British Expeditionary Force

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field army

The British Expeditionary Force was the British Army's professional field force sent to the Western Front at the start of World War I, playing a crucial role in early battles such as those of 1914 in Belgium and France.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
British Expeditionary Force canonical 30
British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front 3
British Expeditionary Force (World War I) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf field army ⓘ
alliedWith Belgian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BEF NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch land forces ⓘ
casualties suffered heavy losses in 1914 campaigns ⓘ
commander Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Field Marshal Sir John French NERFINISHED ⓘ
component Kitchener's New Army units (later in war) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Territorial Force units (later in war) ⓘ
regular army troops ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrine emphasis on rifle fire and small-unit tactics ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
garrisonLocation Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation initially near Maubeuge, France ⓘ
later near Saint-Omer, France ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryAlliance Allies of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Le Cateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Mons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Aisne (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander General Sir Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED ⓘ
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement Great Retreat (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Race to the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor high level of pre-war professional training ⓘ
key role in halting German advance in 1914 ⓘ
operatedIn Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
replacedBy British Armies in France and Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
role professional field force ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
strength approximately 80,000 men at outset ⓘ
subordinateUnit Cavalry Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
I Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
II Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
III Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
IV Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
V Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Battle of Ypres → combatantForce → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
I Corps → raisedFor → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
I Corps → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Aisne 1914 → associatedWith → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
II Corps (British Army) → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
III Corps (British Army) → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
III Corps (British Army) → componentOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force in France
Commander of the Third Army → usedBy → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Commander of the Third Army → associatedWith → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front
Third Army (United Kingdom) → higherCommand → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) → involves → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Major-General Louis Lipsett → servedIn → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Lipsett
Hubert Gough → memberOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
BEF → precededBy → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
Battle of Le Cateau → belligerent → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
The Pioneers → associatedWith → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Pioneer Corps
British I Corps → service → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron AFC → operationalControl → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British VIII Corps → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British XII Corps → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
German 4th Army → engagedAgainst → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
51st (Highland) Infantry Division → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai (1918) → involvement → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Lance-Corporal James Welch → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject surface form: James Welch
British First Army → service → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British First Army → commandStructure → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front
Australian Corps → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Newfoundland Regiment → service → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Fourth Army → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
IV Corps → subordinateTo → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) → associatedWith → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
Archibald Murray → partOf → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Kaiserschlacht → involves → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Fifth Army → higherCommand → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Fifth Army → commandStructure → British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front