British Army Structure in 1914

This is the British Army structure before the start of World War I. The structure will range from the Commands, to Divisions, Brigades, Regiments, and Battalions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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British Army Commands[edit]

British Army Commands c.1914:

Aldershot Command[edit]

Aldershot Command was the command group that had administrative command of the units based in or around Aldershot Garrison.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Aldershot
- 1st Infantry Division, at Aldershot under Major General Samuel Lomax
  - General Staff Officer, 1st Division - Colonel Robert Fanshawe
  - Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 1st Division - Lieutenant colonel N. J. G. Cameron
    - 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    - 1st Divisional Train
  - Brigadier general Commanding Royal Artillery, 1st Division - Brigadier general Neil Douglas Findlay
    - XXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
      - 113 Battery
      - 114 Battery
      - 115 Battery
      - XXVI Brigade Ammunition Column
    - XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
      - 116 Battery
      - 117 Battery
      - 118 Battery
      - XXVI Brigade Ammunition Column
    - XXXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
      - 46 (Talavera) Battery
      - 51 (Kabul) Battery
      - 54 Battery
      - XXXIX Brigade Ammunition Column
    - XLII Howitzer Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
      - 30 Howitzer Battery
      - 40 (Old Rooks) Howitzer Battery
      - 57 (Bhurtpore) Howitzer Battery
      - XLII Howitzer Brigade Ammunition Column
    - 26 Heavy Battery
      - 26 Heavy Battery Ammunition Column
  - Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Division - under Lieutenant colonel A. L. Schreiber
    - 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 1st Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers
  - 1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade - under Brigadier general Ivor Maxse
    - 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
    - 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
    - 1st Battalion, Black Watch
    - 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
  - 2nd Infantry Brigade - under Brigadier general Edward Bulfin
    - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
    - 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
    - 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
    - 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
  - 3rd Infantry Brigade - Brigadier general Herman Landon
    - 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
    - 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers
    - 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
    - 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment
  - Other Attached Units
    - 1st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
    - 2nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
    - 3rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
    - 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- 2nd Infantry Division
  - Headquarters - Aldershot
  - 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Royal Engineers Field Depot
  - Headquarters - Aldershot
  - 1st Field Park, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Field Park, Royal Engineers
  - 3rd Field Park, Royal Engineers
  - 4th Field Park, Royal Engineers
- 1st Bridging Train, Royal Engineers
- 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers

Eastern Command[edit]

Eastern Command had the administrative control over units based in; Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Woolwich.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Woolwich
- 4th Infantry Division
  - Headquarters - Woolwich
  - 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 2nd Bridging Train, Royal Engineers
- East Anglian Division
  - Headquarters - Warley
  - 1st East Anglian Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd East Anglian Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 3rd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 21st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- Essex Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers

Irish Command[edit]

Irish Command had the administrative control over units based in; Ireland was under direct control of General-Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Dublin
- General-Officer Commanding-in Chief the Forces in Ireland
  - 5th Infantry Division
    - Headquarters - The Curragh
    - 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 6th Infantry Division
    - Headquarters - Cork
    - 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
    - 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 14th Survey Company, Royal Engineers
  - 16th Coast Company, Royal Engineers
  - 33rd Fortress Company Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery

London District[edit]

London District had the administrative control over units based in London.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Horse Guards
- Home Counties Division
  - 1st Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 1st London Division
  - 1st London Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd London Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 2nd London Division
  - 3rd London Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 4th London Field Company, Royal Engineers
- London District Group
  - 1st Life Guards
  - 2nd Life Guards
  - Royal Horse Guards
  - 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards - on Ceremonial Duties
  - 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards - on Ceremonial Duties
  - 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards - on Ceremonial Duties
- London Electrical Engineers - Westminster
- A (1st City of London Horse Artillery) Battery, The Honourable Artillery Company
- B (2nd City of London Horse Artillery) Battery, The Honourable Artillery Company
- 26th (Honourable Artillery Company) Battalion, London Regiment
- 9th (Queen Victoria's County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment

Northern Command[edit]

Northern Command had the administrative control over units based in; Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Berwick-upon-Tweed.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - York
- North Midland Division
  - 1st North Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd North Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Northumbrian Division
  - 1st Northumbrian Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Northumbrian Field Company, Royal Engineers
- West Riding Division
  - 1st West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd West Riding Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 13th Survey Company, Royal Engineers
- 1st Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- 5th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- Durham Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- East Riding Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- North Riding Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- Tyne Electrical Engineers - North Shields

Scottish Command[edit]

Scottish Command had the administrative control over units based in Scotland.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Edinburgh
- Highland Division
  - 1st Highland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Highland Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Lowland Division
  - 1st Lowland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Lowland Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 49th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 3rd Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- 6th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- 7th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- City of Aberdeen Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- City of Dundee Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- City of Edinburgh Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- 1st Brigade Royal Field Artillery - Edinburgh

Southern Command[edit]

Southern Command had the administrative control over units based in; Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon, Somersetshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Salisbury
- 3rd Infantry Division
  - Headquarters - Bulford
  - 56th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- South Midland Division
  - 1st South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd South Midland Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Wessex Division
  - 4th (1st Rifle Volunteers) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
  - 5th (Prince of Wales') Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
  - 6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
  - 1st Wessex Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd Wessex Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Royal Engineers
  - 8th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
  - 10th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
  - 4th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - 6th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Based in Guernsey and Alderney
  - 19th Survey Company, Royal Engineers
  - 20th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - 22nd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 29th Works LofC Company, Royal Engineers
  - 30th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - 34th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - at Guernsey
  - 39th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - 42nd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
  - Royal Alglesey Militia, Royal Engineers
    - 1st Siege Company
    - 2nd Siege Company
    - 3rd Railway Company
  - 4th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
  - 9th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
  - 10th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
  - Cinque Ports Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Cornwall Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Devonshire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Dorsetshire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Hampshire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Kent Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Sussex Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Wiltshire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
  - Royal Engineers Depot
    - Training Battalion (A-F Companies)
    - Depot Battalion (G, L, and M Depot Companies)
    - Royal School of Military Engineering
  - The Railway Depot, Royal Engineers
- Royal Artillery
  - Royal Garrison Artillery
  - Royal Field Artillery
    - 1st South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Western Command[edit]

Western Command had the administrative control over units based in;Wales, Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Manchester.^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Chester
- East Lancashire Division
  - 1st East Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd East Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers
- West Lancashire Division
  - 1st West Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - 2nd West Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers
- Welsh Division
  - Cheshire Field Company, Royal Engineers
  - Welsh Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 35th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 2nd Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- Royal Monmouthshire Militia, Royal Engineers
  - 1st Siege Company
  - 2nd Railway Company
  - 3rd Railway Company
- 8th Company, The Coast Battalion, Royal Engineers
- Glamorgan Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- Lancashire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers
- Renfrewshire Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers

Overseas Commands[edit]

British Forces Gibraltar[edit]

^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Devil's Tower Camp
- 1st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 15th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 32nd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 45th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

British Forces Africa[edit]

^{[citation needed]}

Headquarters - Cairo
- 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers - Egypt
- 36th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Sierra Leone
- 43rd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Mauritius
- 47th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - South Africa
- 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers - Potchefstroom
- 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers - Pretoria

British Forces in Canada[edit]

Headquarters - Ottawa
- 18th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

British Forces in Malta[edit]

Headquarters - Valletta
- 24th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
- 28th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

British Forces Asia[edit]

Headquarters - Hong Kong
- 25th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Hong Kong
- 31st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Ceylon
- 40th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Hong Kong
- 1/2 Company of 41st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers - Singapore
- I Depot Company, Royal Engineers - Ceylon

British Forces Bermuda[edit]

Headquarters - Bermuda
- 27th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers

British Indian Army and Pakistan[edit]

Headquarters - New Delhi
- H Depot Company, Royal Engineers
- 3rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery - Lahore
- 4th Brigade Royal Field Artillery - Meerut
- 5th Brigade Royal Field Artillery - Meerut

References[edit]

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↑ Fosten, Donald; Marrion, Robert (1978-10-26). The British Army 1914–18. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9780850452877. Search this book on
↑ Sheffield, Gary (2014-03-11). Command and Morale: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473834668. Search this book on
↑ Messenger, Charles (2015-04-30). Call to Arms: The British Army 1914-18. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 9781780227597. Search this book on

[1] Fosten, Donald; Marrion, Robert (1978-10-26). The British Army 1914–18. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9780850452877. Search this book on

[2] Sheffield, Gary (2014-03-11). Command and Morale: The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473834668. Search this book on

[3] Messenger, Charles (2015-04-30). Call to Arms: The British Army 1914-18. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 9781780227597. Search this book on

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