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.
British Expeditionary Force (French)[]
I Corps (Haig)[]
- 2nd Brigade
- 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 (Monro)
- 4th (Guards) Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Guards
- 2nd Coldstream Guards
- 3rd Coldstream Guards
- 1st Irish Guards
- 1st Hertfordshire Regiment
- 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
II Corps (Smith-Dorrien)[]
- 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
- 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
III Corps (W Pulteney)[]
- 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 (J. L. 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
Royal Flying Corps (D Henderson)[]
- HQ Wireless Unit
- 2nd ,3rd ,4th, 5th and 6th Aeroplane squadrons (63 machines)
Cavalry Corps (Allenby)[]
1st Cavalry Division (H. 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 (H. 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
IV Corps (H Rawlinson)[]
- 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
- XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (later renumbered IV Brigade, RHA)
- Cavalry Divisional Troops
- 3rd Field Squadron Royal Engineers
- 3rd Signal Squadron
- 33rd Cavalry Division supply column
- 6th and 7th Cavalry Field Ambulances
Indian Corps (J Willcocks)[]
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
Units at Antwerp[]
Royal Naval Division (A. Paris (father of Archibald Paris))
French VIII army (General d'Urbal)[]
IX Corps (Dubois)[]
17th Division (Guignabaudet)
18th Division (Lefevre)
6th Cavalry Division (Requichot)
7th Cavalry Division (Hely d'Oissel)
XVI Corps (Grossetti)[]
32nd Division (Bouchez)
43rd Division (Lanquetot)
39th Division (Danant)
31st Division (Vidal)
XXXII Corps (Humbert)[]
38th Division (Muteau)
42nd Division (Duchesne)
89th territorial Division (Boucher)
4th Cavalry Division (Buyer)
XX Corps (Balfourier)[]
11th Division (Ferry)
26th Division (Hallouin)
II Cavalry Corps (Mitry)[]
87th territorial Division (Roy)
5th Cavalry Division (Allenou)
9th Cavalry Division (de L'espee)
I Cavalry Corps (Conneau)[]
1st Cavalry Division (Mazel)
3rd Cavalry Division (Lastours)
10th Cavalry Division (Contades)
German Fourth Army(Albert)[]
III Reserve Corps (von Beseler)[]
- Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment
- 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
- 6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
- 11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 12the Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 35th Reserve Infantry Regiment
XXII Reserve Corps (von Falkenhayn)[]
XXIII Reserve Corps (von Kleist)[]
XXVI Reserve Corps (von Hügel)[]
XXVII Reserve Corps (von Carlowitz)[]
Marine Division
German Sixth Army (Rupprecht)[]
II Army Corps (von Linsingen)[]
- 30th Aviation Battalion
- 15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 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 Artillery Brigade
- 12th Dragoons
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Regiment
- 149th Infantry Regiment
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 49th Infantry Regiment
- 140th Infantry Regiment
VII Army Corps (von Claer)[]
XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps (von Fabeck)[]
XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps (von Laffert)[]
XIV Reserve Corps (von Loden)[]
Other German Corps[]
XV Corps (von Deimling)[]
II Royal Bavarian Corps (von Martini)[]
Plettenberg's Corps (von Plettenberg)[]
Composite Guard Division(Winkler)
I Cavalry Corps (von Richthofen)[]
Guard Cavalry Division (von Etzel)
4th Cavalry Division (von Garnier)
II Cavalry Corps (von der Marwitz)[]
2nd Cavalry Division (Thumb von Neuberg)
7th Cavalry Division (von Heydebreck)
IV Cavalry Corps (von Hollen)[]
6th Cavalry Division (Egon von Schmettow)
9th Cavalry Division (Eberhard von Schmettow)
V Cavalry Corps (von Stetton)[]
3rd Cavalry Division (von Unger)
Bavarian Cavalry Division (von Wenninger)
See also[]
Sources[]
Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).
Lomas, David; Ed Dovey (1998). First Ypres 1914: the graveyard of the Old Contemptibles. Osprey Publishing. pp. 14–21. ISBN 1-85532-573-X.
The original article can be found at Order of First Battle of Ypres and the edit history here.