The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal was a battle fought between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and German Army Group B during the British retreat to Dunkirk in 1940.
Upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Spring Walker sailed to France with the 26th Field Ambulance of the British Expeditionary Force, where he served as Assistant-Director of the 6th Division.
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The Battle of Étreux was a rearguard action fought at Étreux by the British Expeditionary Force during the Great Retreat on the Western Front in 1914.
Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during October→December 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
In addition to Gobena's actions, other northern Oromo militias, Tigrayan rebellion, and the constant incursion of Ottoman Empire and Egyptian forces near the Red Sea weakened and contributed to the downfall of Emperor Tewodros II who died after his last battle with a British expeditionary force.
His unit was sent to France in late 1939 as a part of the British Expeditionary Force and was stationed in Loison-sous-Lens.
Born on 9 December 1919 near Huddersfield in Yorkshire, Booth joined the Royal Air Force in 1938 and in October 1939 he was sent to France with 59 Squadron as part of the British Expeditionary Force.
At a meeting on 29 March with Sir John French the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and Herbert Kitchener the Secretary of State for War, it was agreed that the IX and XX corps would be relieved at Ypres by British units and on 1 April, French agreed to attack at the same time as the Tenth Army.
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Field Marshal Sir John French, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) agreed to co-operate with the French strategy.
August 12: At a British War Council 15:00–18:00, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener predicted a major German drive through Belgium, but was compelled to agree to send the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to Maubeuge as planned instead of further back to Amiens.
The fall of France had not been anticipated in Government planning and the encirclement of a large part of the British Expeditionary Force into the Dunkirk pocket resulted in a hasty evacuation of that part of the B.E.F following the abandonment of their equipment.
On mobilisation in 1939, the Regiment was part of the British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) that was sent to France, initially attached to the 1st Infantry Division in the Lille area.
The League's President, the Earl of Ypres, had been the first commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the war, and presided over one of the League's first committee meetings.
As the German Army continued to advance west, pushing back both the British Expeditionary Force (trying to escape to Dunkirk) and the Belgian army, the village of Vinkt became an important target, as it lay both on the road south from Gent to Lille, and astride the Schipdonk Canal that blocked the German advance to the west.
His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned soldiers of the Indian Army for conspicuous bravery whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force: —
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861–1928), commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War