British Army, Battle of Loos, 1915

British Army, Battle of Loos, 1915

British Order of Battle Battle of Loos 1915 I Corps: Lieutenant General H. de la P. Gough 2nd Division: Major General H.S.Horn 5th Brigade: Brigadier General C.E.Corkran 1/Queen's 2/Worcester 2/Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/Highland Light Infantry 1/7/King's 1/9/Highland Light Infantry 6th Brigade Brigadier General A.C.Daly 1/King's 2/Worchester 1/Royal Berkshire 1/King's Royal Rifle Corps 5/King's 1/1/Hertfordshire Mounted Troops: B Sqn, South Irish Hussars 2nd Cyclist Company XXXIV Artillery Brigade: 50th Battery (6-18pdrs) 70th Battery (6-18pdrs) XXXIV B.A.C. XXXVI Artillery Brigade: 15th Battery (6-18pdrs) 48th Battery (6-18pdrs) 71st Battery (6-18pdrs) XXXVI B.A.C. XLI Artillery Brigade: 9th Battery (6-18pdrs) 16th Battery (6-18pdrs) 17th Battery (6-18pdrs) XLI B.A.C. XLIV (H.) Artillery Brigade: 47th (H.) Battery (6-4.5" howitzers) 56th (H.) Battery (6-4.5" howitzers) XLIV (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 2nd Divisional Ammunition Columns 5th, 11th & 1/East Anglian Engineer Field Companies 2nd Divisional Signals Companies 4th, 5th & 19th Field Ambulances 3rd Mobile Veterinary Sections 2nd Divisional Train 7th Division: Major General T. Capper 20th Brigade: Brigadier General J.F.Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes- Trefusis 2/Borderers 1 2/Gordon Highlanders 8/Devonshire 9/Devonshire 1/6/Gordon Highlanders 21st Brigade: Brigadier General H.E.Watts 2/Bedfordshire 2/Green Howards 2/Royal Scots Fusiliers 2/Wiltshire 1/4/Cameronian Highlanders 22nd Brigade: Brigadier General J. McC.Steele 2/Queen's 2/Royal Warwickshire 1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/South Staffordshire Mounted Troops: HQ & A Sqn, 1/Northumberland Hussars 7th Cyclist Company XIV Artillery Brigade, RHA: T Battery, RHA F Battery, RHA XIV R.H.A. B.A.C. XXII Artillery Brigade: 104th Battery 105th Battery 106th Battery XXII B.A.C. XXXV Artillery Brigade: 12th Battery 25th Battery 58th Battery XXXV B.A.C. XXXVIII (H.) Artillery Brigade: 31st (H.) Battery 35th (H.) Battery XXXVII (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 7th Divisional Ammunition Columns 54th, 55th, & 2/Highland Engineer Field Companies 7th Divisional Signals Company 21st, 22nd, & 23rd Field Ambulances 12th Mobile Veterinary Section 7th Divisional Train 9th Division: Major Genera. G.H.Thesiger 26th Brigade: Brigadier General A.B.Ritchie 8/Black Watch 7/Seaforth Highlander 8/Gordon Highlander 5/Cameron Highlander 27th Brigade: Brigadier General C.D.Bruce 2 11/Royal Scots 12/Royal Scots 6/Royal Scots Fusiliers 10/Argyll and Sutherland Highlander 28th Brigade: Brigadier General S.W.Scrase-Dickens 6/King's Own Scottish Borderers 9/Scottish Rifles 10/Highland Light Infantry 11/Highland Light Infantry Mounted Troops: B Sqn, Glasgow Yeomanry 9th Division Cyclist Company L Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) L B.A.C. LI Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) LI B.A.C. LII Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) LII B.A.C. LIII (H.) Artillery Brigade: B (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) C (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) D (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) LIII (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 8th Divisional Ammunition Columns 63rd, 64th, & 90th Engineer Field Companies 9th Divisional Signals Companies 9/Seaforth Highlanders (Pioneers) 10th Motor Machine Gun Battery 27th, 28th & 29th Field Ambulances: 21st Mobile Veterinary Sections 9th Divisional Train 28th Division: Major General E.S.Bulfin 83rd Brigade: Brigadier General H.S.L.Ravenshaw 2/King's Own 2/East Yorkshire 3 1/King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/York and Lancaster 1/5/King's Own 84th Brigade: Brigadier General T.H.F.Pearse 2/Northumberland Fusileirs 1/Suffolk 2/Cheshire 1/Welch 1/6/Welch 85th Brigade: Brigadier General C.E.Pereira 2/Buffs 3/Royal Fusiliers 2/Est Surrey 3/Middlesex Mounted Troops: B Sqn, Surrey Yeomanry 27th Divisional Cyclist Company III Artillery Brigade: 18th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 22nd Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 62nd Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 365th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) III B.A.C. CXLVI Artillery Brigade: 75th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 149th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 366th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 367th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) CXLVI B.A.C. XXXI Artillery Brigade: 69th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 100th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 103rd Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) 118th Battery, RFA (4-18pdrs) XXXI B.A.C. CXXX (H.) Artillery Brigade: A (H.) Battery, RFA (4.5" howitzers) B (H.) Battery, RFA (4.5" howitzers) C (H.) Battery, RFA (4.5" howitzers) CXXX (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 28th Divisional Ammunition Columns 38th & 1/Northumbrian Engineer Field Company 38th Divisional Signal Company 84th, 85th and 86th Field Ambulances ? Mobile Veterinary Section 28th Divisional Train III Corps: Lieutenant Genera. W.P.Pulteney 8th Division: Major General R.J.Pinney 23rd Brigade: Brigadier General H.D.Tuson 2/Devonshire 2/West Yorkshire 2/Scottish Rifle 2/Middlesex 4 1/6/Scottish Rifles 1/7/Middlesex 24th Brigade: Brigadier General R.S.Oxley 1/Worcester 2/East Lancashire 1/Sherwood Foresters 2/Northumberland 1/5/Black Watch 25th Brigade: Brigadier General R.B.Stephens 2/Lincolnshire 2/Royal Berkshire 1/Royal Irish Rifles 2/Rifle Brigade 1/8/Middlesex 1/1/London Mounted Troops: C Sqn. 1/Northumberland Hussars 8th Cyclist Company V Artillery Brigade, RHA: O Battery Z Battery V RHA B.A.C. XXXIII Artillery Brigade: 32nd Battery (6-18pdrs) 33rd Battery (6-18pdrs) 36th Battery (6-18pdrs) XXXIII B.A.C. XLV Artillery Brigade: 1st Battery (6-18pdrs) 3rd Battery (6-18pdrs) 5th Battery (6-18pdrs) XLV B.A.C. CXXVIII (H.) Artillery Brigade 55th (H.) Battery (6-4.5" howitzers) 57th (H.) Battery (6-4.5" howitzers) CXXVIII (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 8th Divisional Ammunition Column 2nd, 15th, 1/1/Home Counties Engineer Field Companies 8th Divisional Signals Company 24th, 25th, 26th Field Ambulances 15th Mobile Veterinary Section 8th Divisional Train 20th (Light) Division: Major General R.H.Davies 59th Brigade: Brigadier General C.D.shute 10/King's Royal Rifle Corps 11/King's Royal Rifle Corps 5 10/Rifle Brigade 11/Rifle Brigade 60th Brigade: Brigadier General J.W.G.Ray 6/Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6/King's Shropshire Light Infantry 12/King's Royal Rifle Corps 12/Rifle Brigade 61st Brigade: Brigadier General C.Ross 12/King's 7/Somerset Light Infantry 7/Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7/King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Mounted Troops: HQ, D Sqn, & MG section 1/Westmidlands & Cumberland Yoemanry 20th Divisional Cyclist Company 14th Motor Machine Gun Battery XC Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) XC B.A.C. XCI Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) XCI B.A.C. XCII Artillery Brigade: B (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) C (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) D (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) XCII B.A.C. XCIII Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) XCIII B.A.C. Attached: 20th Divisional Ammunition Columns 83rd, 84th & 96th Engineer Field Companies 20th Divisional Signals Company 11/Durham Light Infantry (Pioneers) 60th, 61st, & 62nd Field Ambulances 32nd Mobile Veterinary Sections 20th Divisional Train 23rd Division: Major General J.M.Babington 68th Brigade: Brigadier General E. Pearce Serocold 10/Northumberland Fusiliers 11/Northumberland Fusiliers 12/Durham Light Infantry 13/Durham Light Infantry 69th Brigade: Brigadier General F.S.Derham 6 11/West Yorkshire 8/Green Howards 9/Green Howards 10/Duke of Wellington's 70th Brigade: Brigadier General L.F.Phillips 11/Sherwood Foresters 8/King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8/York & Lancaster 9/York & Lancaster Mounted Troops: HQ, MG Section & C Sqn 1/Duke of Lancaster's Own Yoemanry 23rd Divisional Cyclist Company CII Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) CII B.A.C. CIII Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) CIII B.A.C. CIV Artillery Brigade: A Battery (4-18pdrs) B Battery (4-18pdrs) C Battery (4-18pdrs) D Battery (4-18pdrs) CIV B.A.C. CV (H.) Artillery Brigade: A (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) B (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) C (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) D (H.) Battery (4-4.5" howitzers) CV (H.) B.A.C. Attached: 23rd D.A.C.Divisional Ammunition Column 101st, 102nd, & 128th Engineer Field Companies 23rd Signals Company 9/South STaffordshire (Pioneers) 69th, 70th & 71st Field Ambulances 35th Mobile Veterinary Section 23rd Divisional Train 7 IV Corps: Lieutenant General H.S.Rawlinson 1st Division: Major General A.E.A.Holland 1st Brigade: Brigadier General A.J.Reddie 1/Black Watch 1/Cameron Highlanders 10/Gloucestershire 8/Royal Berkshire 1/14/London (London Scottish) 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General J.H.W.Pollard 2/Royal Sussex 1/Northamptonshire 2/Loyal North Lancashire 1/King's Royal Rifle Corps 1/9/King's 3rd Brigade: Brigadier Genera. H.R.Davies 1/South Wales Borderers 1/Gloucester 2/Welsh 2/Royal Munster Fusiliers Mounted Troops: B Sqdn. 1/Northumberland Hussars 1st Cyclist Company XXV Artillery Brigade: 113th Battery (6-18pdrs) 114th Battery (6-18pdrs) 115th Battery (6-18pdrs) XXV B.A.C. XXVI Artillery Brigade: 116th Battery (6-18pdrs) 117th Battery (6-18pdrs) XXVI B.A.C.

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