Order of battle at Mons
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The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.
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[edit] German First Army
[edit] II Corps
- 30th Aviation Battalion
- 15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
3rd Division
- 3rd Artillery Brigade
- 3rd Horse Grenadiers
- 5th Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Regiment
- 9th Grenadier Regiment
- 6th Brigade
- 34th Fusilier Regiment
- 42nd Infantry Regiment
4th Division
- 4th Artillery Brigade
- 12th Dragoons
- 7th Brigade
- 14th Infantry Regiment
- 149th Infantry Regiment
- 8th Brigade
- 49th Infantry Regiment
- 140th Infantry Regiment
[edit] III Corps
- 7th Aviation Battalion
- 2nd Guard Foot Artillery (heavy)
- 3rd Hussars
5th Division
- 5th Artillery Brigade
- 9th Brigade
- 8th Leib Grenadier Regiment
- 48th Infantry Regiment
- 10th Brigade
- 12th Grenadier Regiment
- 52nd Infantry Regiment
6th Division
- 6th Artillery Brigade
- 11th Brigade
- 20th Infantry Regiment
- 35th Fusilier Regiment
- 12th Brigade
- 24th Infantry Regiment
- 64th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Jaeger Battalion
[edit] IV Corps
- 9th Aviation Battalion
- 4th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 10th Hussars
7th Division
- 7th Artillery Brigade
- 13th Brigade
- 26th Infantry Regiment
- 66th Infantry Regiment
- 14th Brigade
- 27th Infantry Regiment
- 165th Infantry Regiment
8th Division
- 8th Artillery Brigade
- 15th Brigade
- 36th Fusilier Regiment
- 93rd Infantry Regiment
- 16th Brigade
- 72nd Infantry Regiment
- 153rd Infantry Regiment
- 4th Jaeger Battalion
[edit] IX Corps
- 9th Aviation Battalion
- 20th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 16th Dragoons
17th Division
- 17th Artillery Brigade
- 33rd Brigade
- 75th Infantry Regiment
- 76th Infantry Regiment
- 34th Brigade
- 89th Grenadier Regiment
- 90th Fusilier Regiment
- 9th Jaeger Battalion
18th Division
- 18th Artillery Brigade
- 35th Brigade
- 84th Infantry Regiment
- 86th Fusilier Regiment
- 36th Brigade
- 31st Infantry Regiment
- 85th Infantry Regiment
[edit] III Reserve Corps
- Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment and 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment
5th Reserve Division
- 6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
- 9th Reserve Brigade
- 8th Reserve Regiment
- 48th Reserve Regiment
- 10th Reserve Brigade
- 12th Reserve Regiment
- 52nd Reserve Regiment
6th Reserve Division
- 6 batteries, 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
- 11th Reserve Brigade
- 20th Reserve Regiment
- 24th Reserve Regiment
- 12the Reserve Brigade
- 26th Reserve Regiment
- 35th Reserve Regiment
[edit] IV Reserve Corps
- Composite Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons each from Reserve Heavy Cavalry Regiment and Reserve Jaeger zu Pferd)
7th Reserve Division
- 6 batteries of 7th Field Artillery Regiment
- 13th Reserve Brigade
- 27th Reserve Regiment
- 36th Reserve Regiment
- 14th Reserve Brigade
- 66th Reserve Regiment
- 72nd Reserve Regiment
- 4th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
22nd Reserve Division
- 6 batteries of 22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment
- 43rd Reserve Brigade
- 71st Reserve Regiment
- 94th Reserve Regiment
- 11th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
- 44th Reserve Brigade
- 32nd Reserve Regiment
- 82nd Reserve Regiment
10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- 12th Landwehr Regiment
- 52nd Landwehr Regiment
11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- 20th Landwehr Regiment
- 35th Landwehr Regiment
27th Landwehr Brigade
- 53rd Landwehr Regiment
- 55th Landwehr Regiment
Composite Landwehr Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons) Composite Lansturm Artillery Unit (2 batteries)
Army Troops
- 12th Aviation Battalion
[edit] British Expeditionary Force
[edit] The Cavalry Division
- 1st Brigade
- 2nd Dragoon Guards
- 5th Dragoon Guards
- 11th Hussars
- 2nd Brigade
- 4th Dragoon Guards
- 9th Lancers
- 19th Hussars
- 3rd Brigade
- 4th Hussars
- 5th Lancers
- 16th Lancers
- 4th Brigade
- 6th Dragoon Guards
- 3rd Hussars
- Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry
- 5th Brigade
- 2nd Dragoons
- 12th Lancers
- 20th Hussars
- III Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
- Battery D
- Battery E
- VIII Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
- Battery I
- Battery L
[edit] I Corps
1st Division
- 1st Guards Brigade
- 1st Coldstream Guards
- 1st Scots Guards
- 1st Black Watch
- 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Royal Sussex
- 1st Loyal North Lancashire
- 1st Northamptonshire
- 2nd The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
- 3rd Infantry
- 1st Royal West Surrey
- 1st South Wales Borderers
- 1st Gloucesteshire
- 2nd Welsh
- XXV Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 113th Battery
- 114th Battery
- 115th Battery
- XXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 116th Battery
- 117th Battery
- 118th Battery
- XXXIX Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 46th Battery
- 51st Battery
- 54th Battery
- XLIII (Howitzer) Royal Field Artillery
- 30th (howitzer) Battery
- 40th (howitzer) Battery
- 57th (howitzer) Battery
- 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
2nd Division
- 4th Guards Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Guards
- 2nd Coldstream Guards
- 3rd Coldstream Guards
- 1st Irish Guards
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Worcestershire
- 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 2nd Highland Light Infantry
- 2nd Connaught Rangers
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Liverpool
- 2nd South Staffordshire
- 1st Royal Berkshire
- 1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps
- XXXIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 22nd Battery
- 50th Battery
- 70th Battery
- XXXVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 15th Battery
- 48th Battery
- 71st Battery
- XLI Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 9th Battery
- 16th Battery
- 17th Battery
- XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 47th (howitzer) Battery
- 56th (howitzer) Battery
- 60th (howitzer) Battery
- 35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
[edit] II Corps
3rd Division
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Worcesteshire
- 2nd South Lancashire
- 1st Duke of Edinburgh’s
- 2nd Royal Irish Rifles
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Royal Scots
- 2nd Royal Irish
- 4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own
- 1st Gordon Highlanders
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Northumberland Fusiliers
- 4th Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Lincolnshire
- 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
- XXIII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 107th Battery
- 108th Battery
- 109th Battery
- XL Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 6th Battery
- 23rd Battery
- 49th Battery
- XLII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 29th Battery
- 41st Battery
- 75th Battery
- XXX (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 128th (howitzer) Battery
- 129th (howitzer) Battery
- 130th (howitzer) Battery
- 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
4th Division
- 10th Brigade
- 1st Royal Warwickshire
- 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
- 1st Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
- 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers
- 11th Brigade
- 1st Prince Albert (Somerset Light Infantry
- 1st East Lancashire
- 1st Hampshire
- 1st The Rifle Brigade
- 12th Brigade
- 1st The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster)
- 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers
- 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 2nd Sussex
- XIV Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 39th Battery
- 68th Battery
- 88th Battery
- XXIX Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 125th Battery
- 126th Battery
- 127th Battery
- XXXII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 27th Battery
- 134th Battery
- 135th Battery
- XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 31st (howitzer) Battery
- 35th (howitzer) Battery
- 55th (howitzer) Battery
- 31st Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
5th Division
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers
- 2nd Duke of Wellington’s Own
- 1st Royal West Kent
- 2nd Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Suffolk
- 1st East Surrey
- 1st Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
- 2nd Manchester
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Norfolk
- 1st Bedfordshire
- 1st Cheshire
- 1st Dorsetshire
- XV Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 11th Battery
- 52nd Battery
- 81st Battery
- XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 119th Battery
- 120th Battery
- 121st Battery
- XXVII Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 122nd Battery
- 123rd Battery
- 124th Battery
- VIII (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 37th (howitzer) Battery
- 61st (howitzer) Battery
- 65th (howitzer) Battery
- 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Army Troops
- A, B, and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Aeroplane Squadrons
- 1st Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Lind of communications defense troops
- 1st Devonshire
- 19th Infantry Brigade (formed August 22nd, 1914)
- 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 1st Cameronians
- 1st Duke of Cambridge’s Own
- 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
[edit] Source
Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).
