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
Major-General Ridley Pakenham Pakenham-Walsh
Major-General Harold Franklyn [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 1]
Lieutenant-General Michael Barker
Major-General Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander
Major-General Henry Charles Loyd
Major-General Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne
Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke
Major-General Bernard Montgomery
Major-General Dudley Johnson
Major-General Giffard Martel
Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam[3]
Major-General William Holmes
Major-General Edmund Osborne
Major-General Victor Fortune
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
Major-General R. L. Petre[nb 4][5]
Major-General W. N. Herbert[nb 4]
Major-General H. O. Curtis[nb 4]
Major-General Philip de Fonblanque[6]
Major-General R. Evans[nb 5]
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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