title: First Battle of Ypres order of battle
text: # First Battle of Ypres order of battle
  
  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 (John French)
  
  ### I Corps (Douglas Haig)
  
  1st Division (Samuel Lomax)
  
      1st (Guards) Brigade
         1st Coldstream Guards
         1st Scots Guards
         1st Black Watch
         1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
         London Scottish Regiment
      2nd Brigade
         2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
         1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
         1st Northamptonshire Regiment
         2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps
      3rd Brigade
         1st Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
         1st South Wales Borderers
         1st Gloucestershire Regiment
         2nd Welsh Regiment
      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 (Charles Monro)
  
      4th (Guards) Brigade
         2nd Grenadier Guards
         2nd Coldstream Guards
         3rd Coldstream Guards
         1st Irish Guards
         1st Hertfordshire Regiment
      5th Brigade
         2nd Worcestershire Regiment
         2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
         2nd Highland Light Infantry
         2nd Connaught Rangers
      6th Brigade
         1st King's Regiment (Liverpool)
         2nd South Staffordshire Regiment
         1st Royal Berkshire Regiment
         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
      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 (Horace Smith-Dorrien)
  
  3rd Division (Aylmer Haldane)
  
      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
  
  5th Division (Charles Fergusson)
  
      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 (William Pulteney)
  
  4th Division (Henry Wilson)
  
      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 (John 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 (David Henderson)
  
      HQ Wireless Unit
      2nd Aeroplane Squadron
      3rd Aeroplane Squadron
      4th Aeroplane Squadron
      5th Aeroplane Squadron
      6th Aeroplane Squadron
  
  ### Cavalry Corps (Edmund Allenby)
  
  1st Cavalry Division (Beauvoir 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 (Hubert 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 (Henry Rawlinson)
  
  7th Division (Thompson Capper)
  
      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
  
  3rd Cavalry Division (Julian Byng)
  
      6th Cavalry Brigade
         3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
         1st Royal Dragoons
         10th Hussars
      7th Cavalry Brigade
         1st Life Guards
         2nd Life Guards
         Royal Horse Guards
      XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (later renumbered IV Brigade, RHA)
         G Battery, RHA
         K Battery, 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 (James 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 (Archibald Paris)
  
  ## French VIII Army (Victor d'Urbal)
  
  ### IX Corps (Pierre Joseph Dubois)
  
      17th Division (Guignabaudet)
      18th Division (Lefevre)
      6th Cavalry Division (Requichot)
      7th Cavalry Division (Hely d'Oissel)
  
  ### XVI Corps (Paul François Grossetti)
  
      31st Division (Vidal)
      32nd Division (Bouchez)
      39th Division (Danant)
      43rd Division (Lanquetot)
  
  ### XXXII Corps (Georges Louis Humbert)
  
      38th Division (Jean-Marie Brulard)
      42nd Division (Denis Auguste Duchêne)
      89th Territorial Division (Boucher)
      4th Cavalry Division (Buyer)
  
  ### XX Corps (Balfourier)
  
      11th Division (Ferry)
      26th Division (Hallouin)
  
  ### II Cavalry Corps (Antoine de Mitry)
  
      87th Territorial Division (Roy)
      5th Cavalry Division (Allenou)
      9th Cavalry Division (de L'espee)
  
  ### I Cavalry Corps (Louis Conneau)
  
      1st Cavalry Division (Olivier Mazel)
      3rd Cavalry Division (Lastours)
      10th Cavalry Division (Contades)
  
  ## German Fourth Army (Albrecht of Württemberg)
  
  Marine Division (Ludwig von Schröder)
  
  ### III Reserve Corps (von Beseler)
  
      Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment)
  
  5th Reserve Division (Richard Voigt)
  
      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
  
  6th Reserve Division (Emil von Schickfuß und Neudorf)
  
      6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
      11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
         20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
         24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
      12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
         26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
         35th Reserve Infantry Regiment
  
  4th Ersatz Division (Albert von Werder)
  
  ### XXII Reserve Corps (Eugen von Falkenhayn)
  
  43rd Reserve Division (Karl Stenger)
  
  44th Reserve Division (Eugen von Dorrer)
  
  ### XXIII Reserve Corps (Georg von Kleist)
  
  45th Reserve Division (Albert Schöpflin)
  
  46th Reserve Division (Bruno Hahn)
  
  ### XXVI Reserve Corps (Otto von Hügel)
  
  51st Reserve Division (Ferdinand Waenker von Dankenschweil)
  
  52nd Reserve Division (Emil Waldorf)
  
  ### XXVII Reserve Corps (Adolph von Carlowitz)
  
  53rd Reserve Division (Hans von Watzdorf)
  
  54th Reserve Division (Paul von Schaefer)
  
  ### Plettenberg's Corps (Karl von Plettenberg)
  
  2nd Guards Division (Arnold von Winckler)
  
  ### II Army Corps (Alexander von Linsingen)
  
      30th Aviation Battalion
      15th (Heavy) Foot Artillery Regiment
  
  3rd Division (Ferdinand Karl von Trossel)
  
      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 Division (Erich Freyer)
  
      4th Artillery Brigade
      12th Dragoons
      7th Infantry Brigade
         14th Infantry Regiment
         149th Infantry Regiment
      8th Infantry Brigade
         49th Infantry Regiment
         140th Infantry Regiment
  
  ### XV Corps (Berthold von Deimling)
  
  30th Division (Friedrich von Gontard)
  
  39th Division (Hugo von Kathen)
  
  ## German Sixth Army (Rupprecht of Bavaria)
  
  ### II Royal Bavarian Corps (Karl von Martini)
  
  3rd Bavarian Division (Otto Ritter von Breitkopf)
  
  4th Bavarian Division (Ernst Ritter von Schrott)
  
  6th Bavarian Reserve Division (Maximilian von Speidel)
  
  ### XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps (Max von Fabeck)
  
  25th Reserve Division (Thaddäus von Jarotzky)
  
  26th Division (Wilhelm von Urach)
  
  ### I Cavalry Corps (Manfred von Richthofen)
  
  Guard Cavalry Division (Günther von Etzel)
  
  4th Cavalry Division (Otto von Garnier)
  
  ### II Cavalry Corps (Georg von der Marwitz)
  
  2nd Cavalry Division (Georg Thumb von Neuburg)
  
  7th Cavalry Division (Ernst von Heydebreck)
  
  ### IV Cavalry Corps (Gustav von Hollen)
  
  3rd Cavalry Division (Kurt von Unger)
  
  Bavarian Cavalry Division (Karl von Wenninger)
  
  ### XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps (Maximillian von Laffert)
  
  24th Division (Hans Krug von Nidda)
  
  40th Division (Leo Götz von Olenhusen)
  
  ### VII Army Corps (Eberhardt von Claer)
  
  13th Division (Kurt von dem Borne)
  
  14th Division (Paul Fleck)
  
  ### XIV Corps (Theodor von Watter)
  
  28th Division (Kurt von Kehler)
  
  29th Division (August Isbert)
  
  