Order of battle at Mons
The following units of the German First Army and British Expeditionary Force fought in the Battle of Mons in World War I.
German First Army[edit]
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First Army, commanded by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck
II Army Corps[edit]
- 30th Aviation Battalion
- 15th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 3rd Artillery Brigade
- 3rd Horse Grenadiers
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Regiment
- 9th Grenadier Regiment
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 34th Fusilier Regiment
- 42nd Infantry Regiment
- 4th Artillery Brigade
- 12th Dragoons
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Regiment
- 149th Infantry Regiment
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 49th Infantry Regiment
- 140th Infantry Regiment
III Army Corps[edit]
- 7th Aviation Battalion
- 2nd Guard Foot Artillery (heavy)
- 3rd Hussars
- 5th Artillery Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 8th Leib Grenadier Regiment
- 48th Infantry Regiment
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Grenadier Regiment
- 52nd Infantry Regiment
- 6th Artillery Brigade
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 20th Infantry Regiment
- 35th Fusilier Regiment
- 12th Infantry Brigade
- 24th Infantry Regiment
- 64th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Jaeger Battalion
IV Army Corps[edit]
- 9th Aviation Battalion
- 4th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 10th Hussars
- 7th Artillery Brigade
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 26th Infantry Regiment
- 66th Infantry Regiment
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 27th Infantry Regiment
- 165th Infantry Regiment
- 8th Artillery Brigade
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 36th Fusilier Regiment
- 93rd Infantry Regiment
- 16th Infantry Brigade
- 72nd Infantry Regiment
- 153rd Infantry Regiment
- 4th Jaeger Battalion
IX Army Corps[edit]
- 9th Aviation Battalion
- 20th Foot Artillery Regiment (heavy)
- 16th Dragoons
- 17th Artillery Brigade
- 33rd Infantry Brigade
- 75th Infantry Regiment
- 76th Infantry Regiment
- 34th Infantry Brigade
- 89th Grenadier Regiment
- 90th Fusilier Regiment
- 9th Jaeger Battalion
- 18th Artillery Brigade
- 35th Infantry Brigade
- 84th Infantry Regiment
- 86th Fusilier Regiment
- 36th Infantry Brigade
- 31st Infantry Regiment
- 85th Infantry Regiment
III Reserve Corps[edit]
- 2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
- 9th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 8th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 48th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 10th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 12th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 52nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 6th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
- 11th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 20th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 24th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 12th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 26th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 35th Reserve Infantry Regiment
IV Reserve Corps[edit]
- 1st Reserve Schwere Reiter Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 7th Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
- 13th Reserve Brigade
- 27th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 36th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 14th Reserve Brigade
- 66th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 72nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 4th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
- 1st Reserve Jäger zu Pferde Regiment (3 squadrons)
- 22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 batteries)
- 43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 71st Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 94th Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 11th Reserve Jaeger Battalion
- 44th Reserve Infantry Brigade
- 32nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
- 82nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
10th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- 12th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
- 52nd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
11th Mixed Landwehr Brigade
- 20th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
- 35th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
27th Landwehr Brigade
- 53rd Landwehr Infantry Regiment
- 55th Landwehr Infantry Regiment
Composite Landwehr Cavalry Unit (3 squadrons) Composite Lansturm Artillery Unit (2 batteries)
Army Troops
- 12th Aviation Battalion
British Expeditionary Force[edit]
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British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French
Army Troops
- A and C Squadrons North Irish Horse
- B Squadron South Irish Horse
- 1st Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Line of communications defence troops
- 1st Devonshire
- 19th Infantry Brigade (formed 22 August 1914)
- 2nd Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- 1st Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1st Bn Duke of Cambridge’s Own
- 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
I Corps[edit]
I Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig
- 1st Guards Brigade
- 1st Coldstream Guards
- 1st Scots Guards
- 1st Black Watch
- 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 1st Royal West Surrey Regiment
- 1st South Wales Borderers
- 1st Gloucestershire Regiment
- 2nd Welsh
- XXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 113th Battery
- 114th Battery
- 115th Battery
- XXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 116th Battery
- 117th Battery
- 118th Battery
- XXXIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 46th Battery
- 51st Battery
- 54th Battery
- XLIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 30th (H) Battery
- 40th (H) Battery
- 57th (H) Battery
- 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
- 4th Guards Brigade
- 2nd Grenadier Guards
- 2nd Coldstream Guards
- 3rd Coldstream Guards
- 1st Irish Guards
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Worcestershire
- 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- 2nd Highland Light Infantry
- 2nd Connaught Rangers
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Liverpool Regiment
- 2nd South Staffordshire
- 1st Royal Berkshire
- 1st Kings Royal Rifle Corps
- XXXIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 22nd Battery
- 50th Battery
- 70th Battery
- XXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 15th Battery
- 48th Battery
- 71st Battery
- XLI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 9th Battery
- 16th Battery
- 17th Battery
- XLIV (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 47th (H) Battery
- 56th (H) Battery
- 60th (H) Battery
- 35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
II Corps[edit]
II Corps, commanded by General Horace Smith-Dorrien
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Bn Worcestershire Regiment
- 2nd Bn South Lancashire Regiment
- 1st Bn Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
- 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Royal Scots
- 2nd Royal Irish Regiment
- 4th Middlesex Regiment
- 1st Gordon Highlanders
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Northumberland Fusiliers
- 4th Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Lincolnshire
- 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers
- XXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 107th Battery
- 108th Battery
- 109th Battery
- XL Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 6th Battery
- 23rd Battery
- 49th Battery
- XLII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 29th Battery
- 41st Battery
- 45th Battery
- XXX (Howitzer) Brigade , Royal Field Artillery
- 128th (H) Battery
- 129th (H) Battery
- 130th (H) Battery
- 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
- 2nd Bn Duke of Wellington’s
- 1st Bn Royal West Kent
- 2nd Bn Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment
- 1st Bn East Surrey Regiment
- 1st Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 2nd Bn Manchester Regiment
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 1st Bn Norfolk Regiment
- 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
- 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
- 1st Bn Dorsetshire Regiment
- XV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 11th Battery
- 52nd Battery
- 80th Battery
- XXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 119th Battery
- 120th Battery
- 121st Battery
- XXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 122nd Battery
- 123rd Battery
- 124th Battery
- VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- 37th (H) Battery
- 61st (H) Battery
- 65th (H) Battery
- 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Cavalry Division[edit]
Cavalry Division, commanded by Major-General Edmund Allenby
- Artillery
Royal Flying Corps in the Field[edit]
Royal Flying Corps, commanded by Brigadier-General David Henderson
- 2nd Aeroplane Squadron (Charles Burke)
- 3rd Aeroplane Squadron (John Salmond)
- 4th Aeroplane Squadron (Raleigh)
- 5th Aeroplane Squadron (John Frederick Andrews Higgins)
- 1st Aircraft Park (Carden)
Sources[edit]
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (August 2015) |
- Bell, Ron. “The Old Contemptibles.” Strategy & Tactics, Number 228 (May/June 2005).
- Terraine, John. Mons, The Retreat to Victory. Wordsworth. pp. 200–202