FORCES BRITANNIQUES

  BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ( BEF )

GRANDES UNITES       BLINDES       ELEMENTS ORGANIQUES
 
Commander-in-Chief General The Viscount Gort
Chief of the General Staff     Lieutenant-General H. R. Pownall
Adjutant-General     Lieutenant-General Sir W. D. S. Brownrigg
Quarter-Master-General     Lieutenant-General W. G. Lindsell




COMPOSITION DES DIVISIONS ET BRIGADES
DIVISION Troupes Divisionnaires Artillerie Genie 1e Bde 2e Bde 3e Bde
1st Infantry Division
Major-General The Hon. H. R. L. G. Alexander
 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)  . 2nd Field Regiment, RA 
·  19th Field Regiment, RA 
·  67th Field Regiment, RA 
·  21st Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 ·  248th Field Company, RE 
·  23rd Field Company, RE 
·  238th Field Company, RE 
·  6th Field Park Company, RE 		 1st Infantry Brigade (Guards)
 Brigadier M. B. Beckwith-Smith
·  2/Coldstream Guards 
·  2/Hampshire Regiment 
·  3/Grenadier Guards 
·  1st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company		 2nd Infantry Brigade
Brigader C. E. Hudson
·  1/Loyal Regiment 
·  1/Gordon Highlanders 
·  2/North Straffordshire Regiment 
·  2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 		 3rd Infantry Brigade
 Brigadier T. N. F. Wilson
·  1/Duke of Wellington's Regiment 
·  1/King's Shropshire Regiment 
·  2/Sherwood Foresters 
·  3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 
2nd Infantry Division
Major-General H. C. Loyd
 4th/7th Royal Dragoons Guards  ·  10th Field Regiment, RA 
·  16th Field Regiment, RA 
·  99th Field Regiment, RA
·  13rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
 ·  5th Field Company, RE 
·  209th Field Company, RE 
·  506th Field Company, RE 
·  21st Field Park Company, RE		 4th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier E. G. Warren
·  1/Royal Scots 
·  1/Border Regiment 
·  1st/8th  Lancashire Fusiliers
·  4th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 		 5th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier G. I. Gartlan
·  1/Cameron Highlanders 
·   7/ Worcestershire Regiment 
·  2/Dorsetshire Regiment 
·  5th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 		 6th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier N. M. S. Irwin (jusqu'au 20/05)                     Brigadier D. W. Furlong (a partir du 20/05)
·  1/Royal Welch Fusiliers 
·  1/Royal Berkshire Regiment 
·  2/Durham Light Infantry 
·  6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 
3rd Infantry Division
Major-General B. L. Montgomery
 - ·  7th Field Regiment, RA 
·  3rd Field Regiment, RA 
·  76rd Field Regiment, RA 
·  20th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 ·  246th Field Company, RE 
·  17th Field Company, RE 
·  253rd Field Company, RE 
·  15th Field Park Company, RE		 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards)
Brigadier J. A. C. Whitaker
·  1/Grenadier Guards 
·  2/Grenadier Guards 
·  1/Coldstream Guards 
·  7th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company		 8th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier C. G. Woolner
·  1/Suffolk Regiment 
·  2/East Yorkshire Regiment 
· 4/ Royal Berkshire Regiment
·  8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 		 9th Infantry Brigade
 Brigadier W. Robb
·  1/King's Own Scottish Borders 
·  2/Lincolnshire Regiment 
·  2/Royal Ulster Rifles 
·  9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
4th Infantry Division
Major-General D. G. Johnson
 - ·  77th Field Regiment, RA 
·  22nd Field Regiment, RA 
·  30th Field Regiment, RA 
·  14th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 ·  7th Field Company, RE 
·  225th Field Company, RE 
·  59th Field Company, RE 
·  18th Field Park Company, RE		 10th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier E. H. Barker
·  1/6th East Surrey Regiment
·  2/Bedfordshire Regiment 
·  2/Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 
·  10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 		 11th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier K. A. N. Anderson
·  1/East Surrey Regiment 
·  5/ Northamptonshire
·  2/Lancashire Fusiliers 
·  11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company		 12th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. L. I. Hawkesworth
·  1/South Lancashire Regiment 
·  6/Black Watch
·  2/Royal Fusiliers
·  12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 
5th Infantry Division
Major-General H. E. Franklyn
 - ·  9th Field Regiment, RA 
·  91st Field Regiment, RA 
·  92nd Field Regiment, RA
·  52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 .38th Field Company, RE
.245th Field Company, RE
.252nd Field Company, RE
·  254th Field Park Company, RE
 13th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier M. C. Dempsey   
 . 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers                               
. 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)		 17th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier M. G. N. Stopford
. 2/ Royal Scots Fusiliers
. 2/ Northamptonshire Regiment
. 6/ Seaforth Highlanders
12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
Major-General R. L. Petre

. 262nd Field Company, RE
. 263rd Field Company, RE
. 264th Field Company, RE
. 265th Field Park Company, RE Eastbourne		 35th Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. F. Young (10 au 12 mai) Brigadier V. L. de Cordova (a partir du 13 mai)
. 2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)                     
. 2nd/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)                               
 . 2nd/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)		 36th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier G. R. P. Roupell
. 5th Battalion The Buffs
. 6th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
. 7th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment		 37th Infantry Brigade
. 2nd./6th Battalion The East Surrey Regiment
. 6th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
. 7th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
23rd (Northumbrian) Division
Major-General A. E. Herbert
 . 8th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (motor-cycle)
. 9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (machine gun)
. 233rd (Northumbrian) Field Company, RE
. 507th Field Company,RE         . . 508th Field Park Company,RE		 69th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier The Viscount Downe
. 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
. 6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
. 7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)		 70th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier P. Kirkup
. 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
. 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
. 1st Battalion The Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch		 -
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
Major-General W. G. Holmes
 - ·  52nd Field Regiment, RA 
·  53rd Field Regiment, RA 
·  56th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 ·  200th Field Company, RE 
·  201st Field Company, RE 
·  250th Field Company, RE 
·  208rd Field Park Company, RE 		 125th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier G. W. Sutton
·  1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers 
·  1/6 Lancashire Fusiliers 
·  1st Battalion The Border Regiment		 126th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier E. G. Miles
·  1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
. 5th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
. 5th Battalion The Border Regiment		 127th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. G. Smyth
·  4/East Lancashire Regiment 
·  5/Manchester Regiment 
·  1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry
44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
Major-General E. A. Osborne
 - ·  57th Field Regiment, RA 
·  58th Field Regiment, RA 
·  65th Field Regiment, RA 
·  57th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA		 ·  11th Field Company, RE 
·  208th Field Company, RE 
·  210th Field Company, RE 
·  211th Field Park Company, RE 		 131st Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. E. Utterson-Kelson
·  1/5 Queen's Royal Regiment 
·  1/6 Queen's Royal Regiment 
· 2nd Battalion The Buffs
132nd Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. S. Steele
·  4/Royal West Kent Regiment 
·  5/Royal West Kent Regiment 
·  1/Royal West Kent Regiment
133rd Infantry Brigade
Brigadier N. I. Whitty
·  2/Royal Sussex Regiment
·  4/Royal Sussex Regiment 
·  5/Royal Sussex Regiment
46th (North Midland and West Riding) Infantry Division
Major-General H. O. Curtis

. 270th Field Companies, RE
. 271st Field Companies, RE
. 272nd Field Companies, RE
. 273rd Field Park Company, RE		 137th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. B. Gawthorpe
. 2nd/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
. 2nd/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
. 2nd/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)		 138th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier E. J. Ginling
. 6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
. 2nd/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
. 6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment		 139th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier H. A. F. Crewdson (jusqu'au 22/05) Brigadier R. C. Chichester-Constable (a partir du 22/05)
. 2nd/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
. 2nd/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
. 9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
Major-General A. F. A. N. Thorne
 - ·  18th Field Regiment, RA 
·  68th Field Regiment, RA 
·  24th Field Regiment, RA 
·  53rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA 		 ·  224th Field Company, RE 
·  9th Field Company, RE 
·  226th Field Company, RE 
·  227th Field Park Company, RE		 143rd Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. Muirhead
·  1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 
·  1/7 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 
·  8/Royal Warwickshire Regiment 		 144th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. M. Hamilton
·  5/ Gloucestershire Regiment 
·  2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
·  8/ Worcestershire Regiment 		 145th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier A. C. Hughes (jusqu'au 15 mai) Brigadier The Hon. N. F. Somerset (a partir du 15 mai)
·  1 (Buckinghamshire) /Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 
·  4/Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 
·  2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Major-General G. le Q. Martel
 -4th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (motor-cycle) ·  72nd Field Regiment, RA 
·  74th Field Regiment, RA
.  65th Anti-Tank Regiment		 ·  232nd Field Company, RE 
·  505th Field Company, RE 
·  235th Field Park Company, RE 		 150th Infantry Brigade
·  4/East Yorkshire Regiment 
·  4/Green Howards 
·  5/Green Howards		 151st Infantry Brigade
·  6/Durham Light Infantry 
·  8/Durham Light Infantry 
·  9/Durham Light Infantry 		 25th Brigade
Brigadier W. H. C. Ramsden
.  2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment
. 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers
. 1st/7th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment
51st (Highland) Division
Major-General V. M. Fortune
 . 1st The Lothians and Border Horse (Yeomanry)
. 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment [MG] 
.  7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [MG]		 ·  17th Field Regiment (RA) 
·  23rd Field Regiment (RA) 
·  75th Field Regiment (RA) 
·  51st Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
·  51st Medium Regiment (RA) 
·  1st Regiment (RHA)(moins une batterie) 
·  97th Field Regiment (RA) (une batterie) 		 ·  26th Field Company (RE) 
·  236th Field Company (RE) 
·  237th Field Company (RE) 
·  239th Field Park Company (RE)
·  213th Army Field Company (RE) 
·  6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (RE) 
·  7th Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment (RE) 		 152nd Infantry Brigade
Brigadier H. M. V. Stewart
·  2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders 
·  4th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders 
·  4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 		 153rd Infantry Brigade
Brigadier G. T. Burney
·  4th Battalion, The Black Watch 
·  1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders 
·  5th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders		 154th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier A. C. L. Stanley-Clarke
·  1st Battalion, The Black Watch 
·  7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 
·  8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
(*3)
Major-General J. S. Drew
. 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment, R.A. 
. 70th  Field Regiment, R.A. 
. 71st Field Regiment, R.A. 
. 54th (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. 		 . 202nd Field Company, RE 
. 241st(Lowland) Field Company, RE 
.554th Field Company, RE 
.243rd(Lowland) Field Park Company, RE		 155th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier T. Grainger-Stewart
. 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
. 4th (The Border) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
. 5th (Dumfrieshire) Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers		 156th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier J. S. N. Fitzgerald
. 4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
. 6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
. 7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)		 157th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier Sir J. E. Laurie, Bt.
. 5th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
. 6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
. 1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry

1st Armoured Division
(*2)
Major-General R. Evans
· 1st Regiment (RHA)
(une batterie)
· 2nd Regiment (RHA) 
· 1st Field Squadron (RE) 
· 1st Field Park Troop (RE) 		 1st Support Group
Brigadier F. E. Morgan
· 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (detaché a la 30e Bde)
· 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (detaché a la 30e Bde)
· 101st Light Antitank Regiment (RHA)
- 30th motorized brigade
 		2nd Armoured Brigade
Brigadier R. L. McCreery 
· 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bay) 
· 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 
· 10th Prince of wales Own Royal Hussars 		 3rd Armoured Brigade
Brigadier J. H. Crocker
· 2nd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment 
· 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment  (detaché a la 30e Bde)
· 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment 
1st Army Tank Brigade
(*1)
Brigadier D. H. Pratt


· 4th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment 
· 7th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment


1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
Brigadier C. W. Norman


· 1st Battalion, East Riding Yeomanry 
· 1st Battalion, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 

2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
Brigadier A. J. Clifton



· 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 
· 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars




ELEMENTS ORGANIQUES DE CORPS

ELEMENTS d'ARMEE ( BEF )
- 7 Bns de Pionniers
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers  detaché a la 51e division
7th Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment detaché a la 51e division
6th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
7th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
8th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
9th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment
1st/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment

- Royal Engineers
100th, 101st, 216th Army Field Companies
228th, 242nd Field Companies
223rd Field Park
19th Arm Field Survey
58th, 61st, 62nd Chemical Warfare Companies
En supplement :
38 General Construction companies
2 Road Construction companies
1 Excavator company
4 Tunnelling companies
1 Workshop and Park company
1 Field Survey depot
2 Water-Boring section
  ·  1st Field Squadron (RE) detaché a la 1st armored
  ·  1st Field Park Troop (RE) detaché a la 1st armored

- 6 Bns de mitrailleurs
1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment  detaché a la 51e division
7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers detaché a la 51e division
7th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment
1st/8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
4th Battalion The Gordon Highlanders
6th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlander

-9 Rgts/groupes de DCA et 3 regiments de projecteurs
101th light antiaircraft & antitank rgt , detaché a la 1st armored

1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade—Brigadier E. D. Milligan (1st, 6th, 85th Anti-Aircraft Regiments)
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade—Brigadier E. W. Chadwick (60th Anti-Aircraft Regiment , 51st, 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments )
4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade—Brigadier J. N. Slater (4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment ,1st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery)
5th Searchlight Brigade—Brigadier E. Rait-Kerr (1st, 2nd, 3rd Searchlight Regiments )

-7 rgt d'artillerie

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ( une seule batterie detachée a la 1st armoured , les autres sont detachées a la 51e division )
2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ( detaché a la 1st armoured )
1st Army Field Regiment
32nd Army Field Regiment 
98th Army Field Regiment
115th Army Field Regiment
139th Army Field Regiment 

<>-9 rgt d'artillerie moyenne

1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
4th Medium Regiment
51st Medium Regiment (51th detaché a la 51e div )
58th Medium Regiment
61st Medium Regiment
63rd Medium Regiment
65th Medium Regiment
69th Medium Regiment

-3 rgt d'artillerie lourde

1st Heavy Regiment
51st Heavy Regiment
52nd Heavy Regiment

-3 Rgt d'artillerie super lourde
1st Super Heavy Regiment 
2nd Super Heavy Regiment 
3rd Super Heavy Regiment

-2 Regiments et 2 batteries antichar

229th Anti-Tank Battery( moins une troop) ( Defense de Calais )
58th Anti-Tank Regiment ( Defense de Calais )
275th Anti-Tank Battery( moins une troop ) (Defense de Boulogne )
69th Anti-Tank Regiment ( Defense de Boulogne )

Royal Armoured corps :
- 12th royal lancers ( 38 automitrailleuses Morris,20 Armored cars )
- 13th/18th Royal Hussars ( detaché a la 1st Infantry division )
- 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards ( detaché a la 2nd Infantry division )
- 1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry ( détaché a la 51st Infantry division )

- 1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade (Brigadier C. W. Norman ) :1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry     1st East Riding Yeomanry
- 2nd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade (Brigadier A. J. Clifton) : 5th Royal Innisikilling Dragoon Guards     15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
- 1st Army Tank Brigade ( Brigadier D. H. Pratt) : 4th Battalions Royal Tank Regiment     7th Battalions Royal Tank Regiment

- Infanterie
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
9th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (Garrison)
20th Guards Brigade (Brigadier W. A. F. L. Fox-Pitt ): ( arrivée en france le 21 mai , Defense de Boulogne )
    -2nd Battalion Irish Guards ,2nd Battalion Welsh Guards
30th Motorized Brigade (Brigadier C. N. Nicholson ) : ( Rattachée a la 1st armored puis Defense de Calais le 22 mai )
    -2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps,1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade,3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment,1st Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (motor-cycle)
25th Brigade (Brigadier W. H. C. Ramsden ) (rattachée a la 50e division ) :
    - 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment ,1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers ,1st/7th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade ( arrivée mi juin )
- The Royal Canadian Regiment , The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment , 48th Highlanders of Canada , 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery


Lignes de communication  Major General de Fontblanque

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade—Brigadier W. R. Shilstone
2nd, 8th, 79th Anti-Aircraft Regiments4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Royal Engineers :
104th, 106th, 110th, 212th, 218th Army Troops Companies
4 compagnies de construction de routes,  12 compagnies de travail d'artisanat , 3 compagnies de construction generales , 1 depot de cartes , 2 magasins du genie , un depot d'outillage du genie , une compagnie de section forrestiere , un depot de lignes de communication

Infanterie :
4th Battalion The Buffs
14th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers
12th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4th Battalion The Border Regiment
1st/5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters
2 depots d'infanterie
2 depots generaux


Troupes avec l'advanced striking force

-12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade—Brigadier W. T. O. Crewdson
53rd, 73rd Anti-Aircraft Regiments

-N°3 Air Mission Phantom (RAF)
ADVANCED AIR STRIKING FORCE

Air Vice-Marshal P. H. L. Playfair

No. 71 (Bomber) Wing—Air Commander R. M. Field
    Nos. 105, 114, 139 and 150 Squadrons

No. 75 (Bomber) Wing—Group Captain A. H. Wann
    Nos. 88, 103 and 218 Squadrons

No. 76 (Bomber) Wing—Group Captain H. S. Kerby
    Nos. 12, 142 and 226 Squadrons

No. 67 (Fighter) Wing—Wing Commander C. Walter
    Nos. 1 and 73 Squadrons
    No. 212 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Squadron


Defense de Boulogne
20th Guards Brigade—Brigadier W. A. F. L. Fox-Pitt ( debarque le 21/22 mai a boulogne )
2nd Battalion Irish Guards
2nd Battalion Welsh Guards
Royal Artillery
275th Anti-Tank Battery( moins une troupe )
69th Anti-Tank Regiment


Defense de Calais
30th Motorized Brigade—Brigadier C. N. Nicholson
2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps
1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade
3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
1st Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (motor-cycle)
Royal Artillery
229th Anti-Tank Battery ( moins une section ); 58th Anti-Tank Regiment


BRITISH AIR FORCES IN FRANCE

Air Officer Commanding in Chief
Air Marshal A. S. Barratt

Senior Air Staff Officer
Air Vice-Marshal D. C. S. Evill

Headquarters—North: Group Captain S. C. Strafford
                    East: Squadron Leader R. Cleland
FRANCE AIR COMPONENT

Air Vice Marshal C. H. B. Blount

No. 14 Group—Group Captain P. F. Fullard

No. 60 (Fighter) Wing—Wing Commander J. A. Boret
    Nos. 85 and 87 Squadrons

No. 61 (Fighter) Wing—Wing Commander R. Y. Eccles
    Nos. 607 and 615 Squadrons

No. 70 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Wing—Wing Commander W. A. Opie
    Nos. 18 and 57 Squadrons

No. 52 (Bomber) Wing—Wing Commander A. F. Hutton
    Nos. 53 and 59 Squadrons

No. 50 (Army Cooperation) Wing—Group Captain A. R. Churchman
    Nos. 4, 13 and 16 Squadrons

No. 51 (Army Cooperation) Wing—Wing Commander A. H. Flower
    Nos. 2 and 26 Squadrons
    No. 81 (Communication) Squadron

 HOME COMMANDS

Groups principally concerned in Air Fighting in France and Belgium
FIGHTER COMMAND

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

No. 11 Group—Air Vice-Marshal K. R. Park
    Nos. 3, 25, 32, 54, 56, 64, 65, 74, 79, 92, 111, 145, 151, 253, 501, 600, 601, 604, 609 and 610 Squadrons

The following squadrons were also temporarily under operational command of No. 11 Group:
    (from No. 12 Group)—Nos. 17, 19, 66, 213, 222, 229, 264, 266, 504, and 611 Squadrons
    (from No. 13 Group)—Nos. 41, 43, 72, 242, 245, 605, and 616 Squadrons

BOMBER COMMAND

Air Marshal C. F. A. Portal

No. 2 Group—Air Vice-Marshal J. M. Robb
    Nos. 15, 12, 40, 52, 82, 107, 110 Squadrons

No. 3 Group—Air Vice-Marshal J. E. A. Baldwin
    Nos. 9, 31, 37, 38, 75, 99, 115 and 149 Squadrons

No. 4 Group—Air Vice-Marshal A. Coningham
    Nos. 10, 51, 58, 71, 77 and 102 Squadrons

No. 5 Group—Air Vice-Marshal A. T. Harris
    Nos. 44, 49, 50, 61, 83 and 144 Squadrons

COASTAL COMMAND

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill

No .16 Group—Air Vice-Marshal J. H. S. Tyssen
    Nos. 22, 48, 206, 220, 235, 236 and 500 Squadrons

With the following temporarily under operational control:
    (from No. 17 Group)—No. 248 Squadron
    (from No. 18 Group)—No. 254 Squadron

The following squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm were also temporarily under operation control of No. 16 Group:
    Nos. 801, 812, 815, 816, 818, 819, 825, and 826 Squadrons   
   
   

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CORPS D'ARMEES DU BEF

1st Corps Lieutenant-General M. G. H. Barker
<>- 4th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment <>( MG )<>
- 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment ( MG)
<>- 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (MG )
<>- 3rd Field Artillery Rgt (RA), medium
- 5th Field Artillery Rgt (RA), medium
- 27th Field Artillery Rgt (RA)
-140th Army Field Regiment (RA)
-52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)
- 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (RA)
-1st Survey Regiment (RE)
-102nd Army Field Companie (RE)
-107th Army Field Companie (RE)
-221st Army Field Companie (RE)
-105th Corps Field Park (RE)
-13th Corps Field Survey Companies (RE)

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2nd Corps Lieutenant-General A. F. Brooke
<>- 2nd Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (MG)
-2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (MG)
-1st/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (MG)
- 53rd Medium Regiment ( RA)
- 59th Field Artillery Rgt (RA) , Medium
- 60th Army Field Regiment (RA)
- 88th Field Artillery Rgt (RA)
- 53th Llight Antiaircraft Artillery Rgt (RA)
-2nd Survey Regiment (RE)
-222nd Army Field Companie (RE)
-234th Army Field Companie (RE)
-240th Army Field Companie (RE)
-108th Corps Field Park (RE)
-14th Corps Field Survey Companies (RE)<>



3rd Corps Lieutenant-General Sir R. F. Adam, Bt

-5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (RA)
-97th Army Field Regiment (RA)(1 Bie du 97th a la 51e div )   
-51st Medium Regiment (RA)   
-56th Medium Regiment   (RA) 
-54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (RA)  
-3rd Survey Regiment (RE)   
-213rd Army Field Companie (RE)    (detaché a la 51e division)
-214th Army Field Companie (RE)   
-217th Army Field Companie (RE)   
-293rd Corps Field Park (RE)   
-514th Corps Field Survey Companies    
-7th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ( MG)    (detaché a la 51e division)
-1st/9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment ( MG)   
-1st Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment ,The Middlesex Regiment (MG)    (detaché a la 51e division)



BLINDES
 

Unité OTAN
 Affectation HQ Reco Force principale Force principale Divers
2nd RTR 1st Arm.Div




3rd RTR 1st Arm.Div
(detaché a la 30e Bde)

27 cruisers tanks 21 Mk VIB 10 scout cars
4th RTR 1st Tank Bde

50 Matilda I 5 Mk VI B
5th RTR 1st Arm.Div




7th RTR
 1st Tank Bde

27 Matilda I
23 Matilda II		 7 MkVI B
8th RTR
 1st Tank bde

Non present en France
 ?
9th Royal lancers 1st Arm.Div




12th royal lancers



38 automitrailleuses Morris
20 Armored cars
10th Royal Hussars 1st Arm.Div




13/18th royal Hussars
1st Inf.Div


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
15/19th Royal Hussars 2nd Recce Bde


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
2nd Dragoons 1st Arm.Div 4 A9 CS 3 A10 22 A13 21 Mk VIC 5 Scout carriers
4/7th royal dragoon 2nd Inf.Div


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
5th Royal innisk. dragoon 2nd Recce Bde


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
1st East Riding 1st Recce Bde


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
1st Fife&Forfar 1st Recce Bde


28 MkVI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
1st Lothian&border 51st Inf.Div


28 Mk VI B/C 44 carrier avec ATR boys
4th /Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 50th Inf Div

12 Daimler Dingo

N°3 Air Mission Phantom RAF



6 Armoured car Guy









1st Armoured Division

6 A9
18 A9 CS		 31 A10 110 A13 134 MkVI B/C 30 scout cars
15 scout carriers
1st Army Tank Bde



77 Matilda I
23 Matilda II		 12 MkVI B/C
1st Recce Bde




56 MkVI B/C 88 carrier avec ATR boys
2nd Recce Bde



56 MkVI B/C 88 carrier avec ATR boys





NOTES

*1    le 8th Royal tank rgt n'a jamais été expedié en france , le 7th est arrivé mi-mai 1940 .

*2    La 1st Armored Division est arrivée en 3 vagues :
                -2nd armored bde le 20 mai
                -1st support group et troupes divisionnaires le 22 mai
                -3rd armored bde le 23 mai

*3 La 52nd infantry division a été envoyée en france apres le desastre de Dunkerque , le 15 juin .
Elle a theoriquement été incorporée a la 10e armée ( puisque le BEF n'existait plus .. ) .
 
 
 
 

ARRIVEE des UNITES
mi mai        7th RTR (1st Army tank Bde )
20 mai        2nd armored bde (1st arm.div)
22 mai        1st support group ( 1st arm div ) & 30th motorized brigade
22 mai        20th guards brigade

23 mai        3rd armored bde (1st arm div )
15 juin        52nd infantry division
mi juin         1st Canadian infantry Brigade