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Ordre de bataille de la Force expéditionnaire britannique en 1940

Il s'agit de l'ordre de bataille du British Expeditionary Force du , la veille du commencement de la Bataille de France.

Organigramme au 10 mai 1940

G.H.Q. reserve

  • G.H.Q. (Ces troupes n'Ă©taient pas une formation combattante. Elles ont Ă©tĂ© affectĂ©es, Ă  titre temporaire ou permanent, aux quartiers gĂ©nĂ©raux du corps d'armĂ©e, divisions, ou d'autres formations, ou ont Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ©s Ă  des fins spĂ©ciales.]
    • Royal Armoured Corps (Corps BlindĂ©)
    • HQ Royal Artillery
      • 1st Super Heavy Regiment, RA
      • 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (en) (1st AA Bde)
        • 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
        • 6th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (en)
        • 85th (Tees) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (en) (85th HAA Rgt)
      • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (en) (2 AA Bde)
        • 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, Royal Artillery (en)
        • 2nd Searchlight Regiment
        • 3rd Searchlight Regiment
    • HQ Royal Engineers
      • 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 (guerre chimique)
      • 61st Chemical Warfare Company
      • 62nd Chemical Warfare Company
    • Une brigade d'unitĂ©s d'infanterie

Ier Corps

Le Ier Corps était commandée par le Général Michael Barker

  • Corps Troops
    • HQ Royal Artillery
      • 27th Army Field Regiment,
      • 98th Army Field Regiment,
      • 115th Army Field Regiment,
      • 140th Army Field Regiment,
      • 1st Medium Regiment,
      • 3rd Medium Regiment,
      • 5th Medium Regiment,
      • 61st Medium Regiment (en),
      • 63rd Medium Regiment (en),
      • 1st Heavy Regiment,
      • 3rd Super Heavy Regiment,
      • 52nd Light Antiaircraft Regiment,
      • 2nd Light Antiaircraft Battery,
      • 1st Survey Regiment,
    • HQ Royal Engineers
      • 102nd Army Field Company,
      • 107th Army Field Company,
      • 221st Army Field Company,
      • 105th Corps Field Park Company,
      • 13th Corps Field Survey Company,
    • 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (en) (Mitrailleuses)
    • 6th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Mitrailleuses)
    • 6th Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment (en) (Lancaster)(GĂ©nie)
    • 7th Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment (Lancaster) (GĂ©nie)
  • 1re division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni) (en) - GĂ©nĂ©ral H. R. L. G. Alexander
    • Divisional Troops
      • HQ Royal Artillery
        • 2nd Field Regiment,
        • 19th Field Regiment,
        • 67th Field Regiment,
        • 21st Anti-Tank Regiment,
      • HQ Royal Engineers
        • 23rd Field Company,
        • 238th Field Company,
        • 248th Field Company,
        • 6th Field Park Company,
      • 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
      • 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Mitrailleuses)
      • 1st Divisional Signals
    • 1st Infantry Guards Brigade (en)
    • 2e brigade d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni) (en) - Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson (en)
      • 1st Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (en)
      • 2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) (en)
      • 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
      • 2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • 3e brigade d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni) (en)
      • 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (en)
      • 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (en)
      • 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (en)
      • 3rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

IIe Corps

Le IIe Corps était commandé par le Général Alan Brooke

  • 4e Infantry Division - GĂ©nĂ©ral Dudley Graham Johnson (en)
    • Divisional Headquarters
      • HQ Royal Artillery
        • 22nd Field Regiment,
        • 30th Field Regiment,
        • 77th Field Regiment,
        • 14th Anti-Tank Regiment,
      • HQ Royal Engineers
        • 7th Field Company,
        • 59th Field Company,
        • 225th Field Company,
        • 18th Field Park Company,
      • 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (en)
      • 2nd Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (en) (Mitrailleuses)
    • 10th Infantry Brigade (en) - Brig. Evelyn Barker

III Corps

Le IIIe Corps (Royaume-Uni) était commandé par le Lieutenant-Général Sir Ronald Forbes Adam

  • Corps Troops
    • HQ Royal Artillery
      • 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (en)
      • 97th Army Field Regiment (en)
      • 139th Army Field Regiment,
      • 56th Medium Regiment (en),
      • 65th Medium Regiment (en),
      • 69th Medium Regiment (en),
      • 52nd Heavy Regiment (en),
      • 54th Light Antiaircraft Regiment,
      • 3rd Survey Regiment,
    • HQ Royal Engineers
      • 214th Army Field Company,
      • IIIe Corps (Royaume-Uni) 217th Army Field Company,
      • 293rd Corps Field Park Company,
      • 514th Corps Field Survey Company
    • 1st/9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Mitrailleuses)
    • 1st/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (en) (GĂ©nie)
    • 126th Infantry Brigade (en) - gĂ©nĂ©ral Eric Miles (en)
      • 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (en)
      • 5th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (en)
      • 5th Battalion Border Regiment
      • 126th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • 127th Infantry Brigade (en) - gĂ©nĂ©ral John Smyth
      • 4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (en)
      • 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment
      • 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry (en)
      • 127th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • 131st Infantry Brigade
      • 2nd Battalion The Buffs (en)
      • 5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (West Surrey) (en)
      • 6th Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (West Surrey) (en)
      • 131st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • 132nd Infantry Brigade (en) - gĂ©nĂ©ral James Steele (en)
      • 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (en)
      • 4th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (en)
      • 5th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (en)
      • 132nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
    • 133rd Infantry Brigade (en)
      • 2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (en)
      • 4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (en) 4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
      • 5th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (en) 5th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
      • 133rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company

Armée de la Sarre

Général Victor Fortune (en)
Le , cette force faisait partie corps d'armée coloniale de la 3e armée française en face de la Ligne Maginot.

Unités rattachées à la Units 51st (Highland) Infantry Division en pour former la force de la Sarre

  • 1st Lothians and Border Horse (en)
  • 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
  • 97th Field Regiment (en) (one battery), RA
  • 51st Medium Regiment (en), RA
  • 213th Field Company, RE
  • 7th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (en) (Mitrailleuses)
  • 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, The Middlesex Regiment (en) (Mitrailleuses)
  • 7th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment (en) (Sapeurs)
  • 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (en) (Sapeurs)

Autres troupes en cours de formation, en France

Bien que toutes ces unités aient participé à la bataille de la France, ces trois divisions ne sont pas suffisamment préparées à combattre en .
Aucune d’elles ne possédait d’artillerie.
Seul un tiers des bataillons avaient une préparation militaire minime.

  • 12th Infantry Division - (Major-GĂ©nĂ©ral R. L. Petre)
    • Divisional Troops
      • HQ Royal Engineers
        • 262nd Field Company, RE
        • 263rd Field Company, RE
        • 264th Field Company, RE
        • 265th Field Park Company, RE
    • 35th Infantry Brigade
      • 2/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (West Surrey)
      • 2/6th Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (West Surrey)
      • 2/7th Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (West Surrey)
    • 36th Infantry Brigade
      • 5th Battalion The Buffs
      • 6th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
      • 7th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
    • 37th Infantry Brigade
      • 2/6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment (en)
      • 6th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
      • 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
  • 23rd (Northumbrian) Infantry Division - (Major-GĂ©nĂ©ral A. E. Herbert)
    • Divisional Troops
      • HQ Royal Engineers
        • 233rd Field Company, RE
        • 507th Field Company, RE
        • 508th Field Park Company, RE
      • 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Motocyclettes)
      • 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Mitrailleuses)
    • 69th Infantry Brigade
      • 5th Battalion East Yorks
      • 6th Battalion Green Howards
      • 7th Battalion Green Howards
    • 70th Infantry Brigade
  • 46th Infantry Division - (Major-GĂ©nĂ©ral H. O. Curtis)
    • Divisional Troops
      • HQ Royal Engineers
        • 270th Field Company, RE
        • 271st Field Company, RE
        • 272nd Field Company, RE
        • 273rd Field Park Company, RE
      • 2/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment,
    • 137th Infantry Brigades
      • 2/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
      • 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment
      • 2/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment
    • 138th Infantry Brigade
      • 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
      • 274th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
      • 6th Battalion York et Lancaster Regiment
    • 139th Infantry Brigade
      • 2/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
      • 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
      • 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters

Ligne de communication des troupes

  • Royal Artillery
    • 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
      • 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
      • 8th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
      • 79th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
      • 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
  • Royal Engineers
    • 104th Army Troops Company, RE
    • 106th Army Troops Company, RE
    • 110th Army Troops Company, RE
    • 212th Army Troops Company, RE
    • 218th Army Troops Company, RE
  • Unbrigaded Infantry Battalions Les compagnies et les dĂ©tachements de mĂŞme peloton de ces bataillons ont Ă©tĂ© postĂ©s dans diffĂ©rentes bases Ă  l'arrière des zones de combats
    • 4th Battalion The Buffs
    • 14th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers
    • 12th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    • 4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Border Regiment (The Border Regiment)
    • 1st/5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters

Unités arrivant en France après le 10 mai 1940

  • 1st Armoured Division - (major-gĂ©nĂ©ral Evans (en)) Ces unitĂ©s arrivĂ©es en France entre le et ont combattu au sud de la Somme.
  • British 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) (DĂ©tachĂ© d'Angleterre pour dĂ©fendre Boulogne-sur-Mer le )
  • Unbrigaded Infantry
    • 1st Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles, (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) [Motorcycle] [Bataillon blindĂ© envoyĂ© pour dĂ©fendre Calais le ... sans ses vĂ©hicules). RattachĂ© Ă  la British 30th Infantry Brigade.

Les unités suivantes ont été envoyés en France pendant la deuxième semaine de , afin de former un deuxième British Expeditionary Force, qui devait être commandé par le Général Alan Brooke. Finalement, fin juin, toutes ces unités ont été évacuées lors de l'opération Ariel.

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