British Order of Battle Battle of Neuve Chapelle 1915 Heavy Artillery: Southern (No. 1) Group: Brigadier General G. McK. Franks I Brigade: 109th Heavy Battery, RGA (4-4.7" guns) 110th Heavy Battery, RGA (4-4.7" guns) Independent: 114th Heavy Battery, RGA (4-4.7" guns) IV Brigade: 8th Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" guns) 4th Sub-Section, 10th Siege Battery,RGA (1-9.2" howitzer) Northern (No. 2) Group: Brigadier General H.C.C.Uniacke III Brigade: 111th Heavy Battery (4-4.7" guns) 112th Heavy Battery (4-4.7" guns) VIII Brigade: 113th Heavy Battery (4-4.7" guns) 118th Heavy Battery (4-4.7" guns) 119th Heavy Battery (4-4.7" guns) Attached: 1 15" Howitzer, RMA HM Armored Train "Churchill" (1-6", 1-4.7" & 1-4" gun) IV Corp: Brigadier General A.E.A.Holland Horse Artillery Group: V Artillery Brigade, RHA: O Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) Z Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) XIV Artillery Brigade, RHA: F Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) T Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) Attached: A Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) Q Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) U Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) "A" Group: XXXIII Artillery Brigade: 32nd Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 33rd Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 36th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) XLV Artillery Brigade: 1st Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 3rd Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 5th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) "B" Group: N Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) V Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) X Battery, RHA (6-13pdrs) XXII Artillery Brigade: 104th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 105th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 106th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 1 XXXV Artillery Brigade: 12th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 25th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) 58th Battery, RFA (6-18pdrs) Siege Howitzer Group: 4th Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) 6th Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) 59th Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) 81st Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) 5th Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) Field Howitzer Group: XXXVII Artillery Brigade: 31st Battery, RFA (6-4.5" Howitzers) 35th Battery, RFA (6-4.5" Howitzers) 55th Battery, RFA (6-4.5" Howitzers) Attached: Battery of 4" and 3.7" trench howitzers 5th Mountain Battery, RGA (6-2.75" guns) Indian Corps: Brigadier General A.B.Scott 2nd Siege Battery, RGA (4-6" howitzers) IV Artillery Brigade: 7th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 14th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 66th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) IX Artillery Brigade: 19th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 20th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 28th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) XIII Artillery Brigade: 2nd Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 8th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 44th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) V Artillery Brigade: 64th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 73rd Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 81st Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) XI Artillery Brigade: 83rd Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 84th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 85th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) XVIII Artillery Brigade: 59th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 93rd Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) 94th Battery, RFA (6-18pdr guns) XLIII (How.) Artillery Brigade: 30th Battery, RFA (6-4.5" howitzers) 40th Battery, RFA (6-4.5" howitzers) 57th Battery, RFA (6-4.5" howitzers) Attached: 1 Section, 7th Mountain Battery, RGA (2-2.75" guns) 7th Division: Major General T.Capper 20th Brigade: Brigadier General F.J.Heyworth 1/Grenadier Guards 2/Scot's Guards 2 2/Borderers 2/Gordon Highlanders 6/Gordons 21st Brigade: Brigadier General H.E.Watts 2/Bedfordshire 2/Green Howards 2/Royal Scots Fusiliers 2/Wiltshire 22nd Brigade: Brigadier General S.T.B.Lawford 2/Queen's 2/Royal Warwickshire 1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/South Staffordshire 8/Royal Scots Mounted Troops: A Sqn, 1/Northumberland Hussars 7th Cyclist Company Attached: 7th Divisional Ammunition Column 54th, 55th & 2/Highland Engineer Field Companies 7th Divisional Signals Company 21st, 22nd, & 23rd Field Ambulances 12th Mobile Veterinary Sections 7th Divisional Train 8th Division: Major General F.J.Davies 23rd Brigade: Brigadier General R.J.Pinney 2/Devonshire 2/West Yorkshire 2/Scottish Rifle 2/Middlesex 24th Brigade: Brigadier General F.C.carter 1/Worcester 2/East Lancashire 1/Sherwood Foresters 2/Northumberland 5/Black Watch 4/Camerons 25th Brigade: Brigadier General A.W.G.Lowry Cole 2/Lincolnshire 2/Royal Berkshire 1/Royal Irish Rifles 2/Rifle Brigade Mounted Troops: 1/Northantsfordshire Yeomanry 8th Cyclist Company Attached: 8th Divisional Ammunition Columns 2nd, 15th, 1/Home Counties Engineer Field Companies 1st (Siege) Company, Royal Anglesey, RE 8th Divisional Signals Companies 24th (1/Wessex), 25th (2/Wessex), 26th (3/Wessex) Field Ambulances 15th Mobile Veterinary Sections 8th Divisional Train The Lahore Division: Lieutenant General H.D'U. Keary 3 The Ferozepore Brigade: Brigadier General R.G.Edgerton 1/Connaught Rangers 9/Bhopal Infantry 57/Wilde's Rifles (Frontier Force) 129/Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis 4/London The Jullundur Brigade: Brigadier General E.P.Strickland 1/Manchester 47/Sikhs 59/Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) 4/Suffolk The Sirhind Brigade: Brigadier General W.G.Walker 1/Highland Light Infantry 15/Sikhs 1/1/King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (Malaun Regt) 1/4/Gurkha Rifles 4/King's Mounted Troops: 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) Attached: Lahore Divisional Ammunition Columns 20th Co, & 21st Co, 3rd Sappers and Miners Lahore Divisional Signal Company 34th Sikh Pioneers 7th & 8th British Field Ambulances 111th, 112th and 113th Indian Field Ambulances Lahore Divisional Train Meerut Division: Lieutenant General C.A.Anderson The Dehra Dun Brigade: Brigadier General C.W.Jacob 1/Seaforth Highlanders 2/2/King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (Sirmoor Rifles) 1/9/Gurkha Rifles 4/Seaforth Highlanders The Garlwal Brigade: Brigadier General C.G.Blackader 2/Leicestershire Regiment 1/39/Garwal Rifles 2/39/Garwal Rifles 2/3/Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 3/London The Bareilly Brigade: Brigadier General W.M.Southey 2/Black Watch 6/Jats 41/Dogras 58/Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) 4/Black Watch 2/8/Gurkha Rifles Mounted Troops 4th Cavarly Attached: Meerut Divisional Ammunition Column 3rd & 4th Cos, 1st King George's Own Sappers & Miners Meerut Signal Company 107th Pioneers 9th and 10th British Field Ambulances 128th, 129th and 130th Indian Field Ambulances 4 Meerut Divisional Train J.E.Edmonds, Editor Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914, Official History, MacMillan, London. 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