125th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment 125th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 126th Infantry Brigade 126th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment 5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment 126th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 127th Infantry Brigade 127th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry 127th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 42nd Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 42nd Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Engineers HQ 200th (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers 201st (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers 250th (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers 203rd (East Lancashire) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 42nd Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 42nd Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 125th (East Lancashire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 126th (East Lancashire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 127th (East Lancashire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division

Main article: 44th (Home Counties) Division

Major-General Edmund Osborne

Division-level units 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division Headquarters and Employment Platoon 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 8th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [nb 2] 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers 11th Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police 131st Infantry Brigade 131st Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, The Royal East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 131st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 132nd Infantry Brigade 132nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 132nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 133rd Infantry Brigade 133rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 133rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Commander Royal Artillery, 44th Division 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Royal Artillery HQ 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers, 44th Division 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Engineers HQ 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers 209th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers 210th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers 211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Commander Royal Army Service Corps, 44th Division 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps HQ 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Ammunition Company, Royal Army Service Corps 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Supply Column, Royal Army Service Corps Commander Royal Army Medical Corps, 44th Division 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps HQ 131st (Home Counties) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 132nd (Home Counties) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 133rd (Home Counties) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 14th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

Saar Force

Major-General Victor Fortune

On 10 May 1940, this force, which was really just the 51st Division reinforced by various small units, was part of the Colonial Army Corps of the French Third Army in front of the Maginot Line.

Units attached to the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division in April 1940 to form Saar Force

Lothians and Border Horse

7th Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine-Guns)

1st Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (Machine-Guns)

7th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Pioneers)

6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Pioneers)

Sound Ranging and Survey Troop - detached from 3rd Survey Regiment RA

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Field)

51st (Midland) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery

385/97 Army Field Battery Royal Artillery

213th (North Midland) Army Field Company Royal Engineers

Topographic Section from 19th Army Field Survey Company Royal Engineers

22nd Animal Transportation Company Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Sub-Division from III Corps Ammunition Park Royal Army Service Corps

F Section from III Corps Petrol Park Royal Army Service Corps

10th Army Field Workshop Royal Army Ordnance Corps

10th Salvage Unit

51st (Highland) Infantry Division

Main article: 51st (Highland) Division

Major-General V. M. Fortune

Division-level units 51st (Highland) Infantry Divisional Signals Royal Signals 51st Postal Unit Royal Engineers 8th Mobile Bath Unit Royal Army Medical Corps 51st Provost Company Royal Military Police 152nd Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 152nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 153rd Infantry Brigade 4th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 153rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

154th Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 154th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company Commander Royal Artillery 17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 75th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery [4] 10th Army Field Workshop WO 167/1210 51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers 236th (City of Aberdeen, Highland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 237th (City of Dundee, Highland) Field Company, Royal Engineers 239th (Highland) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

Formations undergoing training and performing labour duties

12th (Eastern) Infantry Division

Main article: 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division

Major-General R. L. Petre ^{[nb 4] [5]}

35th Infantry Brigade 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 36th Infantry Brigade 5th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

37th Infantry Brigade 2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Commander Royal Engineers 262nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 263rd Field Company, Royal Engineers 264th Field Company, Royal Engineers 265th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

23rd (Northumbrian) Division

Main article: 23rd (Northumbrian) Division

Major-General W. N. Herbert ^{[nb 4]}

Divisional Troops 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Motorcycle Battalion) 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun Battalion) 69th Infantry Brigade 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion, Green Howards 7th Battalion, Green Howards

70th Infantry Brigade 10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish Commander Royal Engineers 233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers 507th Field Company, Royal Engineers 508th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

46th Infantry Division

Main article: 46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General H. O. Curtis ^{[nb 4]}

137th Infantry Brigade 2/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment 138th Infantry Brigade 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

139th Infantry Brigade 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters Commander Royal Engineers 270th Field Company, Royal Engineers 271st Field Company, Royal Engineers 272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

HQ Lines of Communication British Expeditionary Force

Major-General Philip de Fonblanque ^[6]

104th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 106th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 110th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 212th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 218th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers 4th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 14th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Border Regiment 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Main article: 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 8th (Belfast) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery

Units arriving in France after 10 May 1940

1st Armoured Division

Main article: 1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

Major-General R. Evans ^{[nb 5]}

2nd Armoured Brigade 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) 3rd Armoured Brigade 2nd (Battalion) Royal Tank Regiment 5th (Battalion) Royal Tank Regiment 30th Infantry Brigade [nb 6] 3rd (Battalion) Royal Tank Regiment [nb 7] 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles (7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps) (Motorcycle Battalion) [nb 8]

20th Guards Brigade Group [nb 9] 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards 20th Guards Brigade Anti-Tank Company 1st Support Group 101st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

Air component

Air Vice-Marshal Charles Blount ^[9] (Data from Jackson 1974 unless indicated.) ^[10]

85 Squadron: Hurricane (fighter)

87 Squadron: Hurricane (fighter)

607 Squadron: Gladiator (fighter, converting to Hurricane May 1940)

615 Squadron: Gladiator (fighter, converting to Hurricane May 1940)

3 Squadron: Hurricane (fighter; reinforcement, May 1940)

79 Squadron: Hurricane (fighter; reinforcement, May 1940)

504 Squadron: Hurricane (fighter; reinforcement, May 1940)

From 22 (Army Co-operation) Group ^[9]

81 Squadron: Blenheim I (strategic reconnaissance) ^[9]

57 Squadron: Blenheim I (strategic reconnaissance) ^[9]

53 Squadron: Blenheim IV (bomber)

59 Squadron: Blenheim IV (bomber)

2 Squadron: Lysander (army co-operation)

4 Squadron: Lysander (army co-operation)

13 Squadron: Lysander (army co-operation)

16 Squadron: Lysander (army co-operation)

26 Squadron: Lysander (army co-operation)

Second Expeditionary Force

The following force was sent to France during the second week of June 1940 in an unsuccessful attempt to form a second British Expeditionary Force. This second formation was to be commanded by Lieutenant-General A. F. Brooke . All units were evacuated in late June 1940, during Operation Aerial .

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade (from 1st Canadian Infantry Division)

Royal Canadian Regiment

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

48th Highlanders of Canada

1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

Main article: 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

Major-General J. S. Drew

155th Infantry Brigade 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 156th Infantry Brigade 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 157th Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, Glasgow Highlanders 5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry

Commander Royal Artillery 70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 78th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 54th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Commander Royal Engineers 202nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 241st Field Company, Royal Engineers 554th Field Company, Royal Engineers 243rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

See also

• Order of battle for the Battle of France
• List of British Empire divisions in the Second World War

Notes

1. Attached from I Corps.
2. Attached from G.H.Q. Troops.
3. Attached from II Corps Troops
4. Although this division participated in the Battle of France, it was not adequately prepared for battle by May 1940. The division only had a skeleton headquarters staff, no organic artillery formations and few support units. Only a third of the infantry had received minimal training. The battalions lacked a carrier platoon and their full complement of heavy weapons.
5. The 1st Armoured Division arrived in France between 15–21 May.^{[ citation needed ]} The division fought south of the Somme River and never linked up with the main body of the Expeditionary Force.^{[ citation needed ]}
6. Detached from 1st Armoured Division on 21 May 1940 and dispatched to defend Calais. ^[7]
7. Detached from 3rd Armoured Brigade and attached to the 30th Infantry Brigade. The regiment was sent to defend Calais on 21 May 1940.
8. The QVR was sent, without their vehicles, to defend Calais on 21 May 1940 and attached to the 30th Infantry Brigade. ^[7]
9. The 20th (Guards) Infantry Brigade was dispatched from the United Kingdom to defend Boulogne on 21 May 1940. ^[8]

Footnotes

1. Lieutenant-General Sydney Rigby Wason after 26 May 1940 [Grehan 2018, Chapter 4]
2. Attached from III Corps
3. Lieutenant-General Sydney Rigby Wason after 26 May 1940 [Grehan 2018, Chapter 4]
4. "From Percy Main to Sumatra via F". Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
5. Ellis 2004, p. 21.
6. "HQ Lines of Communication British Expeditionary Force". Orders of Battle Military Unit Database. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16.
7. Glover, Michael (1985). The Fight for the Channel ports: Calais to Brest 1940, a Study in Confusion . London: L. Cooper. ISBN   978-0-43618-210-5.
8. Ellis 2004, p. 154.
9. Baughen 2016, p. 52.
10. Jackson 1974, p. 136.

References

Baughen, G. (2016). The RAF in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain: A Reappraisal of Army and Air Policy 1938–1940. Stroud: Fonthill Media. ISBN   978-1-78155-525-5.

Ellis, Major L. F. (2004) [1953]. Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series (repr. Naval & Military Press, Uckfield ed.). HMSO. ISBN   978-1-84574-056-6 . Retrieved 21 October 2016.

Jackson, R. (1974). Air War over France 1939–40 (1st ed.). London: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0510-5.

External links

"Documents – France & Norway 1940". British Military History. Retrieved 2019-10-27.

"British Expeditionary Force, May 1940". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.

"British Infantry Brigades, 1st thru 215th - 1939-1945" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-10-29.