mini|Erinnerungsplakette in Mons zur Ankunft der britischen Expeditionsstreitkräfte im August und November 1914 mini|Soldaten des 4th/Royal Fusiliers, 9th Brigade nach der Schlacht bei Mons am 22. August 1914 mini|Aufklärer des 9th Hodsons Horse im April 1917

Die Aufstellung der britischen Expeditionsstreitkräfte im August 1914 (British Expeditionary Force) zeigt die Zusammensetzung der ersten Streitmacht, die nach dem Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs nach Frankreich und Belgien entsandt wurde. Sie beinhaltet alle Kampfverbände und Kampfunterstützungsverbände.

Truppenstärke Zusammen wurden sechs Infanteriedivisionen und eine Kavalleriedivision abgestellt, die aus 71 Infanteriebataillonen und 14 Kavallerieregimentern bestanden. Zusammen mit den Unterstützungstruppen handelte es sich um etwa 70.000 Mann. Bei Kriegsbeginn gab es in Großbritannien keine permanenten Kavalleriedivisionen. Im Zuge der Mobilmachung wurden die ersten vier Kavalleriebrigaden zu einer Division zusammengefasst, eine fünfte Brigade (Nr. 5) blieb selbstständig.

Zum Zeitpunkt der Mobilmachung befürchteten die Briten eine mögliche deutsche Landung an der Ostküste Englands. Sie beschlossen daher, zwei Divisionen für die Verteidigung der Insel zurückzuhalten, weswegen sie Anfang August 1914 zunächst nur vier Infanteriedivisionen und eine Kavalleriedivision nach Frankreich schickten. Eine fünfte Infanteriedivision wurde Ende August und eine sechste Anfang September nachbeordert.

Organigramm zentriert|750px|Organigramm der BEF 1914

Auflistung Oberkommandierender Field Marshal Sir John French – Generalstab – Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray (Chef des Stabes), Major-General Henry Hughes Wilson (stellvertretender Chef des Stabes), Major-General Sir Nevil Macready (Generaladjutant), Major-General Edward Ritchie Coryton Graham (stellvertretender Generaladjutant), Major-General Sir William Robertson (Generalquartiermeister), Major-General Walter Fullarton Lodovic Lindsay (Kommandant, Royal Artillery), Brigadier-General George Henry Fowke (Kommandant, Royal Engineers), Colonel George Montague Harper (GSO 1 [Operations]), Colonel George Macdonogh (GSO 1 [Intelligence]), Colonel Alfred Cavendish (assistierender Generaladjutant), Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins (assistierender Generalquartiermeister).

1st Cavalry Division Major-General Edmund Allenby 1st Cavalry Brigade (1. Kavalleriebrigade) – Brigadier-General Charles James Briggs 1st Signal Troop 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 2nd Cavalry Brigade – Brigadier-General Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle 2nd Signal Troop 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) 3rd Cavalry Brigade – Brigadier-General Hubert Gough, dann Brigadier-General John Vaughan 3rd Signal Troop 4th Queen’s Own Hussars 5th Royal Irish Lancers 16th Queen’s Lancers 4th Cavalry Brigade – Brigadier-General Hon. C. E. Bingham 4th Signal Troop Household Cavalry Composite Regiment Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) 3rd The King’s Own Hussars Divisionstruppenteile III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Die Bezeichnung Battalion wurde 1859 durch Brigade ersetzt. D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery / E Battery, Royal Horse Artillery VII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery I Battery, Royal Horse Artillery / L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Engineers Field Squadron (Royal Engineers) 1st Signal Squadron 1st Division Supply ColumnDivisions-Versorgungskolonne 5th Cavalry Brigade – Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 20th Hussars J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

I Corps Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig 1st Division

Major-General Samuel Lomax 1st Guards Brigade – Brigadier-General Ivor Maxse 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Scots Guards 1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Edward Bulfin 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Herman James Shelley Landon 1st Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment Divisionstruppenteile A Squadron, 15th (The King’s) Hussars 1st Cyclist CompanyRadfahrkompanie 1st Division Ammo ColumnMunitionskolonne 1st Division Signal CompanyFernmeldekompanie 1st Division Train 1st, 2nd, 3rd Field Hospital 23rd Field Company, RE / 26th Field Company, RE (Royal Engineers) XXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 113th Battery, RFA / 114th Battery, RFA / 115th Battery, RFA XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 116th Battery, RFA / 117th Battery, RFA / 118th Battery, RFA XXXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 46th Battery, RFA / 51st Battery, RFA / 54th Battery, RFA XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 30th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 40th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 57th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 26th Heavy Battery, RGARoyal Garrison Artillery – Festungsartillerie

2nd Division

Major-General Charles Monro 4th Guards Brigade – Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion, Irish Guards 5th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General R. C. B. Haking 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers 6th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General R. H. Davies (New Zealand Staff Corps) 1st Battalion, King’s Regiment (Liverpool) 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Divisionstruppenteile B Squadron, 15th (The King’s) Hussars 2nd Cyclist Company 2nd Division Ammo Column 2nd Division Signal Company 2nd Division Train 4th, 5th, 6th, Field Hospital 5th Field Company, RE / 11th Field Company, RE (Royal Engineers) XXXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 22nd Battery, RFA / 50th Battery, RFA / 70th Battery, RFA XXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 15th Battery, RFA / 48th Battery, RFA / 71st Battery, RFA XXXXI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 9th Battery, RFA / 16th Battery, RFA / 17th Battery, RFA XXXXIV (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 47th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 56th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 60th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 35th Heavy Battery, RGA

II Corps Lieutenant-General Sir James GriersonVerstorben am 17. August 1914 auf der Bahnfahrt zwischen Rouen und Amiens. Das Kommando ging am 21. August in Bavai an General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.

3rd Division

Major-General Hubert Ion Wetherall Hamilton 7th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Frederick McCracken 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 8th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Beauchamp Doran 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st Battalion, Gordon HighlandersErsetzt im September durch das 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 9th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Frederick Charles Shaw 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Divisionstruppenteile C Squadron, 15th (The King’s) Hussars 3rd Cyclist Company 3rd Division Ammo Column 3rd Division Signal Company 3rd Division Train 7th, 8th, 9th Field Hospital 56th Field Company, RE / 57th Field Company, RE (Royal Engineers) XXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 107th Battery, RFA / 108th Battery, RFA / 109th Battery, RFA XXXX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 6th Battery, RFA / 23rd Battery, RFA / 45th Battery, RFA XXXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 29th Battery, RFA / 41st Battery, RFA / 45th Battery, RFA XXX (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 128th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 129th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 130th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 48th Heavy Battery, RGA

5th Division

Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson 13th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Gerald Cuthbert 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 14th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Stuart Peter Rolt 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General A. E. W. Count Gleichen 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment Divisionstruppenteile A Squadron, 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra’s Own) 5th Cyclist Company 5th Division Ammo Column 5th Division Signal Company 5th Division Train 13th, 14th, 15th Field Hospital 59th Field Company, RE / 17th Field Company, RE (Royal Engineers) XV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 11th Battery, RFA / 52nd Battery, RFA / 80th Battery, RFA XXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 119th Battery, RFA / 120th Battery, RFA / 121st Battery, RFA XXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 122nd Battery, RFA / 123rd Battery, RFA / 124th Battery, RFA VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 37th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 61st (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 65th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 108th Heavy Battery, RGA

III Corps

Major-General William PulteneyAm 31. August in Frankreich zusammengestellt. 4th Division

Major-General Thomas D’Oyly SnowDie Division wurde in der Nacht vom 22. zum 23. August 1914 in Frankreich angelandet. 10th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Aylmer Haldane 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 11th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 12th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson 1st Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Divisionstruppenteile B Squadron, 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra’s Own) 4th Cyclist Company 4th Division Ammo Column 4th Division Signal Company 4th Division Train 10th, 11th, 12th Field Hospital 7th Field Company, RE / 9th Field Company, RE (Royal Engineers) XIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 39th Battery, RFA / 68th Battery, RFA / 88th Battery, RFA XXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 125th Battery, RFA / 126th Battery, RFA / 127th Battery, RFA XXXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 27th Battery, RFA / 134th Battery, RFA / 135th Battery, RFA XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 31st (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 35th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 55th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA / 31st Heavy Battery, RGA

6th Division

Major-General John KeirDie Division wurde in der Nacht vom 8. zum 9. September 1914 in Frankreich angelandet. 16th Infantry Brigade – Brigadier-General Edward Ingouville-Williams 1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment