British Expeditionary Force - Invasion of France
May 10, 1940
British Expeditionary Force
Gen The Viscount Gort
GHQ Troops
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Royal Armoured Corps
1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade -
Brigadier C. W. Norman
1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
1st East Riding Yeomanry
2nd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade -
Brigadier A. J. Clifton
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
1st Army Tank Brigade -
Brigadier D. H. Pratt
4/Royal Tank Regiment
7/Royal Tank Regiment
Not Brigaded
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
12th Royal Lancers
13th/18th Royal Hussars
1st Lothians & Border Yeomanry
Royal Artillery
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
32nd Army Field Regiment
98th Army Field Regiment
115th Army Field Regiment
139th Army Field Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
4th Medium Regiment
58th Medium Regiment
61st Medium Regiment
63rd Medium Regiment
65th Medium Regiment
69th Medium Regiment
1st Heavy Regiment
51st Heavy Regiment
52nd Heavy Regiment
1st Super Heavy Regiment
2nd Super Heavy Regiment
3rd Super Heavy Regiment
1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier E. D. Milligan
1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment
6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
85th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier E. W. Chadwick
60th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier J. N. Slater
4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
5th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier E. Rait-Kerr
1st Searchlight Regiment
2nd Searchlight Regiment
3rd Searchlight Regiment
Royal Engineers
100th Army Field Company
101st Army Field Company
216th Army Field Company
228th Field Company
242nd Field Company
233rd Field Park Company
19th Army Field Survey Company
58th Chemical Warfare Company
61st Chemical Warfare Company
62nd Chemical Warfare Company
Others
38 General Construction Companies
2 Road Construction Companies
1 Excavator Company
4 Tunnelling Companies
1 Workshop & Park Company
1 Field Survey Depot
2 Waterboring Sections
Infantry
1/Welsh Guards
Infantry Machine Gun Battalions
7/The Cheshire Regiment
1/8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
4/The Gordon Highlanders Regiment
6/The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Infantry Pioneer
6/The King's Own Royal Regiment
7/The King's Own Royal Regiment
8/The King's Own Royal Regiment
9/The King's Own Royal Regiment
7/The Norfolk Regiment
6/The Royal Scots Fusiliers
1/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
Infantry Garrison
9/The West Yorkshire Regiment
I Corps
Lt-Gen M. G. H. Barker
Corps Troops
Royal Artillery
27th Army Field Regiment
140th Army Field Regiment
3rd Medium Regiment
5th Medium Regiment
52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
1st Survey Regiment
Royal Engineers
102nd Army Field Company
107th Army Field Company
221st Army Field Company
105th Corps Field Park Company
13th Corps Field Survey Company
Infantry Machine Gun Battalions
2/The Cheshire Regiment
4/The Cheshire Regiment
2/The Manchester Regiment
1st Division
Maj-Gen The Hon. H. G. R. L. Alexander
1st Guards Brigade
Brigadier M. B. Beckwith-Smith
3/Grenadier Guards
2/Coldstream Guards
2/The Hampshire Regiment
2nd Brigade
Brigadier C. E. Hudson
1/The Loyal Regiment
2/The North Staffordshire Regiment
6/The Gordon Highlanders
3rd Brigade
Brigadier T. N. F. Wilson
1/The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
2/The Sherwood Foresters
1/The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
2nd Field Regiment
19th Field Regiment
67th Field Regiment
21st Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers:
23rd Field Company
238th Field Company
248th Field Company
6th Field Park Company
2nd Division
Maj-Gen H. C. Lloyd (to 16 May)
Brigadier F. H. N. Davidson (acting 16 to 20 May)
Maj-Gen N. M. S. Irwin (from 20 May)
4th Brigade
Brigadier E. G. Warren
1/The Royal Scots
2/The Royal Norfolk Regiment
1/8th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers
5th Brigade
Brigadier G. I. Gartlan
2/The Dorsetshire Regiment
1/The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
7/The Worcestershire Regiment
6th Brigade
Brigadier N. M. S. Irwin (to 20 May)
Brigadier D. W. Furlong (from 20 May)
1/The Royal Welch Fusiliers
1/The Royal Berkshire Regiment
2/The Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
10th Field Regiment
16th Field Regiment
99th Field Regiment
13th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers:
5th Field Company
209th Field Company
506th Field Company
21st Field Park Company
48th (South Midland) Division
Maj-Gen A. F. A. N. Thorne
143rd Brigade
Brigadier J. Muirhead
1/The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1/7th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiemnt
8/The Royal Warwickshire Regiemnt
144th Brigade
Brigadier J. M. Hamilton
2/The Royal Warwickshire Regiemnt
5/The Gloucestershire Regiment
8/The Worcestershire Regiment
145th Brigade
Brigadier A. C. Hughes (to 15 May)
Brigadier The Hon. N. F. Somerset (from 15 May)
2/The Gloucestershire
4/The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1st Buckinghamshire Battalion The Oxfordshire &
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
18th Field Regiment
24th Field Regiment
68th Field Regiment
53rd Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
9th Field Company
224th Field Company
226th Field Company
227th Field Park Company
II Corps
Lt-Gen A. F. Brooke
Corps Troops
Royal Artillery
60th Field Regiment
88th Field Regiment
53rd Medium Regiment
59th Medium Regiment
53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
2nd Survey Regiment
Royal Engineers
222nd Army Field Company
234th Army Field Company
240th Army Field Company
108th Corps Field Park
14th Corps Field Survey Company
Infantry Machine Gun Battalions
2/The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (with 4th Division)
2/The Middlesex Regiment (with 3rd Division)
1/7th The Middlesex Regiment
3rd Division
Maj-Gen B. L. Montgomery
7th Guards Brigade
Brigadier J. A. C. Whitaker
1/Grenadier Guards
2/Grenadier Guards
1/Coldstream Guards
8th Brigade
Brigadier C. G. Woolner
1/The Suffolk Regiment
2/The East Yorkshire Regiment
4/The Royal Berkshire Regiment
9th Brigade
Brigadier C. G. Woolner
2/The Lincolnshire Regiment
1/The King's Own Scottish Borderers
2/The Royal Ulster Rifles
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
7th Field Regiment
33rd Field Regiment
76th Field Regiment
20th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
17th Field Company
246th Field Company
253rd Field Company
15th Field Park Company
4th Division
Maj-Gen D. G. Johnson
10th Guards Brigade
Brigadier E. H. Barker
2/The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
2/The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1/6th The East Surrey Regiment
11th Brigade
Brigadier K A. N. Anderson
2/The Lancashire Regiment
1/The East Surrey Regiment
5/The Northamptonshire Regiment
12th Brigade
Brigadier J. L. I. HAwkesworth
2/The Royal Fusiliers
1/The South Lancashire Regiment
6/The Black Watch
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
22nd Field Regiment
30th Field Regiment
77th Field Regiment
14th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
7th Field Company
59th Field Company
225th Field Company
18th Field Park Company
5th Division
Maj-Gen H. E. Franklyn
13th Brigade
Brigadier M. C. Dempsey
2/The Cameronians
2/The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
2/The Wiltshire
17th Brigade
Brigadier M. G. N. Stopford
2/The Royal Scots Fusiliers
2/The Northamptonshire Regiment
6/The Seaforth Highlanders
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
9th Field Regiment
91st Field Regiment
92nd Field Regiment
52nd Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
38th Field Company
245th Field Company
252nd Field Company
254th Field Park Company
50th (Northumbrian) Division
Maj-Gen G. le Q. Martel
(in GHQ Reserve on 10 May)
150th Brigade
Brigadier C. W. Haydon
4/The East Yorkshire Regiment
4/The Green Howards
5/The Green Howards
151st Brigade
Brigadier J. A. Churchill
6/The Durham Light Infantry
8/The Durham Light Infantry
9/The Durham Light Infantry
25th Brigade
Brigadier W. H. C. Ramsden
2/The Essex Regiment
1/The Royal Irish Fusiliers
1/7th The Queen's Royal Regiment
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
72nd Field Regiment
74th Field Regiment
65th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
232nd Field Company
505th Field Company
235th Field Park Company
Infantry
4/The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (motorcycle)
III Corps
Lt-Gen Sir R. F. Adam
Corps Troops
Royal Artillery
5th Regiment R.H.A.
97th Army Field Regiment
51st Medium Regiment
56th Medium Regiment
54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
3rd Survey Regiment
Royal Engineers
213th Army Field Company
214th Army Field Company
217th Army Field Company
293rd Corps Field Park Company
514th Corps Field Survey Company
Infantry MAchine Gun Battalion:
7/The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
1/9th The Manchester Regiment
1/Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, The Middlesex Regiment
42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Maj-Gen W. G. Holmes
125th Guards Brigade
Brigadier G. W. Sutton
1/The Border Regiment
1/5th The Lancashire Fusiliers
1/6th The Lancashire Fusiliers
126th Brigade
Brigadier E. Miles
1/The East Lancashire Regiment
5/The King's Own Royal Regiment
5/The Border Regiment
127th Brigade
Brigadier J. G. Smyth
1/The Highland Infantry
4/The East Lancashire Regiment
5/The Manchester Regiment
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
52nd Field Regiment
53rd Field Regiment
56th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
200th Field Company
201st Field Company
250th Field Company
208th Field Park Company
44th (Home Counties) Division
Maj-Gen E. A. Osborne
131st Brigade
Brigadier J. E. Utterson-Kelso
2/The Buffs
1/5th The Queen's Royal Regiment
1/6th The Queen's Royal Regiment
132nd Brigade
Brigadier J. S. Steele
1/The Queen's Royal West Kent Rgiment
4/The Queen's Royal West Kent Rgiment
5/The Queen's Royal West Kent Rgiment
133rd Brigade
Brigadier N. I. Whitty
2/The Royal Sussex Regiment
4/The Royal Sussex Regiment
5/The Royal Sussex Regiment
Divisional Troops:
Royal Artillery
57th Field Regiment
58th Field Regiment
65th Field Regiment
57th Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
11th Field Company
208th Field Company
210th Field Company
211th Field Park Company
51st (Highland) Division
Maj-Gen V. M. Fortune
(In the Maginot Line May 1 to 23,
with French 10 Army from June 10)
152 Brigade
Brigadier H. W. V. Stewart
2/The Seaforth Highlanders
4/The Seaforth Highlanders
153rd Brigade
Brigadier G. T. Burney
4/The Black Watch
1/The Gordon Highlanders
5/The Gordon Highlanders
154th Brigade
Brigadier A. C. L. Stanley-Clarke
1/The Black Watch
7/The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
8/The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Divisional Troops
Royal Artillery
17th Fild Regiment
23rd Field Regiment
75th Field Regiment
51st Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Engineers
26th Field Company
236th Field Company
237th Field Company
239th Field Park Company
Attached
Royal Armoured Corps
1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry (from GHQ Troops)
Royal Artillery
1st Regiment R.H.A. (less 1 battery) ((from GHQ Troops)
97th Field Regiment - 1 battery (from III Corps)
51st Medium Regiment (from GHQ Troops)
Royal Engineers
213th Army Field Company (from III Corps)
Infantry Machine Gun Battalion (from III Corps)
7/The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
1/Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, The Middlesex Rgt
Infantry Pioneer (from GHQ Troops)
7/The Royal Norfolk Regiment
6/The Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lines of Communication Troops
Maj-Gen P. de Fonblanque
Royal Artillery
3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier W. R. Shilstone
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment
8th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
79th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Royal Engineers
104th Army Troops Companies
106th Army Troops Companies
110th Army Troops Companies
212th Army Troops Companies
218th Army Troops Companies
4 Road Construction Companies
12 Artisan Works Companies
3 General Construction Companies
1 Map Depot
2 Engineer Stores (Base) Depots
Engineer Base Workshop
Forestry Company (1 section)
Line of Cmmunication Depot
Infantry
4/The Buffs
14/The Royal Fusiliers
12/The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4/The Border Regiment
1/5th The Sherwood Foresters
2 Infantry Depots
2 General Base depots
With the Advanced Air Striking Force
Royal Artillery
12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Brigadier W. T. O. Crewsdon
53rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment
73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment