The British Expeditionary Force was the formation of the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War. In its original form it comprised six divisions, sent by Britain to France in 191
Tommies of the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) resting in the square at Mons 22 August 1914, the day before the Battle of Mons.
Men and horses of the Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force, retreat from Mons in August 1914.
A British trench near the Albert-Bapaume road at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The men are from A Company, 11th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
The front line in 1916, British gains during the battle of the Somme are shaded blue.
New Zealand Division
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The New Zealand Division was an infantry division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force raised for service in the First World War. It was formed in Egypt in early 1916 when the New Zealand and Austra
Soldiers from the Pioneer Battalion performing a haka, June 1918
Major General Andrew Hamilton Russell, seen here at divisional headquarters on 21 May 1918, commanded the New Zealand Division for the duration of the war
Infantry from the 2nd Brigade's Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Division, in the Switch Line near Flers, taken some time in September 1916, after the Battle of Flers-Courcelette
New Zealand troops manning the trenches in the Messines sector, May 1917