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Battle of Mons order of battle

The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.

German First Army

First Army, commanded by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck

II Army Corps

30th Aviation Battalion
15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)

3rd Infantry Division

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 Infantry Division

4th Artillery Brigade
12th Dragoons
7th Infantry Brigade
:14th Infantry Regiment
:149th Infantry Regiment
8th Infantry Brigade
: 49th Infantry Regiment
:140th Infantry Regiment

III Army Corps

7th Aviation Battalion
2nd Guard Foot Artillery (heavy)
3rd Hussars

5th Infantry Division

5th Artillery Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
:8th Leib Grenadier Regiment
:48th Infantry Regiment
10th Infantry Brigade
:12th Grenadier Regiment
:52nd Infantry Regiment

6th Infantry Division

6th Artillery Brigade
11th Infantry Brigade
:20th Infantry Regiment
:35th Fusilier Regiment
12th Infantry Brigade
:24th Infantry Regiment
:64th Infantry Regiment
:3rd Jaeger Battalion

IV Army Corps

9th Aviation Battalion
4th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
10th Hussars

7th Infantry Division

7th Artillery Brigade
13th Infantry Brigade
:26th Infantry Regiment
:66th Infantry Regiment
14th Infantry Brigade
:27th Infantry Regiment
:165th Infantry Regiment

8th Infantry Division

8th Artillery Brigade
15th Infantry Brigade
:36th Fusilier Regiment
:93rd Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Brigade
:72nd Infantry Regiment
:153rd Infantry Regiment
:4th Jaeger Battalion

IX Army Corps

9th Aviation Battalion
20th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
16th Dragoons

17th Infantry Division

17th Artillery Brigade
33rd Infantry Brigade
:75th Infantry Regiment
:76th Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Brigade
:89th Grenadier Regiment
:90th Fusilier Regiment
:9th Jaeger Battalion

18th Infantry Division

18th Artillery Brigade
35th Infantry Brigade
:84th Infantry Regiment
:86th Fusilier Regiment
36th Infantry Brigade
:31st Infantry Regiment
:85th Infantry Regiment

III Reserve Corps

5th Reserve Division

2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment (3 squadrons)
6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
:8th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:48th Reserve Infantry Regiment
10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
:12th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment

6th Reserve Division

3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons)
6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
:20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
:26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:35th Reserve Infantry Regiment

IV Reserve Corps

7th Reserve Division

1st Reserve Schwere Reiter Regiment (3 squadrons)
7th Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
13th Reserve Brigade
:27th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:36th Reserve Infantry Regiment
14th Reserve Brigade
:66th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:72nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
4th Reserve Jaeger Battalion

22nd Reserve Division

1st Reserve Jäger zu Pferde Regiment (3 squadrons)
22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
:71st Reserve Infantry Regiment
:94th Reserve Infantry Regiment
:11th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
44th Reserve Infantry Brigade
:32nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
:82nd Reserve Infantry Regiment

10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade

12th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
52nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment

11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade

20th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
35th Landwehr Infantry Regiment

27th Landwehr Brigade

53rd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
55th Landwehr Infantry Regiment

Composite Landwehr Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons) Composite Lansturm Artillery Unit (2 batteries)

Army Troops

12th Aviation Battalion

British Expeditionary Force

British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French

Army Troops

A and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
B Squadron South Irish Horse
1st Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

Line of communications defence troops

1st Devonshire
19th Infantry Brigade (formed 22 August 1914)
:2nd Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
:1st Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
:1st Bn Duke of Cambridge’s Own
:2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

I Corps

I Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig

1st Division (Lomax)

1st Guards Brigade
:1st Coldstream Guards
:1st Scots Guards
:1st Black Watch
:2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
2nd Infantry Brigade
:2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
:1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
:1st Northamptonshire Regiment
:2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps
3rd Infantry Brigade
:1st Royal West Surrey Regiment
:1st South Wales Borderers
:1st Gloucestershire Regiment
:2nd Welsh
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

2nd Division (Monro)

4th Guards Brigade
:2nd Grenadier Guards
:2nd Coldstream Guards
:3rd Coldstream Guards
:1st Irish Guards
5th Infantry Brigade
:2nd Worcestershire
:2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
:2nd Highland Light Infantry
:2nd Connaught Rangers
6th Infantry Brigade
:1st Liverpool Regiment
:2nd South Staffordshire
:1st Royal Berkshire
:1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps
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
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:35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
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RAMC

5th Field Ambulance

II Corps

II Corps, commanded by General Horace Smith-Dorrien

3rd Division (Hamilton)

7th Infantry Brigade
:3rd Bn Worcestershire Regiment
:2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment
:1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
:2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles
8th Infantry Brigade
:2nd Royal Scots
:2nd Royal Irish Regiment
:4th Middlesex Regiment
:1st Gordon Highlanders
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

5th Division (Fergusson)

13th Infantry Brigade
:2nd Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
:2nd Bn Duke of Wellington’s
:1st Bn Royal West Kent
:2nd Bn Yorkshire Light Infantry
14th Infantry Brigade
:2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment
:1st Bn East Surrey Regiment
:1st Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
:2nd Bn Manchester Regiment
15th Infantry Brigade
:1st Bn Norfolk Regiment
:1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
:1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
:1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment
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

Cavalry Division

Cavalry Division, commanded by Major-General Edmund Allenby

1st Cavalry Brigade
:2nd Dragoon Guards
:5th Dragoon Guards
:11th Hussars
2nd Cavalry Brigade
:4th Dragoon Guards
:9th Lancers
:18th Hussars
3rd Cavalry Brigade
:4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
:5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
:16th (The Queen's) Lancers
4th Cavalry Brigade
:6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers)
:3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
:Household Cavalry Composite Regiment
5th Cavalry Brigade
:2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
:12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers
:20th Hussars
Artillery
:III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
::D Battery, RHA
::E Battery, RHA
:VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
::I Battery, RHA
::L Battery, RHA

Royal Flying Corps in the Field

Royal Flying Corps, commanded by Brigadier-General David Henderson

2nd Aeroplane Squadron (Charles Burke)
3rd Aeroplane Squadron (John Salmond)
4th Aeroplane Squadron (Raleigh)
5th Aeroplane Squadron (John Frederick Andrews Higgins)
1st Aircraft Park (Carden)

Sources

  • Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).
  • Terraine, John. Mons, The Retreat to Victory. Wordsworth. pp. 200–202