Order of Battle of Divisions, part 1 — regular divisions

23 August 1914

Battle of Mons

C.R.E.

*The 5th Cavalry Brigade (Br.-Gen. Sir P. W. Chetwode, Bt.) went to France in August, 1914, as an independent cavalry brigade. The brigade was then composed of the following units :—2nd Dens. (R. Scots Greys), 12th R. Lers., 20th Hussars, J Battery, R.H.A., and Ammn. Coln., 4th Field Troop, 5th Signal Troop, and 5th Cav. Field Ambce. Before its incorporation in the 2nd Cavalry Division, the 5th Cavalry Bde. had been engaged in the Battle of Mons (23rd and 24th August), at Cérizy (28th August), in the Retreat from Mons (23rd August-5th September), and in the Battle of the Marne (6th-9th September, 1914).

THE FINAL ADVANCE

11 Nov. ... i ...Capture of Mons (5/R. Lers. and 1 Sec. ‘“D” R.HLA. (8rd Cav. Bde.)) [With 3rd Cdn. Div., Cdn. Corps, First Army].

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

...Battle of Mons [I. Corps]. ... RETREAT FROM MONS [I. Corps]. ... streux (Ist Guards Bde.).

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

...Battle of Mons (I. Corps].

26 August 1914

Battle of Le Cateau (1914)

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

On the outbreak of War the 4th Division was quartered in the Eastern Command (at Woolwich, Shorncliffe, Dover, and Colchester), and mobilized there. The division concentrated at Harrow on the 18th and 19th August, began entraining at Harrow on the 2Ilst August, crossed to France on the 22nd August, entrained for the front on the 23rd, and on the 24th detrained at Bohain, Busigny, le Cateau, and Bertry. On the 25th the 4th Division advanced to cover the withdrawal of the 3rd Division (II. Corps)

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

...Battle of le Cateau (under II. Corps]. . Néry (1/R. War. R. and 2/R.D.F., 10th Bde.).

THE FINAL ADVANCE IN PICARDY

On the 1]lth November the 6th Division (less the Artillery, left to cover the 32nd Division) was in IX. Corps Reserve, and was billeted in and around Bohain (south of le Cateau). Between the 14th and 18th November the 6th Division moved forward to Solre le Chateau (south-east of Maubeuge), where it assembled for the march to the Rhine, forming part of the IX. Corps (transferred on 28th November to the Second Army). The advance began on the 18th November, the division crossed the German Frontier on the 13th December, and on the 23rd it reached its destination around Briihl (between

10–13 March 1915

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

BATTLES OF YPRES

...Battle of Neuve Chapelle (5th Cav. Bde.) [In Reserve to First

FORMATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

10-13 Mar. _...._...Battle of Neuve Chapelle {IV. Corps, First Army].

FORMATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

18 Dec. ... oe ...Neuve Chapelle (Moated Grange Attack) [IV. Corps].

25 September – 16 October 1915

Battle of Loos

PREFACE

In the divisional tables the organization is given for each year in which the division . served in a theatre of war; the particular month selected being the one which shows the composition of the division at one of the most important periods of its history: as it first went overseas, followed by its organization in 1915 for the Battle of Loos, in June, 1916, for the Battles of the Somme, and in 1917 for the great battles of the latter part of that year, and completed by the organization of the division in its final reduced 1918 shape.

FORMATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS:

26 Sept.-8 Oct. ... ...Battle of Loos {XI. Corps, First Arniy]. 16-19 Oct. me ...Hohenzollern Redoubt |XI. Corps, First Army}.

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

...Battle of Loos [IV. Corps, First Army]. ...Hohenzollern Redoubt (IV. Corps, First Army].

MOBILIZATION, BATTLES, AND ENGAGEMENTS

...Battle of Loos (I. Corps, First Army]. ...Hohenzollern Redoubt [I. Corps, First Army].

20 November – 7 December 1917

Battle of Cambrai (1917)

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLE OF CAMBRAI

BATTLES OF THE HINDENBURG LINE

BATTLES OF THE HINDENBURG LINE ..-Battle of Havrincourt [VI. Corps, Third Army]. ...Battle of the Canal du Nord (VI. Corps, Third Army]. ...Battle of Cambrai [VI. Corps, Third Army]. ...Pursuit to the Selle [VI. Corps, Third Army].