- from France via Egypt, disembarkation completed by 04-Jan-16
- 12-Oct-15: Major General C J Briggs CB
- 21-May-16: Major General H L Croker CB CMG
83rd Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier General R H Hare CMG MVO DSO
- 2/King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
- 2/East Yorkshire Regiment
- 1/King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (to France, 20-Jun-18)
- 1/York & Lancaster Regiment
84th Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier General G A Weir DSO
- Brigadier General F C Nisbet DSO (by 1918)
- 2/Northumberland Fusiliers (to France, 21-Jul-18)
- 1/Suffolk Regiment
- 2/Cheshire Regiment
- 1/Welsh Regiment
- 2/5/Durham Light Infantry (Garrison) (attached from 228th Brigade, 14-Oct-17 to 10-Mar-18)
85th Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier General B C M Carter CB CMG
- Brigadier General K M Davie DSO (by 1918)
- 2/The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
- 3/Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (to France, 26-Jul-18)
- 2/East Surrey Regiment
- 3/Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
228th Infantry Brigade
- formed in theatre, 01-Mar-17
- Brigadier General W C Ross CB CMG
- 2nd Garrison Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) (from Headquarters Troops 28-Aug-17)
- 2/5th Durham Light Infantry TF, attached to 84th Brigade, 14-Oct-17 to 10-Mar-18
- 1st Garrison Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s)
- 2nd Garrison Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (The Royal Irish Fusiliers) (to Headquarters Troops 06-Aug-17)
- 22/Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (Wessex and Welsh) TF
Divisional Troops
- 23/Welsh Regiment (Welsh Pioneers) (from UK, 31-Aug-16)
- 38th, 2/1st Northumberland and 1/7th Hampshire Field Companies, Royal Engineers
- B Squadron, 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry (to XVI Corps Cavalry, 27-Dec-16)
- 28th Divisional Cyclist Company (to C Coy, XVI Corps Cyclist Battalion, 09-Dec-16)
Divisional Artillery
- III, XXXI, LIV, CXXX and CLXVI Brigades, Royal Field Artillery (CLXVI Brigade less D (Howitzer) Battery to Egypt, 11 to 13-Aug-17, LIV Brigade from 10th Division, 29-Aug-17)
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment manning trenches on the ‘Birdcage Line’ defences outside Salonika in 1916. THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN, 1915-1918 (click on image to see full size). © IWM (Q 31608)
Find out more:
- Notes on the Infantry Divisions of the BSF
- You will find more detail at the excellent The Long, Long Trail website
- To find details of regimental museums and published histories visit the Army Museums Ogilby Trust website
- Unit War Diaries for the Salonika campaign are held at The National Archives although, sadly, they have not been digitised