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General Headquarters

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig

Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant General Herbert Lawrence
Adjutant-General: Lieutenant General George Fowke
Quartermaster-General: Lieutenant General Travers Clarke
Inspector General of Training: Lieutenant General Ivor Maxse

Royal Air Force in the Field

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Major General John Salmond

  • HQ Communication Squadron

IX Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Henry Smyth-Osbourne

  • 9th Wing
    • Nos 18, 25, 27, 32, 49, 62 Squadrons RAF
  • 51st Wing
    • Nos 1, 43, 94, 107, 205 Squadrons RAF
  • 54th (Night) Wing
    • Nos 83, 101, 102, 148, 149, 207 Squadrons RAF
  • 82nd Wing
    • Nos 58, 152, 214 Squadrons RAF

Tank Corps

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Major General Hugh Elles

  • 1st Tank Brigade
  • 2nd Tank Brigade
  • 3rd Tank Brigade
  • 4th Tank Brigade
  • 5th Tank Brigade
  • 6th Tank Brigade

First Army

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General Henry Horne

  • Field Artillery
    • Nos. 18, 26, 52, 77, 126, 147, 175, 189, 242, 277, 282, 293, 311 Army Brigades RFA
    • 8th Brigade CFA
    • 5th Canadian Divisional Artillery
      • 13th, 14th Brigade CFA
  • Heavy Artillery
    • 1st, 7th, 8th, 16th, 19th, 29th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 45th, 48th, 53rd, 67th, 78th, 81st, 91st Brigades RGA
    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Brigades CGA
    • HQ Nos. 36, 31 Army Brigades, RGA
    • Nos. 8, 52, 60, 65, 86, 92, 192, 366, 393, 444, 450, 461, 471 488, 493, 514, 515, 520, 521, 523, 527, 543, 544, Siege Batteries, RGA

VII Corps

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Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter-Weston

  • 8th Division
  • 12th (Eastern) Division
  • 52nd (Lowland) Division

XXII Corps

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Lieutenant General Alexander Godley

  • 4th Division
  • 11th (Northern) Division
  • 51st (Highland) Division
  • 56th (1st London) Division
  • 63rd (Naval) Division

Canadian Corps

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Lieutenant General Arthur Currie

  • 1st Canadian Division
  • 2nd Canadian Division
  • 3rd Canadian Division
  • 4th Canadian Division

I Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Duncan Pitcher

  • 1st (Corps) Wing
    • Nos. 1, 2, 4 Squadrons and "L" Flight RAF,
  • 10th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 19, 22, 40, 64, 98, 148, 203, 209 Squadrons and "I" Flight RAF
  • 1st Balloon Wing
    • Nos. 1, 2, 4, 10 Companies

Second Army

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General Herbert Plumer

  • Field Artillery
    • Nos. 11, 23, 28, 64, 88, 96, 113, 116 Army Brigades RFA
  • Heavy Artillery
    • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th, 33rd, 36th (Australian), 43rd, 59th, 64th, 65th, 70th, 77th, 86th, 99th Brigades RGA
    • HQ Nos. 25, 72 Army Brigades RGA
    • Nos. 4, 7, 22, 29, 45, 53, 68, 82, 85, 104, 187, 198, 359, 375, 381, 479, 526, 528, 546, Bermuda RGA Siege Batteries
    • No. 2 RMA Siege Battery

II Corps

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Lieutenant General Claud Jacob

  • 9th Division
  • 34th Division

XV Corps

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Lieutenant General Beauvoir de Lisle

  • 14th (Light) Division
  • 36th (Ulster) Division
  • 40th Division

X Corps

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Lieutenant General Richard Stephens

  • 29th Division
  • 30th Division

XIX Corps

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Lieutenant General Herbert Watts

  • 31st Division
  • 35th Division
  • 41st Division

II Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Tom Webb-Bowen

  • 2nd (Corps) Wing
    • Nos. 4, 7, 10, 53, 82 Squadrons and "M" Flight RAF
  • 11th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 29, 41, 84, 70, 74, 79, 149, 206 Squadrons RAF
  • 65th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 38, 65, 108, 204 Squadrons RAF
  • 2nd Balloon Wing
    • Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Companies

Third Army

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General Julian Byng

  • Field Artillery
    • No. 14 Army Field Brigade RHA
    • Nos. 34, 72, 76, 93, 155, 315 Army Brigades RFA
    • 2nd New Zealand Brigade RFA
  • Heavy Artillery
    • 5th, 13th, 17th, 22nd, 35th, 39th, 54th, 56th, 60th, 62nd, 63rd, 66th, 84th, 88th, 90th, 92nd Brigades RGA
    • HQ Nos. 32, 57, 58 Army Brigades RGA
    • Nos. 3, 8, 10, 26, 35, 58, 363, 409, 431, 434, 442, 484, 500, 503, 525 Siege Batteries

VI Corps

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Lieutenant General Aylmer Haldane

  • Guards Division
  • 2nd Division
  • 3rd Division
  • 62nd (2nd/West Riding) Division

IV Corps

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Lieutenant General George Montague Harper

  • 5th Division
  • 37th Division
  • 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
  • New Zealand Division

V Corps

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Lieutenant General Cameron Shute

  • 17th (Northern) Division
  • 21st Division
  • 33rd Division
  • 38th (Welsh) Division

XVII Corps

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Lieutenant General Charles Fergusson

  • 19th (Western) Division
  • 20th (Light) Division
  • 24th Division
  • 61st (2nd/South Midlands) Division

III Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Charles Longcroft

  • 12th (Corps) Wing
    • Nos. 12, 13, 15, 59 Squadrons and "N" Flight RAF
  • 13th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 56, 60, 87, 201, 210 Squadrons RAF
  • 90th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 3, 11, 57, 102 Squadrons RAF
  • 3rd Balloon Wing
    • Nos. 3, 11, 57, 12 Companies

Fourth Army

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General Henry Rawlinson

IX Corps

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Lieutenant General Walter Braithwaite

  • 1st Division
  • 6th Division
  • 32nd Division
  • 46th (North Midland) Division

XIII Corps

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Lieutenant General Thomas Morland

  • 18th (Eastern) Division
  • 25th Division
  • 50th (Northumbrian) Division
  • 66th (2nd/East Lancashire) Division

Australian Corps

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Lieutenant General John Monash

  • 1st Australian Division
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 3rd Australian Division
  • 4th Australian Division
  • 5th Australian Division

V Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Lionel Charlton

  • 15th (Corps) Wing
    • Nos. 12, 13, 15, 59 Squadrons and "N" Flight RAF
  • 22nd (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 24, 46, 80, 84, 208 Squadrons RAF
  • 89th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 20, 23, 92, 101, 211, 218 Squadrons RAF
  • 5th Balloon Wing
    • Nos. 13, 14, 15 Companies

Fifth Army

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General William Birdwood

I Corps

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Lieutenant General Arthur Holland

  • 15th (Scottish) Division
  • 16th (Irish) Division

III Corps

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Lieutenant General Richard Butler

  • 55th (West Lancashire) Division
  • 74th (Yeomanry) Division

XI Corps

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Lieutenant General Richard Haking

  • 47th (1st London) Division
  • 57th (2nd/West Lancashire) Division
  • 59th (2nd/North Midland) Division

Portuguese Expeditionary Corps

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General Tomás António Garcia Rosado

  • 1st Portuguese Division
  • 2nd Portuguese Division

Cavalry Corps

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Lieutenant General Charles Kavanagh

  • 1st Cavalry Division
  • 2nd Cavalry Division
  • 3rd Cavalry Division

X Brigade RAF

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Brigadier General Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt

  • 80th (Army) Wing
    • Nos. 54, 88, 103 Squadrons RAF, 4 Squadron AFC
  • 81st (Corps) Wing
    • 2, 21, 42 Squadrons and "P" Flight RAF
  • 8th Balloon Wing
    • 3, 11, 20 Companies

Lines of Communications Area

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Lieutenant-General John Asser

  • Abbeville Area
  • Boulogne Base
  • Brest Base
  • Calais Base
  • Cherboug Base
  • Dieppe Base
  • Dunkirk Base
  • Etaples Administrative District
  • Havre Base
  • Marseilles Base
  • Paris Area
  • Rouen Base
  • Abancourt Area
  • Trouville Area

Staff

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Rank General Staff Administrative Staff Formation
Lieutenant-General Chief of the General Staff Adjutant-General Quartermaster-General General Headquarters
Major-General Major-General, General Staff Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General Army
Brigadier-General Brigadier-General, General Staff Army Corps
Colonel General Staff Officer, 1st Grade Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General Division
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade Deputy-Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General
Captain General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade Staff Captain

References

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British Expeditionary Force 11 November 1918 George Nafziger Collection