The British Commanders

Overall Commander - Field Marshal Sir John D.P. French
Cavalry Commander - Major General Edmund H.H. Allenby
First Infantry Corps Commander - Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig
Second Infantry Corps Commander - Lieutenant General Sir J.M. Grierson (Died August 1914)
General Sir H.L. Smith-Dorrien
Third Infantry Corps Commander - Major General W.P. Pulteney

British Army Commanders, 1915

Overall Commander - Field Marshal Sir John D.P. French
First Army - Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig
Second Army - General Sir H.L. Smith-Dorrien

British Army Commanders, 1916

Overall Commander - Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
First Army - Major General Sir Horne
Second Army - General Sir H.L. Smith-Dorrien
Third Army - Major General Edmund H.H. Allenby
Fourth Army - Major General Sir Henry Rawlinson
Reserve Army - General Sir Gough

British Army Commanders, 1917

Overall Commander - Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
First Army - Major General Sir Horne
Second Army - General Sir Hubert Plumer
Third Army - Major General Edmund H.H. Allenby (Sent to Palestine, September, 1917)
General Sir Julian Byng
Fourth Army - Major General Sir Henry Rawlinson
Fifth Army - General Sir Gough

British Army Commanders, 1918

Overall Commander - Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
First Army - Major General Sir Horne
Second Army - General Sir Hubert Plumer
Third Army - General Sir Julian Byng
Fourth Army - Major General Sir Henry Rawlinson
Fifth Army - General Sir Gough (Replaced in the Summer of 1918)
General Birdwood

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