Order of battle at Mons

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

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[edit] German First Army

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] III Reserve Corps

Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment

5th Reserve Division

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

6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
12the Reserve Infantry Brigade
26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
35th Reserve Infantry Regiment

[edit] IV Reserve Corps

Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from Reserve Heavy Cavalry Regiment and Reserve Jaeger zu Pferd)

7th Reserve Division

6 batteries of 7th Field Artillery Regiment
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

6 batteries of 22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
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

[edit] British Expeditionary Force (French)

[edit] The Cavalry Division (Allenby)

1st Brigade
2nd Dragoon Guards
5th Dragoon Guards
11th Hussars
2nd Brigade
4th Dragoon Guards
9th Lancers
19th Hussars
3rd Brigade
4th Hussars
5th Lancers
16th Lancers
4th Brigade
6th Dragoon Guards
3rd Hussars
Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry
5th Brigade
2nd Dragoons
12th Lancers
20th Hussars
III Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Battery D
Battery E
VIII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Battery I
Battery L

[edit] I Corps (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
1st Loyal North Lancashire
1st Northamptonshire
2nd The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
3rd Infantry Brigade
1st Royal West Surrey
1st South Wales Borderers
1st Gloucesteshire
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) Royal Field Artillery
30th (howitzer) Battery
40th (howitzer) Battery
57th (howitzer) 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
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 (howitzer) Battery
56th (howitzer) Battery
60th (howitzer) Battery
35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

[edit] II Corps (Smith-Dorrien)

3rd Division (Hamilton)

7th Infantry Brigade
3rd Worcesteshire
2nd South Lancashire
1st Duke of Edinburgh’s
2nd Royal Irish Rifles
8th Infantry Brigade
2nd Royal Scots
2nd Royal Irish
4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own
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
75th Battery
XXX (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
128th (howitzer) Battery
129th (howitzer) Battery
130th (howitzer) Battery
48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

4th Division (Snow)

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 (howitzer) Battery
35th (howitzer) Battery
55th (howitzer) Battery
31st Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

5th Division (Fergusson)

13th Infantry Brigade
2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Duke of Wellington’s Own
1st Royal West Kent
2nd 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
81st Battery
XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
119th Battery
120th Battery
121st Battery
XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
122nd Battery
123rd Battery
124th Battery
VIII (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
37th (howitzer) Battery
61st (howitzer) Battery
65th (howitzer) Battery
108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Army Troops

A, B, and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Aeroplane Squadrons
1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

Lind of communications defense troops

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

[edit] Source

Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).