British Expeditionary Force

This page is about the United Kingdom and British Empire forces on the Western Front (France and Belgium). For other British expeditionary forces, see:

• Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, UK (Gallipoli)
• Egyptian Expeditionary Force, UK
• British Force in Egypt
• British Salonika Army
• British Force in Italy.

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.

British Expeditionary Force
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
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Type:	Formation
Specific type:	Expeditionary force
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	General Headquarters Troops, British Expeditionary Force
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	First Army, UK
Subordinate level:	Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Second Army, UK
Subordinate level:	Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Third Army, UK
Subordinate level:	Army
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Fourth Army, UK
Subordinate level:	Army
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Command structure
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Subordinate unit:	Fifth Army, UK
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Lines of Communication, British Expeditionary Force
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

• Template:WarDiaryTNA

Unit histories

• Template:RefOB

Other official documents

• Template:RefTNA Intelligence summaries.

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.