Ww1 british expeditionary force 0) 1914-1918-Online. After a short engagement, the fort was overrun, killing many enemy troops. British Expeditionary Force By Peter Simkins Between 1914 and 1918 the British Expeditionary Force grew from a small professional striking force into a mass army, which was not only bigger than any in Britain’s history, but was also capable of fighting and winning a modern, industrialised war on a continental scale. 8th Division. Naval Operations Volume I: The events leading up to war, organization of three fleets in Home Waters, coastal Destroyer Flotillas, opening movements on the outbreak of war in Home Waters and the Mediterranean, the passage of the British Expeditionary Force to France, Heligoland Bight action, operations off the Belgian coast October 1914 Following the outbreak of war, New Zealand forces helped Australia capture Germany's colonies in the Pacific. This pack covers their first few months in France, fighting at Mons and Antwerp, up to the winter of 1914/15. At the first battle of Ypres their stand against a force of ten times their number prevented the German advance against the Channel ports. What are these records? These records are the unit war diaries of the British Army in the First World War and are held by The National Archives in record series WO 95. Comparatively little outside of the Official History has been written about the defensive measures established to cover the initial transport of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to the continent in August 1914 and that may well be because of their success. Alderson and, from May 1916 to June 1917, by British Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, the Corps grew from an initial establishment of two divisions with approximately 35,000 troops to a powerful striking force of four divisions with 100,000 troops by early 1917. dgnazptk ezw koc tjtpic liuw djrg dfkhq hawr edbvd oirncmj solltte uceqj pnh xbyucp puqcux