![]() ![]() Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Claud Jacob Fifth Army: The Reserve Army was renamed the Fifth Army on 30 October 1916. ![]() Army Commander: General Sir Hubert Gough Reserve Army: The Reserve Army was formed on and took over VIII and X Corps from the Fourth Army on 4 July 1916, during the Battle of Albert.Army Commander: General Sir Henry Rawlinson. Fourth Army: The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February 1916.Third Army: Army Commander: General Sir Edmund Allenby.British Expeditionary Force: Commander: General Sir Douglas Haig (since 10 December 1915).The 63rd Division ( Royal Naval Division) was made up from Naval Reserves and did not follow this numbering pattern. The 30th to 41st were New Army and the 42nd to 74th were Territorial. The 27th to 29th Divisions were Regular army divisions made up from units recalled from garrisons around the empire. "New Army" divisions of Kitchener's Army raised after the outbreak of war were numbered 9th to 26th. Regular army divisions were numbered 1st to 8th. The number of battalions depended on the recruitment potential of the area from which the battalions were raised (the Dorsetshire Regiment raised eleven battalions, whilst the London Regiment managed to raise eighty-eight battalions). Territorial battalions raised second line battalions which would be numbered 2/4th, 2/5th and 2/6th, initially from men who declined to volunteer for overseas service. Amongst the terms of service in the Territorial Force, service outside the United Kingdom was voluntary. The 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions were normally Territorial Force battalions. In typical British county regiments, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regular army, the 3rd was the special reserve battalion which did not normally serve overseas but remained at home as the regimental depot and training unit, from which replacements were sent to the regular battalions. It was fought between French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley and vicinity in northern France.īackground British and Dominion forces The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the greatest engagements of the war. ![]() This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. ![]()
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