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Parts 3a and 3b (here published in one volume) of A. F. Becke's
classic Order of Battle of the British Army in the Great War lists
Kitchener's New Army Divisions. 9th - 26th Inf Divs. 30th - 41st
Inf Divs. and the 63rd (Royal Naval) Div. With appendices on the
raising of the first three New Armies and the war establishments of
the 14th (Light) Division in England in 1915 and in France in 1918;
the 23rd Division in Italy in 1918; the 10th (Irish) division in
Palestine, 1918; the 11th (Northern) division, Gallipoli,1915; the
26th division, Macedonia, 1915 and 1918 and the 13th (Western)
division, Mesopotamia, 1918.
Facsimile reprints of the Order of Battle of the British Army in
the Great War 1914-1918. These give details of every division with
its component brigades, battalions, artillery, engineers, medical
support etc., units and record any changes. There are also
organisational tables for divisions in the various theatres of war.
Included are the names of GOCs and brigade commanders and senior
staff officers. Each division has a brief history listing the
operations and battles in which it was engaged and the corps to
which it was subordinated at the time. One volume provides details
of corps, army and superior HQs. This volume is Part 1. The Regular
British Division. 1st - 3rd Cav Divs; Guards and 1st - 8th Inf
Divs; 27th - 29th Inf Divs.10304HB
Second part of the official Order of Battle of the British Army in
the Great War lists the Territorial Army and Yeomanry divisions on
the Western Front and in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine.
The fourth and final part of Major AF Becke's official Order of
Battle of the British Army in the Great War lists the Army Council,
GHQs, Armies and Corps, including Tank Corps, and has appendices on
Home Forces and Commanders of central force; the GOCs and commands
at home; Corps heavy artilleries in France; ordnance of the BEF in
France at the beginning and end of the war in August 1914 and
November 1918; Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Groups of the Tank Corps; and the
British section of the Supreme War Council in January 1918.
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