First Battle of the Marne order of battle

The following units of the British, French and German Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I. == Comparative relevant military ranks == == British Expeditionary Force == Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray Deputy Chief of Staff: Major-General Sir Henry Wilson Adjutant-General: Major-General Sir Nevil Macready Quartermaster-General: Major-General Sir William Robertson Deputy Adjutant-General: Major-General E. R. C. Graham Commander, Royal Artillery: Major-General W. F. L. Lindsay Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General G. H. Fowke Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel A. E. J. Cavendish Assistant Quartermaster-General: Colonel C. T. Dawkins Operations Officer: Colonel G. M. Harper Intelligence Officer: Colonel G. M. W. Macdonogh === I Corps === Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. E. Gough Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General H. S. Horne Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General S. R. Rice 1st Division Major-General S. H. Lomax 1st (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General F. I. Maxse) 1st Coldstream Guards 1st Scots Guards 1st The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd The Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General E. S. Bulfin) 2nd The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st The Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd The King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. J. S. Landon) 1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st The South Wales Borderers 1st The Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd The Welch Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General N. D. Findlay) XXV Brigade RFA XXVI Brigade RFA XXXIX Brigade RFA XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 26th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 23rd Field Company, RE 26th Field Company, RE 2nd Division Major-General C. C. Monro 4th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr) 2nd Grenadier Guards 2nd Coldstream Guards 3rd Coldstream Guards 1st Irish Guards 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General Richard Haking) 2nd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd The Highland Light Infantry 2nd The Connaught Rangers 6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General R. H. Davies) 1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd The South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st The King's Royal Rifle Corps Artillery (Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval) XXXIV Brigade RFA XXXVI Brigade RFA XLI Brigade RFA XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 35th Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 5th Field Company, RE 11th Field Company, RE === II Corps === Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General George Forestier-Walker Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General A. H. Short Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General A. E. Sandbach 3rd Division Major-General Hubert I. W. Hamilton 7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. W. N. McCracken) 3rd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1st The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Rifles 8th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General B. J. C. Doran) 2nd The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Regiment 4th The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st The Gordon Highlanders 9th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. C. Shaw) 1st The Northumberland Fusiliers 4th The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st The Lincolnshire Regiment 1st The Royal Scots Fusiliers Artillery (Brigadier-General F. D. V. Wing) XXIII Brigade RFA XL Brigade RFA XLII Brigade RFA XXX (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 48th Heavy Battery, RGA C Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 56th Field Company, RE 57th Field Company, RE 5th Division Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson 13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General G. J. Cuthbert) 2nd The King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 14th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General S. P. Rolt) 2nd The Suffolk Regiment 1st The East Surrey Regiment 1st The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd The Manchester Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. E. W. Count Gleichen) 1st The Norfolk Regiment 1st The Bedfordshire Regiment 1st The Cheshire Regiment 1st The Dorsetshire Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General J. E. W. Headlam) XV Brigade RFA XXVII Brigade RFA XXVIII Brigade RFA VIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 108th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 17th Field Company, RE 59th Field Company, RE === III Corps === Major-General W. P. Pulteney Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. P. Du Cane Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General E. J. Phipps-Hornby Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General F. M. Glubb 4th Division Major-General T. D'O. Snow 10th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General J. A. L. Haldane) 1st The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 1st Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2nd The Royal Dublin Fusiliers 11th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. G. Hunter-Weston) 1st Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st The East Lancashire Regiment 1st The Hampshire Regiment 1st The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 12th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson) 1st King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd The Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd The Essex Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General G. F. Milne) XIV Brigade RFA XXIX Brigade RFA XXXII Brigade RFA XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 31st Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 7th Field Company, RE 9th Field Company, RE 19th Infantry Brigade (Major-General L. G. Drummond) 2nd The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) === 1st Cavalry Division === Major-General Edmund Allenby 1st Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General C. J. Briggs) 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. de Lisle) 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hubert Gough) 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 16th (The Queen's) Lancers 4th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hon. C. E. Bingham) Household Cavalry Composite Regiment 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars Horse Artillery (Brigadier-General B. F. Drake) III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Field Squadron, RE === Army Troops === 1st The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st The Devonshire Regiment A Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, South Irish Horse 5th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 20th Hussars J Battery, RHA 4th Field Squadron, RE Royal Garrison Artillery No.

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First Battle of the Marne order of battle

The following units of the British, French and German Empires fought in the First Battle of the Marne from 5–12 September 1914 on the Western Front of World War I. == Comparative relevant military ranks == == British Expeditionary Force == Commander-in-Chief of the BEF: Field-Marshal Sir John French Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray Deputy Chief of Staff: Major-General Sir Henry Wilson Adjutant-General: Major-General Sir Nevil Macready Quartermaster-General: Major-General Sir William Robertson Deputy Adjutant-General: Major-General E. R. C. Graham Commander, Royal Artillery: Major-General W. F. L. Lindsay Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General G. H. Fowke Assistant Adjutant-General: Colonel A. E. J. Cavendish Assistant Quartermaster-General: Colonel C. T. Dawkins Operations Officer: Colonel G. M. Harper Intelligence Officer: Colonel G. M. W. Macdonogh === I Corps === Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. E. Gough Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General H. S. Horne Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General S. R. Rice 1st Division Major-General S. H. Lomax 1st (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General F. I. Maxse) 1st Coldstream Guards 1st Scots Guards 1st The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd The Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General E. S. Bulfin) 2nd The Royal Sussex Regiment 1st The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st The Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd The King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. J. S. Landon) 1st The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st The South Wales Borderers 1st The Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd The Welch Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General N. D. Findlay) XXV Brigade RFA XXVI Brigade RFA XXXIX Brigade RFA XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 26th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 23rd Field Company, RE 26th Field Company, RE 2nd Division Major-General C. C. Monro 4th (Guards) Brigade (Brigadier-General Robert Scott-Kerr) 2nd Grenadier Guards 2nd Coldstream Guards 3rd Coldstream Guards 1st Irish Guards 5th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General Richard Haking) 2nd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd The Highland Light Infantry 2nd The Connaught Rangers 6th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General R. H. Davies) 1st The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd The South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st The King's Royal Rifle Corps Artillery (Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval) XXXIV Brigade RFA XXXVI Brigade RFA XLI Brigade RFA XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 35th Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 5th Field Company, RE 11th Field Company, RE === II Corps === Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General George Forestier-Walker Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General A. H. Short Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General A. E. Sandbach 3rd Division Major-General Hubert I. W. Hamilton 7th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. W. N. McCracken) 3rd The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1st The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Rifles 8th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General B. J. C. Doran) 2nd The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd The Royal Irish Regiment 4th The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st The Gordon Highlanders 9th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General F. C. Shaw) 1st The Northumberland Fusiliers 4th The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st The Lincolnshire Regiment 1st The Royal Scots Fusiliers Artillery (Brigadier-General F. D. V. Wing) XXIII Brigade RFA XL Brigade RFA XLII Brigade RFA XXX (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 48th Heavy Battery, RGA C Squadron, 15th (The King's) Hussars 56th Field Company, RE 57th Field Company, RE 5th Division Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson 13th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General G. J. Cuthbert) 2nd The King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1st The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 14th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General S. P. Rolt) 2nd The Suffolk Regiment 1st The East Surrey Regiment 1st The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd The Manchester Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. E. W. Count Gleichen) 1st The Norfolk Regiment 1st The Bedfordshire Regiment 1st The Cheshire Regiment 1st The Dorsetshire Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General J. E. W. Headlam) XV Brigade RFA XXVII Brigade RFA XXVIII Brigade RFA VIII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 108th Heavy Battery, RGA A Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 17th Field Company, RE 59th Field Company, RE === III Corps === Major-General W. P. Pulteney Chief of Staff: Brigadier-General J. P. Du Cane Commander, Royal Artillery: Brigadier-General E. J. Phipps-Hornby Commander, Royal Engineers: Brigadier-General F. M. Glubb 4th Division Major-General T. D'O. Snow 10th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General J. A. L. Haldane) 1st The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 1st Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2nd The Royal Dublin Fusiliers 11th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. G. Hunter-Weston) 1st Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st The East Lancashire Regiment 1st The Hampshire Regiment 1st The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 12th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson) 1st King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd The Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd The Essex Regiment Artillery (Brigadier-General G. F. Milne) XIV Brigade RFA XXIX Brigade RFA XXXII Brigade RFA XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade RFA 31st Heavy Battery, RGA B Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 7th Field Company, RE 9th Field Company, RE 19th Infantry Brigade (Major-General L. G. Drummond) 2nd The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1st The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) === 1st Cavalry Division === Major-General Edmund Allenby 1st Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General C. J. Briggs) 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 2nd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. de Lisle) 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hubert Gough) 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 16th (The Queen's) Lancers 4th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Hon. C. E. Bingham) Household Cavalry Composite Regiment 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars Horse Artillery (Brigadier-General B. F. Drake) III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery 1st Field Squadron, RE === Army Troops === 1st The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1st The Devonshire Regiment A Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, North Irish Horse B Squadron, South Irish Horse 5th Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier-General Sir Philip Chetwode) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 20th Hussars J Battery, RHA 4th Field Squadron, RE Royal Garrison Artillery No.

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