Order of battle for the Battle of the Somme
Introduction This is the '''order of battle for the Battle of the Somme'''. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war. It was fought between French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley and vicinity in northern France.
Background ===British and Dominion forces===In typical British county regiments, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regular army, the 3rd was the special reserve battalion which did not normally serve overseas but remained at home as the regimental depot and training unit, from which replacements were sent to the regular battalions. The 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions were normally Territorial Force battalions. Amongst the terms of service in the Territorial Force, service outside the United Kingdom was voluntary. Territorial battalions raised second line battalions which would be numbered 2/4th, 2/5th and 2/6th, initially from men who declined to volunteer for overseas service. The number of battalions depended on the recruitment potential of the area from which the battalions were raised (the Dorsetshire Regiment raised eleven battalions, whilst the London Regiment managed to raise eighty-eight battalions). Regular army divisions were numbered 1st to 8th. "New Army" divisions of Kitchener's Army raised after the outbreak of war were numbered 9th to 26th. The 27th to 29th Divisions were Regular army divisions made up from units recalled from garrisons around the empire. The 30th to 41st were New Army and the 42nd to 74th were Territorial. The 63rd Division (Royal Naval Division) was made up from Naval Reserves and did not follow this numbering pattern.===Army and Corps organisation=======Army====* British Expeditionary Force: Commander: General Sir Douglas Haig (since 10 December 1915)** Third Army: Army Commander: General Sir Edmund Allenby** Fourth Army: The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February 1916.Army Commander: General Sir Henry Rawlinson. ** Reserve Army: The Reserve Army was formed on 23 May 1916 and took over VIII and X Corps from the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916, during the Battle of Albert. Army Commander: General Sir Hubert Gough** Fifth Army: The Reserve Army was renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October 1916====Corps====* II Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Claud Jacob* III Corps. Corps Commander: Major-General Henry Hudson later replaced by Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney* V Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe* VII Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas d'Oyly Snow* VIII Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston* X Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Morland* XIII Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve VC* XIV Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan* XV Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant General D.M.G. Campbell, then Lt–Gen Henry Horne then Lt–General John du Cane* Canadian Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Julian Byng* ANZAC Corps. Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood* Machine Gun CorpsFrench Sixth Army, which contained British or Dominion forces:* 20th Army Corps. The 11th and 39th Divisions were attached to the French XX Corps (Sixth Army) for the opening days of the battle. * 35th Army Corps. The British 2nd Division was detached to XXXV Corps, Sixth Army.===Formations per battle===Refer following section titled "Divisions" for brigades, regiments and battalions associated with each division participating in the listed battles. Battle nomenclature and participating units information taken from source British Army Council Command Notice 1138 unless stated.+'''Colour coding for division type'''Regular Army and Naval divisionsNew Army divisions recruited under Kitchener Recruitment PlanTerritorial divisionsDominion divisions====Battle of Albert: 1–13 July====* Capture of Montauban* Capture of Mametz* Capture of Fricourt* Capture of Contalmaison* Capture of La BoisselleOrganization of the Fourth Army on the First day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps1st Division8th Division12th Division19th Division34th DivisionVIII Corps4th Division29th Division 31st Division48th DivisionX Corps23rd Division 25th Division 32nd Division 36th Division49th DivisionXIII Corps3rd Division 9th Division 18th Division 30th Division 35th DivisionXV Corps7th Division 17th Division 21st Division 33rd Division 38th DivisionReserve ArmyThe Reserve Army took over the VIII and X Corpsfrom the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916=====Subsidiary Attack on the Gommecourt Salient: 1 July====='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Third ArmyVII Corps37th Division46th Division56th Division====Battle of Bazentin Ridge: 14–17 July====* Capture of Longueval* Capture of Trônes Wood* Capture of Ovillers'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyArmy Troops2nd Indian Cavalry DivisionII Corps1st Division 23rd Division34th DivisionXIII Corps3rd Division 9th Division 18th DivisionXV Corps7th Division 21st Division 33rd DivisionReserve ArmyX Corps25th Division 32nd Division48th Division49th Division=====Subsidiary Attack at Fromelles: 19 July====='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''First ArmyXI Corps61st Division5th Australian Division=====Subsidiary Attacks on High Wood: 20–25 July====='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps19th DivisionXV Corps5th Division7th Division33rd Division51st Division====Battle of Delville Wood: 15 July – 3 September===='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyXIII Corps2nd Division3rd Division 9th Division 18th (Eastern) Division 24th Division53rd Bde, 18th DivisionXIV Corps20th Division 24th DivisionXV Corps7th Division 14th Division====Battle of Pozières: 23 July – 3 September====* Fighting for Mouquet Farm'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps1st Division 15th Division 19th Division 23rd Division 34th DivisionReserve ArmyII Corps12th Division 25th Division48th Division49th Division1 ANZAC Corps1st Australian Division2nd Australian Division4th Australian Division====Battle of Guillemont: 3–6 September===='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyXIV Corps5th Division 16th Division 20th DivisionXV Corps7th Division 24th Division55th Division====Battle of Ginchy: 9 September===='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyXIV Corps16th Division56th DivisionXV Corps55th Division====Battle of Flers-Courcelette: 15–22 September====* Capture of MartinpuichCanadian soldiers going over the top'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyArmy Troops1st Cavalry Division2nd Indian Cavalry DivisionIII Corps1st Division 15th Division 23rd Division47th Division50th Division 103rd Bde, 34th DivisionXIV CorpsGuards Division5th Division6th Division 20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps14th Division 21st Division 41st Division55th DivisionNew Zealand DivisionReserve ArmyII Corps11th Division49th DivisionCanadian Corps1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian Division====Battle of Morval: 25–28 September====* Capture of Combles* Capture of Lesbœufs* Capture of Gueudecourt'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps1st Division 23rd Division50th DivisionXIV CorpsGuards Division5th Division6th Division 20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 21st Division 55th DivisionNew Zealand Division====Battle of Thiepval: 26–28 September===='''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Reserve ArmyII Corps 11th Division 18th DivisionV Corps 39th DivisionCanadian Corps1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian Division====Battle of Le Transloy: 1–18 October====* Capture of Eaucourt l'Abbaye* Capture of Le Sars* Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps 9th Division 15th Division 23rd Division47th Division50th DivisionXIV Corps4th Division6th Division 20th Division56th DivisionXV Corps 12th Division 21st Division 30th Division 41st DivisionNew Zealand Division88th Bde of 29th DivisionReserve ArmyCanadian Corps1st Canadian Division2nd Canadian Division3rd Canadian Division4th Canadian Division====Battle of the Ancre Heights: 1–18 October====* Capture of Schwaben Redoubt* Capture of Stuff Redoubt* Capture of Regina Trench'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Reserve ArmyII Corps 18th Division 19th Division 25th Division 39th Division4th Canadian DivisionV Corps 39th Division====Battle of the Ancre: 13–16 November====* Capture of Beaumont-Hamel'''Army''''''Corps''''''Divisions'''Fourth ArmyIII Corps48th DivisionFifth ArmyII Corps18th Division 19th Division 39th Division4th Canadian DivisionV Corps2nd Division3rd Division 32nd Division 37th Division51st Division63rd Naval DivisionXIII Corps 31st Division 120th Bde, 40th Division===Divisions=======Regular Army and Naval divisions===='''Guards Division  ''' Major-General Geoffrey Feilding'''1st Guards Brigade''''''2nd Guards Brigade''''''3rd Guards Brigade'''2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards1st Battalion, Scots Guards2nd Battalion, Scots Guards1st Battalion, Irish Guards2nd Battalion, Irish Guards1st Battalion, Welsh Guards'''Pioneers'''4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards'''1st Division  ''' Major-General Peter Strickland'''1st Brigade''''''2nd Brigade''''''3rd Brigade'''10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers1st Battalion, Black Watch1 Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers'''Pioneers'''1/6th Battalion, Welch Regiment'''2nd Division  ''' Major General Cecil Pereira'''5th Brigade''''''6th Brigade''''''99th Brigade'''17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry13th Battalion, Essex Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps'''Pioneers'''10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry'''3rd Division  ''' Major-General Aylmer Haldane then Major-General Cyril Deverell'''8th Brigade''''''9th Brigade''''''76th Brigade'''2nd Battalion, Royal Scots1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers8th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers13th Battalion, King’s Regiment10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders'''Pioneers'''20th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps'''4th Division  ''' Major-General The Honourable William Lambton'''10th Brigade''''''11th Brigade''''''12th Brigade'''1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders1st Battalion, East Lancashires2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment'''Pioneers'''21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment'''5th Division  ''' Major-General Reginald Stephens'''13th Brigade''''''15th Brigade''''''95th Brigade'''14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1st Battalion, Devon Regiment15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers1st Battalion, Bedford Regiment1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''1/6th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders'''6th Division  ''' Major-General Charles Ross'''16th Brigade''''''18th Brigade''''''71st Brigade'''1st Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment11th Battalion, Essex Regiment9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters'''Pioneers''' 11th Royal Leicester Regiment'''7th Division  ''' Major General Herbert Watts'''20th Brigade''''''22nd Brigade''''''91st Brigade'''8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Queen's9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Border Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment'''Pioneers'''24th Battalion, Manchester Regiment'''8th Division  ''' Major-General Havelock Hudson'''23rd Brigade''''''24th Brigade''''''25th Brigade'''2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade'''Pioneers'''22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry'''29th Division  '''  Major-General Henry de Lisle'''86th Brigade''''''87th Brigade''''''88th Brigade'''2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers1st Battalion, Essex Regiment16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers1st Battalion, Border Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment '''Pioneers'''2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment'''63rd (Royal Naval) Division  ''' Major General George Forestier-Walker'''188th (Royal Naval) Brigade''''''189th (Royal Naval) Brigade''''''190th Brigade'''Anson BattalionDrake Battalion1/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery CompanyHowe BattalionHood Battalion7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers1st Royal Marine BattalionNelson Battalion4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment2nd Royal Marine BattalionHawke Battalion10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers====New Army divisions===='''9th (Scottish) Division  '''Major-General William Furse'''26th Brigade  '''  '''27th Brigade  ''' '''South African Brigade  '''8th Battalion, Black Watch11th Battalion, Royal Scots1st South African Battalion (Cape)9th Battalion, Seaforth12th Battalion, Royal Scots2nd South African Battalion (Natal & OFS)5th Battalion, Camerons6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers3rd South African Battalion (Transvaal & Rhodesia)10th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles4th South African Battalion (Scottish)'''Pioneers'''9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders'''11th (Northern) Division  ''' Major-General Charles Woollcombe'''32nd Brigade''''''33rd Brigade''''''34th Brigade'''9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers6th Battalion, Green Howards6th Battalion, Border Regiment9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment'''Pioneers'''6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment'''12th (Eastern) Division  ''' Major-General Arthur Scott'''35th Brigade''''''36th Brigade''''''37th Brigade'''7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers6th Battalion, Queen's Regiment7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers6th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)9th Battalion, Essex Regiment7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment'''Pioneers'''5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment'''14th (Light) Division  ''' Major-General Victor Couper'''41st Brigade''''''42nd Brigade''''''43rd Brigade'''7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regt6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Lt.Inf.7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps6th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''11th Battalion, King's Regiment'''15th (Scottish) Division  ''' Major-General Frederick McCracken'''44th Brigade''''''45th Brigade''''''46th Brigade'''9th Battalion, Black Watch13th Battalion, Royal Scots10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles8th Battalion, Seaforth6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers7/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders6th Battalion, Camerons10/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry7th Battalion, Camerons11th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders12/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders'''16th (Irish) Division  ''' Major-General William Hickie'''47th Brigade''''''48th Brigade''''''49th Brigade'''6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers7th Battalion, Leinster Regiment8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers7th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers'''Pioneers'''11th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment'''17th (Northern) Division  ''' Major-General Thomas Pilcher, since 13 July     Major-General Philip Rynd Robertson'''50th Brigade''''''51st Brigade''''''52nd Brigade'''10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment7th Battalion, Border Regiment10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers7th Battalion, Green Howards8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment6th Battalion, Dorset Regiment10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment'''Pioneers'''7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment'''18th (Eastern) Division  ''' Major General Ivor Maxse'''53rd Brigade''''''54th Brigade''''''55th Brigade'''8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers7th Battalion, Queen's Regiment8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment7th Battalion, Bedford Regiment7th Battalion, Buffs10th Battalion, Essex Regiment8th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment'''Pioneers'''8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment'''19th (Western) Division ''' Major-General Tom Bridges'''56th Brigade''''''57th Brigade''''''58th Brigade'''7th Battalion, Kings Own10th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment10th Battalion, Worcesters9th Battalion, Welch Regiment7th Battalion, North Lancashire Regiment8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment'''Pioneers'''5th Battalion, South Wales Border Regiment'''20th (Light) Division  ''' Major-General William Douglas-Smith'''59th Brigade''''''60th Brigade''''''61st Brigade'''10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Lt. Regt7th Battalion, Somerset Lt.Inf.11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps6th Battalion, King's Stropshire Lt. Inf.7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Lt.Inf.10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps7th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade12th Battalion, King's Regiment'''Pioneers'''11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry'''21st Division  ''' Major-General David Campbell'''62nd Brigade''''''63rd Brigade''''''64th Brigade'''12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers8th Battalion, Somerset Lt. Inf.10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment12th Bn, Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshires14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry10th Bn, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt10th Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment15th Bn, Durham Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers'''110th Brigade'''''The 110th Brigade replaced the 63rd Brigade in July 1916''6th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment7th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment'''23rd Division  ''' Major-General James Babington'''68th Brigade''''''69th Brigade''''''70th Brigade'''10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers8th Battalion, Green Howards8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry9th Battalion, Green Howards8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment'''Pioneers'''9th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment'''24th Division  ''' Major-General John Capper'''17th Brigade''''''72nd Brigade''''''73rd Brigade'''8th Battalion, Buffs 8th Battalion, Queen's Regiment9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regt.13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regt.2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment'''Pioneers'''12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters'''25th Division  ''' Major-General Guy Bainbridge'''7th Brigade''''''74th Brigade''''''75th Brigade'''10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment3rd Battalion, Worcester Regiment13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment8th Battalion, Border Regiment8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Regiment8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment'''Pioneers'''6th Battalion, South Wales Border Regiment'''30th Division  ''' Brigadier-General Ferdinand Stanley'''21st Brigade''''''89th Brigade''''''90th Brigade'''18th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment17th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment16th Battalion (1st City) Manchester Regiment19th Battalion (4th City) Manchester Regiment19th Battalion, King's (Liverpool)Regiment17th Battalion (2nd City) Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regt20th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment18th Battalion (3rd City) Manchester Regiment2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers'''Pioneers'''11th Battalion (St.Helens Pioneers) Prince of Wales's Volunteers'''31st Division  ''' Major-General Wanless O'Gowan'''92nd Brigade''''''93rd Brigade''''''94th Brigade'''10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment11th Battalion, East Lancaster Regiment11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment13th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry14th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment'''Pioneers'''12th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment'''32nd Division  ''' Major-General Reginald Barnes'''14th Brigade''''''96th Brigade''''''97th Brigade'''19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers11th Battalion, Border Regiment1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf.2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers'''33rd Division  ''' Major-General Reginald Pinney'''98th Brigade''''''100th Brigade''''''19th Brigade'''4th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders1/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry1/5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)'''Pioneers''' 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment'''34th Division  ''' Major-General Edward Ingouville-Williams (killed) then Major-General Lothian Nicholson'''101st Brigade''''''102nd Tyneside Scottish Brigade''''''103rd Tyneside Irish Brigade'''15th Battalion, Royal Scots20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers16th Battalion, Royal Scots21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers10th Battalion, Lincoln Regiment22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers'''Pioneers'''18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers'''35th Division  ''' Major-General Herman Landon'''104th Brigade''''''105th Brigade''''''106th Brigade'''17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment17th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment17th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment20th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers14th Battalion, Gloster Regiment19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry'''Pioneers'''19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers'''36th (Ulster) Division  ''' Major-General Oliver Nugent'''107th Brigade''''''108th Brigade''''''109th Brigade'''8th Bn, (East Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles9th Bn, (Armagh, Cavan & Monaghan), Royal Irish Fusiliers9th Bn, (County Tyrone), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers9th Bn, (West Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles11th Bn, (South Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles10th Bn, (Derry), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers10th Bn, (South Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles12th Bn, (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles11th Bn, (Donegal and Fermanagh), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers15th Bn, (North Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles13th Bn, (1st Co. Down), Royal Irish Rifles14th Bn, (Young Citizens Volunteers), Royal Irish Rifles'''Pioneers'''16th Bn, (2nd Co. Down), Royal Irish Rifles'''37th Division  ''' Major General Lord Edward Gleichen'''110th Brigade''''''111th Brigade''''''112th Brigade'''6th Battalion, Leicester Regiment10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers11th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment7th Battalion, Leicester Regiment13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers6th Battalion, Bedford Regiment8th Battalion, Leicester Regiment13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment9th Battalion, Leicester Regiment13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment'''Pioneers'''9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment'''38th (Welsh) Division  ''' Major-General Charles Blackader'''113th Brigade''''''114th Brigade''''''115th Brigade'''13th Bn, (1st North Wales), Royal Welch Fusiliers10th Battalion (1st Rhondda), Welch Regiment17th Bn, (2nd North Wales), Royal Welch Fusiliers14th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers13th Battalion (2nd Rhondda), Welch Regiment10th Bn, (1st Gwent), South Wales Borderers15th Bn, (1st London Welsh), Royal Welch Fusiliers14th Battalion (Swansea), Welch Regiment11th Bn, (2nd Gwent), South Wales Borderers16th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers15th Battalion (Carmarthenshire), Welch Regiment16th Bn, (Cardiff City), Welch Regiment'''Pioneers'''19th Battalion (Glamorgan Pioneers), Welsh Regiment'''39th Division  ''' Major General Gerald Cuthbert'''116th Brigade''''''117th Brigade''''''118th Brigade'''11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade4/5th Battalion, Black Watch'''Pioneers'''13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment'''41st Division  ''' Major-General Sydney Barlow-Lawford'''122nd Brigade''''''123rd Brigade''''''124th Brigade'''12th Bn, East Surrey Regiment11th Bn, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt10th Bn, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt15th Bn, Hampshire Regiment10th Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers11th Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment23rd Bn, Middlesex Regiment32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers18th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps20th Bn, Durham Light Infantry21st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps'''Pioneers'''19th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment====Territorial divisions===='''46th (North Midland) Division  ''' Major-General The Honourable  Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley'''137th Brigade''''''138th Brigade''''''139th Brigade'''1/5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment1/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters1/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment1/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters1/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment1/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters'''Pioneers'''1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment'''47th (1/2nd London) Division  ''' Major-General Sir Charles Barter (relieved) then Major-General George Gorringe'''140th Brigade''''''141st Brigade''''''142nd Brigade'''1/6th Battalion, London Regiment1/17th Battalion, London Regiment1/21st Battalion, London Regiment1st Surrey Rifles Regiment1/7th Battalion, London Regiment1/18th Battalion, London Regiment1/22nd Battalion, London RegimentThe Queen's Regiment1/8th Battalion, London Regiment1/19th Battalion, London Regiment1/23rd Battalion, London Regiment1/15th Battalion, London Regiment1/20th Battalion, London Regiment1/24th Battalion, London Regiment'''Pioneers'''1st Battalion, 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers'''48th (South Midland) Division  ''' Major-General Robert Fanshawe'''143rd Brigade (Warwickshire)''''''144th Brigade (Gloucester and Worcester)''''''145th Brigade (South Midland)'''1/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt.1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Lt. Inf.1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment1/1st Battalionn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Lt. Inf.1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment1/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment'''Pioneers'''1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment'''49th (West Riding) Division  ''' Major-General Edward Perceval'''146th Brigade''''''147th Brigade''''''148th Brigade'''1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment1/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry1/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment1/4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regt.1/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment1/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment1/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regt. '''Pioneers'''3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (replaced by 19th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 6 August 1916)'''50th (Northumbrian) Division  ''' Major-General Sir Percival Wilkinson'''149th Brigade''''''150th Brigade''''''151st Brigade'''1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment1/6th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers1/4th Bn, Green Howards1/8th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf1/6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers1/5th Bn, Green Howards1/9th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers1/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry1/5th Battalion, Border Regiment'''Pioneers'''1/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry'''51st (Highland) Division  ''' Major-General George Harper'''152nd (1st Highland) Brigade''''''153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade''''''154th (3rd Highland) Brigade'''1/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders1/6th Battalion, Black Watch1/4th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders1/7th Battalion, Black Watch1/4th Bn, Gordon Highlanders1/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders1/5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders1/9th Bn, Royal Scots 1/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders1/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders1/7th Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders'''Pioneers''''''55th (West Lancashire) Division  ''' Major-General Hugh Jeudwine'''164th (North Lancashire) Brigade''''''165th (Liverpool) Brigade''''''166th (South Lancashire) Brigade'''1/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment1/5th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment1/6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment1/10th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regt.1/8th (Irish) Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment1/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment1/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers1/9th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment1/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment'''Pioneers'''1/4th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)'''56th (1st London) Division  ''' Major-General Charles Hull'''167th Brigade''''''168th Brigade''''''169th Brigade'''1/1st Battalion, London Regiment1/4th Battalion, London Regiment1/2nd Battalion, London Regiment1/3rd Battalion, London Regiment1/12th (London Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment1/5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment1/13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment1/9th (Queen's Victoria Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment1/14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment1/16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment'''Pioneers'''1/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment====Dominion divisions===='''2nd Indian Cavalry Division   '''Major-General Henry Macandrew'''5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade''''''3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade''''''9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade'''6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons13th Hussars7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)3rd Skinner's Horse20th Deccan Horse38th King George's Own Central India Horse18th King George's Own Lancers34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse'''Canadian Cavalry Brigade   '''   (attached to 2nd Indian Cavalry Division)Royal Canadian DragoonsLord Strathcona's HorseFort Garry HorseCanadian Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron  '''New Zealand Division''' Major-General Andrew Russell'''1st New Zealand Brigade''''''2nd New Zealand Brigade''''''3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade'''1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment1st Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment2nd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion, Otago Regiment2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment3rd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment2nd Battalion, Wellington Regiment4th Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade'''Pioneers'''New Zealand Pioneer Battalion'''1st Canadian Division  '''  Major General Arthur Currie'''1st Brigade''''''2nd Brigade''''''3rd Brigade'''1st Battalion (Ontario)5th Battalion (Western Cavalry)13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders)2nd Battalion (East Ontario)7th Battalion (1st British Columbia)14th Battalion (Royal Montreal)3rd Battalion (Toronto)8th Battalion (90th Rifles)15th Battalion (48th Highlanders)4th Battalion10th Battalion16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish)'''Pioneers'''1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion'''2nd Canadian Division  '''  Major General Richard Turner'''4th Brigade''''''5th Brigade''''''6th Brigade'''18th (West Ontario) Battalion22nd (Canadien-Français) Battalion27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion19th (Central Ontario) Battalion24th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion28th (North West) Battalion20th (Central Ontario) Battalion25th (Nova Scotia Rifles) Battalion29th (Vancouver) Battalion21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion26th (New Brunswick) Battalion31st (Alberta) Battalion'''Pioneers'''2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion'''3rd Canadian Division  ''' Major General Louis Lipsett'''7th Brigade''''''8th Brigade''''''9th Brigade'''Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles43rd (Cameron Highlanders) BattalionRoyal Canadian Regiment2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles52nd (North Ontario) Battalion42nd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles58th (Central Ontario) Battalion49th (Edmonton) Battalion5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles60th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion'''Pioneers'''3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion'''4th Canadian Division  ''' Major General Sir David Watson'''10th Brigade''''''11th Brigade''''''12th Brigade'''44th Battalion54th (Kootenay) Battalion38th (Ottawa) Battalion46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion 75th (Mississauga) Battalion72nd (Seaforth Highlanders) Battalion47th (British Columbia) Battalion87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion73rd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion50th (Calgary) Battalion102nd Battalion78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Battalion'''Pioneers'''67th Canadian Pioneer Battalion'''1st Australian Division  '''Major General Harold Walker'''1st (New South Wales) Brigade''''''2nd (Victoria) Brigade''''''3rd Brigade'''1st Battalion5th Battalion9th (Queensland) Battalion2nd Battalion6th Battalion10th (South Australia) Battalion3rd Battalion7th Battalion11th (West Australia) Battalion4th Battalion8th Battalion12th (Tasmania, S and W Australia) Battalion'''Pioneers'''1st Australian Pioneer Battalion'''2nd Australian Division  '''Major General James Legge'''5th (New South Wales) Brigade''''''6th (Victoria) Brigade''''''7th Brigade'''17th Battalion21st Battalion25th (Queensland) Battalion18th Battalion22nd Battalion26th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion19th Battalion23rd Battalion27th (South Australia) Battalion20th Battalion24th Battalion28th (West Australia) Battalion'''Pioneers'''2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion'''4th Australian Division  '''Major General Sir Herbert Cox'''4th Brigade''''''12th Brigade''''''13th Brigade'''13th (New South Wales) Battalion45th (New South Wales) Battalion49th (Queensland) Battalion14th (Victoria) Battalion46th (Victoria) Battalion50th (South Australia & Tasmania) Battalion15th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion47th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion51st (West Australia) Battalion16th (South & West Australia) Battalion48th (South & West Australia) Battalion52nd (West & South Australia, Tasmania) Battalion'''Pioneers'''4th Australian Pioneer Battalion'''5th Australian Division  '''Major-General The Honourable James McCay'''8th Brigade''''''14th (New South Wales) Brigade''''''15th (Victoria) Brigade'''29th (Victoria) Battalion53rd Battalion57th Battalion30th (New South Wales) Battalion54th Battalion58th Battalion31st (Queensland & Victoria) Battalion55th Battalion59th Battalion32nd (South & West Australia) Battalion56th Battalion60th Battalion'''Pioneers'''5th Australian Pioneer Battalion===Royal Flying Corps===* No. 1 Squadron RFC* No. 2 Squadron RFC* No. 3 Squadron RFC* No. 4 Squadron RFC* No. 6 Squadron RFC* No. 9 Squadron RFC* No. 10 Squadron RFC* No. 41 Squadron RFC* No. 70 Squadron RFC
French forces A majority of the French Divisions were triangular divisions –  comprising three regiments, with each regiment containing three battalions. During the Battle of Verdun, General Pétain had rotated the French Divisions through the battle – resulting in a large number of divisions entering the Battle of the Somme with experience.===Army and corps organisation===List of Army/Corps/Divisions involved taken from .====Army====* Northern Army Group () Commander: General Ferdinand Foch** Sixth Army: Army Commander: General Marie Émile Fayolle** Tenth Army: Army Commander: General Joseph Alfred Micheler====Corps====* I Corps. Corps Commander: General Adolphe Guillaumat* II Corps. Corps Commander: General Denis Auguste Duchêne* V Corps. Corps Commander: General Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy* VI Corps. Corps Commander: General Marie Jean Auguste Paulinier* VII Corps. Corps Commander: General Georges de Bazelaire* IX Corps. Corps Commander: General Horace Fernand Achille Pentel* XI Corps. Corps Commander: General Charles Mangin* XX Corps. Corps Commander: Generals Georges Prosper Anne Claret de la Touche and Émile Alexis Mazillier* XXI Corps. Corps Commander: General Paul Maistre* XXX Corps. Corps Commander: General Paul Chrétien* XXXII Corps. Corps Commander: Generals Henri Mathias Berthelot and Marie-Eugène Debeney* XXXIII Corps. Corps Commander: General Alphonse Nudant* XXXV Corps. Corps Commander: General Charles Jacquot* I Colonial Corps. Corps Commander: General Pierre Berdoulat* II Colonial Corps. Corps Commander: General Ernest Joseph Blondlat* I Cavalry Corps. Corps Commander: General Louis Conneau* II Cavalry Corps. Corps Commander: General Antoine de Mitry(Note: A majority of the corps and divisions were transferred from other armies during the battle. )====Infantry divisions====* 1st Infantry Division* 2nd Infantry Division* 3rd Infantry Division* 4th Infantry Division* 10th Infantry Division* 11th Infantry Division* 12th Infantry Division* 13th Infantry Division* 14th Infantry Division* 17th Infantry Division* 18th Infantry Division* 20th Infantry Division* 25th Infantry Division* 26th Infantry Division* 39th Infantry Division* 41st Infantry Division* 42nd Infantry Division* 43rd Infantry Division* 45th Infantry Division* 46th Infantry Division* 47th Infantry Division* 48th Infantry Division* 51st Infantry Division* 53rd Infantry Division* 56th Infantry Division* 61st Infantry Division* 62nd Infantry Division* 66th Infantry Division* 70th Infantry Division* 72nd Infantry Division* 77th Infantry Division* 120th Infantry Division* 121st Infantry Division* 125th Infantry Division* 127th Infantry Division* 132nd Infantry Division* 152nd Infantry Division* 153rd Infantry Division* Moroccan Infantry Division* 2nd Colonial Infantry Division* 3rd Colonial Infantry Division* 10th Colonial Infantry Division* 15th Colonial Infantry Division* 16th Colonial Infantry Division====Cavalry divisions====* 1st Cavalry Division* 2nd Cavalry Division* 3rd Cavalry Division* 4th Cavalry Division
German: 2nd Army German order of battle derived from ''Hart, Appendix C'' unless stated.Commander:  Fritz von Below On 19 July, split into the 1st Army (opposite the British) and the 2nd Army, Commander: General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz (opposite the French) with authority over the 1st Army as , this was not an army group, the term for which was Chief of the German General Staff:  Erich Falkenhayn (until 28 August 1916),  Paul von Hindenburg. German divisions were being converted from square to triangular, hence some had four infantry regiments, others had three.===Guards divisions==='''Guards Divisions''''''3rd Guards Infantry Division'''Guards Fusiliers''Lehr'' Infantry RegimentGrenadier Regiment No. 9'''4th Guards Infantry Division'''5th Foot Guards5th Guards Grenadiers93rd Reserve Infantry Regiment===Line divisions==='''Line divisions''''''5th Division'''Grenadier Regiment 8Grenadier Regiment No. 12Regiment 52'''6th Division'''Regiment 20Regiment 24Regiment 64'''7th Division'''Regiment 26Regiment 27Regiment 165'''8th Division'''Regiment 72Regiment 93Regiment 153'''12th Division'''Regiment 23 (2nd Upper Silesian)Regiment 62 (3rd Upper Silesian)Regiment 63 (4th Upper Silesian)'''16th Division'''Regiment 28Regiment 29Regiment 68Regiment 69'''24th Division'''Regiment 133Regiment 139Regiment 179'''26th Division''' (Württemberg)Grenadier Regiment 119Regiment 121Regiment 125'''27th Division'''Regiment 120Grenadier Regiment 123Regiment 124Regiment 127'''35th Division'''Regiment 141Regiment 61Regiment 176'''38th Division'''Regiment 94Regiment 95Regiment 96'''40th Division'''Regiment 104Regiment 134Regiment 181'''52nd Division'''Regiment 66 (3rd Magdeburg)Regiment 169 (8th Baden)Regiment 170 (9th Baden)'''56th Division'''Fusilier Regiment 35Regiment 88Regiment 118'''58th Division'''Regiment 106Regiment 107Reserve Regiment 120'''111th Division'''Fusilier Regiment 20Regiment 76Regiment 164'''117th Division'''Regiment 157Reserve Regiment 11Reserve Regiment 22'''121st Division'''Regiment 60Reserve Regiment 7Reserve Regiment 35'''183rd Division'''Regiment 183Regiment 184Reserve Regiment 122'''185th Division'''Regiment 185Regiment 186Regiment 190'''208th Division'''Regiment 25Regiment 185Reserve Regiment 65'''222nd Division'''Regiment 193Regiment 397Reserve Regiment 81'''223rd Division'''Regiment 144Regiment 173''Ersatz'' Regiment 29'''2nd Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 12Bavarian Regiment 15Bavarian Regiment 20'''3rd Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 17Bavarian Regiment 18Bavarian Regiment 23'''4th Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 5Bavarian Regiment 9Bavarian Reserve Regiment 5'''5th Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 7Bavarian Regiment 14Bavarian Regiment 19Bavarian Regiment 21'''6th Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 6Bavarian Regiment 10Bavarian Regiment 11Bavarian Regiment 13'''10th Bavarian Division'''Bavarian Regiment 16Bavarian Reserve Regiment 6Bavarian Reserve Regiment 8'''Marine Brigade'''Marine Regiment 1Marine Regiment 2Marine Regiment 3===Guards Reserve divisions===''' Guards Reserve divisions''''''1st Guards Reserve Division'''Guards Reserve Regiment 1Guards Reserve Regiment 2Reserve Regiment 64'''2nd Guards Reserve Division'''Reserve Regiment 15Reserve Regiment 55Reserve Regiment 77Reserve Regiment 91===Reserve Infantry divisions==='''Reserve Infantry Divisions''''''7th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 36Reserve Regiment 66Reserve Regiment 72'''12th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 23Reserve Regiment 38Reserve Regiment 51'''17th Reserve Infantry Division'''Regiment 162Regiment 163Reserve Regiment 75Reserve Regiment 76'''18th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 31Reserve Regiment 84Reserve Regiment 86'''19th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 73Reserve Regiment 78Reserve Regiment 79Reserve Regiment 92'''23rd Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Grenadier Regiment 101Reserve Regiment 101Reserve Regiment 102'''24th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 101Reserve Regiment 107Reserve Regiment 133'''26th Reserve Infantry Division'''Regiment 180 (10th Württemberg)Reserve Regiment 99Reserve Regiment 119 (1st Württemberg)Reserve Regiment 121 (3rd Württemberg)'''28th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 109Reserve Regiment 110Reserve Regiment 111'''45th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 210Reserve Regiment 211Reserve Regiment 212'''50th Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 229Reserve Regiment 230Reserve Regiment 231'''51st Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 233Reserve Regiment 234Reserve Regiment 235Reserve Regiment 236'''52nd Reserve Infantry Division'''Reserve Regiment 238Reserve Regiment 239Reserve Regiment 240'''6th Bavarian Reserve Division'''Bavarian Reserve Regiment 16Bavarian Reserve Regiment 17Bavarian Reserve Regiment 20Bavarian Reserve Regiment 21'''89th Reserve Brigade'''Reserve Regiment 209Reserve Regiment 213===''Ersatz'' divisions==='''''Ersatz'' Divisions''''''4th ''Ersatz'' Division'''Regiment 359Regiment 360Regiment 361Regiment 362'''5th ''Ersatz'' Division'''''Landwehr'' Regiment 73''Landwehr'' Regiment 74Reserve ''Ersatz'' Regiment 3'''Bavarian ''Ersatz'' Division'''Bavarian Reserve Regiment 14Bavarian Reserve Regiment 15''Ersatz'' Regiment 28
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Citations and references ===Citations======References==='''Books'''* * * * * * * * * * '''Websites'''* * * *
Further reading * *
External links *  Order of Battle of British Infantry Units, 1 July 1916, Imperial War Museum