Ordine di battaglia della battaglia della Somme

Di seguito è descritto l'ordine di battaglia della battaglia della Somme (1º luglio-18 novembre 1916).

Forze britanniche e dei Dominion

Nei tipici reggimenti di contea britannici, il 1º e il 2º Battaglione erano formati da soldati regolari, mentre il 3º era il battaglione di riserva speciale che normalmente non serviva oltremare, rimanendo in patria come deposito reggimentale e come centro di addestramento delle unità da cui sarebbero stati presi i rinforzi da inviare ai due battaglioni "operativi". Il 4º, il 5º e il 6º erano normalmente battaglioni impiegati come forze territoriali. I battaglioni territoriali erano identificati come battaglioni di seconda linea e numerati apponendo un "2" prima dell'unità (ad esempio 2/4th battalion). Inizialmente le forze territoriali erano costituite da uomini che non volevano e non potevano essere obbligati a servire oltremare. Il numero di battaglioni dipendeva dal potenziale di reclutamento della zona dalla quale il battaglione veniva arruolato (ad esempio, il Dorsetshire Regiment reclutò 11 battaglioni, mentre il London Regiment riuscì a reclutarne 88).^[1]

Le divisioni dell'esercito regolare furono numerate da 1 a 8. Le divisioni arruolate attraverso il piano di reclutamento Kitchener furono numerate da 9 a 26. La 27ª e la 29ª Divisione erano divisioni dell'esercito regolare formate da unità richiamate dalle guarnigioni sparse nell'Impero britannico; quelle dalla 30ª alla 41ª provenivano anch'esse dal New Army, mentre erano divisioni territoriali quelle comprese tra la 42ª e la 74ª. La 63ª Divisione era invece un'unità della Royal Navy, composta da uomini appartenenti alla Riserva navale i cui servigi al momento non erano richiesti in mare.^[2]

Organizzazione delle armate e dei corpi d'armata

Struttura delle armate

British Expeditionary Force: Comandante: generale Sir Douglas Haig;^[3]
- Third Army: Comandante: generale Sir Edmund Allenby;^[3]
- Fourth Army: Comandante: generale Sir Henry Rawlinson. La Fourth Army era stata creata il 5 febbraio 1916;^[4]
- Reserve Army: Comandante: generale Sir Hubert Gough^[3]. La Reserve Army era stata creata il 23 maggio 1916 e vi furono accorpati il 4 luglio, durante la battaglia di Albert, l'VIII e il X Corpo d'armata provenienti dalla Fourth Army;^[5]
- Fifth Army. Ridenominazione della Reserve Army, avvenuta il 30 ottobre 1916.^[4]

Struttura dei corpi d'armata

II Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Claud Jacob;^[3]
III Corps. Comandante: maggior generale Henry Hudson;^[6], successivamente rimpiazzato dal generale William Pulteney;^[7]
V Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Evelyn Fanshawe;^[3]
VII Corps. Comandante: tenente generale SirThomas D'Oyly Snow;^[3]
VIII Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Aylmer Hunter-Weston;^[8]
X Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Sir Thomas Morland;^[3]
XIII Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Walter Norris Congreve;^[9]
XIV Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Frederick Lambart;^[3]
XV Corps. Comandante: tenente generale D.M.G. Campbell, sostituito dai pari grado Henry Home e J.P. du Cane;^[3]^[10]
Canadian Corps. Comandante: tenente generale Sir Julian Byng, I visconte Byng di Vimy;^[3]
ANZAC. Comandante: tenente generale Sir William Birdwood;^[11]
Machine Gun Corps.^[12]

Inoltre tre divisioni britanniche (11th, 38th, 2nd Division) furono distaccate presso la VI^e Armée durante le fasi iniziali della battaglia.^[13]^[14]

Formazioni per singola battaglia

Si faccia poi riferimento alla sezione chiamata "Divisioni" per associare ogni brigata, reggimento o battaglione alla propria divisione.^[15]

**Il colore indica il tipo di divisione**
Divisioni regolari del British Army o della Royal Navy	Divisioni del "New Army" arruolate attraverso il Piano di reclutamento Kitchener	Divisioni territoriali	Divisioni provenienti dai Dominion

Battaglia di Albert: 1-13 luglio 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	1st Division
		8th Division
		12th Division
		19th Division
		23rd Division
		34th Division
	VIII Corps	4th Division
		29th Division
		31st Division
		48th Division
	X Corps	12th Division
		25th Division
		32nd Division
		36th Division
		49th Division
	XIII Corps	3rd Division
		9th Division
		18th Division
		30th Division
		35th Division
	XV Corps	7th Division
		17th Division
		21st Division
		33rd Division
		38th Division
Reserve Army	Alla Reserve Army furono poi assegnati l'VIII e il X Corps, provenienti dalla Fourth Army^[5]

Attacco secondario al saliente di Gommecourt: 1º luglio 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Third Army	VII Corps	37th Division
		46th Division
		56th Division

Battaglia del crinale di Bazentin: 14-17 luglio 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	-	2nd Indian Cavalry Division
	II Corps	1st Division
		23rd Division
		34th Division^[16]
	XIII Corps	3rd Division
		9th Division
		18th Division
	XV Corps	7th Division
		21st Division
		33rd Division
Reserve Army	X Corps	25th Division
		32nd Division
		48th Division
		49th Division

Attacco secondario a Fromelles: 19 luglio 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
First Army	XI Corps	61st Division
First Army	XI Corps	5th Australian Division

Attacco secondario a High Wood: 20-25 luglio 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	19th Division
	XV Corps	5th Division
		7th Division
		33rd Division
		51st Division

Battaglia del Bosco Delville: 15 luglio-3 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	XIII Corps	2nd Division
		3rd Division
		9th Division
		18th (Eastern) Division
		24th Division
		53rd Brigade, 18th Division
	XIV Corps	20th Division
	XIV Corps	24th Division
	XV Corps	7th Division
	XV Corps	14th Division

Battaglia del crinale di Poziéres: 23 luglio-3 settembre 1916

Combattimenti per la Fattoria Mouquet

Armata	Corpo	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	1st Division
		15th Division
		19th Division
		23rd Division
		34th Division
Reserve Army	II Corps	12th Division
		25th Division
		48th Division
		49th Division
	1 ANZAC Corps	1st Australian Division
		2nd Australian Division
		4th Australian Division

Battaglia di Guillemont: 3-6 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	XIV Corps	5th Division
		16th Division
		20th Division
	XV Corps	7th Division
		24th Division
		55th Division

Battaglia di Ginchy: 9 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	XIV Corps	16th Division
	XIV Corps	56th Division
	XV Corps	55th Division

Battaglia di Flers-Courcelette: 15-22 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	Army Troops	1st Cavalry Division
	Army Troops	2nd Indian Cavalry Division
	III Corps	1st Division
		15th Division
		23rd Division
		47th Division
		50th Division
		103rd Brigade, 34th Division
	XIV Corps	Guards Division
		5th Division
		6th Division
		20th Division
		56th Division
	XV Corps	14th Division
		21st Division
		41st Division
		55th Division
		New Zealand Division
Reserve Army	II Corps	11th Division
	II Corps	49th Division
	Canadian Corps	1st Canadian Division
		2nd Canadian Division
		3rd Canadian Division

Battaglia di Morval: 25-28 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	1st Division
		23rd Division
		50th Division
	XIV Corps	Guards Division
		5th Division
		6th Division
		20th Division
		56th Division
	XV Corps	21st Division
		55th Division
		New Zealand Division

Battaglia di Thiepval: 26-28 settembre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Reserve Army	II Corps	11th Division
	II Corps	18th Division
	V Corps	39th Division
	Canadian Corps	1st Canadian Division
		2nd Canadian Division
		3rd Canadian Division

Battaglia del crinale di Le Transloy: 1º-18 ottobre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	9th Division
		15th Division
		23rd Division
		47th Division
		50th Division
	XIV Corps	4th Division
		6th Division
		20th Division
		56th Division
	XV Corps	12th Division
		21st Division
		30th Division
		41st Division
		New Zealand Division
		88th Brigade, 29th Division
Reserve Army	Canadian Corps	1st Canadian Division
		2nd Canadian Division
		3rd Canadian Division
		4th Canadian Division

Battaglia delle colline dell'Ancre: 1º-18 ottobre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Reserve Army	II Corps	18th Division
		19th Division
		25th Division
		39th Division
		4th Canadian Division
	V Corps	39th Division

Battaglia dell'Ancre: 1º-18 ottobre 1916

Armata	Corpo d'armata	Divisioni
Fourth Army	III Corps	48th Division
Fifth Army	II Corps	18th Division
		19th Division
		39th Division
		4th Canadian Division
	V Corps	2nd Division
		3rd Division
		32nd Division
		37th Division
		51st Division
		63rd Naval Division
	XIII Corps	31st Division
	XIII Corps	120th Brigade, 40th Division

Divisioni

Divisioni regolari del British Army e della Royal Navy

Guards Division	maggior generale Geoffrey Feilding^[3]
1st Guards Brigade	2nd Guards Brigade	3rd Guards Brigade
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards	3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards	1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards	1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards	4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards	1st Battalion, Scots Guards	2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
1st Battalion, Irish Guards	2nd Battalion, Irish Guards	1st Battalion, Welch Guards
Pioneers	4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards

1st Division	maggior generale Peter Strickland^[3]
1st Brigade	2nd Brigade	3rd Brigade
10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers
1st Battalion, Black Watch	1 Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment
1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifles Corps	2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
Pioneers	1/6th Battalion, Welch Regiment

2nd Division	maggior generale Cecil Pereira
5th Brigade	6th Brigade	99th Brigade
17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	2nd Battalion, Southern Staffordshire Regiment	23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	13th Battalion, Essex Regiment	1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Pioneers	10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

3rd Division	maggior generale Aylmer Haldane, successivamente maggior generale Cyril Deverell^[3]
8th Brigade	9th Brigade	76th Brigade
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots	1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment
8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers	13th Battalion, King's Regiment	10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Inf.	12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
Pioneers	20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

4th Division	maggior generale William Lambton^[3]
10th Brigade	11th Brigade	12th Brigade
1st Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment	1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry	1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders	1st Battalion, East Lancashires	2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers	1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers	1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade	2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Pioneers	21st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment

5th Division	maggior generale Reginald Stephens^[3]
13th Brigade	15th Brigade	95th Brigade
14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Devon Regiment
15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	1st Battalion, Bedford Regiment	1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment	1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Pioneers	1/6th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

6th Division	maggior generale Charles Ross^[3]
16th Brigade	18th Brigade	71st Brigade
1st Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)	1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment	11th Battalion, Essex Regiment	9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry	2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	1st Battalion, Leicester Regiment
2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment	14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Pioneers	11th Leicester Regiment

7th Division	maggior generale Herbert Watts^[3]
20th Brigade	22nd Brigade	91st Brigade
8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment	2nd Battalion, Queen's
9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment	1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Border Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers	21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment	22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Pioneers	24th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

8th Division	maggior generale Havelock Hudson
23rd Brigade	24th Brigade	25th Brigade
2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters	2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment	1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles	2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Pioneers	22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

29th Division	maggior generale Henry de Lisle
86th Brigade	87th Brigade	88th Brigade
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers	4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers	1st Battalion, Border Regiment	Royal Newfoundland Regiment Dominion di Terranova
Pioneers	2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

63rd (Royal Naval) Division^[17]	maggior generale George Forestier-Walker
188th (Royal Naval) Brigade	189th (Royal Naval) Brigade	190th Brigade
Anson Battalion	Drake Battalion	1/1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company
Howe Battalion	Hood Battalion	7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Royal Marine Battalion	Nelson Battalion	4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Royal Marine Battalion	Hawke Battalion	10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Divisioni del "New Army" arruolate attraverso il Piano di reclutamento Kitchener

9th (Scottish) Division^[18]	maggior generale W.T. Furse^[3]
26th Brigade	27th Brigade	South African Brigade
8th Battalion, Black Watch	11th Battalion, Royal Scots	1st South African Battalion (Cape)
9th Battalion, Seaforth	12th Battalion, Royal Scots	2nd South African Battalion (Natal & OFS)
5th Battalion, Camerons	6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers	3rd South African Battalion (Transvaal & Rhodesia)
10th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles	4th South African Battalion (Scottish)
Pioneers	9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders

11th (Northern) Division
32nd Brigade	33rd Brigade	34th Brigade
9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
6th Battalion, Green Howards	6th Battalion, Border Regiment	9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment	9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters	11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Pioneers	6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

12th (Eastern) Infantry Division	maggior generale A.B. Scott
35th Brigade	36th Brigade	37th Brigade
7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	6th Battalion, Queen's Regiment
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment	9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	6th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
9th Battalion, Essex Regiment	7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment	11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
Pioneers	5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment

14th (Light) Division
41st Brigade	42nd Brigade	43rd Brigade
7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	5th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regt	6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry	6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Lt.Inf.
7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	6th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.
8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	10th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Pioneers	11th Battalion, King's Regiment

15th (Scottish) Infantry Division	maggior generale F.W.N. McCracken^[3]
44th Brigade	45th Brigade	46th Brigade
9th Battalion, Black Watch	13th Battalion, Royal Scots	10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles
8th Battalion, Seaforth	6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusilers	7/8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders	6th Battalion, Camerons	10/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
7th Battalion, Camerons	11th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	12/11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
Pioneers	9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

16th (Irish) Division
47th Brigade	48th Brigade	49th Brigade
6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment	7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles	7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers	1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
7th Battalion, Leinster Regiment	8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers	7th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
8th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers	9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
Pioneers	11th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

17th (Northern) Division
50th Brigade	51st Brigade	52nd Brigade
10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	7th Battalion, Border Regiment	10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
7th Battalion, Green Howards	8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
6th Battalion, Dorset Regiment	10th Battalion, Sherwood Forest Regiment	12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Pioneers	7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

18th (Eastern) Division	maggior generale Ivor Maxse^[19]
53rd Brigade	54th Brigade	55th Brigade
8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment	11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	7th Battalion, Queen's Regiment
8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment	7th Battalion, Bedford Regiment	7th Battalion, Buffs
10th Battalion, Essex Regiment	8th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment	8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment	12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
Pioneers	8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

19th (Western) Division	maggior generale G.T.M. Bridges^[3]
56th Brigade	57th Brigade	58th Brigade
7th Battalion, Kings Own	10th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment	9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment	8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment	9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment	10th Battalion, Worcesters	9th Battalion, Welch Regiment
7th Battalion, North Lancashire Regiment	8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment	6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
Pioneers	5th Battalion, South Wales Border Regiment

20th (Light) Division
59th Brigade	60th Brigade	61st Brigade
10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	6th Battalion, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Lt. Regt	7th Battalion, Somerset Lt.Inf.
11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	6th Battalion, King's Stropshire Lt. Inf.	7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Lt.Inf.
10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	7th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.
11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	12th Battalion, King's Regiment
Pioneers	11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

21st Division
62nd Brigade	63rd Brigade	64th Brigade
12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.
13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Somerset Regiment	10th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Lt.Inf.
1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	12th Bn, Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshires	14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
10th Bn, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt	10th Bn, York and Lancaster Regiment	15th Bn, Durham Light Infantry
Pioneers	14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
110th Brigade	La 110th Brigade sostituì la 63rd Brigade nel luglio 1916^[20]
6th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment	7th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment	8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

23rd Division	maggior generale J.M. Babington^[3]
68th Brigade	69th Brigade	70th Brigade
10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Green Howards	8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	9th Battalion, Green Howards	8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment	9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
Pioneers	9th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

24th Division
17th Brigade	72nd Brigade	73rd Brigade
8th Battalion, Buffs	8th Battalion, Queen's Regiment	9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment	7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regt.	13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade	1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regt.	2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment
Pioneers	12th Battalion, Sherwood Foreseter Regiment

25th Division	maggior generale E.G.T. Bainbridge^[21]
7th Brigade	74th Brigade	75th Brigade
10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
3rd Battalion, Worcester Regiment	13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	8th Battalion, Border Regiment
8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles Regiment	8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Pioneers	6th Battalion, South Wales Border Regiment

30th Division	brigadier generale F.C. Stanley^[22]
21st Brigade	89th Brigade	90th Brigade
18th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment	17th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	16th Battalion (1st City) Manchester Regiment
19th Battalion (4th City) Manchester Regiment	19th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	17th Battalion (2nd City) Manchester Regiment
2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regt	20th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	18th Battalion (3rd City) Manchester Regiment
2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Pioneers	11th Battalion (St.Helens Pioneers) Prince of Wales's Volunteers

31st Division
92nd Brigade	93rd Brigade	94th Brigade
10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	11th Battalion, East Lancaster Regiment
11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment
12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	13th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment
13th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	14th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment
Pioneers	12th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment

32nd Division
14th Brigade	96th Brigade	97th Brigade
19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	11th Battalion, Border Regiment
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment	15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf.
2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment	16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
Pioneers	17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

33rd Division
98th Brigade	100th Brigade	19th Brigade
4th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment	2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	1/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry	1/5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Pioneers	18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

34th Division	maggior generale E.G. Ingouville-Williams (ucciso), sostituito dal maggior generale C.L. Nicholson^[3]
101st Brigade	102nd Tyneside Scottish Brigade	103rd Tyneside Scottish Brigade
15th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment	20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
16th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment	21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
10th Battalion, Lincoln Regiment	22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment	23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Pioneers	18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

35th (Bantam) Division
104th Brigade	105th Brigade	106th Brigade
17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	17th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment
18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment	17th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
20th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	14th Battalion, Gloster Regiment	19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment	15th Battalion, Sherwood Foreseter Regiment	18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
Pioneers	19th Battalion, Nothumberland Fusiliers

36th (Ulster) Division
107th Brigade	108th Brigade	109th Brigade
8th Bn, (East Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles	9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers	9th Bn (County Tyrone), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
9th Bn, (West Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles	12th Bn (Central Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles	10th Bn (Derry), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
10th Bn, (South Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles	2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles	11th Bn (Donegal and Fermanagh), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
11th Bn. (South Antrim), Royal Irish Rifles	14th Bn (Young Citizens), Royal Irish Rifles	15th Bn, (North Belfast), Royal Irish Rifles
Pioneers

37th Division
110th Brigade	111th Brigade	112th Brigade
6th Battalion, Leicester Regiment	10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	11th Battalion, Royal Warwick Regiment
7th Battalion, Leicester Regiment	13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	6th Battalion, Bedford Regiment
8th Battalion, Leicester Regiment	13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
9th Battalion, Leicester Regiment	13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Pioneers	9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment

38th (Welsh) Division
113th Brigade	114th Brigade	115th Brigade
13th Bn, (1st North Wales), Royal Welch Fusiliers	10th Battalion (1st Rhondda), Welch Regiment	17th Bn, (2nd North Wales), Royal Welch Fusiliers
14th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers	13th Battalion (2nd Rhondda), Welch Regiment	10th Bn, (1st Gwent), South Wales Borderers
15th Bn, (1st London Welsh), Royal Welch Fusiliers	14th Battalion (Swansea), Welch Regiment	11th Bn, (2nd Gwent), South Wales Borderers
16th Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers	15th Battalion (Carmarthenshire), Welch Regiment	16th Bn, (Cardiff City), Welch Regiment
Pioneers	19th Battalion (Glamorgan Pioneers), Welsh Regiment

39th Division	maggior generale Sir Charles Monro
116th Brigade	117th Brigade	118th Brigade
11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters	1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	17th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters	1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment	17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps	1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment
14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment	16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade	4/5th Battalion, Black Watch
Pioneers	13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

41st Division
122nd Brigade	123rd Brigade	124th Brigade
12th Bn, East Surrey Regiment^[23]	11th Bn, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt	10th Bn, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt
15th Bn, Hampshire Regiment^[24]	10th Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment^[25]	26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
11th Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment^[26]	23rd Bn, Middlesex Regiment^[27]	32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
18th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps^[28]	20th Bn, Durham Light Infantry^[29]	21st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps^[30]
Pioneers	19th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment^[31]

Divisioni territoriali

46th (North Midland) Infantry Division	maggior generale Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley^[3]
137th Brigade	138th Brigade	139th Brigade
1/5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
1/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	1/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
1/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment	1/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment	1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
1/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment	1/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Pioneers	1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

47th 1/2nd London Division	maggior generale Sir C. St L. Barter (rilevato), successivamente maggior generale G.K Gorringe^[3]
140th Brigade	141st Brigade	142nd Brigade
1/6th Battalion, London Regiment^[32]	1/17th Battalion, London Regiment^[33]	1/21st Battalion, London Regiment^[34]
1/7th Battalion, London Regiment^[32]	1/18th Battalion, London Regiment^[35]	1/22nd Battalion, London Regiment^[36]
1/8th Battalion, London Regiment^[37]	1/19th Battalion, London Regiment^[38]	1/23rd Battalion, London Regiment
1/15th Battalion, London Regiment^[39]	1/20th Battalion, London Regiment^[40]	1/24th Battalion, London Regiment^[36]
Pioneers	1st Battalion, 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers

48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
143rd Brigade (Warwickshire)	144th Brigade (Gloucester and Worcester)	145th Brigade (South Midland)
1/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt.	1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt
1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment	1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Lt. Inf.
1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	1/1st Battalionn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Lt. Inf.
1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	1/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Pioneers	1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
146th Brigade	147th Brigade	148th Brigade
1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	1/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	1/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	1/4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regt.
1/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment	1/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment	1/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regt.
Pioneers	3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (sostituito dal 19th Battalion dei Lancashire Fusiliers il 6 agosto 1916)

50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
149th Brigade	150th Brigade	151st Brigade
1/4th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	1/4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment	1/6th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf
1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	1/4th Bn, Green Howards	1/8th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf
1/6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	1/5th Bn, Green Howards	1/9th Battalion, Durham Lt Inf
1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers	1/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry	1/5th Battalion, Border Regiment
Pioneers	1/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

51st (Highland) Infantry Division	maggior generale George Montague Harper
152nd (1st Highland) Brigade	153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade	154th (3rd Highland) Brigade
1/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders^[41]	1/6th Battalion, Black Watch	1/4th Bn, Seaforth Highlanders^[42]
1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders^[43]	1/7th Battalion, Black Watch^[44]	1/4th Bn, Gordon Highlanders
1/8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders^[45]	1/5th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders^[46]	1/9th Bn, Royal Scots^[47]
1/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders^[48]	1/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders^[49]	1/7th Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Pioneers

55th (West Lancashire) Division
164th (North Lancashire) Brigade	165th (Liverpool) Brigade	166th (South Lancashire) Brigade
1/4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment	1/5th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.
1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	1/6th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	1/10th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regt.
1/8th (Irish) Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	1/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers
2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers	1/9th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment	1/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Pioneers	1/4th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

56th (London) Infantry Division
167th Brigade	168th Brigade	169th Brigade
1/1st Battalion, London Regiment	1/4th Battalion, London Regiment	1/2nd Battalion, London Regiment
1/3rd Battalion, London Regiment	1/12th (London Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment	1/5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment
1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	1/13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment	1/9th (Queen's Victoria Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment	1/14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment	1/16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment
Pioneers	1/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

Divisioni dei Dominion

2nd Indian Cavalry Division	maggior generale G. A. Cookson
5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade	3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade	9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons	13th Hussars	7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)	3rd Skinner's Horse	20th Deccan Horse
38th King George's Own Central India Horse	18th King George's Own Lancers	34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse

Canadian Cavalry Brigade	(alle dipendenze della 2nd Indian Cavalry Division)
Royal Canadian Dragoons	Lord Strathcona's Horse	Fort Garry Horse
Canadian Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

New Zealand Division^[50]	maggior generale Andrew Hamilton Russell^[3]
1st New Zealand Brigade	2nd New Zealand Brigade	3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
1st Auckland Battalion	2nd Auckland Battalion	1st Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
1st Canterbury Battalion	2nd Canterbury Battalion	2nd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
1st Otego Battalion	2nd Otego Battalion	3rd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
1st Wellington Battalion	2nd Wellington Battalion	4th Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
Pioneers	New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

1st Canadian Division	maggior generale A.W. Currie^[3]
1st Brigade	2nd Brigade	3rd Brigade
1st Battalion (Ontario)	5th Battalion (Western Cavalry)	13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders)
2nd Battalion (East Ontario)	7th Battalion (1st British Columbia)	14th Battalion (Royal Montreal)
3rd Battalion (Toronto)	8th Battalion (90th Rifles)	15th Battalion (48th Highlanders)
4th Battalion	10th Battalion	16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish)
Pioneers	1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion

2nd Canadian Division	maggior generale R.E.W. Turner^[3]
4th Brigade	5th Brigade	6th Brigade
18th (West Ontario) Battalion	22nd (Canadien Francaise) Battalion	27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion
19th (Central Ontario) Battalion	24th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion	28th (North West) Battalion
20th (Central Ontario) Battalion	25h (Nova Scotia Rifles) Battalion	29th (Vancouver) Battalion
21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion	26th (New Brunswick) Battalion	31st (Alberta) Battalion
Pioneers	2st Canadian Pioneer Battalion

3rd Canadian Division
7th Brigade	8th Brigade	9th Brigade
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles	43rd (Cameron Highlanders) Battalion
Royal Canadian Regiment	2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles	52nd (North Ontario) Battalion
42nd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion	4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles	58th (Central Ontario) Battalion
49th (Edmonton) Battalion	5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles	60th (Victoria Rifles) Battalion
Pioneers	3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion

4th Canadian Division
10th Brigade	11th Brigade	12th Brigade
44th Battalion	54th (Kootenay) Battalion	38th (Ottawa) Battalion
46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion	75th (Mississauga) Battalion	72nd (Seaforth Highlanders) Battalion
47th (British Columbia) Battalion	87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion	73rd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion
50th (Calgary) Battalion	102nd Battalion	78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Battalion
Pioneers	67th Canadian Pioneer Battalion

1st Division (Australia)	maggior generale Harold Bridgwood Walker
1st (New South Wales) Brigade	2nd (Victoria) Brigade	3rd Brigade
1st Battalion	5th Battalion	9th (Queensland) Battalion
2nd Battalion	6th Battalion	10th (South Australia) Battalion
3rd Battalion	7th Battalion	11th (West Australia) Battalion
4th Battalion	8th Battalion	12th (S and W Australia) Battalion
Pioneers	1st Australian Pioneer Battalion

2nd Division (Australia)	maggior generale James Gordon Legge^[3]
5th (New South Wales) Brigade	6th (Victoria) Brigade	7th Brigade
17th Battalion	21st Battalion	25th (Queensland) Battalion
18th Battalion	22nd Battalion	26th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion
19th Battalion	23rd Battalion	27th (South Australia) Battalion
20th Battalion	24th Battalion	28th (West Australia) Battalion
Pioneers	2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion

4th Division (Australia)	maggior generale Sir Herbert Cox^[3]
4th Brigade	12th Brigade	13th Brigade
13th (New South Wales) Battalion	45th (New South Wales) Battalion	49th (Queensland) Battalion
14th (Victoria) Battalion	46th (Victoria) Battalion	50th (South Australia & Tasmania) Battalion
15th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion	47th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion	51st (West Australia) Battalion
16th (South & West Australia) Battalion	48th (South & West Australia) Battalion	52nd (West & South Australia, Tasmania) Battalion
Pioneers	4th Australian Pioneer Battalion

5th Division (Australia)	maggior generale James Whiteside McCay^[3]
8th Brigade	14th (New South Wales) Brigade	15th (Victoria) Brigade
29th (Victoria) Battalion	53rd Battalion	57th Battalion
30th (New South Wales) Battalion	54th Battalion	58th Battalion
31st (Queensland & Victoria) Battalion	55th Battalion	59th Battalion
32nd (South & West Australia) Battalion	56th Battalion	60th Battalion
Pioneers	5th Australian Pioneer Battalion

Royal Flying Corps

Le forze francesi

La maggioranza delle divisioni francesi erano strutturate su tre reggimenti, ognuno dei quali si articolava, a sua volta, in tre battaglioni. Durante la battaglia di Verdun il tenente generale Philippe Pétain aveva fatto ruotare molte divisioni durante lo svolgimento dello scontro e così, sulla Somme, arrivarono molte divisioni che solo lì ricevettero il battesimo del fuoco.

Organizzazione delle armate e dei corpi d'armata

Di seguito vi è la lista delle armate, dei corpi d'armata e delle divisioni francesi che presero parte allo scontro.^[51]

Struttura delle armate

Groupe d'armées du Nord: Comandante: generale Ferdinand Foch
- VIe Armée: Comandante: generale Marie Émile Fayolle
- Xe Armée: Comandante: generale Joseph Alfred Micheler

Struttura dei corpi d'armata

1er Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Adolphe Guillaumat
2e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Denis Auguste Duchêne
5e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy
6e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Marie Jean Auguste Paulinier
7e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Georges de Bazelaire
9e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Horace Fernand Achille Pentel
11e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Charles Mangin
20e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generali Georges Prosper Anne Claret de la Touche e Émile Alexis Mazillier
21e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Paul André Maistre
30e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Paul Chrétien
32e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generali Henri Mathias Berthelot e Marie-Eugène Debeney
33e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Alphonse Nudant
35e Corps d'armée. Comandante: generale Charles Jacquot
1e Corps d'armée colonial. Comandante: generale Pierre Berdoulat
2e Corps d'armée colonial. Comandante: generale Ernest Blondlat
1er Corps de cavalerie. Comandante: generale Louis Conneau
2e Corps de cavalerie. Comandante: generale Antoine de Mitry

Divisioni di fanteria

1^re Division d'infanterie
2^e Division d'infanterie
3^e Division d'infanterie
4^e Division d'infanterie
10^e Division d'infanterie
11^e Division d'infanterie
12^e Division d'infanterie
13^e Division d'infanterie
14^e Division d'infanterie
17^e Division d'infanterie
18^e Division d'infanterie
20^e Division d'infanterie
25^e Division d'infanterie
26^e Division d'infanterie
39^e Division d'infanterie
41^e Division d'infanterie
42^e Division d'infanterie
43^e Division d'infanterie
45^e Division d'infanterie
46^e Division d'infanterie
47^e Division d'infanterie
48^e Division d'infanterie
51^e Division d'infanterie
53^e Division d'infanterie
56^e Division d'infanterie
61^e Division d'infanterie
62^e Division d'infanterie
66^e Division d'infanterie
70^e Division d'infanterie
72^e Division d'infanterie
77^e Division d'infanterie
120^e Division d'infanterie
121^e Division d'infanterie
125^e Division d'infanterie
127^e Division d'infanterie
132^e Division d'infanterie
152^e Division d'infanterie
153^e Division d'infanterie
1^re Division marocaine
2^e Division d'infanterie coloniale
3^e Division d'infanterie coloniale
10^e Division d'infanterie coloniale
15^e Division d'infanterie coloniale
16^e Division d'infanterie coloniale

Divisioni di cavalleria

1^re Division de cavalerie
2^e Division de cavalerie
3^e Division de cavalerie
4^e Division de cavalerie

Le forze tedesche: la 2. Armee

Comandante del gruppo d'armate: Max von Gallwitz
Comandante: General der Infanterie Fritz von Below
Capo di stato maggiore: generale Erich von Falkenhayn (fino al 28 agosto 1916), successivamente generale Paul von Hindenburg

Garde Division

2. Armee: generale Fritz von Below
3. Garde-Division	Guarde-Füsilier-Regiment	Lehr-Regiment	Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 9
3. Garde-Division	5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß	Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 5	Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 93

Divisioni di linea

Divisioni di linea
5. Division	Grenadier Regiment 8	Grenadier Regiment No. 12	Regiment 52
6. Division	Regiment 20	Regiment 24	Regiment 64
7. Division	Regiment 26	Regiment 27	Regiment 165
8. Division	Regiment 72	Regiment 93	Regiment 153
12. Division	Regiment 23	Regiment 62	Regiment 63
16. Division	Regiment 28	Regiment 29	Regiment 68 and 69
24. Division	Regiment 133	Regiment 139	Regiment 179
26. Division(Württemberg)	Grenadier Regiment 119	Regiment 121	Regiment 125
27. Division	Regiment 120	Grenadier Regiment 123	Regiment 124 e 127
38. Division	Regiment 94	Regiment 95	Regiment 96
40. Division	Regiment 104	Regiment 134	Regiment 181
52. Division	Regiment 66 (3rd Magdeburg)	Regiment 169	Regiment 170
56. Division	Füsilier-Regiment 35	Regiment 88	Regiment 118
58. Division	Regiment 106	Regiment 107	Reserve-Regiment 120
111. Division	Füsilier-Regiment 20	Regiment 76	Regiment 164
117. Division	Regiment 157	Reserve-Regiment 11	Reserve-Regiment 22
183. Division	Regiment 183	Regiment 184	Reserve-Regiment 122
185. Division	Regiment 185	Regiment 186	Regiment 190
208. Division	Regiment 25	Regiment 185	Reserve-Regiment 65
222. Division	Regiment 193	Regiment 397	Reserve-Regiment 81
223. Division	Regiment 144	Regiment 173	Ersatz-Regiment 29
4. Ersatz Division	Regiment 359	Regiment 360	Regiment 361 & 362
5. Ersatz Division	Landwehr-Regiment 73	Landwehr-Regiment 74	Reserve Ersatz Regiment 3
2. Königlich Bayerische Division	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 12	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 15	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 20
3. Königlich Bayerische Division	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 17	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 18	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 23
4. Königlich Bayerische Division	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 5	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 9	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 5
5. Königlich Bayerische Division	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 7	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 14	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 19 & 21
6. Königlich Bayerische Division	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 6	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 10	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 11 & 13
10. Königlich Bayerische Division^[52]	Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 16	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 6	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 8
Marine-Brigade	Marine Regiment 1	Marine Regiment 2	Marine Regiment 3

Garde-Reserve-Divisionen

Reserve Guards Divisions^[53]
1. Garde-Reserve-Division	1. Garde-Reserve-Regiment	2. Garde-Reserve-Regiment	64. Garde-Reserve-Regiment
2. Garde-Reserve-Division^[52]	15. Garde-Reserve-Regiment	55. Garde-Reserve-Regiment	Garde-Reserve-Regiment Nr. 77 & 91

Divisioni di fanteria della riserva

Reserve-Infanterie-Divisionen^[53]
7. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 36	Reserve-Regiment 66	Reserve-Regiment 72
12. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 23	Reserve-Regiment 38	Reserve-Regiment 51
17. Reserve-Division	Regiment 162	Regiment 163	Reserve-Regiment 75 & 76
18. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 31	Reserve-Regiment 84	Reserve-Regiment 86
19. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 73	Reserve-Regiment 78	Reserve-Regiment 79 & 92
23. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Grenadier-Regiment 101	Reserve-Regiment 101	Reserve-Regiment 102
24. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 101	Reserve-Regiment 107	Reserve-Regiment 133
26. Reserve-Division^[52]	Infanterie-Regiment 180 (10. Württemburg)	Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 99	Reserve Infanterie-Regiment 119 & 121
28. Reserve-Division^[52]	Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 109	Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 110	Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 111
45. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 210	Reserve-Regiment 211	Reserve-Regiment 212
50. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 229	Reserve-Regiment 230	Reserve-Regiment 231
51. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 233	Reserve-Regiment 234	Reserve-Regiment 235 & 236
52. Reserve-Division	Reserve-Regiment 238	Reserve-Regiment 239	Reserve-Regiment 240
6. Bayerisches Reserve-Division	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 16	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 17	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 20 & 21
Bayerisches Ersatz-Division	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 14	Bayerisches Reserve-Regiment 15	Ersatz-Regiment 28
89. Reserve-Brigade		Reserve-Regiment 209	Reserve-Regiment 213

Note

^ Hart, p. 42.
^ Hart, p. 43.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad (EN) The Western Front Association (WFA) - Order Of Battle For The Somme July - November 1916, su westernfrontassociation.com. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 26 gennaio 2013).
^ ^a ^b Liddle, p. 175.
^ ^a ^b Liddle, p. 174.
^ Hart, p. 164.
^ Hart, p. 385.
^ Hart p. 132.
^ Hart p. 184.
^ Liddell Hart p. 322.
^ Hart p. 308.
^ Keegan p. 320.
^ Doughty, p. 291.
^ Hart, p. 209 e appendice B.
^ Report.
^ Liddle, p. 176. La 102nd e la 103rd Infantry Brigade, appartenenti alla 34th Division, registrarono perdite pesantissime durante la battaglia di Albert e, perciò, furono affiancate dalla 111th e la 112th Infantry Brigade, appartenenti alla 37th Division del IV Corpo d'armata, First Army. Le prime due brigate poterono così concentrarsi sul crinale di Vimy, mentre la 111th e la 112th combatterono a Bazentin e a Poziéres sotto la 34th Division.
^ (EN) National Archives (UK): Royal Naval Division (1914-1919), su nationalarchives.gov.uk. URL consultato l'8 agosto 2009.
^ Buchan, p. 58.
^ Buchan, p. 56.
^ (EN) 1914-1918 Net - The 21st Division in 1914–1918, su 1914-1918.net. URL consultato il 9 agosto 2009.
^ Kincaid-Smith, The 25th Division in France and Flanders, Naval & Military Press, 12 agosto 2011, ISBN 978-1-84734-103-7 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 agosto 2011).
^ Hart p.54
^ Il Bermondsey Battalion
^ Il 2nd Portsmouth Battalion
^ Il Kent County Battalion
^ Il Lewisham Battalion
^ Il 2nd Football Battalion
^ L'Arts and Crafts Battalion
^ Il Wearside Battalion
^ Il Yeomen Rifles Battalion
^ Il 2nd Public Works Battalion
^ ^a ^b City of London Regiment
^ Popular and Stepney Rifles Regiment
^ 1st Surry Rifles Regiment
^ London Irish Rifles Regiment
^ ^a ^b Il Queen's Regiment
^ Post Office Rifles Regiment
^ St. Pancras Regiment
^ Civil Service Rifles Regiment
^ Blackheath and Woolwich Regiment
^ Il Sutherland and Caithness Battalion
^ Il Ross Highland Battalion
^ Il Morayshire Battalion
^ Il Fife Battalion
^ Il Argyllshire Battalion
^ The Buchan and Formartine Battalion
^ L'Highlanders Battalion
^ Il Banff and Donside Battalion
^ Il Deeside Highland Battalion
^ Questa divisione successivamente si unì al II Corpo d'armata dell'ANZAC, insieme alla 3rd e alla 5th Australian Division.
^ (FR) Organigramme des Grandes Batailles, su sacarcheo.nuxit.net. URL consultato il 1º luglio 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 luglio 2011).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (EN) Imperial War Museum (The Somme) - Order of Battle: Somme, su iwm.org.uk. URL consultato l'11 marzo 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 27 settembre 2011).
^ ^a ^b Hart, appendice C.

Bibliografia

John Buchan, The history of the South African forces in France, Londra, Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992, ISBN 0-901627-89-5.
Peter. K. Digby, Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders: 1915-1919, Rivonia, Ashanti, 1993, ISBN 1-874800-53-7.
Robert A. Doughty, Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operation in the Great War, Cambridge, MA, Londra, Belknap Press, 2005.
Peter Hart, The Somme, Londra, Cassell, 2006, ISBN 978-0-304-36735-1.
John Keegan, The First World War, Londra, Random House, 1998, ISBN 0-09-180178-8.
Peter H. Liddle, The 1916 Battle of the Somme: A Reappraisal, Hertfordshire, Wordsworth, 2001, ISBN 1-84022-240-9.
Basil H. Liddell Hart, History of the First World Wat, Trowbridge, Redwood Burn Ltd., 1973 [1970].
Sconosciuto, Report of the Battles of the Somme: Nomenclature Committee as approved by Army Council, Cmnd 1138, Londra, HMSO, 1922.
Andrew Robertshaw, Dennis, Peter, Somme: 1 July 1916, Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84603-038-3.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Order of Battle of British Infantry Units, 1 July 1916 (PDF), su iwm.org.uk, Imperial War Museum. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 4 agosto 2009).
The Western Front Association (WFA), su westernfrontassociation.com, Order Of Battle For The Somme July - November 1916. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 26 gennaio 2013).

Portale Grande Guerra

Portale Guerra

Portale Storia

[1] Hart, p. 42.

[2] Hart, p. 43.

[WFA-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad (EN) The Western Front Association (WFA) - Order Of Battle For The Somme July - November 1916, su westernfrontassociation.com. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2009 (archiviato dall'url originale il 26 gennaio 2013).

[Liddle-4] Liddle, p. 175.

[L174-5] Liddle, p. 174.

[6] Hart, p. 164.

[7] Hart, p. 385.

[8] Hart p. 132.

[9] Hart p. 184.

[10] Liddell Hart p. 322.

[11] Hart p. 308.

[12] Keegan p. 320.

[13] Doughty, p. 291.

[14] Hart, p. 209 e appendice B.

[15] Report.

[16] Liddle, p. 176. La 102nd e la 103rd Infantry Brigade, appartenenti alla 34th Division, registrarono perdite pesantissime durante la battaglia di Albert e, perciò, furono affiancate dalla 111th e la 112th Infantry Brigade, appartenenti alla 37th Division del IV Corpo d'armata, First Army. Le prime due brigate poterono così concentrarsi sul crinale di Vimy, mentre la 111th e la 112th combatterono a Bazentin e a Poziéres sotto la 34th Division.

[17] (EN) National Archives (UK): Royal Naval Division (1914-1919), su nationalarchives.gov.uk. URL consultato l'8 agosto 2009.

[18] Buchan, p. 58.

[19] Buchan, p. 56.

[20] (EN) 1914-1918 Net - The 21st Division in 1914–1918, su 1914-1918.net. URL consultato il 9 agosto 2009.

[21] Kincaid-Smith, The 25th Division in France and Flanders, Naval & Military Press, 12 agosto 2011, ISBN 978-1-84734-103-7 (archiviato dall'url originale il 12 agosto 2011).

[22] Hart p.54

[23] Il Bermondsey Battalion

[24] Il 2nd Portsmouth Battalion

[25] Il Kent County Battalion

[26] Il Lewisham Battalion

[27] Il 2nd Football Battalion

[28] L'Arts and Crafts Battalion

[29] Il Wearside Battalion

[30] Il Yeomen Rifles Battalion

[31] Il 2nd Public Works Battalion

[City_of_London_Regiment-32] City of London Regiment

[33] Popular and Stepney Rifles Regiment

[34] 1st Surry Rifles Regiment

[35] London Irish Rifles Regiment

[Il_Queen's_Regiment-36] Il Queen's Regiment

[37] Post Office Rifles Regiment

[38] St. Pancras Regiment

[39] Civil Service Rifles Regiment

[40] Blackheath and Woolwich Regiment

[41] Il Sutherland and Caithness Battalion

[42] Il Ross Highland Battalion

[43] Il Morayshire Battalion

[44] Il Fife Battalion

[45] Il Argyllshire Battalion

[46] The Buchan and Formartine Battalion

[47] L'Highlanders Battalion

[48] Il Banff and Donside Battalion

[49] Il Deeside Highland Battalion

[50] Questa divisione successivamente si unì al II Corpo d'armata dell'ANZAC, insieme alla 3rd e alla 5th Australian Division.

[51] (FR) Organigramme des Grandes Batailles, su sacarcheo.nuxit.net. URL consultato il 1º luglio 2010 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 luglio 2011).

[IWM-52] (EN) Imperial War Museum (The Somme) - Order of Battle: Somme, su iwm.org.uk. URL consultato l'11 marzo 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 27 settembre 2011).

[HAC-53] Hart, appendice C.

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