British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940)

British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

The British Expeditionary Force was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force....

order of battle

Order of battle

In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...

on 9 May 1940, the day before the German

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

forces initiated the Battle of France

Battle of France

In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...

General Headquarters

General Officer Commanding

General Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...

-in-Chief: General the Lord Gort

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC , was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of the Canal du Nord. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the...

Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir H. R. Pownall

Henry Royds Pownall

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall KCB, KBE, DSO was a British general, who held several important command and Staff appointments during World War II. In particular, he was Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium until the fall of France in May 1940...

Adjutant-General: Lieutenant-General Sir W. D. S. Brownrigg

Quartermaster-General: Lieutenant-General W. G. Lindsell

Deputy Chief of the General Staff; Major-General P. Neame

Philip Neame

Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame VC, KBE, CB, DSO, KStJ was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...

Major-General Royal Artillery: Major-General S. R. Wason

Engineer in Chief: Major-General R. P. Packenham-Walsh

General Headquarters Troops (G.H.Q.)
- Headquarters Troops
  - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
    Welsh Guards
    The Welsh Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division.-Creation :The Welsh Guards came into existence on 26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards, "..though the order...
  - 9th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment
  - 14th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Army Tank Brigade
  - 4th (Battalion) Royal Tank Regiment
    4th Royal Tank Regiment
    The 4th Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...
    
    - equipped with Infantry tanks, and light tanks
  - 7th (Battalion) Royal Tank Regiment
    7th Royal Tank Regiment
    The 7th Royal Tank Regiment was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1959.-History:The 7th Royal Tank Regiment was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps...
- 1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
  British 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade
  The 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade was a regular British Army unit during the Second World War.- History :Formed in France in 1940 from the RAC Regiments from the regular divisions. The brigade saw action during the Battle of France...
  - 1st East Riding Yeomanry
  - 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
    Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
    The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry was an Armoured Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1793 to 1956 when it was amalgimated with the Scottish Horse....
  - 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
    12th Royal Lancers
    The 12th Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. In 1960, it was amalgamated with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, to form 9th/12th Royal Lancers .-History:...
- HQ Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  - 1st Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade
    - 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 85th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
    - 60th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    - 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    - 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
  - 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
    - 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    - 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
  - 5th Searchlight Brigade
    - 1st Searchlight Regiment
    - 2nd Searchlight Regiment
    - 3rd Searchlight Regiment
- HQ Royal Engineers
  Royal Engineers
  The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....
  - 100th Army Field Company
  - 101st Army Field Company
  - 216th Army Field Company
  - 228th Field Company
  - 242nd Field Company
  - 223rd Field Park Company
  - 19th Army Field Survey Company
  - 58th Chemical Warfare Company
  - 61st Chemical Warfare Company
  - 62nd Chemical Warfare Company

5th Infantry Division
British 5th Infantry Division
The 5th Infantry Division is a regular army division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and has been active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the...

- Major-General Harold Franklyn
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 91st Field Regiment, Royal Engineers
  - 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 245th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 252nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 254th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 13th Infantry Brigade
  British 13th Infantry Brigade
  The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation during the Second World War.-History:This brigade was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in 1940. After the retreat from France the 13th Brigade was involved in the landings on Vichy held French Madagascar in 1942...
  - 2nd Battalion The Cameronians
  - 2nd Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  - 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment
    Wiltshire Regiment
    The Wiltshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment of Foot....
  - 13th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 17th Infantry Brigade
  British 17th Infantry Brigade
  The 17th Infantry Brigade was a formation of the British Army which provided active service in both the First and Second World Wars. It was mainly composed of Regular Army battalions.- History :...
  - 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
  - 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
  - 6th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders
  - 17th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

I Corps

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

M.G.H. Barker

Corps Troops
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 27th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 98th Army Field Regiment, Royal ArtilleryAttached from G.H.Q. Troops
  - 115th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 140th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 88th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 61st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 63rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 3rd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 52nd Light Antiaircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Light Antiaircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
  - 1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 102nd Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 107th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 221st Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 105th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 13th Corps Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers
- 4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
- 6th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) (Machine Gun)
- 6th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  The King's Own Royal Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1680 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.-History:...
  
  (Pioneer)
- 7th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Pioneer)

1st Infantry Division
British 1st Infantry Division
The 1st Infantry Division was a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsula War, the Crimean War, the First World War, and during the Second World War.-Napoleonic Wars:...

- Major-General H. R. L. G. Alexander
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian...
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 67th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 238th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 248th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
    13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
    The 13th/18th Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.-Formation:On 9 September 1922, the 13th/18th Hussars was formed by amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars . In December 1935, it became known as the 13th/18th Royal Hussars ...
    
    [Divisional Cavalry]
  - 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)Attached from I Corps
  - 1st Divisional Signals
- 1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade
  British 1st Infantry Brigade (Guards)
  The 1st Mechanized Brigade is a British Army formation with a long history including service during the First and Second World Wars .- History :Initially as 1st Brigade, the formation was part of 1st Division during World War I...
  - 3rd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
    Grenadier Guards
    The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards
    Coldstream Guards
    Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
    Royal Hampshire Regiment
    The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1881 to 1992. Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.-Formation and antecedents:...
  - 1st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
  British 2nd Infantry Brigade
  The 2nd Infantry Brigade is a British Army Regional Brigade, active since the First World War.- History :...
  
  (Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson
  Charles Edward Hudson
  Major General Charles Edward Hudson VC CB DSO & Bar MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.His was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the...
  
  )
  - 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
    Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
    The Loyal Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army from 1881 to 1970...
  - 2nd Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
    North Staffordshire Regiment
    The North Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was in existence between 1881 and 1959. It can date its lineage back to 1756 with the formation of a second battalion by the 11th Regiment of Foot, which shortly after became the 64th Regiment of Foot...
  - 6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
    The Gordon Highlanders
    The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...
  - 2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
  British 3rd Infantry Brigade
  The 3rd Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation, part of the 1st Infantry Division which was originally formed in 1809, with a long history, having been present at the Peninsula War, the Crimean War, World War I, and during the Second World War....
  - 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
  - 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  - 1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
    The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
    The King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. The KSLI was amalgamated with three other county light infantry regiments in 1968 to became part of The Light Infantry...
  - 3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

2nd Infantry Division
British 2nd Infantry Division
The 2nd Division is a regular division of the British army, with a long history. It dates its existence as a permanently embodied formation from 1809, when it was established by Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley , as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War...

- Major-General H. C. Loyd
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 10th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 16th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 99th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 21st Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
    4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
    The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1992.It was formed in India in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and 7th Dragoon Guards , as the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards; it gained the distinction Royal in 1935...
    
    [Divisional Cavalry]
  - 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
    The Manchester Regiment
    The Manchester Regiment was a regiment of the British army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot...
    
    (Machine Gun)
  - 2nd Divisional Signals
- 4th Infantry Brigade
  British 4th Infantry Brigade
  The 4th Infantry Brigade was a Second World War British Army brigade. It was part of the British 2nd Infantry Division.- World War II History :...
  - 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment
  - 1/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
  - 4th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 5th Infantry Brigade
  British 5th Infantry Brigade
  The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation from the First World War to disbandment in 1999.- History :During both World War I and the Second World War the 5th Brigade was part of the 2nd Infantry Division. It served in France in 1940, was evacuated to Britain from Dunkirk and...
  - 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
  - 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
  - 7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
    Worcestershire Regiment
    The Worcestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 29th Regiment of Foot and the 36th Regiment of Foot....
  - 5th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 6th Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
  - 1st Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
    Royal Berkshire Regiment
    The Royal Berkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 49th Regiment of Foot and the 66th Regiment of Foot.The regiment was originally formed as The Princess Charlotte of Wales's , taking the...
  - 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
  - 6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
48th (South Midland) Infantry Division - Major-General A. F. A. N. Thorne
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 18th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 68th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 53rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 224th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 226th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 227th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 4th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun)
- 143rd Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  - 5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  - 1/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  - 143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 144th Infantry Brigade
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  - 5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
    The Gloucestershire Regiment
    The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.-Origins and early history:...
  - 8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
  - 144rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 145th Infantry Brigade
  - 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
  - 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  - 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  - 144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

II Corps

Lieutenant-General A. F. Brooke

Corps Troops
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
    Royal Horse Artillery
    The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
  - 32nd Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 60th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 88th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 53rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 58th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 59th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 51st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 53rd Light Antiaircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 222nd Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 234th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 240th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 108th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 14th Corps Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers
- 8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
  Middlesex Regiment
  The Middlesex Regiment was a regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.On 31 December 1966 The Middlesex Regiment was amalgamated with three...
  
  (Machine Gun)
- 4th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders (Machine Gun)
- 8th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [Pioneer]
- 9th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [Pioneer]

3rd Infantry Division
British 3rd Infantry Division
The 3rd Mechanised Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd Division or as Iron Sides; is a regular army division of the British Army...

- Major-General B. L. Montgomery
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 7th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 76th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 20th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 248th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 253rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 15th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
    15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
    The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was created as part of the reduction in the cavalry in the aftermath of World War I. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars on 11 April 1922, becoming the...
    
    (Divisional Cavalry)
  - 1st/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine Gun)Attached from II Corps
  - 2nd Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine Gun)
  - 3rd Divisional Signals
- 7th Guards' Brigade
  British 7th Infantry Brigade (Guards)
  The 7th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation in the Second World War , it served with the British 3rd Infantry Division in France and Belgium 1940. On 15 September 1941 it was converted to the Guards Support Group...
  - 1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
  - 2nd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
  - 1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards
  - 7th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 8th Infantry Brigade
  British 8th Infantry Brigade
  The British 8th Infantry Brigade was formed before the First World War as part of the 3rd Division. As part of that division it spent the entire war on the Western Front...
  - 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
  - 2nd Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment
    East Yorkshire Regiment
    The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment , becoming The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of...
  - 4th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
  - 8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 9th Infantry Brigade
  - 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
  - 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles
    Royal Ulster Rifles
    The Royal Ulster Rifles was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968.-History:...
  - 9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

4th Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The 4th Infantry Division is a regular British Army division with a long history having been present at the Peninsular War the Crimean War , the First World War , and during the Second World War.- Napoleonic Wars :...

- Major-General D. G. Johnson
Dudley Graham Johnson
Major General Dudley Graham Johnson VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Military career:Johnson served with the Wiltshire Regiment...
- Divisional Headquarters
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 22nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 77th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 225th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 18th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
    5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
    The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1922 to 1992, when it was amalgmated into the Royal Dragoon Guards.-The beginning:...
    
    (Divisional Cavalry)
  - 2nd Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
    Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
    The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Originally raised in 1674, the regiment was amalgamated with three other fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.-Origins:...
    
    (Machine Gun)
- 10th Infantry Brigade
  British 10th Infantry Brigade
  - History :The 10th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army brigade.During the Second World War this brigade was part of the 4th Infantry Division throughout the war....
  
  (Brig. Evelyn Barker
  Evelyn Barker
  General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC was a British Army general in World War II, and commander of British forces in the Mandate Palestine from 1946 to 1947...
  
  )
  - 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
    Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
    The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army originally formed in 1688...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
    Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
    The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles....
  - 6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
    East Surrey Regiment
    The East Surrey Regiment was a regiment in the British Army formed in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 31st Regiment of Foot and the 70th Regiment of Foot...
  - 10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 11th Infantry Brigade
  British 11th Infantry Brigade
  The 11th Infantry Brigade is a British Army regular formation that served in both the First and Second World Wars. Deactivated in 1958 it was reactivated in 2008 to assume command of the planned Operation Herrick deployment to Afghanistan in late 2009....
  - 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
  - 1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
  - 5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
  - 11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 12th Infantry Brigade
  British 12th Infantry Brigade
  The 12th Mechanized Brigade is a regular British Army brigade which has been in existence since 1899.-History:The brigade was first formed in December 1899 as 12th Infantry Brigade, part of 6th Division...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
  - 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment
  - 6th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
    Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
    It all began in 1725 when General Wade, as leader of the King's Army in Scotland, and involved in his great project of building the military roads there, set up six companies of the Highland "Watch". These were formed to stop fighting among the clans; controlling the roads was an important part of...
  - 12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

50th (Northumbrian) Motor Infantry Division
British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The 50th Infantry Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army division during the Second World War. The two Ts in its insignia represent the two boundaries to its recruitment area, the rivers Tyne and Tees...

- Major-General G. Le Q. Martel
Giffard LeQuesne Martel
General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC , familiarly known as "Q Martel", was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II....
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 72nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 92nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 232nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 235th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [Motorcycle]
- 150th Infantry Brigade
  British 150th Infantry Brigade
  This World War II British Army formation was part of the Territorial Army unit the British 50th Infantry Division. It was overrun and forced to surrender during the Battle of Gazala in the North African campaign. For almost 72 hours during the battle the 150th Brigade and the 44th Royal Tank...
  - 4th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
  - 4th Battalion, Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
    The Green Howards
    The Green Howards was an infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division...
  - 5th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
  - 150th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 151st Infantry Brigade
  British 151st Infantry Brigade
  The 151st Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. Part of the British 50th Infantry Division.-Commanders:* Brig. Viscount Downe* Brig. J. A. Barstow* Brig. G. W. E. J. Erskine...
  - 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
  - 8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
  - 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
  - 151st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 25th Infantry Brigade
  British 25th Infantry Brigade
  The 25th Infantry Brigade was a war-formed brigade of the British Army during the First and Second World Wars.- History :Created in 1915, the Brigade saw action in the European theatre of the Great War....
  - 1/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
    Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
    The Queen's Royal Regiment was a regiment of the English and later British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment
  - 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers
    Royal Irish Fusiliers
    The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's , changed in 1920 to The Royal Irish Fusiliers...
  - 25th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

III Corps

Lieutenant-General Sir R. F. Adam

Ronald Adam

General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, GCB, DSO, OBE was a British Army officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II...

Corps Troops
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
    Royal Horse Artillery
    The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...
  - 97th Army Field Regiment (less one battery), Royal Artillery
  - 139th Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 56th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 65th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 52nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 54th Light Antiaircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 214th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 217th Army Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 293rd Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 514th Corps Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers
- 1st/9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun)
- 1st/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
  South Staffordshire Regiment
  The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th Regiment of Foot and the 80th Regiment of Foot. In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment...
  
  [Pioneer]

42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division - Major-General W. G. Holmes
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 52nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 53rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 200th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 201st Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 250th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 208th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 125th Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment
    Border Regiment
    The Border Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 34th Regiment of Foot and the 55th Regiment of Foot....
  - 5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
  - 6th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
  - 125th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 126th Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
    East Lancashire Regiment
    The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of two 30th and 59th Regiments of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire...
  - 5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  - 5th Battalion, The Border Regiment
  - 126th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 127th Infantry Brigade
  - 4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
  - 5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
  - 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
    Highland Light Infantry
    The Highland Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. In 1923 the regimental title was expanded to the Highland Light Infantry ...
  - 127th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
British 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
The 44th Division was a British Territorial Army division in both the First and Second World Wars, and for twenty years afterwards.- First World War:...

- Major-General E. A. Osborne
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 57th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 58th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 65th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 57th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 208th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 210th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 211th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 131st Infantry Brigade
  British 131st Infantry Brigade
  The 131st Infantry Brigade was a Second World War 1st Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army.- History :At the beginning of the Second World War this brigade was an organic part of the 44th Infantry Division. It was part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1940...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
  - 5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  - 6th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  - 131st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 132nd Infantry Brigade
  British 132nd Infantry Brigade
  The 132nd Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army during the Second World War and after the war for a period, but disbanded by 1968.- History :...
  - 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  - 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  - 5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  - 132nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
- 133rd Infantry Brigade
  British 133rd Infantry Brigade
  The 133rd Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army during World War II.-History:Part of the British 44th Infantry Division it served in the Battle of France and the Western Desert Campaign where this brigade along with the 44th Infantry Division was...
  - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
    Royal Sussex Regiment
    The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot...
  - 4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
  - 5th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
  - 133rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Saar Force

(Major-General V. M. Fortune

Victor Fortune

Major-General Sir Victor Morven Fortune KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer. He saw service in both World Wars...

)

On 10 May 1940 this force, which was really just the 51st Division reinforced by various small units, was part of the Colonial Army Corps of the French 3rd Army in front of the Maginot Line.

51st (Highland) Infantry Division
British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)
For the First World War unit, see 51st Division .The 51st Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War...

- Major-General V. M. Fortune
Victor Fortune
Major-General Sir Victor Morven Fortune KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer. He saw service in both World Wars...
- HQ Royal Artillery
  - 17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 75th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 51st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- HQ Royal Engineers
  - 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 236th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 237th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 239th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 152nd Infantry Brigade
  - 2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
  - 4th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
  - 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
  - 152nd Infantry Brigade Antitank Company
- 153rd Infantry Brigade
  - 4th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
  - 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
  - 5th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
  - 153rd Infantry Brigade Antitank Company
- 154th Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
  - 7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
  - 8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
  - 154th Infantry Brigade Antitank Company

Units attached to the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division

British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)

For the First World War unit, see 51st Division .The 51st Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War...

in April 1940 to form Saar Force

1st Lothians and Border Horse
Lothian and Border Horse
The Lothians and Border Horse was a Yeomanry regiment, part of the British Territorial Army. It was ranked 36th in the Yeomanry order of precedence, and based in the Scottish Lowland area, recruiting in the Lothian and along the border with England.-Origins:...

(Divisional Cavalry)
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Royal Horse Artillery
The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army...

(less one battery)
97th Field Regiment (one battery), Royal ArtilleryAttached from III Corps
51st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
213th Field Company, Royal Engineers
7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun)
1st Battalion, The Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment
38 (City of Sheffield) Signal Regiment
38 Signal Regiment is Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment's task is to "provide contingency communications throughout the whole of Northern England, from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Home Counties...

(The Middlesex Regiment
Middlesex Regiment
The Middlesex Regiment was a regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.On 31 December 1966 The Middlesex Regiment was amalgamated with three...

) (Machine Gun)
7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Infantry Sappers)
6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Infantry Sappers)

Formations undergoing training and performing labour duties

12th (Eastern) Infantry DivisionAlthough this division participated in the Battle of France it was not adequately prepared for battle by May 1940. The division had only a skeleton headquarter staff, no organic artillery formations and few support units. Only a third of the infantry had received minimal training. Each battalion lacked their full complement of heavy weapons and their carrier platoon. - Major-General R. L. Petre
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 262nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 263rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 264th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 265th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 35th Infantry Brigade
  - 2/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  - 2/6th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  - 2/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 36th Infantry Brigade
  British 36th Infantry Brigade
  The 36th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation.This brigade fought in both the First and Second World Wars. The brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army brigade.-World War I:...
  - 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
  - 6th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  - 7th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 37th Infantry Brigade
  British 37th Infantry Brigade
  The 37th Infantry Brigade was a British Army unit during the First and Second World Wars .-World War II:A duplicate of the British 133rd Infantry Brigade it was re-created on 7 October 1939. In France 1940 as part of the 12th Division which was nearly completely destroyed fighting the German...
  - 2/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
  - 6th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
  - 7th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

23rd (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
- Major-General A. E. Herbert
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 233rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 507th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 508th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 8th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Motorcycle)
  - 9th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Machine Gun)
- 69th Infantry Brigade
  British 69th Infantry Brigade
  .The 69th Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the British 23rd Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded...
  - 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
  - 6th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
  - 7th Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
- 70th Infantry Brigade
  British 70th Infantry Brigade
  .The 70th Infantry Brigade was a British Territorial Army unit during the First and Second World Wars.-History:Originally part of the British 23rd Division during World War I, the Brigade was reformed in the interwar period as part of the British 50th Infantry Division...
  - 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
  - 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
  - 1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish

46th (North Midland) Infantry Division
- Major-General H. O. Curtis
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 270th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 271st Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (Machine Gun)
- 137th Infantry Brigades
  - 2/5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
  - 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
  - 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- 138th Infantry Brigade
  - 6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
  - 274th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
    King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
    The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.-The 51st Foot:...
  - 6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
    York and Lancaster Regiment
    -History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties...
- 139th Infantry Brigade
  - 2/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
  - 2/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  - 9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

HQ Lines of Communication British Expeditionary Force

(Major-General P. de Fonblanque)

Royal Artillery
- 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
  - 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 8th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 79th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
- 104th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 106th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 110th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 212th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
- 218th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
Unbrigaded Infantry Battalions [Companies and even platoon detachments of these battalions were stationed at various bases in the rear areas]
- 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- 14th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
- 12th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment
- 1/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Units arriving in France after 10 May 1940

1st Armoured Division - Major-General R. Evans
- 2nd Armoured Brigade
  British 2nd Armoured Brigade
  The 2nd Armoured Brigade was a regular British Army unit during the Second World War, originally titled 2nd Light Armoured Brigade.-History:The 2nd Armoured Brigade was part of the 1st Armoured Division when it was sent as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1940...
  - 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
    2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
    The 2nd Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 by King James II. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards in 1959....
  - 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
    9th Queen's Royal Lancers
    The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, or the Delhi Spearmen, were a cavalry regiment of the British Army. They are best known for their roles in the Indian mutiny of 1857 and for their part in the North African campaign of World War II including the retreat to and the battle of El Alamein in 1942.-Early...
  - 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
- 3rd Armoured Brigade
  - 2nd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment
    Royal Tank Regiment
    The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment...
  - 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment
- 1st Support Group
  - 101st Light Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 30th Infantry Brigade
  British 30th Infantry Brigade
  The British 30th Infantry Brigade is a brigade of the British Army in the First and Second World Wars.- History :The Brigade was originally raised as part of the 10th Division and served with that formation throughout the First World War....
  - 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment
  - 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
    King's Royal Rifle Corps
    The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...
  - 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
  - 1st Battalion, The Queen Victoria's Rifles (7th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps) (Motorcycle)

20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
British 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
The British 20th Independent Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade in World War II.-History:It served with the 1st Armoured Division during the Battle of France in 1940, briefly defending Boulogne in May 1940 before being successfully evacuated....
- 2nd Battalion, The Irish Guards
  Irish Guards
  The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...
- 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Guards
- 20th Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Second Expeditionary Force

The following force was sent to France during the second week of June 1940 in an unsuccessful attempt to form a second British Expeditionary Force. This second formation was to be commanded by Lieutenant-General A. F. Brooke. All units were evacuated in late June 1940 during Operation Ariel

Operation Ariel

Operation Ariel was the name given to the World War II evacuation of Allied forces from ports in western France, from 15–25 June 1940, due to the military collapse in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany...

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division - Major-General J. S. Drew
- Divisional Troops
  - HQ Royal Artillery
    - 70th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 71st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 78th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
    - 54th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
  - HQ Royal Engineers
    - 202nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 241st Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 554th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 243rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
- 155th Infantry Brigade
  - 7/9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  - 4th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
  - 5th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 156th Infantry Brigade
  - 4/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
  - 6th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
  - 7th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 157th Infantry Brigade
  - 1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders
    Glasgow Highlanders
    The Glasgow Highlanders was a former Territorial Army regiment in the British Army, it eventually became part of The Highland Light Infantry regiment in 1881, which later became The Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1959...
  - 5th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
  - 6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade
- The Royal Canadian Regiment
  The Royal Canadian Regiment
  The Royal Canadian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment consists of four battalions, three in the Regular Force and one in the Primary Reserve...
- The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
  The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
  The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment is headquartered in Belleville, Ontario, with companies in Peterborough and Cobourg....
- 48th Highlanders of Canada
  48th Highlanders of Canada
  The 48th Highlanders of Canada is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve infantry regiment based in Toronto, parading out of Moss Park Armoury. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group....
- 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
  Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
  The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery is the name given to the regular field artillery units of the Canadian Army. RCHA units are the senior units of the Canadian land field force, with a history dating back to the birth of Canada as a nation...

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