APPENDIX 5
SKELETON ORDER OF BATTLE, THIRD YPRES
Guards Division (Major-General G. P. T. Feilding):
1 Gds., 2Gds., 3Gds. Brigades
1st Division (Major-General E. P. Strickland):
1, 2, 3 Brigades
3rd Division (Major-General C. J. Deverell):
8, 9, 76 Brigades
4th Division (Major-General T. G. Matheson):
10, 11, 12 Brigades
5th Division (Major-General R. B. Stephens):
13, 15, 95 Brigades
7th Division (Major-General T. H. Shoubridge):
20, 22, 91 Brigades
8th Division (Major-General W. C. G. Heneker):
23, 24, 25 Brigades
9th (Scottish) Division (Major-General H. T. Lukin):
26, 27, South African Brigades
11th (Northern) Division (Major-General H. R. Davies):
32, 33, 34 Brigades
14th (Light) Division (Major-General V. A. Couper):
41, 42, 43 Brigades
15th (Scottish) Division (Major-General H. F. Thuillier):
44, 45, 46 Brigades
16th (Irish) Division (Major-General W. B. Hickie):
47, 48, 49 Brigades
17th (Northern) Division (Major-General P. R. Robertson):
50, 51, 52 Brigades
18th (Eastern) Division (Major-General R. P. Lee):
53, 54, 55 Brigades
19th (Western) Division (Major-General C. D. Shute acting to 19th June, then Major-General G. T. M. Bridges, wounded 20th September; Br.-General W. P. Monkhouse acting to 22nd September, then Major-General G. D. Jeffreys):
56, 57, 58 Brigades
20th (Light) Division (Major-General W. Douglas Smith):
59, 60, 61 Brigades
21st Division (Major-General D. G. M. Campbell):
62, 64, 110 Brigades
23rd Division (Major-General J. M. Babington):
68, 69, 70 Brigades
24th Division (Major-General L. J. Bols):
17, 72, 73 Brigades
25th Division (Major-General E. G. T. Bainbridge):
7, 74, 75 Brigades
29th Division (Major-General Sir B. de Lisle):
86, 87, 88 Brigades
30th Division (Major-General W. de L. Williams):
21, 89, 90 Brigades
33rd Division (Major-General P. R. Wood):
19, 98, 100 Brigades
36th (Ulster) Division (Major-General O. S. W. Nugent):
107, 108, 109 Brigades
37th Division (Major-General H. Bruce Williams):
63, 111, 112 Brigades
38th (Welsh) Division (Major-General C. G. Blackader):
113, 114, 115 Brigades
39th Division (Major-General G. J. Cuthbert to 20th August, then Major-General E. Feetham):
116, 117, 118 Brigades
41st Division (Major-General S. T. B. Lawford):
122, 123, 124 Brigades
47th (2nd London) Division (Major-General Sir George Gorringe):
140, 141, 142 Brigades
48th (1st South Midland) Division (Major-General R. Fanshawe):
143, 144, 145 Brigades
49th (1st West Riding) Division (Major-General E. M. Perceval):
146, 147, 148 Brigades
50th (Northumbrian) Division (Major-General P. S. Wilkinson):
149, 150, 151 Brigades
51st (Highland) Division (Major-General G. M. Harper):
152, 153, 154 Brigades
55th (1st West Lancashire) Division (Major-General H. S. Jeudwine):
164, 165, 166 Brigades
56th (1st London) Division (Major-General F. A. Dudgeon):
167, 168, 169 Brigades
57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division (Major-General R. W. R. Barnes):
170, 171, 172 Brigades
58th (2/1st London) Division (Major-General H. D. Fanshawe to 6th October, then Major-General A. B. E. Cator):
173, 174, 175 Brigades
59th (2nd North Midland) Division (Major-General C. F. Romer):
176, 177, 178 Brigades
61st (2nd South Midland) Division (Major-General C. J. Mackenzie):
182, 183, 184 Brigades
63rd (Royal Naval) Division (Major-General C. E. Lawrie):
188, 189, 190 Brigades
66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division (Major-General Hon. H. A. Lawrence):
197, 198, 199 Brigades
1st Canadian Division (Major-General A. C. Macdonell):
1 Cdn., 2 Cdn., 3 Cdn. Brigades
2nd Canadian Division (Major-General H. E. Burstall):
4 Cdn., 5 Cdn., 6 Cdn. Brigades
3rd Canadian Division (Major-General L. J. Lipsett):
7 Cdn., 8 Cdn., 9 Cdn. Brigades
4th Canadian Division (Major-General D. Watson):
10 Cdn., 11 Cdn., 12 Cdn. Brigades
1st Australian Division (Major-General H. B. Walker):
1 Aust., 2 Aust., 3 Aust. Brigades
2nd Australian Division (Major-General N. M. Smyth):
5 Aust., 6 Aust., 7 Aust. Brigades
3rd Australian Division (Major-General Sir John Monash):
9 Aust., 10 Aust., 11 Aust. Brigades
4th Australian Division (Major-General W. Holmes, killed 2nd July; Br.-General C. Rosenthal acting to 16th July, then Major-General E. G. Sinclair-Maclagan):
4 Aust., 12 Aust., 13 Aust. Brigades
5th Australian Division (Major-General J. Talbot Hobbs):
8 Aust., 14 Aust., 15 Aust. Brigades
New Zealand Division (Major-General Sir Arthur Russell):
1 N.Z., 2 N.Z., 3 N.Z. (Rifle), 4 N.Z. Brigades
NOTES
8TH DIVISION:
25th Brigade. Br.-General C. Coffin was awarded the V.C. on the 31st July, 1917.
9TH DIVISION:
27th Brigade. Br.-General F. A. Maxwell, V.C., was killed in action on the 21st September, 1917. Lieut.-Colonel H. D. N. Maclean acting till Br.-General W. D. Croft took over on the 23rd.
21ST DIVISION:
62nd Brigade. Br.-General C. G. Rawlings was killed in action on the 28th October, 1917; Colonel G. M. Sharpe acting till 1st November, when Br.-General G. H. Gater assumed command.
29TH DIVISION:
86th Brigade. Br.-General R. G. Jelf was invalided on the 16th August, 1917. Lieut.-Colonel H. Nelson acting till the 24th August, when Br.-General G. R. H. Cheape assumed command.
41ST DIVISION:
123rd Brigade. Br.-General C. W. E. Gordon was killed in action on the 23rd July, 1917. Br.-General W. F. Clemson (124th Brigade) acting until the arrival of Br.-General E. Pearce Serocold on 3rd August.
49TH DIVISION:
146th Brigade. Br.-General M. D. Goring-Jones left on the 18th October. Br.-General G. A. P. Rennie assumed command.
148th Brigade. Br.-General R. L. Adlercron left on the 24th October; Br.-General L. F. Green-Wilkinson assumed command.
58TH DIVISION:
173rd Brigade. Br.-General B. C. Freyberg, V.C., was wounded on the 19th September, 1917. Lieut.-Colonel W. R. H. Dann acting till 3rd October, when Br.-General R. B. Worgan assumed command.
NEW ZEALAND DIVISION:
1st Brigade. Br.-General E. H. J. Brown was killed in action on the 8th June, 1917, Br.-General C. W. Melvill taking over on the same day.
SOURCE: Brigadier General James E. Edmonds, Official History of The Great War: Military Operations France & Belgium 1917, Vol. 2, pp. 388–95