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This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France.
First Expeditionary Force
Other formations
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Major-General Ridley Pakenham Pakenham-Walsh
Major-General Harold Franklyn [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1]
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Lieutenant-General Michael Barker
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I Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
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I Corps Artillery Troops
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Major-General Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander
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Major-General Henry Charles Loyd
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Major-General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne
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Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke
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II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
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II Corps Artillery Troops
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Major-General Bernard Montgomery
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Major-General Dudley Johnson
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Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam[3]
III Corps Headquarters, Troops
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Commander Royal Engineers, III Corps
Commander Royal Artillery, III Corps
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Major-General Edmund Osborne
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On 10 May 1940, this force, which was really just the 51st Division reinforced by various small units, was part of the Colonial Army Corps of the French Third Army in front of the Maginot Line.
Units attached to the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division in April 1940 to form Saar Force
Major-General V. M. Fortune
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Major-General R. L. Petre[nb 4][5]
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Major-General W. N. Herbert[nb 4]
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Major-General H. O. Curtis[nb 4]
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Major-General Philip de Fonblanque[6]
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3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
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The following force was sent to France during the second week of June 1940 in an unsuccessful attempt to form a second British Expeditionary Force. This second formation was to be commanded by Lieutenant-General A. F. Brooke. All units were evacuated in late June 1940, during Operation Aerial.
Major-General J. S. Drew
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