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Just in case I forgot to post these before... (for reference)

The British and Commonwealth political set up during WW1. The list is by no means exhaustive particularly for the Commonwealth governments. The general pattern is of coalition governments being formed from the disparate threads of the opposing political parties with a fervent hope that it will be a short war. When this does not prove to be the case, scandals and dissent begin to plague the governments with accusations of corruption or mismanagement of the war. In addition there is the issue of conscription as the British commonwealth, particularly Britain herself has never relied on conscription to fill her ranks (hmmm... not so sure about India though. But then India will have a set of problems all her own). The issue of conscription should dog the British commonwealth governments as they struggle to maintain their fighting divisions at the front. Australia/New Zealand have very minimal manpower while Britain's people/government are very opposed to what will prove an unavoidable step (this is why there were so many 'schemes' including the Kitchener 'New Army' scheme, Derby's 'pals and chums' and 'volunteer' schemes in an attempt to avoid conscription.) The 'schemes' should provide manpower at cost to vital industry while Conscription should provide manpower at a more minimal cost to industry but a high cost in dissent (particularly if enacted in 1914-1916).

The Ministers have their Political Ideologies, stances, loyalty and dates of availability. I'm not sure if ministers with different ideologies from the head of government can serve so many of them have two or more ideologies, sometimes with different stances for each, to enable them to serve in different 'coalition governments'.

The British have MANY potential Armament ministers since the 'office' was spread out amongst a number of ministers representing many 'vested interests'. Thus I have allowed for the 'office' to actually reflect whoever had a predominant 'voice' at the time. Feel free to shuffle through them.

The British government path is as follows:

1914 - a provisional 'coalition' cabinet is formed by HH Asquith (incumbent PM).

HIS MAJESTY THE KING / Head of State - King George V
PRIME MINISTER / Head of Government - Henry Herbert Asquith
FOREIGN MINISTER / Foreign Minister - Lord Edward Grey
MINISTRY OF WAR PRODUCTION / Armament Minister - Lord Haldane
SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE / Security Minister - Andrew Bonar Law
CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE / Head of Intelligence - Sir Henry Oliver DNI
CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF / Chief of Staff -
(unsure of the historical Chief of Staff - for our purposes GOC Aldershot, Gen Hunter)
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH ARMY / Chief of Army - Sir John French
FIRST SEA LORD / Chief of the Navy - Prince Louis of Battenburg
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH AERIAL CORPS / Chief of Air - Sir David Henderson

1914 - at the start of the war there were changes:

Armament Minister - Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
Head of Intelligence - Gen Thomas MacDonough
Chief of Staff - Gen Sir Archibald Murray
Chief of Navy - Adm Jackie Fisher (actually replaced Battenberg in October 1914)

1915 - the rut was setting in which meant some major changes:

Armament Minister - 17th Earl of Derby (Kitchener was actually active at this time still but
the ministers no longer trusted his judgement and his 'responsibilities' were
slowly being taken away from him.)

1917 - David Lloyd George stages a 'coup' which replaces the LC government of Asquith with a
RS (Labour?) government under - himself! (coup happens actually in Nov-Dec 1916)

HIS MAJESTY THE KING / Head of State - King George V
PRIME MINISTER / Head of Government - David Lloyd George
FOREIGN MINISTER / Foreign Minister - Arthur Balfour
MINISTRY OF WAR PRODUCTION / Armament Minister - Lord Milner
SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE / Security Minister - Andrew Bonar Law / later Lord Northcliffe
CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE / Head of Intelligence - Gen Sir John Charteris
CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF / Chief of Staff - Gen Sir William Robertson
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH ARMY / Chief of Army - Gen Sir Douglas Haig
FIRST SEA LORD / Chief of the Navy - Adm Sir John Jellicoe (kicked upstairs after Jutland)
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH AERIAL CORPS / Chief of Air - Gen Sir Edward Ashmore

David Lloyd George actually worked well with many of his compatriots and even opposition ministers trusted him. They included Arthur Balfour, Bonar Law, Northcliffe, even CIGS William Robertson (who he later fired) and they helped him stage his 'coup'.

The Conservative Party (Centrist for our purposes) is as follows:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING / Head of State - King George V
PRIME MINISTER / Head of Government - Andrew Bonar Law
FOREIGN MINISTER / Foreign Minister - Lord Milner
MINISTRY OF WAR PRODUCTION / Armament Minister - Lord Derby
SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE / Security Minister - Lord Northcliffe (whose brother is Rothermere)
CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE / Head of Intelligence - Adm Oliver (1914) / Gen Charteris (1916)
CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF / Chief of Staff - Gen Hunter (1914) / Gen Robertson (1916)
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH ARMY / Chief of Army - Gen French (1914) / Gen Haig (1916)
FIRST SEA LORD / Chief of the Navy - Adm Fisher (1914) / Adm Jellicoe (1916) / Adm Beatty (1918)
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH AERIAL CORPS / Chief of Air - Lord Rothermere

If you will notice, most are peers from the House of Lords. These represent the ultra-conservative faction/die-hard Imperialists.

After the David Lloyd George coup the British player should have the option of replacing the Asquith government with either the RS government of Lloyd George or the CE government of Bonar Law. Historically Bonar Law was offered the Prime Ministership but preferred to serve with his friend Lloyd George.

Alternatively at the start of the war the British player may be offered a choice of Liberal/Conservative coalition under Asquith or a Centrist government under Bonar Law.

In mid-1918 the government should hold an election, famously called the 'khaki election'.

If LC (Asquith) is incumbent in 1918, RS (Lloyd George) is the opposition.
If RS (Lloyd George) is incumbent in 1918, LC (Asquith) is the opposition.
If CE (Bonar Law) is incumbent in 1918, RS (Lloyd George) is the opposition.

The Liberal Coalition Party (LC for our purposes) OF 1918 ONLY is as follows:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING / Head of State - King George V
PRIME MINISTER / Head of Government - Henry Herbert Asquith
FOREIGN MINISTER / Foreign Minister - Lord Grey
MINISTRY OF WAR PRODUCTION / Armament Minister - Reginald McKenna
SECRETARY OF THE HOME OFFICE / Security Minister - Winston Churchill
CHIEF OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE / Head of Intelligence - Gen Thomas MacDonough
CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF / Chief of Staff - Gen Sir Henry Wilson
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH ARMY / Chief of Army - Gen Sir Edmund Allenby
FIRST SEA LORD / Chief of the Navy - Adm Sir George Hope
GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE BRITISH AERIAL CORPS / Chief of Air - Sir Hugh Trenchard

PARTIES

Reformed Socialist = Labour Party/Liberal Opposition
Centrist = Imperialist Party/Rightist Conservatives
Liberal Conservative = Liberal Coalition/Moderate Conservatives

BRITAIN

Herbert Henry Asquith (1914-)
Head of Government - LC (1914 incumbent)

David Lloyd George (1914-)
Head of Government - RS
Armament Minister - LC, ADMINISTRATIVE GENIUS, MEDIUM

Andrew Bonar Law (1914-1923)
Head of Government - CE
Security Minister - LC, SILENT LAWYER, HIGH (1914-1916)
Security Minister - RS, SILENT LAWYER, HIGH (1916-)

Lord Edward Grey (1914-)
Foreign Minister - LS, BIASED INTELLECTUAL, HIGH (1914- incumbent)

Arthur James Balfour (1914-)
Foreign Minister - RS, IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER, HIGH
Foreign Minister - CE, IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER, HIGH
Armament Minister - CE, INFANTRY PROPONENT, HIGH

Lord Alfred Milner (1914-1925)
Foreign Minister - CE, IRON FISTED BRUTE, UNDYING
Armament Minister - CE, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, UNDYING
Armament Minister - RS, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, UNDYING

Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1914-1916/1920)
Foreign Minister - RS, GENERAL STAFFER, HIGH (1916-)
Foreign Minister - CE, IRON FISTED BRUTE, UNDYING (1916-)
Armament Minister - LC, INFANTRY PROPONENT, HIGH (1914-1916)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF MASS COMBAT, HIGH (1914-1916)

General Land - FM, Old Guard (2), (5) - (1914 GOC London)

General Sir Charles 'Tim' Harrington (1914-)
Foreign Minister - RS, GREAT COMPROMISER, HIGH (1918-)
Chief of Staff - RS, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, HIGH (1918-)

General Land - MajGen, Logistics Wizard (3), (4) - (1915-1918)

Winston S Churchill (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, THEORETICAL SCIENTIST, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Security Minister - LC, EFFICIENT SOCIOPATH, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Navy - LC, BASE CONTROL, VERY HIGH (1914-)

Reginald McKenna (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, BATTLEFLEET PROPONENT, UNDYING (1914-)
Chief of Navy - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, UNDYING (1914-)

17th Earl of Derby (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, MEDIUM (1915-)
Armament Minister - CE, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, UNDYING (1915-)

Lord Haldane (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, THEORETICAL SCIENTIST, MEDIUM (1914- incumbent)
Armament Minister - CE, THEORETICAL SCIENTIST, HIGH (1914-)

Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe (1914-1922)
Armament Minister - LC, THEORETICAL SCIENTIST, LOW (1914-)
Armament Minister - RS, THEORETICAL SCIENTIST, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Security Minister - RS, BACK STABBER, VERY HIGH (1917-)
Security Minister - CE, BACK STABBER, VERY HIGH (1917-)

Maurice Hankey (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, TANK PROPONENT, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Armament Minister - RS, TANK PROPONENT, VERY HIGH (1916-)

Sir E Tennyson D'Eyncourt (1918-)
Armament Minister - RS, BATTLEFLEET PROPONENT, VERY HIGH (1918-)

DNI Sir Henry Oliver (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - LC, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, MEDIUM (1914 only)

Lord Robert Baden-Powell (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - LC, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, UNDYING (1914-1919)

General Land - Gen, Trickster (2), (6) - (1914-)
* Only becomes a general if commission is approved by Kitchener in BADEN-POWELL EVENT.

General Sir George MacDonough (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - LC, LOGISTICS SPECIALIST, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - CE, LOGISTICS SPECIALIST, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - RS, LOGISTICS SPECIALIST, VERY HIGH (1916-)

General Land - LtGen, Fortress Buster (2), (5) - (1919-)

General Sir John Charteris (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - LC, DISMAL ENIGMA, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - RS, DISMAL ENIGMA, VERY HIGH (1916-)

General Land - LtGen, Fortress Buster (2), (5) - (1919-)

DNI Sir William Hall (1914-)
Head of Military Intelligence - LC, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, UNDYING (1915-)
Head of Military Intelligence - RS, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, UNDYING (1916-)

Lord Beaverbrook (1914-)
Security Minister - RS, EFFICIENT SOCIOPATH, HIGH (1917-)

General Sir Archibald Hunter (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, VERY HIGH
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, VERY HIGH

General Land - LtGen, Offensive Doctrine (1), (4) - (1914 GOC Aldershot)

General Sir Archibald Murray (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, MEDIUM (1914-1916)

General Land - Gen, Old Guard (1), (4) - (1916)

General Sir William Robertson (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1915-)
Chief of Staff - RS, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1915-)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1915-)
Chief of Army - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-)
Chief of Army - RS, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-)
Chief of Army - CE, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-)

General Sir Henry Wilson (1914-1922)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF FIRE SUPPORT, HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, GUNS AND BUTTER, HIGH (1914-)

General Land - LtGen, Old Guard (2), (5) - (12.1915-)

General Sir John Cowans (1914-1921)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF MASS COMBAT, VERY HIGH (1918)

General Land - Gen, Logistics Wizard (1), (5) - (1919-1921)

General Sir Frederick Maurice (1914-)
Chief of Staff - RS, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, MEDIUM (1918)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, MEDIUM (1918)

General Land - MajGen, Logistics Wizard (2), (5) - (1916-)

General J F C Fuller (1914-)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, HIGH (1918)
Chief of Staff - RS, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, HIGH (1918)

General Land - MajGen, Blitz Specialist (3), (5) - (1917 Tank Corps)

General Sir John French (1914-1925)
Chief of Army - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, MEDIUM (1914-1925)

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, ELASTIC DEFENSE, HIGH (1914-1916)

General Land - LtGen, Fortress Buster (4), (5) - (1914-)

General Sir Douglas Haig (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-1917)
Chief of Army - RS, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-1917)
Chief of Army - CE, DECISIVE BATTLE, VERY HIGH (1915-1917)
Chief of Army - LC, ARMOURED SPEARHEAD, VERY HIGH (1917-)
Chief of Army - RS, ARMOURED SPEARHEAD, VERY HIGH (1917-)
Chief of Army - CE, ARMOURED SPEARHEAD, VERY HIGH (1917-)

General Land - LtGen, Offensive Doctrine (2), (5) - (1914 I Corps)

General Sir Edmund Allenby (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, ELASTIC DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1918-)
Chief of Army - RS, ELASTIC DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1918-)
Chief of Army - CE, ELASTIC DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1918-)

General Land - LtGen, Offensive Doctrine (2), (5) - (1914 Cavalry Corps)

General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1914-1925)
Chief of Army - RS, STATIC DEFENSE, MEDIUM (1918)

General Land - MajGen, Defensive Doctrine (3), (5) - (1914-)

Prince Louis of Battenberg (1914-1921)
Chief of Navy - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, UNDYING (1914-)

Admiral Sir John Fisher (1914-1920)
Chief of Navy - LC, INDIRECT APPROACH, UNDYING (1914)
Chief of Navy - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, UNDYING (1915-1920)
Chief of Navy - CE, DECISIVE BATTLE, UNDYING (1915-1920)

Admiral Sir Henry Jackson (1914-)
Chief of Navy - LC, BASE CONTROL, HIGH (1915-)

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (1914-)
Chief of Navy - LC, POWER PROJECTION, VERY HIGH (1917-)
Chief of Navy - RS, POWER PROJECTION, VERY HIGH (1917-)
Chief of Navy - CE, POWER PROJECTION, VERY HIGH (1917-)

Admiral Naval - VAdm, Superior Tactician (5), (6) - (1914-1917)

Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss (1914-)
Chief of Navy - RS, OPEN SEAS, HIGH (1916-)

Admiral Naval - RAdm, BLOCKADE RUNNER (4), (5) - (1914-1916)

Admiral Sir George Hope (1914-)
Chief of Navy - CE, DECISIVE BATTLE, HIGH (1918-)
Chief of Navy - LC, DECISIVE BATTLE, HIGH (1918-)

Admiral Sir David Beatty (1914-)
Chief of Navy - CE, POWER PROJECTION, HIGH (1918-)
Chief of Navy - RS, POWER PROJECTION, HIGH (1918-)

Admiral Naval - RAdm, SPOTTER (4), (4) - (1914-1920)

LtGeneral Sir David Henderson (1914-)
Chief of Air - LC, AIR SUPERIORITY, VERY HIGH (1914)

Harold Harmsworth, Lord Rothermere (1914-)
Chief of Air - RS, ARMY AVIATION, HIGH (1914)
Chief of Air - CE, ARMY AVIATION, HIGH (1914)
Chief of Air - LC, ARMY AVIATION, HIGH (1914)

General Edward Ashmore (1914-)
Chief of Air - RS, AIR SUPERIORITY, VERY HIGH (1917)

General Air - MajGen, Superior Tactician (3), (4) - (1914-1917)

General Hugh Trenchard (1914-)
Chief of Air - RS, CARPET BOMBING, VERY HIGH (1918)
Chief of Air - CE, CARPET BOMBING, VERY HIGH (1918)
Chief of Air - LC, CARPET BOMBING, VERY HIGH (1918)

General Air - MajGen, Tactical Bombing Ace (2), (4) - (1914-1917)
General Air - FM, Carpet Bomber (5), (4) - (1918)

AUSTRALIA

Andrew Fisher (1914-)
Head of Government - RS
Foreign Minister - RS, APOLOGETIC CLERK, MEDIUM
Armament Minister - RS, LAISSEZ-FAIRE CAPITALIST, MEDIUM

William 'Billy' Hughes (1914-)
Head of Government - RS
Head of Government - CE (1917)
Security Minister - RS, CRIME FIGHTER, VERY HIGH (1914 incumbent under Fisher to 1915)
Security Minister - RS/CE, EFFICIENT SOCIOPATH, VERY HIGH (1915)

Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey (1914-)
Chief of Navy - LC, OPEN SEAS, VERY HIGH (1918-)

Admiral Naval - Adm, Logistics Wizard (3), (5) - (10.1918-)

NEW ZEALAND

Sir William Massey (1914-1925)
Head of Government - LC (1914 incumbent)

Sir Joseph George Ward (1914-)
Head of Government - LC
Armament Minister - LC, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, VERY HIGH
Security Minister - LC, MAN OF THE PEOPLE, VERY HIGH

Sir James Allen (1914-)
Foreign Minister - LC, IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER
Armament Minister - LC, ADMINISTRATIVE GENIUS, VERY HIGH

SOUTH AFRICA

Louis Botha (1914-1919)
Head of Government - LC (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, ADMINISTRATIVE GENIUS, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Security Minister - LC, CRIME FIGHTER, VERY HIGH (1914-)

General Land - Gen, Logistics Wizard (3), (5) - (1914-)

Jan Christian Smuts (1914-)
Head of Government - LC (1914-)
Foreign Minister - LC, IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Armament Minister - LC, MILITARY ENTREPRENEUR, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Security Minister - LC, PRINCE OF TERROR, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, GUNS AND BUTTER, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Air - LC, ARMY AVIATION, VERY HIGH (1914-)

General Land - Gen, Engineer (3), (5) - (1914-)
General Air - LtGen, N/A (1), (5) - (1918-)

J B M Hertzog (1914-)
Head of Government - FA (1914-)

General Henry T Lukin (1914-1922)
Armament Minister - LC, INFANTRY PROPONENT, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, VERY HIGH (1914-1922)

General Land - MajGen, Defensive Doctrine (3), (5) - (1914-1922)

General de Wet (1914-)
Chief of Staff - LC, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, LOW (1915-)
Chief of Staff - FA, SCHOOL OF MANEUVER, VERY HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Army - FA, GUNS & BUTTER, VERY HIGH (1914-)

General Land - MajGen, Engineer (3), (4) - (1914-)

General Beyer (1914-)
Chief of Army - LC, GUNS & BUTTER, LOW (1915-)
Chief of Army - FA, GUNS & BUTTER, VERY HIGH (1914-)

General Land - MajGen, Engineer (1), (4) - (1914-)

CANADA

Sir Robert Borden (1914)
Head of Government - CE (1914 incumbent)
Armament Minister - CE, CORRUPT KLEPTOCRAT, VERY HIGH (1916-)
Security Minister - CE, CROOKED PLUTOCRAT, VERY HIGH (1916-)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF MASS COMBAT, VERY HIGH (1914-)

*My apologies in advance to our Canadian friends. The resource I based this on stated
that Borden's government was suspected of war profiteering and corruption
particularly in regard to the Ross Rifle w/c is an EVENT for Canada
(well I suppose all governments at this time were charged with war profiteering
at some time or another). Feel free to comment on this.

Sir Wilfred Laurier (1914-1919)
Head of Government - LC (1914-1919)
Armament Minister - LC, RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST, VERY HIGH (1914-1919)
Security Minister - LC, MAN OF THE PEOPLE, VERY HIGH (1914-1919)

General Samuel Hughes (1914-1921)
Armaments Minister - CE, MILITARY ENTREPRENEUR, HIGH (1914-)
Security Minister - CE, EFFICIENT SOCIOPATH, HIGH (1914-)
Chief of Staff - CE, SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, HIGH (1914-)

General Land - MajGen, TRICKSTER (2), (4) - (1914-)

IRELAND

Sir Roger Casement - figurehead leader of Sinn Fein/Irish Free State

Arthur Griffith - political minister of Sinn Fein/Irish Free State

Michael Collins - political/military commander of Sinn Fein/Irish Free State

Eamon de Valera - political head of Sinn Fein/Irish Republic

Eoin MacNeil - head of Irish Volunteers (Sinn Fein)/Irish Republic

Cathal Brugha - political/military commander of Sinn Fein/Irish Republic

Sinn Fein Generals:

Patrick Pearse - head of IRA 1916 and leader of Easter Rising
Sean McDermott - commmander 1916 Easter Rising
Thomas MacDonough - commmander 1916 Easter Rising
Eamonn Ceantt - commmander 1916 Easter Rising

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH EVENTS

I'm not sure whether it's possible but many events here will require a certain minister to be incumbent to a post. These include the Derby Scheme, the Balfour Declaration (right to a Jewish state in Palestine), etc.

* Note: A (-) means decrease in value while a (+) means an increase. Not sure of values yet.

Irish Home Rule (4.1914)
- The question of Home rule threatens to split Ireland in two through civil war.

(SUPPORT - Ulster Volunteer Force forms/REJECT - Sinn Fein forms)
(UVF - Sir Edward Carson - LtGen, Offensive Doctrine (1), (5) (1914-)
(Sinn Fein - Patrick Pearse - LtGen, Trickster (1), (6) (1914-1917)

Curragh Mutiny (7.1914)
- If Ulster Volunteer Force was formed they threaten violence if Home Rule isn't kept.

(BRITISH ULSTER - historical result/
CRUSH THE MUTINY - dissent+40%; Gen Sir Henry Wilson no longer available.)

Declare Support for France's stand on Serbia (7.1914)
- Openly declare support for France's stand on Serbian independence.

(YES - 40% chance of Au-Hn/Germany backing down/NO - historical result - war!)

Declare Open Neutrality in event of war (7.1914)
- Openly declare that England will remain neutral in event of war.

(YES - 40% chance of Russia/France backing down/NO - historical result - war!)

Baden-Powell Volunteers for Continental Service (8.1914)
- Lord Robert Baden-Powell, victor of the Mafeking siege and founder of the Scouts
volunteers for war service. Historically Lord Kitchener turned him down.

(ACCEPT COMMISSION - Lord B-P available as Army General & Intelligence Head/
REJECT COMMISSION - All English/Welsh/Scottish provinces get +1 industry
to reflect increased involvement of the Boy Scouts & their families
in the war effort; USA + to reflect B-P's encouraging the Scout
movement in that country.)

Bryce Report (9.1914)
- Lord Bryce publishes controversial report on German atrocities in Belgium.

(PUBLISH - UK Manpower +2/USA +/Dissent +/Industry in UK -2/
FORBID PUBLICATION - NO CHANGE)

War Fever (10.1914)
- Extreme xenophobia results in attacks on everything 'German'.

(UK Manpower +4/Industrial Capacity -2%/Dissent -/
Prince Louis of Battenberg loses post as Chief of Navy)

The Sick Man of Europe (10.1914)
- Under Churchill's orders with veiled ascent by Foreign Minister Grey, a Turkish
dreadnought and super battleship 'Osman I' (the only one in existence) are
taken over by the Royal Navy.

(AGREE - take control of 1x 2nd Generation Dreadnought & 1 Super BB/
relations with Turkey sour drastically.
COUNTERMAND - Turkey retains control of the aforementioned ships and
receives them as reinforcements in Jan 1915)

To the last man and the last shilling (12.1914) - AUSTRALIA
- Australian government controversy over wartime measures, especially conscription.

The Derby Scheme (1.1915)
- Lord Derby's alternative to conscription involves incentives toward volunteerism
such as the 'pals & chums' scheme.

(UK Manpower +10%/Industrial Capacity -10%)

Rivals in Command (4.1915)
- The commander of the BEF wants to relieve Gen Horace Smith-Dorrien, ostensibly on
grounds of ill-health but mainly because the general is being eyed as a
potential replacement for him.

(SACK GENERAL FRENCH - Gen.Horace Smith-Dorrien new Chief of Army/
SACK GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN - Gen.Smith-Dorrien is sacked and is no longer
available as Chief of Army or as Army General.)

Shell Scandal (5.1915)
- Lord Northcliffe, encouraged by Lloyd George publishes reports of a fateful shortage
of shells that contributed to the defeat of a major offensive. While attempting
to pin the blame on Lord Kitchener (to effect the venerable man's resignation)
the issue blows up in everyone's face.

(SACK KITCHENER - Kitchener is no longer available as Armament Minister or
Chief of Staff;Lord Northcliffe is no longer available; Dissent +15/
SACK FRENCH - Sir John French is no longer commander of the BEF;
Dissent +7)

Dardanelles Fiasco (5.1915)
- The argument over the success of Churchill's Dardanelles expedition comes to head
when the stormy Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher threatens to resign.

(PRESS ON - Lose Admiral Sir John Fisher and Winston Churchill as Chief of Navy;
Lose Winston Churchill as Armaments Minister /
EVACUATE - Either a 'White Peace' with Turkey or immediate evacuation of
ALL Turkish territory currently occupied west of Mesopotamia.)

Ross Rifle Scandal (2.1916) - CANADA
- The undue support given by the Canadian government to the locally designed and
produced Ross Rifle raises a storm of controversy. The rifle, though very
accurate is extremely prone to jamming and is highly unsuited for the
battlefield conditions on the Western Front.

(haven't thought of the choices here yet - anyone have any ideas?)

Kitchener to Russia (6.1916)
- Lord Kitchener of Khartoum is despatched to Russia to rally support for the Allied
cause in that highly troubled country. Unbeknownst to all at the time,
German U-Boats have been mining the approaches out of Scapa Flow.

(SEND - There is a 60-75% chance of K's ship getting sunk. If successful then
he is available as Foreign Minister but no longer as Army General/
DON'T SEND - K is no longer available for ANY government positions but is
still available as Army General.

Experimental deployment of the 'landships (9.1916) -
- Due to pressing needs of the latest offensive the experimental 'tanks' are sent into
battle though few in number and without effective testing.

(AGREE - receive 1 brigade of armor 30% strength and 50% org/
REFUSE - no armor received)
(MG Corps, Heavy Section - MajGen E D Swinton, Engineer (1), (6) (1916-)

Lloyd George's Coup (12.1916)
- Disattisfied with the handling of the war, discontented Liberals stage a 'coup'.
(LLOYD GEORGE - Lose Herbert Asquith, Reginald McKenna / Dissent +)
ASQUITH - Lose David Lloyd-George, Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Northcliffe,
Lord Beaverbrook,Gen.Charles Harrington,Gen.William Robertson)

Sir Eric Geddes as Inspector of Transport (1.1917)
- Shrewed rail magnate improves British transportation and supply mechanism.
(Unit Org +10/unit speed +2/unit defense +1/UK Infrastructure +1)

Right to a Jewish state in Palestine (11.1917)
- British Foreign Minister supports the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

(USA +/IMP RUS +/Arab nations -/UK Manpower +2%)

The Convoy Implimentation Issue (12.1917)
- Convoy implimentation is blocked by the naval administration. While both
Sir Eric Geddes and Sir Edward Carson believed that convoys were necessary
if Britain was to survive, Carson was unable to break the will of the naval
'professionals' particularly First Sea Lord Sir John Jellicoe.

(GO WITH SIR ERIC GEDDES - Jellicoe is sacked and convoys implimented/
GO WITH SIR EDWARD CARSON - Jellicoe is retained and convoys are shelved)

Perhaps instead of preventing convoys from the very start this 'implimentation'
of convoys will result in escorts/destroyers gaining a large bonus against
submarine attacks.

Extended Conscription (1.1918)
- All men from 18-51 years of age are eligible for conscription.

(Dissent +/Chance of Rebellion in south and central Ireland/UK Manpower +20%)

Swept clean and put in order (1.1918)
- Fed up with severe casualties for little in return, Lloyd-George forces the
replacement of several key officers including Robertson, Charteris and Kiggell.

(CLEAN IT UP - Gen.William Robertson, Gen.John Charteris, Gen.Lancelot Kiggell
are sacked and no longer available for government posts or army cmd./
'AIG SAID SO - Haig's personality wins out and the aforesaid officers remain;
Dissent increases and the all army units organization -5)

Prime Minister deceives Parliament! (5.1918)
- Occurs only after "Swept clean and put in order" event, the new CIGS
Sir Frederick Maurice attempts to bring down the PM with charges of misleading
Parliament as to the strength of the British Army. Can only occur if the
PM is David Lloyd George and the Chief of Staff is General Frederick Maurice.

(THE PM IS GUILTY! - David Lloyd is driven from office and Herbert Asquith
takes over as PM.
A GRAVE BREACH OF DISCIPLINE - General Maurice is forcibly retired from the
army and is no longer available as Chief of Staff or Army General.)

Creation of a Jewish State in Palestine (1.1919)
- Occurs if the "Right to a Jewish State in Palestine" event occurs only. The Jewish
constituency in Britain and powerful Jewish businessmen and civic leaders in
America call for the immediate creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Killing Mr.Wilson (6.1922) - IRISH REPUBLIC
- Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson is the Parliamentary representative of North Down
and a vehement opponent of Irish independence. He is set to attend a formal
dinner this month. It's the perfect opportunity for the IRA.

Gentlemen,

Since paratroops/mechanized troops were not invented by the WW1 period I would suggest that we convert them to some 'period' units. The most glaring deficiencies are in Fortress or Garrison troops and in Guards troops. I would suggest the paratroops be converted to the former and mechanized troops to the latter.

Fortress troops would have very, very minimal assault strength, perhaps none at all, but good defensive capabilities. They would not get the benefits of movement upgrades or at least get minimal benefits and would be faster transported via strategic redeployment (since, as stated in other threads, 'static' divisions cannot be created. Perhaps we can limit them in other ways such as, as stated above, with giving them no/minimal attack strength.) Perhaps instead of 'Fortress troops' we could term these corps troops/support elements and these would represent the corps/army line of communication troops, reserves, machine-gun brigades or reserve heavy artillery. To prevent their deployment from parachute I would humbly suggest we not use the 'transport aircraft' - air transport of troops and even primitive airliners were not invented by this period anyways so we will have to dispense with them.

Guards troops are the other end of the scale. They are the elite of the elite with good assault and defense values but excellent organizational values to reflect the fact that they will not break as quickly as other troops. Most nations raised guards units including Britain, Germany and Russia. Foreign Legion type elite units may probably be classified as 'Guard' troops. Not to be confused with 'National Guard' type units of course. Movement values would be as normal infantry and they would receive normal movement upgrade benefits along with regular infantry.

Motorized troops of division size would probably have to be developed over the course of several upgrades. They could also, at the start, be the Yeomanry/Dragoon type of cavalry unit w/c evolves into motorized MG units as the war progresses though I think the Yeomanry/Dragoon/Mounted Infantry type of cavalry should be differentiated perhaps from regular cavalry (Lancers/Hussars/Cossacks).

I would also suggest that special events be triggered by German attacks on the ff cities:

Verdun and Belfort - two of the most ancient fortresses on the border they must be defended to the last at the cost in a huge drop in national morale. Verdun is more strategic but Belfort's loss would result in a political 'defeat' as well for its proximity to the disputed Alsace-Lorraine region.

Sedan - the scene of the defeat of 1870 the place would have immense propaganda value for Germany and France.

Brussels - capital of Belgium in the vicinity of historic Waterloo. The capture of Brussels would enrage British and Belgian civilian populations leading perhaps to less dissent and more volunteers.

Regards,
Richmond

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Just for reference...
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Divisional Scale Deployment for British Divisions

Here is a listing based on my previous brigade scale listing of the British and Indian/Commonwealth army units of 1914. The format is GENERAL ASSIGNMENT then HQ Unit (Corps/Army) and then sub-units and their strength, though in India the location is also given in parenthesis just before unit strength. Where no unit strength is given, assume to be at 100%. As a rule, battalion size units are at 20% establishment strength while Brigade size units are at 30% (1/3 of a division). Two brigades are naturally 60% while a divisional size unit makes up 100% due to attached artillery and support troops. Some garrisons have 40-50% to represent the presence of other attached troops such as in training camps like Aldershot, Woolwich and Curragh. Territorial Force (T.F.) units should be only 30% strong. Troops given in the India assignments have their prewar title first with their wartime divisional numbering/title in parenthesis afterwards. I was thinking, as a compromise and to reflect the vast commitments of the British Imperial forces, each REGULAR and GUARD division would be made up of two units, one usually detached on some distant garrison post. Since the regulars comprise the 1-8th and 27-29th Divisions and the Guards these would not off-balance the game so much. Units of the 7th and 29th Divisions will have 3 sub 'brigades' to reflect their performance as elite units during the war. The Guards will have 4(!) sub 'brigades' as the foremost elite unit of the army. Territorial Force and New Army formations would be represented by single divisions only.

HOME ASSIGNMENTS

Aldershot District (Southampton Area)
1st Infantry Division (70%)
2nd Infantry Division (70%)
1st Cavalry Brigade (30%)

Woolwich District (Southampton Area)
Royal Artillery Brigade, Woolwich District (Attd: Arty)
19th Infantry Brigade (30%)
3rd Infantry Division (70%)

Eastern District (Coventry Area)
11th Infantry Brigade (11th Brigade/4th Div) (30%)
East Anglian Division T.F. - later the 54th (Eastern) Div (30%)

Home District (London Area)
Horse Guards Cavalry Brigade (60%)
Grenadier & Coldstream Guards (1st Brigade/Guards Div) (60%)
Scots & Irish Guards (2nd Brigade/Guards Div) (60%)
Scots and Welsh Guards Brigade (3rd Brigade/Guards Div) (20% - Welsh Gds formed 1915!)
4th (Guards) Infantry Brigade (4th Brigade/2nd Div - 1st Brigade/Guards Div) (60%)
Home Counties Division T.F. - later the 44th (Home Counties) Div (30%)
1st London Division T.F. - later the 56th (London) Div (30%)
2nd London Division T.F. - later the 47th (London) Div (30%)

North-Eastern District (Newcastle Area)
5th Cavalry Brigade (30%)
North Midland Division T.F. - later the 46th (North Midland) Div (30%)
West Riding Division T.F. - later the 49th (West Riding) Div (30%)
Northumbrian Division T.F. - later the 50th (Northumbrian) Div (30%)

North-Western District (Birmingham Area)
East Lancashire Division T.F. - later the 42nd (East Lancs) Div (30%)
West Lancashire Division T.F. - later the elite 55th (West Lancs) Div (30%)

Scottish District (Edinburgh/Inverness Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Scottish District (Attd: Arty)
Highland Division T.F. - later the famous 51st (Highland) Div (30%)
Lowland Division T.F. - later the 52nd (Lowland) Div (30%)

South-Eastern District (Dover Area)
4th Cavalry Brigade (30%)
3rd Infantry Brigade (3rd Brigade/1st Div) (30%)
4th Infantry Division (60%)

Southern District (Portsmouth Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Southern District (Attd: Arty)
9th Infantry Brigade (9th Brigade/3rd Div) (30%)

Thames District (London Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Thames District (Attd: Arty)
South Midland Division T.F. - later the 48th (South Midlands) Div (30%)

Western District (Cornwall Area)
2nd Cavalry Brigade (30%)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Western District (Attd: Arty)
Wessex Division T.F. - later the 43rd (Wessex) Div (30%)

Wales Military District
Welsh Division T.F. - later the 53rd (Welsh) Div (30%)

Belfast Military District
British Infantry Brigade, Belfast Military District (16th Brigade/6th Div) (30%)

Cork Military District
British Infantry Brigade, Cork Military District (6th Div) (30%)

Dublin Military District
British Infantry Brigade, Dublin Garrison (13th Brigade/5th Div) (30%)

Curragh Military District
16th/5th Lancers Cavalry Brigade (3rd Cavalry Brigade) (30%)
Curragh Military District (5th Div) (50%)

Channel Islands Military District
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Channel Islands (Attd: Arty)
Channel Islands Garrison Corps (30%)
British Infantry Brigade, Channel Island Garrison (21st Brigade/7th Div) (30%)

INDIA ASSIGNMENTS

Punjab Command (Murree)
21st Lancers Cavalry Regt (Rawalpindi) (30%)
British Karachi Garrison (Lancs Fusilliers/29th Division) (Karachi) (30%)
Punjab Frontier Force Garrison (30%)
Punjab Cavalry Brigade (30%)
Corps of Guides Cavalry Corps (40%)

Bengal Command (Niani Tal)
Governor-General's Bodyguard (at Dehra Dun)
British Meerut Garrison (27th Division) (Meerut)
British Lucknow Garrison (29th Division) (Lucknow) (30%)
Bengal Lancers Brigade (30%)
Bengal Cavalry Brigade (30%)
Gurkha Rifles Brigade, Bengal Command (30%)

Northern Army Headquarters (Murree)
Peshawar Division (1st Indian Div) (Peshawar)
Rawalpindi Division (2nd Indian Div) (Rawalpindi)
Lahore Division (3rd Indian Div) (Lahore)
Meerut Division (7th Indian Div) (Dehra Dun)
Lucknow Division (8th Indian Div) (Lucknow)
Presidency Brigade, Lucknow Division (Presidency Brigade/8th Indian Div) (Calcutta)
Kohat Brigade (Kohat) (30%)
Bannu Brigade (Bannu) (30%)
Derajat Brigade (Rawalpindi) (30%)
Punjab Brigade (Karachi) (30%)

Madras Command (Ootacamund)
British Madras Garrison (Dublins & Munsters/29th Division) (Madras) (30%)
Madras Cavalry Brigade (30%)

Bombay Command (Poona)
British Cawnpore Garrison (28th Division) (Cawnpore)
British Jubbulpore Garrison (83rd Brigade/28th Division) (Jubbulpore) (30%)
Bombay Grenadiers (20%)
Bombay Lancers Brigade (30%)
Bombay Cavalry Brigade (30%)
Hyderabad Contingent (50%)

Southern Army Headquarters (Ootacamund)
Quetta Division (4th Indian Division) (Quetta)
Mhow Division (5th Indian Division) (Jubbulpore)
Poona Division (6th Indian Division) (Poona)
Secunderabad Division (9th Indian Division) (Secunderabad)

Burma Command
Rangoon Brigade (Rangoon Brigade, Burma Div) (Rangoon) (30%)
Mandalay Brigade (Mandalay Brigade, Burma Div) (Mandalay) (30%)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Burma (Attd: Arty)
Burmese-Indian Infantry Brigade (30%)
Burmese Infantry Brigade (30%)
British Infantry Brigade, Burma Command (30%)
Gurkha Rifles Brigade, Burma Command (30%)

AMERICAN ASSIGNMENTS

Halifax Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Halifax (Attd: Arty)
5th Bn, Royal Garrison Regt RE (Attd: Eng)
Halifax Garrison (50%)

Bermuda Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Bermuda (Attd: Arty)
3rd Bn, West India Regt (Attd: Eng) (20%)
Bermuda Garrison (30%)

Barbados Garrison
Barbados Garrison (20%)

Jamaica Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Jamaica (Attd: Arty)
1st Bn, West India Regt (20%)

MEDITERRANEAN ASSIGNMENTS

Gibraltar Command
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
3/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
Royal Engineers Fortress Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Eng)
2nd Bn, Royal Garrison Regt RE (Attd: Eng)
Gibraltar Garrison (60%)

Malta Command
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Malta (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Malta (Attd: Arty)
Royal Engineers Fortress Brigade, Malta (Attd: Eng)
1st Bn, Royal Garrison Regt RE (Attd: Arty)
3rd Bn, Royal Garrison Regt RE (Attd: Arty)
4th Bn, Royal Garrison Regt RE (Attd: Arty)
British Infantry Brigade, Malta Garrison (23rd Brigade/8th Division) (30%)

Crete Garrison
Crete Garrison (20%)

MIDDLE EASTERN AND AFRICAN ASSIGNMENTS

Egyptian Command
Egyptian Cavalry Brigade
Egyptian Garrison Brigade
Cairo Garrison (30%)
British Infantry Brigade, Cairo Garrison (20th Brigade/7th Division) (30%)

Aden Garrison
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Aden (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Aden (Attd: Arty)
Aden Troop, Bombay Cavalry - 20%
Aden Garrison (30%)
1st Bn, Bombay Grenadiers (30%)

Somaliland Garrison
6th Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)

Central African Garrison
1st Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)
2nd Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)

East African Garrison
3rd Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)

Uganda Garrison
4th Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)
5th Bn, Kings African Rifles (20%)

Sierra Leone Garrison
2nd bn, West India Regiment (Attd: Arty) (20%)
1st/West Africa Regiment (20%)
2nd/West Africa Regiment (20%)

South African Military District - units here may comprise an expeditionary force to S Africa.
6th Cavalry Brigade (30%)
South African Provisional Cavalry Brigade (30%)
British Infantry Brigade, SAMD (22nd Brigade/7th Div) (30%)
British Infantry Brigade, SAMD (8th Div) (30%)

FAR EASTERN ASSIGNMENTS

Mauritius Garrison
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Mauritius (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Mauritius (Attd: Arty)
Mauritius Garrison (30%)
Indian Infantry Brigade, Mauritius Garrison (30%)

Ceylon Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Ceylon (Attd: Arty)
Ceylon Garrison (20%)
26th Madras Infantry (20%)

Singapore Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Singapore (Attd: Arty)
British Infantry Brigade, Singapore Garrison (30%)
Indian Infantry Brigade, Singapore Garrison (30%)

Hong Kong Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Hong Kong (Attd: Arty)
British Infantry Brigade, Hong Kong Garrison (82nd Bde/27th Div) (30%)
33rd Burmese Infantry (20%)

Shanghai Garrison
Punjab Brigade, Shanghai Garrison (30%)
Bombay Light Infantry Brigade (30%)

AUSTRALASIAN ASSIGNMENTS

Australian Mounted Corps
New South Wales Volunteers (1st Brigade, ALH)
Queensland Volunteers (2nd Brigade, ALH)
Western Australia Volunteers (3rd Brigade, ALH)
Southern Australia and Victoria Volunteers (4th Brigade, ALH)

New Zealand Mounted Corps
Auckland Volunteers (NZ Brigade, NZMR)
Wellington Volunteers (NZ Brigade, NZMR)

Additionally each province of Australia and New Zealand may raise one infantry brigade for 'local defense'.

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BRITISH FLEET ORGANIZATION

North Atlantic Fleet HQ - Halifax

Mediterranean Fleet HQ - Malta

Gibraltar Force - Gibraltar

Alexandria Force - Alexandria

Eastern Fleet HQ - Singapore

Australian Station HQ - Sydney

China Station HQ - Hong Kong

East Indies Station HQ - Ceylon

Cape Fleet HQ - Cape Colony, South Africa

South Atlantic Station HQ - Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

North American Station HQ - Bermuda

West African Station HQ - Sierra Leone

IRST SEA LORD (Chief of the Navy)

*WAR FEVER - extreme xenophobia resulting in attacks on German shops and massive enlistments. Nobility with German names or ancestry are immediately suspect.
*GALLIPOLI FIASCO - poor execution and stubborn Turkish defenses lead to an evacuation of Gallipoli in early 1916. All the major proponents are sacked.
*JUTLAND CONTROVERSY -

Prince Louis of Battenburg 1914 (DECISIVE BATTLE) - replaced if WAR FEVER occurs
Lord John A. Fisher 1914 (DECISIVE BATTLE) - replaced if GALLIPOLI FIASCO occurs
Winston S. Churchill 1914 (BASE CONTROL) - replaced if GALLIPOLI FIASCO occurs
Sir Henry Jackson 1915 (OPEN SEAS)
Sir John Jellicoe 1916 (POWER PROJECTION) - replaced if JUTLAND CONTROVERSY occurs
Adm Cecil Hickey 1916 (BASE CONTROL)
Sir Cecil Burney 1917 (OPEN SEAS)
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss 1917 (INDIRECT APPROACH)
Sir George Hope 1918 (DECISIVE BATTLE)
Sir David Beatty 1920 (POWER PROJECTION)


COMMANDER OF AERIAL FORCES (Chief of Air Force)

LtGen Sir David Henderson 1914 (AIR SUPERIORITY DOCTRINE)
LtGen Sir Hugh Trenchard 1918 (ARMY AVIATION DOCTRINE)
RAdm Richard Phillimore 1918 (NAVAL AVIATION DOCTRINE)

All British leaders that I could recall and research are listed here. Some ministers may change their stances in later years which is why they are listed more than once (ie. - Lord Kitchener as FOREIGN MINISTER changes from IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER to IRON FISTED BRUTE to GENERAL STAFFER).

HIS MAJESTY THE KING (Head of State)
King George V

PRIME MINISTER (Head of Government)
Herbert Asquith

FOREIGN MINISTER (Foreign Minister)
Sir Edward Grey 1914 (GREAT COMPROMISER)
Lord H Kitchener 1914 (IDEOLOGICAL CRUSADER) - to 1916
Lord H Kitchener 1916 (IRON-FISTED BRUTE)
- if no NAVAL MINING COUNTERMEASURES is researched then dies in 6.16
Lord H Kitchener 1916 (GENERAL STAFFER)
- if no NAVAL MINING COUNTERMEASURES is researched then dies in 6.16

MINISTER OF WAR PRODUCTION (Minister of Armaments)

This reflects not only the actual ministers but also powerful influences particularly of the Royal Navy in the handling of the war.

Lord H. H. Kitchener 1914 (ADMINISTRATIVE GENIUS) - to 1916 (changes stance)
RAdm Alexander Duff 1914 (BATTLEFLEET PROPONENT) - to 1.15 only (service at sea)
RAdm Arthur Waymouth 1914 (THEORETICAL SCIENTIST) - to 1.15 only (service at sea)
Lord H. Kitchener 1916 (MILITARY ENTREPRENEUR) - to 6.16 only (sent to Russia)
Winston S Churchill 1915 (TANK PROPONENT) - replaced if GALLIPOLI FIASCO occurs
Lord Derby 1915 (RESOURCE INDUSTRIALIST)
Capt Francis Cromie 1917 (SUBMARINE PROPONENT) - to 8.18 only
Sir E Tennyson D'Eyncourt 1918 (BATTLEFLEET PROPONENT)

MINISTER OF INTERIOR (Minister of Security)

HEAD OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (Head of Military Intelligence)

RAdm Henry Oliver DNI 1914 (NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST)
Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1914 (LOGISTICS SPECIALIST)
Sir Lancelot Kiggell 1916 (DISMAL ENIGMA)
RAdm William Hall DNI 1917 (NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST)

CHIEF OF THE IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF (Chief of Staff)

Sir Henry Wilson 1914 (SCHOOL OF FIRE SUPPORT)
Sir William Robertson 1915 (SCHOOL OF MASS COMBAT)
Sir William Robertson 1915 (SCHOOL OF DEFENSE)

GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING (Chief of the Army)

* INTRIGUING GENERALS - Sir Douglas Haig was a favorite of the Royal family and often used his political clout to get his way. If either French or Smith-Dorrien are in command, Haig may stage a 'coup' by complaining to King George V to have them removed.

Sir John French 1914 (DECISIVE BATTLE) - replaced if INTRIGUING GENERALS occurs
Sir Henry Wilson 1914 (GUNS AND BUTTER) - to 1916
Sir Douglas Haig 1915 (DECISIVE BATTLE)
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien 1915 (STATIC DEFENSE) - replaced if INTRIGUING GENERALS occurs
Sir Douglas Haig 1917 (ARMOURED SPEARHEAD)
Sir Edmund Allenby 1918 (ELASTIC DEFENSE)
Sir Henry Rawlinson 1918 (STATIC DEFENSE)

FIRST SEA LORD (Chief of the Navy)

*WAR FEVER - extreme xenophobia resulting in attacks on German shops and massive enlistments. Nobility with German names or ancestry are immediately suspect.
*GALLIPOLI FIASCO - poor execution and stubborn Turkish defenses lead to an evacuation of Gallipoli in early 1916. All the major proponents are sacked.
*JUTLAND CONTROVERSY -

Prince Louis of Battenburg 1914 (DECISIVE BATTLE) - replaced if WAR FEVER occurs
Lord "Jackie" Fisher 1914 (DECISIVE BATTLE) - replaced if GALLIPOLI FIASCO occurs
Winston S. Churchill 1914 (BASE CONTROL) - replaced if GALLIPOLI FIASCO occurs
Sir Henry Jackson 1915 (OPEN SEAS)
Sir John Jellicoe 1916 (POWER PROJECTION) - replaced if JUTLAND CONTROVERSY occurs
Adm Cecil Hickey 1916 (BASE CONTROL)
Sir Cecil Burney 1917 (INDIRECT APPROACH)
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss 1917 (OPEN SEAS)
Sir George Hope 1918 (DECISIVE BATTLE)
Sir David Beatty 1920 (POWER PROJECTION)


COMMANDER, ROYAL FLYING CORPS (Chief of Air)
LtGen Sir David Henderson 1914 (AIR SUPERIORITY DOCTRINE)
LtGen Sir Hugh Trenchard 1918 (ARMY AVIATION DOCTRINE)
RAdm Richard Phillimore 1918 (NAVAL AVIATION DOCTRINE)

ADMIRALS

First number is SKILL rating / Second number is EXPERIENCE percentage.

The SKILL rating also reflects the number of years in service an admiral has in the game before being 'kicked upstairs'. Their 'promotion' date is listed last (ie. - to 1916) meaning after that year they are no longer available as commanders.

ADM Archibald Milne 1914 (1 / 0%) - Mediterranean Fleet (OLD GUARD) - to 1915
ADM George Callaghan 1914 (2 / 75%) - Home Fleet (OLD GUARD) - to 1916

ADM Hedworth Meux 3.1916 (2 / 0%) - Portsmouth - to 1918
ADM George Egerton 9.1916 (2 / 0%) - Plymouth - to 1918

VADM Stanley Colville 1914 (2 / 0%) - Orkney Islands - to 1916
VADM John Jellicoe 1914 (5 / 25%) - Battle Fleet (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN) - to 1919
VADM Cecil Burney 1914 (2 / 75%) - 2nd Fleet (BLOCKADE RUNNER) - to 1917
VADM Alexander Bethell 1914 (2 / 0%) - 3rd Fleet - to 1916
VADM Martyn Jerram 1914 (3 / 0%) - China Command - to 1917
VADM Doveton Sturdee 1914 (2 / 90%) - N/A (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN) - to 1918

VADM Douglas Gamble 2.15 (2 / 0%) - 4th Battle Squadron - to 1916
VADM Roger Bacon 4.15 (3 / 0%) - Dover Patrol (SPOTTER) - to 1917
VADM Charles Coke 7.15 (2 / 0%) - Irish Coast (SPOTTER) - to 1916
VADM George Warrender 12.15 (2 / 0%) - 2nd Battle Squadron - dies 1917
VADM Edward Bradford 5.16 (2 / 0%) - 3rd Battle Squadron - to 1916
VADM Frederick Hamilton 6.16 (3 / 0%) - N/A - dies 11.17 - to 1917

RADM Lewis Bayley 1914 (2 / 0%) - 1st Battle Squadron - to 1916
RADM George Patey 1914 (3 / 25%) - Royal Australian Navy (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN) - to 1920
RADM Richard Peirce 1914 (3 / 0%) - East India Command - to 1917
RADM Herbert King-Hall 1914 (2 / 50%) - Cape Colony Command - to 1917
RADM William Grant 1914 (3 / 50%) - 6th Cruiser Squadron - to 1917
RADM David Beatty 1914 (4 / 25%) - 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER) - to 1920+
RADM Loftus Tottenham 1914 (2 / 0%) - 8th Battle Squadron - to 1916
RADM Charles Dundas 1914 (2 / 0%) - Transport Commander BEF (BLOCKADE RUNNER) - to 1916
RADM Christopher Craddock 1914 (3 / 90%) - 4th Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER) - to 1920
RADM Reginald Tupper 1914 (2 / 25%) - West Coast of Scotland - to 1916
RADM Ernest Troubridge 1914 (1 / 75%) - 1st Cruiser Squadron (OLD GUARD) - to 1916
RADM Archibald Moore 1914 (2 / 0%) - 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron (OLD GUARD) - to 1916
RADM Charles Madden 1914 (2 / 25%) - Grand Fleet (LOGISTICS WIZARD) - to 1916
RADM Rosslyn Wemyss 1914 (4 / 0%) - 12th Cruiser Squadron (BLOCKADE RUNNER) - to 1916
RADM Cecil Thursby 1914 (2 / 0%) - 5th Battle Squadron - to 1916
RADM Arthur Christian 1914 (2 / 50%) - Southern Force (OLD GUARD) - to 1916
RADM Herbert Heath 1914 (2 / 0%) - Portsmouth Dockyard (LOGISTICS WIZARD) - to 1916
RADM John de Robeck 1914 (2 / 75%) - Cape Verde Command (BLOCKADE RUNNER) - to 1917
RADM Archibald Stoddart 1914 (2 / 25%) - 5th Cruiser Squadron - to 1916
RADM Dudley de Chair 1914 (1 / 75%) - 10th Cruiser Squadron - to 1916
RADM Henry Campbell 1914 (1 / 90%) - 7th Cruiser Squadron - to 1916
RADM Edward Charlton 1914 (1 / 0%) - Minesweeper Squadron (SEAWOLF) - to 1918
RADM Robert Hornby 1914 (2 / 0%) - 11th Cruiser Squadron - to 1916
RADM William Pakenham 1914 (2 / 25%) - 3rd Cruiser Squadron - to 1916
RADM Francis Miller 1914 (1 / 25%) - 9th Battle Squadron - to 1915
RADM Arthur Hayes-Sadler 1914 (2 / 0%) - N/A (OLD GUARD) - to 1918
RADM E Alexander-Sinclair 1914 (2 / 0%) - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER) - to 1918
RADM Martin Dunbar-Nasmith 1914 (3 / 0%) - Submarines (SEAWOLF) - to 1920+
RADM Max Horton 1914 (4 / 0%) - Submarines (SEAWOLF) - to 1920+

The following post-1914 commanders are available to the end of the war (they don't get kicked upstairs).

RADM Horace Hood 1.15 (3 / 0%) - Dover Patrol (SPOTTER)
RADM Alexander Duff 1.15 (2 / 50%) - 4th Battle Squadron (BLOCKADE RUNNER)
RADM Robert Arbuthnot 1.15 (2 / 50%) - 1st Cruiser Squadron (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM Trevelyan Napier 1.15 (2 / 25%) - 3rd Lt Cruiser Squadron
RADM Arthur Leveson 1.15 (1 / 75%) - 2nd Battle Squadron (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM Sydney Fremantle 1.15 (1 / 75%) - 3rd Battle Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Arthur Waymouth 1.15 (2 / 25%) - 7th Cruiser Squadron
RADM Sackville Carden 2.15 (1 / 0%) - Malta (BLOCKADE RUNNER)
RADM Bernard Currey 3.15 (2 / 25%) - Gibraltar (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Osmond Brock 3.15 (3 / 0%) - 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Hugh Evan-Thomas 8.15 (3 / 0%) - 5th Battle Squadron (SPOTTER)
RADM Ernest Gaunt 8.15 (2 / 0%) - 1st Battle Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Richard Phillimore 8.15 (3 / 75%) - Aircraft Carriers (BLOCKADE RUNNER)
RADM Montagu Browning 11.15 (2 / 0%) - 3rd Cruiser Squadron
RADM Cecil Dampier 12.15 (1 / 75%) - Dover (SEAWOLF)
RADM George Ballard 1.16 (2 / 0%) - Admiral of Patrols (SEAWOLF)
RADM Douglas Nicholson 1.16 (2 / 50%) - 4th Battle Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Stuart Nicholson 4.16 (3 / 0%) - 6th Battle Squadron
RADM S Gough-Calthorpe 5.16 (2 / 0%) - 2nd Cruiser Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Francis Kennedy 6.16 (2 / 0) - Nore Command (OLD GUARD)
RADM Thomas Jackson 6.16 (3 / 25%) - Operations Division (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM William Goodenough 6.16 (3 / 50%) - 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER)
RADM Michael Culme-Seymour 6.16 (2 / 0%) - Mobilization (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Heathcote Grant 1.17 (2 / 0%) - Dover Command (BLOCKADE RUNNER)
RADM James Fergusson 4.17 (2 / 75%) - Mediterranean Patrols (SPOTTER)
RADM Lionel Halsey 5.17 (3 / 25%) - 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Morgan Singer 12.17 (3 / 0%) - 9th Cruiser Squadron (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Roger Keyes 12.17 (5 / 0%) - Dover Patrol (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM Victor Stanley 1.18 (3 / 0%) - Russia (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Alan Everett 1.18 (1 / 0%) - Naval Secretariat
RADM John Green 1.18 (1 / 50%) - Russia (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM Edmund Hyde-Parker 1.18 (1 / 50%) - Mobilization (LOGISTICS WIZARD)
RADM Philip Colomb 4.18 (2 / 75%) - Pacific Fleet
RADM George Borrett 8.18 (1 / 50%) - 7th Light Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER)
RADM Walter Cowan 9.18 (2 / 50%) - 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (SPOTTER)
RADM Maurice Woolcombe 10.18 (1 / 50%) - N/A
RADM Arthur Dudley-Pound 1.20 (3 / 90%) - N/A (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)

AIR COMMANDERS

The ff. were naval commanders of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force.

RADM Charles Vaughan Lee 8.15 (1 / 0%) - RNAS (TACTICAL BOMBING ACE)
RADM Raymond Collishaw 1.16 (2 / 50%) - RNAS (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)
RADM Mark Kerr 1.17 (1 / 75%) - RNAS (RECON ACE)
RADM Cecil Lambert 4.18 (2 / 0%) - RAF (SUPERIOR TACTICIAN)

The Cavalry Division (Allenby)
1st Reg Division
2nd Reg Division
3rd Reg Division
4th Reg Division
5th Reg Division
6th Reg Division
7th Reg Division
8th Reg Division

Aldershot District (small Infantry Group/no TF)
Woolwich District (small Arty Group/no TF)
Eastern District
Home District
North-Eastern District
North-Western District
Scottish District
South-Eastern District
Southern District
Thames District
Western District
Wales
Belfast District
Cork District
Dublin District
Curragh District (small Cavalry Group/no TF)
Channel Islands
South Africa
Punjab District
Bengal District
Bombay District
Madras District
Halifax (small Arty Group/no TF)
Bermuda
Barbados (1 infantry Bn)
Jamaica (small inf group/arty bde attached)
Gibraltar (heavy arty)
Malta (heavy arty)
Crete (1 infantry Bn)
Egypt
Aden (small Arty Group)
Somaliland
Central Africa
Uganda
Sierra Leone
Mauritius (small Arty Group)
Ceylon (small inf/arty Group)
Burma
Singapore
Hong Kong

All Districts have T.F. (Militia) Contingents and an attached Artillery Brigade


The Guards Division
1st Guards Brigade
2nd Guards Brigade
3rd Guards Brigade
+ Artillery Brigade/Engineer Brigade

(CO - Maj-Gen. Earl of Cavan(18/8/1915)
Maj-Gen. G.Fielding (3/1/1916)
Maj-Gen. T.Matheson (11/9/1918) )

Indian Army

Sir Beauchamp Duff
Sir Percy Lake

Northern Army HQ
1st Peshawar Div
2nd Rawalpindi Div
3rd Lahore Div
7th Meerut Div
8th Lucknow Div
Kohat Bde
Bannu Bde
Derajat Bde
Frontier Force

Southern Army HQ
4th Quetta Div
5th Mhow Div
6th Poona Div
9th Secunderabad Div

Burma Army HQ
Burma Div

ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET (Sec. of the Navy)
Prince Louis of Battenburg [60] First Sea Lord -10.14
Lord Fisher [73] First Sea Lord 10.14-5.15
Winston S Churchill
Henry Jackson [59] Admiralty War Staff -8.14 First Sea Lord 5.15-12.16
John Jellicoe [55] First Sea Lord 12.16-12.17
Cecil Burney [56] Second Sea Lord 11.16-8.17
Rosslyn Wemyss [50]First Sea Lord 12.17-

ADMIRALS
Hedworth Meux [58] CinC Portsmouth -3.16
Richard Poore [61] CinC Nore -2.15
Archibald Berkeley Milne [59] CinC Mediterranean -11.14
(1) VERY POOR LEADER
George Egerton [62] CinC Plymouth -9.16
George Callaghan [62] CinC Home Fleet-8.14 CinC Nore 2.15-2.18 [AF 4.17]
(3)
Robert Lowry [60] CinC Scottish Coast -6.16 RNC Greenwich 1.17-

VICE ADMIRALS
Stanley Colville [53] Orkneys & Shetlands9.14-2.16 [Admiral] CinC Portsmouth 3.16-
Arthur Farquhar [59] Admiral cmdg Reserves - .15
John Jellicoe [55] CinC Grand Fleet 8.14- [3.15 Admiral]
(5) SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
Frederick Hamilton [58] Second Sea lord -6.16 CinC Rosyth 6.16-11.17 (died)
Cecil Burney [56] CinC 2nd Fleet -12.14 1st Battle Squadron 12.14-11,16 [6.16Admiral]
(3) BLOCKADE RUNNER
Alexander Bethell [59] CinC 3rd Fleet -9.14 Admiral cmdg Reserves .15 - [6.16 Admiral]
Frederick Brock [60] Gibraltar -10.15 Orkneys & Shetland 2.16-1.18 [4.17Admiral]
Charles Coke [60] CinC Irish Coast -7.15
Martyn Jerram [56] CinC China -11.15 2nd Battle Squadron 12.15-11.16
(3)
George Warrendar [54] 2nd Battle Squadron -12.15 CinC Plymouth 3-9.16 (died 1917)
Douglas Gamble [58] 4th Battle Squadron -2.15
Doveton Sturdee [55] Admiralty War Staff 8-11.14
South Atlantic 11.14-2.15
4th Battle Squadron 2.15-2.18
CinC Nore 3.18- [Admiral]
(3)
Edward Bradford [56] 3rd Battle Squadron -5.16
VICE ADMIRAL (retired)
Roger Bacon [51] Dover Patrol 4.15-12.17
REAR ADMIRALS
Sackville Carden [57] Malta -2.15 Aegean 2-3.15 [VAd 8.14]
(1) MENTALLY UNSTABLE
Richard Farquahar [55] Ordnance Committee -16 [VAd 9.14]
Lewis Bayly [57] 1st Battle Squadron 9-12.14 [VAd 9.14] CinC 2nd Fleet 12.14-1.15
(3)
George Patey [55] Australian Squadron -3.15 [VAd 9.14]
CinC North America & West Indies 3.15-9.16
Head Royal Australian Naval Board .17-
(4) SPOTTER - CinC Australian Navy
Richard Peirse [54] CinC East Indies -12.15 [VAd 10.14]
Herbert King-Hall [52] CinC Cape -1.16 [VAd 2.15]
Orkneys & Shetlands 1.18- [Admiral 1.18]
William Lowther Grant [50] 6th Cruiser Squadron
3rd Cruiser Squadron 3.15- [VAd 3.15]
CinC China 11.15-6.17
CinC NAWI 2.18- [Admiral 9.18]
David Beatty [43] Battlecruiser Squadron [VAd 8.15] CinC Grand Fleet 12.16- [actgAdmiral]
(4) SPOTTER/SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
Loftus Tottenham [54] 8th Battle Squadron 9.14- 7th Cruiser Squadron 4-10.15 [VAd 10.15]
Charles Dundas [55] Transport Officer/BEF 15- [VAd 1.16]
(2) BLOCKADE RUNNER
Christopher Cradock [55] 4th Cruiser Squadron-11.14 KIA 1.11.14 *Battle of Coronel
(4) SPOTTER
Reginald Tupper [55] West Coast of Scotland 8.14- 10th Cruiser Squadron 3.16- [VAd 1.16]
Bernard Currey [? ] 5th Battle Squadron -3.15 Gibraltar 10.15-7.17 [VAd 1.16]
Ernest Troubridge [52] 1st Cruiser Squadron/Med -9.14
(1) SPOTTER
Archibald Moore [52] 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 8.14-2.15 9th Cruiser Squadron 2- ?.15
(2) POOR LEADER
Charles Madden [52] Chief of Staff, Grand Fleet 8.14-2.16[VAd6.16] 1st Battle Squadron 12.16-
Rosslyn Wemyss [50] 12th Cruiser Squadron 8.14-2.15
(4) SPOTTER
Mudros 3-11.15
CinC East Indies 12.15-6.17
Second Sea Lord 8-9.17
Deputy First Sea lord 9-12.17
Cecil Thursby [53] 5th Battle Squadron 8.14-3.15
Aegean 4.15
Taranto 5.15-15,16
Eastern Mediterranean 8.16-8.17 [VAd 4.17]
Admiral cmdg Reserves 7.17- 7.18
CinC Plymouth 8.18-
Arthur Christian [?] Southern Force 8-9.14
Mudros 11,15- .17
(2) POOR LEADER
Somerset Gough-Calthorpe [50] 2nd Cruiser Squadron -5.16
Second Sea Lord 6-11.16
Admiral cmdg Reserves 11.16-7.17[VAd4.17]
CinC Mediterranean 8.17-
(3) SPOTTER
Herbert Heath [53] Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard-8.15
2nd Cruiser Squadron 5-11.16
3rd Battle Squadron 11.16-9.17 [VAd 4.17]
Second Sea Lord 9.17-
(3) SPOTTER
Montagu Browning [51] 2i/c 3rd Battle Squadron -11.15
3rd Cruiser Squadron 11.15-8.16
CinC NAWI 9.16-2.18 [VAd 4.17]
4th Battle Squadron 4.18-
(3)
John de Robeck [52] Cape Verde 9.14-
2i/c Eastern Mediterrenean 1-3.15
Eastern Mediterranean 3.15-5.16
3rd Battle Squadron 5-11.16
2nd Battle Squadron 11.16- [VAd 5.17]
(2) BLOCKADE RUNNER
Arthur Waymouth [51] Director of Naval Equipment -12.14
7th Cruiser Squadron 1-4.15
Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard 8.15-7.17
Archibald Stoddert [54] 5th Cruiser Squadron -9.14
South Atlantic 9-12.14
(3)
Hugh Evan Thomas [52] 2i/c 1st Battle Squadron -8.15
5th Battle Squadron 8.15-10.18 [VAd 9.17]
(3)
Robert Arbuthnot [50] 2i/c 2nd Battle Squadron -1.15
1st Cruiser Squadron 1.15-31.5.16 KIA
(3)
Stuart Nicholson [49] 6th Battle Squadron -4.16
East Coast of England 5.16-7.18 [VAd9.17]
Dudley de Chair [50] 10th Cruiser Squadron 8.14-3.16
3rd Battle Squadron 9.17-6.18 [VAd 9.17]
Admiral cmdg Reserves 7.18-
Henry Campbell [49] 7th Cruiser Squadron 8-9.14
Federick Tudor [51] Third Sea Lord 8.14-5.17
CinC China 6.17 [VAd 10.17]
Alexander Duff [52] Director of Mobilisation 8.14-
2i/c 4th Battle Squadron 10.14-1.17
Director Anti-submarine Warfare Division 1.17-
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 5.17- [VAd 1.18]
(4) BLOCKADE RUNNER
Edward Charlton [49] Minesweepers 9.14-2.15
CinC Cape 6.16-5.18 [VAd 1.18]
East Coast of England 7.18-
(3) SPOTTER
Robert Phipps Hornby [48] 11th Cruiser Squadron 8-9.14
CinC NAWI 9.14-3.15 (invalided)
Mark Kerr [50] attached Greek Navy - .15
Taranto 5.16-1.17
Royal Naval Air Service 1.17-3.18
Horace Hood [44] Naval Secretary 8-10.14
2 i/c Dover Patrol 10.14-4.15
3rd Battlecruiser Squadron 5.15-31.5.16 KIA
(3) SPOTTER
John Eustace [53] Ministry of Munitions 15/19 [VAd 8.18]
William Pakenham [53] 3rd Cruiser Squadron -3.15
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 2.15-12.16
Battlecruiser Fleet 12.16-12.18 [VAd 9.18]
(3) SPOTTER
Francis Miller [51] 9th Battle Squadron 8-9.14
Trevelyan Napier [47] 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron 1.15-1.17
1st Cruiser Squadron 1.17-12.18 [VAd 10.18]
Arthur Leveson [52] Director Operations Division-1.15
2i/c 2nd Battle Squadron 2.15-12.16
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 12.16-10.18
5th Battle Squadron 10.18-
Sydney Fremantle [47] 2i/c 3rd Battle Squadron .15- .17
Aegean 8.17-1.18
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1.18-
Henry Oliver [49] Director of Naval Intelligence -8.14
Naval Secretary 10-11.14
Admiralty War Staff 11.14-5.17
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 5.17-1.18
2 i/c 1st Battle Squadron 1.18-
George Ballard [52] Admiral of Patrols -5.16
Malta 9.16-
Morgan Singer [50] Director of Naval Ordnance -12.16-
2 i/c NAWI 12.16-
& 9th Cruiser Squadron 12.17-
Promotions to Rear Admiral 1914-1918
Ernest Gaunt [49] RN Barracks, Chatham 10.14-
2 i/c 1st Battle Squadron 8.15-12.16
CinC East Indies 6.17-
Cecil Dampier [47] not employed 1915/18
2 i/c Dover 1918-
Osmond Brock [46] 2 i/c Battlecruiser Squadron 3.15-
1st Battlecruiser Squadron 8.15-
Chief of Staff, Grand Fleet 12.16-
(3)
Arthur Hayes Sadler [52] not employed 1915/18 Aegean 1-2.18
(2) POOR LEADER
Richard Phillimore [51] Russia 8.15- .16
1st Battlecruiser Squadron 11.16-
& Aircraft Carriers 1.18-
(4) SPOTTER/BLOCKADE RUNNER
Charles Vaughan Lee [48] Royal Naval Air Service 8.15-1.17
Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard 1.17-
(SPOTTER/FLEET DESTROYER) - AIR MARSHAL
Douglas Nicholson [49] not employed 1.16-
2i/c 4th Battle Squadron 6.17-
Cecil Hickey [51] Director of Training 1.16-
Francis Kennedy [53] not employed 6.16-
Chief of Staff, Nore .18-
Heathcote Grant [52] not employed 6.16-
2 i/c Dover .17-
Gibraltar 7.17-
Thomas Jackson [48] Director Operations Division 1.15- [RAd 6.16]
Egypt & Red Sea 7.17-
(3)
William Goodenough [49] 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron -12.16 [RAd 6.16]
2 i/c 2nd Battle Squadron 1.17-
(3) SPOTTER, SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
Michael Culme-Seymour [49] Director of Mobilisation 14- [RAd 6.16]
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron 2.18-
Aegean 5.18-
George Hope [48] Director Operations Division 5.17-
Deputy First Sea Lord 1.18-
Roger Keyes [45] 2 i/c 4th Battle Squadron 5.17-
Director of Plans 6.17-
Dover Patrol 12.17-
(5) SEAWOLF, SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
Cecil Lambert [53] 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron -2.18
Aegean 2-4.18
attached RAF 4.18-
(SPOTTER/SUPERIOR TACTICIAN) - AIR MARSHAL
Hugh Tothill [52] Fourth Sea Lord 5.17-
Victor Stanley [50] Russia 1918
Lionel Halsey [45] Third Sea Lord 5.17-
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron 6.18-
Edward Alexander-Sinclair [52] 1st Light Cruiser Squadron -7.17
6th Light Cruiser Squadron 7.17-
(3) SPOTTER
James Fergusson [46] Mediterranean Patrols 4.17-4.18
2nd Light Cruiser Squadron 5.18-
William Hall [46] Director of Naval Intelligence 14/19 [RAd 4.17]
Alan Everett [49] Naval Secretary -10.18
4th Light Cruiser Squadron 10.18-
Thomas Hunt [51] 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron 7.17-
Lewis Clinton-Baker [51] Minelayers 1.18-
John Green [51] White Sea .18-
Vivian Bernard [49] Portland Base 9.17-
James Ley [48] Director Staff Duties 1.18-
Edmund Hyde-Parker [49] Director of Mobilisation 1.18-
Edward Phillpotts [47] Director Naval Equipment 1.18-
Frederick Learmouth [52] Director Fixed Defences 3.18-
Philip Colomb [51] Pacific 9.17- [RAd 4.18]
(3)
George Borrett [ ?] 7th Light Cruiser Squadron 4.18- [RAd 8.18]
Walter Cowan [47] 1st Light Cruiser Squadron .17- [RAd 9.18]
(3)
Maurice Woolcombe [50] not employed [RAd 10.18]
(3)
Martin Dunbar-Nasmith E class Submarine Commander
(3) SEAWOLF

ENGINEER VICE ADMIRAL
Henry Oram [56] Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty -6.17
ENGINEER REAR ADMIRAL
George Goodson [52] Deputy Engineer-in-Chief -6.17
Engineer-in-Chief 6.17- [VAd]
Ernest Ellis [?] Inspector of Naval Ordnance -17
William Pamphlett [?] Admiralty staff ?
Albert Westaway [?] ??
Arthur Turner [53] Chief Engineer, Grand Fleet - .17
Sylvester Rawling [?] ??
William Anstey [54] Assistant Engineer-in-Chief - .17
William Mogg [54] Chief Engineer, Home Fleet/2nd Fleet -1916
Chief Engineer, Portsmouth 7.16-
Edward Gaudin [?] Assistant Engineer-in-Chief -6.17
Deputy Engineer-in-Chief 6.17-
Promotions to Engineer Rear Admiral
George Hudson [55] Chief Engineer, Nore 5.16-
William Whittingham [54] Chief Engineer, Scottish Coast 11.16-
William Juniper [?] attached Nore Command 5.17-
John Richardson [55] Chief Engineer, East Coast of England 6.17-
Charles Jones [55] promoted 10.17 -post?
Henry Humphreys [? ] Chief Engineer, Plymouth 4.18-
Fred Hoare [55] promoted 4.18 -post?
Arthur Kingsnorth [54] promoted 1918 -post?
Archie Emdin [53] Engineer Manager, Malta Dockyard

[Richmond516]

NAVAL DOCTRINE AND NAVAL TECH (pre-1914)
Basic - Trafalgar tactics and technology
- Monitors (Destroyers) - extremely primitive ironclads mounting guns in an armored box hull.
(ie USS Monitor/CSS Virginia)
- Submarine Technology - first advances in submarine technology
(ie CSS Huntley)
Ironclad Navy - ACW naval tech, emphasis on blockades and commerce raiding.
- Armoured Frigates (Cruisers) - very primitive battleships, armored sailing ships with engines
(ie American Civil War ships)
- Naval Turrets - use of rotating gun turrets for housing main guns.
- Armoured Gunboats (Destroyers) - primitive battleships, traditional rigging
(ie HMS Warrior/La Gloire)
- Improved Propulsion 1 - more efficient coal burning reciprocating engines
- Naval Raiders - very primitive commerce raiding cruisers. Req. commerce raiding doctrine.
(ie CSS Alabama)
- Barbettes - raised towers for housing cannon. No overhead protection. Req for The Turret Ship.
- Experimental submarine technology - required for next phase of sub development.
- Balloon reconnaissance - first stage of naval aviation.
Jeune Ecole - Less emphasis on Battleships, more on commerce raiding, torpedo boats and subs
- The Turret Ship - basis for all further developments. Ship armed with a turret mounted on a
barbette. (ie HMS Devastation/Dandolo)
- Raiding Cruisers (Cruisers) - primitive cruisers.
(late 19th C cruisers)
- Protection to Vitals - lighter armor in exchange for speed
- Krupp Armaments - superior guns and armor
- Harvey Steel - nickle hardened armor plating
- Improved Propulsion 2 - quadruple expansion reciprocating engines.
- Cruiser Rules - Raiders are required to stop their victims and allow the crews to
abandon ship. Required for next stage of cruiser devt as well as sub devt.
- Shell hoists - shells are now brought up from the magazine by hoist increasing ships safety.
- Improved balloons - more control and better construction.
The New Navy - More emphasis on global power projection. Improved endurance for ships.
- Second Class Battleships (Cruisers) - large CAs with a battleship's guns.
(ie USS Maine)
- Coastal Defense Battleshps - primitve battleships with the most modern guns.
(ie Spanish American war era Battleships)
- Protected Cruisers - Commerce raiders with very little armor, light anti-merchant guns
(ie Spanish American war era Cruisers/primitive CLs)
- Armoured Cruisers 1 - Cruisers with armor to serve as fleet scouts.
(ie HMS Edgar, HMS Drake classes)
- Parsons Turbines - improved propulsion through steam powered turbine engines.
- Larger main guns - upgrades to 6" guns.
- Mixed armament - armored cruisers and battleships armed with various types of heavy guns.
- Showing the Flag - warships are built less as ships of war but as symbols of power
particularly in regard to Imperial colonies.
- Gunboat diplomacy - use of naval power projection to achieve political ends.
More efficient use of overseas stations.
- Gunnery Training 1 - constant practice firings and target shooting.
Damn the Torpedoes - Mine and Torpedo Warfare.
- Primitive torpedo boats (Destroyers) - experimental type with few guns but lethal with torps.
- Naval Mines 1 - primitive electronic and contact mines.
- Torpedo Defenses - torpedo nets to protect against torpedo attacks.
- Torpedo Boat Destroyer (Destroyers) - heavier armament over torpedoes, used to attack TBs.
- Improved Safety Aboard Ship - ships stand less chance of blowing up via Methane.
- Quick-Firing guns - better defense against torpedoes.
- Improved Propulsion 3 - More reliable engines that generate more speed.
- Magazine Safety - less chance of blowing up due to poor safety proceedures.
- Armoured Cruisers 2 - multiple gunned armored cruisers.
(ie HMS Monmouth or other County class ships)
- Primitive Dirigibles - required for Airships.
Fear God, Dreadnaught (all) - the dreadnought era
- experimental oil powered turbines - required for oil fired turbines.
- Wireless Telegraphy - improved communications. Better C3.
- Armoured Cruisers 3 - Improved Armored cruisers with better protection.
(ie HMS Cressy)
- Lessons of contemporary naval engagements - improved C3 (Req. for DN)
- The naval theoreticians (Mahan, Fisher, Tirpitz) - doctrinal improvements (Req. for DN)
- Armoured Cruisers 4 - Larger, better armored cruisers for fleet escorting.
(ie HMS Defense, Russo-Japanese war cruisers)
- Improved Propulsion 4 - more efficient and faster engines (Req. for DN)
- Naval Engineering - superior warship construction (Req. for DN)
- Dreadnought - superior battleship in terms of speed, armor, armament and C3.
(ie HMS Dreadnought - of course!!)
- Large Armored Cruiser - big armored cruisers capable of battle line action.
(ie SMS Blucher or SMS Scharnhorst)
- Dreadnought Armored Cruiser - big armored cruisers with battleship's guns and cruiser armor.
(ie HMS Invincible)
- Scout Cruisers - lightly armed and unprotected cruisers.
- Airships - large dirigibles capable of carrying bomb loads and some machine guns.
- Naval Scout Aircraft - needs Kittyhawk/Wright Bros EVENT. Primitive land based scout planes.
- Battlecruisers - faster and bigger than primitive Dreadnought Armored Cruisers.
(ie HMS Indefatigable)
- Scout Cruisers - very small, inexpensive cruisers for recce and flag-showing purposes.
(ie HMS Pegasus, HMS Eclipse)
- Speed over protection - better speed at the cost of armoring
- Uniform armament - rather than having many guns of different calibers, ships are armed with
a few turrets of heavy guns.
- Oil fired turbines.
- Long Range Gunnery - improved gunnery at maximum range
- Concentration of Fire - squadrons concentrate fire on single targets
- Improved Fire Control 1 - Centralized Fire Control
- Improved Fire Control 2 - Gun Directors
- Improved C3 - better communication between the bridge and the crew stations.
- Gunnery Training 2 - better fire control and accuracy.
- Optics - range finding equipment, better accuracy.
Wartime Developments:

1. Naval Aviation - from shore based squadrons and zeppelins to primitive 'seaplane carriers'
and ship mounted catapults to the first converted aircraft carriers.
2. Improved guns - growing successively larger till they reach 15" or even 18" guns.
3. Oil Fired Turbines - making ships extremely fast.

Corps Level Organization of the British and Commonwealth Armies 1914

I Corps - part of prewar BEF. CO in 1914 was Gen Sir Douglas Haig
1st, 2nd, 3rd Divisions
II Corps - part of prewar BEF. CO in 1914 was Gen Sir James Grierson
who was soon replaced by Gen Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien
4th, 5th,
III Corps - formed in England at the outbreak of war taking control of the divisions
that were sent to France in late August 1914. CO was Gen Pulteney (I think)
IV Corps - moved to Belgium in October 1914. CO was Gen Sir Henry Rawlinson
V Corps - moved to France in Jan 1915 and took part in 2nd Ypres.
VI Corps - formed in France in May 1915.
VII Corps - formed in France in July 1915 and took part in the Battles of the Somme 1916.
VIII Corps - formed in Gallipoli as the British Army Corps in May 1915.
Commanded by (MajGen) Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston (ex CO 29th Division)
IX Corps - formed in England and landed at Suvla Bay during 2nd phase of the
Gallipoli campaign. Later moved to France.
X Corps - formed in France in July 1915.
XI Corps - formed in France in August 1915. Moved to Italy in November 1917 then returned
to France in March of the next year.
XII Corps - formed in France Sept 1915 then transfered to Salonika in Nov.1915.
XIII Corps - formed in France Nov 1915.
XIV Corps - formed in France Jan 1916 and then moved to Italy in Nov.1917.
XV Corps - formed in Egypt Jan 1916 but disbanded shortly thereafter.
Reformed in France April 1916 just in time to fight on the Somme 1916.
XVII Corps - formed by the renumbering of the XV Corps w/c was itself formed from the
old Indian Corps.
XVIII Corps - formed in France 1917. Merged with VIII Corps in July 1918.
XIX Corps - formed in France 1917.
XXII Corps - formed from II ANZAC Corps in France, Dec.1917.

I ANZAC - formed in Egypt Feb 1916 from the original ANZAC. Renamed the Australian Corps.
II ANZAC - formed in Egypt March 1916. Later renamed XXII Corps.
Canadian Corps - formed in France in Sept 1916 from 4 Canadian Divisions.
Reserve Corps - formed in France in April 1916, later GHQ of Reserve Army w/c later became
the 5th Army.
Indian Corps - formed in France in Sept 1914 out of the Meerut and Lahore Divisions.
Commanded by LtGen Sir James Willcocks. Disbanded Dec.1915.
Portuguese Corps - moved to France in January 1917 with 2 Portuguese divisions.
Cavalry Corps - formed in France in Oct 1914.
Indian Cavalry Corps - formed in France in Dec 1914.
* Both cavalry corps were broken up in March 1916 but only the Cavalry Corps was
later re-established in Sept 1916. The Indian Cavalry went to fight in
the Middle East.

XVI Corps - Salonika Jan 1916
XX Corps - Palestine Aug 1917
XXI Corps - Palestine Aug 1917
XXIII Corps - England Feb 1918 and remained there for the remainder of the war.
XXIV Corps - Egypt Mar 1918 but disbanded a week later.
I Indian Corps - Mesopotamia Nov 1916.
II Indian Corps - Mesopotamia April 1915 when the Indian Expeditionary Force D was increased to two divisions.
III Indian Corps - Mesopotamia Dec 1915. Also called the Tigris Corps.
ANZAC (Australia & New Zealand Army Corps) - formed in Egypt early 1915. Won legendary
fame in Gallipoli. Renamed I ANZAC in Feb 1916.
Desert Mounted Corps - Formed in Egypt Aug 1917 then served in Palestine.

Special Events 1 -
FM Kitchener was deeply opposed to the formation of the Territorial Force and did
not consider them adequate soldiers. He did not believe that the war would be
'over by Christmas' as so many of his time believed (he was right about that!) and
immediately after he took over as Minister for War 5th Aug 1914 he issued orders
for the expansion of the Army. Refusing to base his 'new armies' on the existing
Territorial Forces he called for a 'hundred thousand volunteers'. The results were
overwhelming. The famous recruiting poster 'Your King and Country Need You.'
which has been duplicated many times over by other nations and services helped to
raise the 'hundred thousand' several times over.

Britain had always relied on a small but highly professional army to fight her
battles, though sometimes (whenever possible actually) foreign mercenaries were
used to augment her forces. The 'contemptible little army' (as nicknamed by Kaiser
Bill) which made up the original BEF were veterans of the recent Boer war and
maintained legendarily high standards (during the retreat from Mons two Guardsmen
who hadn't slept for 4 days were found asleep at their posts and shot by firing
squad... such discipline produced men who could fire so steadily and rapidly that
the Germans thought each British battalion was equipped with nothing but
machineguns!) but it was slowly but surely worn down by the bitter fighting during
the following months. With Kitchener's rejection of the territorial force his
volunteers would form the basis for a series of 'new armies'.

BEF - Cavalry Division, 1-7 Regular Divisions.

1st Regular Division - Old Contemptible fought from Mons to the crossing of Sambre.
Brigades - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
CO: MajGen SH Lomax (2) WIA 1914
2nd Regular Division - Old Contemptible fought from Mons to the end of the war.
Brigades - 4th (Guards), 5th (Fusilliers), 6th (Kings)
CO: MajGen CC Monro (2)
MajGen R Fanshawe (2)
MajGen W Walker VC (3)
3rd Regular Division - Old Contemptible fought from Mons to the end of the war.
Brigades - 7th, 8th, 9th
CO: MajGen H Hamilton (2) KIA 1914
MajGen J Haldane (3) 1915
4th Regular Division - Old Contemptible fought from Mons to the end of the war.
Suffered one of the highest rates of divisional commander casualties.
Brigades - 10th, 11th, 12th
CO: MajGen T Snow (2) WIA 1914
MajGen H Wilson (3)
MajGen H Rawlinson (4)
5th Regular Division - Old Contemptible fought from Mons to the end of the war.
Brigades - 13th, 14th, 15th
CO: MajGen Sir C Fergusson (3)
MajGen T Morland (2)
MajGen C Kavanagh (3) 1915
MajGen J Ponsonby (2) 1918
6th Regular Division - Old Contemptible garrisonned Ireland and England at the
beginning of the war but was immediately deployed to the Continent.
Brigades - 16th, 17th, 18th, (19th - under GHQ indpdt. command initially)
CO: MajGen J Keir (2)
MajGen W Congreve VC (4) 1915
MajGen C Ross (2) 1915
7th Regular Division - Old Contemptible formed from garrison units brought back
to Britain from all over the empire. Renowned as one of the best fighting
divisions ever put into the field, it was known as the 'Immortal Seventh'
after fighting German divisions to a standstill at First Ypres. Suffered
heavily from BRITISH gas at Loos but managed to seize the Quarry area.
Divisional commander General Capper died of wounds. At the Somme it captured
Mametz, one of the very few bright spots of that tragic campaign.
Brigades - 1st Grenadier Guards Battalion (to Guards Aug 1915), 20th, 21st, 22nd
CO: MajGen T Capper (3) Died of Wounds 1915
MajGen H Gough (2) 1915
MajGen H Watts (3) 1915-1917


Additional Regular units -
8th Regular (formed Sept 1914 from various Imperial Garrisons.)
27th Regular (formed Oct-Nov 1914 from battalions from India/HK/Canada)
28th Regular (formed Dec '14-Jan '15 from bns from India/Singapore/Egypt)
29th Regular (formed Jan-Mar 1915 from various Imperial Garrisons)

8th Regular Division - Made up of the elements of garrison units brought back from
the far reaches of the Empire as a reinforcement for the depleted BEF.
Brigades - 23rd, 24th, 25th
CO: MajGen F Davies (1)
MajGen W Heneker (1)

27th Regular Division - formed from battalions from India, Hong Kong, Canada.
Landed in France in late December 1914. Later fought in Salonika.
Brigades - 80th, 81st, 82nd
CO: MajGen G Milne (2)
MajGen G Weir (1)


28th Regular Division - formed from battalions from India, Singapore, Egypt.
Landed in France in January 1915. Later fought in Salonika.
Brigades - 83rd, 84th, 85th
CO: MajGen C Briggs (1)
MajGen H Ravenshaw (1)
MajGen H Croker (2)

29th Regular Division - formed from battalions from throughout the Empire.
Earmarked for Dardanelles Campaign. Legendary for the landing from the
fateful SS River Clyde and the Lancashire Fusilliers 8 VC's before
breakfast. Known as the 'Incomparable 29th'. Later fought in France.
Brigades - 86th (Lancs Fusilliers), 86th (Dublins & Munsters), 87th, 88th
CO: MajGen A Hunter-Weston (3)
MajGen H de Lisle (2) 1915
MajGen D Cayley (2) 1918

K's 1st New Army - 8th (Light) - renumbered 14th when the 8th Regular Div was
formed in Sept 1914.
9th (Scots), 10th (Irish), 11th (Northern), 12th (Eastern),
13th (Western), 14th (Light) - ex 8th.

9th (Scottish) Division - Brigades - 26th, 27th, 28th (all Scottish - ie. 26th Scottish)
MajGen C Mackenzie (3)
MajGen G Thesiger (2) KIA
MajGen H Lakin (2)
MajGen H Tudor (2)

10th (Irish) Division - Brigades - 29th, 30th 31st (all Irish - ie. 30th Irish)
MajGen I Maxse (4)

11th (Northern) Division - Brigades - 32nd (Yorks), 33rd (Lincs), 34th (Northern)
MajGen F Hammersley (2)
MajGen E Fanshawe (2)
LtGen Sir C Woolcombe (2)
MajGen H Davies (3)

12th (Eastern) Division - Brigades - 35th (E Anglian), 36th (S Eastern), 37th (S Eastern)
MajGen F Wing (2) KIA 1915
MajGen A Scott (2)

13th (Western) Division - Brigades - 38th (Lancashire), 39th (Western), 40th (Welsh Bord)

14th (Light) Division - Brigades - 41st, 42nd, 43rd (all Light - ie 42nd Light)
MajGen F Fortesque (2)
MajGen V Couper (3)

The 2nd New Army was formed from K's call of Aug 28 for another hundred thousand.

K's 2nd New Army - 15th (Scots), 16th (Irish), 17th (Northern),
18th (Eastern) - a late war officer was Arthur Percival who
surrendered the WW2 incarnation of the 18th at
Singapore.
19th (Western), 20th (Light)

15th (Scottish) Division - 44th (Highlanders), 45th (Scottish), 46th (Borderers)
MajGen A Wallace (2) 1914
MajGen F McCracken (2) 1915
MajGen H Reed VC (3) 1917

16th (Irish) Division - 47th (Irish), 48th (Irish Fusilliers), 49th (Irish Fusilliers)

17th (Northern) Division - 50th (Yorkshire), 51st (Northern), 52nd (Fusilliers)
MajGen W Kenyon-Slaney (1) 1914
MajGen T Pilcher (2) 1915
MajGen P Robertson (2) 1916

18th (Eastern) Division - 53rd (East Anglia), 54th (Eastern), 55th (South Eastern)
LtGen Sir L Parsons (1) 1914
MajGen R Lee (2) 1917

19th (Western) Division - 56th (Lancashire), 57th (Western), 58th (Welsh Borderers)
LtGen Sir C Faskens (1) 1914
MajGen G Bridges (2) 1914
MajGen G Jeffreys (2) 1917

20th (Light) Division - 59th (Rifles), 60th (Light), 61st (Light)

The 3rd New Army was formed from the overwhelming surplus of volunteers, spurred
on by the news that the British army was in retreat in Belgium.

K's 3rd New Army - 21st to 26th Divisions.

21st (New Army) Division - 62nd (Northmberld & Yorks), 63rd (N Midlands), 64th (Northern)
LtGen Sir E Hutton (1) 1914
MajGen G Forestier-Walker (2)
MajGen C Jacobs (3)

22nd (New Army) Division - 65th (Western), 66th (Welsh Borderers), 67th (Welsh)

23rd (New Army) Division - 68th (Durham & Northmbld), 69th (W Yorks), 70th (Yorks & Lncs)

24th (New Army) Division - 71st (Western), 72nd (Southeastern), 73rd (Middlesex)

25th (New Army) Division - 74th (Lancashire), 75th (Cheshire), 76th (Welsh & Liverpool)
MajGen B Doran (1)
MajGen E Bainbridge (2)
MajGen J Charles (2)

26th (New Army) Division - 77th (Scottish), 78th (West Midlands), 79th (Western)

The 4th New Army was formed from the reserves of volunteers that were a surplus of
the 3rd New Army. They were to be numbered 27-32 but with the withdrawal
of regular troops from the far flung Imperial Garrisons to make up three
regular divisions (27, 28 and the 'incomparable' 29th that found fame and
death in Gallipoli). Thus the 4th New Army was renumbered 30-35. It was
then decided to make the 4th New Army units reserve units of extant
fighting battalions on the Western Front.

The 5th New Army were initially numbered 37-42 but when the 4th New Army
was broken up they took the original numbers 30-35. Most of
the battalions that made up the 5th were the tragically famous
'Pals & Chums' that suffered horrendous casualties on 1st July 1916.

30th (Manchester & Liverpool)
31st (Yorks & Lancs)
32nd (Misc composition - Warwicks, Fusiliers and HLI)
34th (Misc composition - Tyneside Scots, Tyneside Irish bns of NorthmbFus)
35th (Misc composition)

30th (New Army) Division - 89th (Kings (Liverpool)), 90th (Manchester), 91st (Manchester)
MajGen W Fry (1)
MajGen J Shea (1)
MajGen W Williams (1)

31st (New Army) Division - 92nd (E Yorks (Pals)), 93rd (W Yorks (Pals)),
94th (Yorks & Lancs (Pals))
MajGen RW O'Gowan (1) 1915
MajGen R Bridgford (1) 1918

32nd (New Army) Division - 95th (Royal Warwickshires), 96th (Lancs Fusilliers), 97th
MajGen W Ryecroft (1) 1915
MajGen R Barnes (2) 1916
MajGen J Tyler (2) 1917
MajGen F Lumsden VC (2) 1918

33rd Division was not formed - 98th, 99th, 100th Brigades reserved

34th (New Army) Division - 101st (Scottish), 102nd (Tyneside Scottish),
103rd (Tyneside Irish)
MajGen E Ingouville-Williams (2) KIA
MajGen C Nicholson (2)

35th (New Army) Division - 104th (Lancashire), 105th (Western), 106th (Northern)

The 6th New Army was formed by order in March 1915. This became the 5th
New Army when the original 4th New Army was broken up. These were also
known as 'Pals' divisions though the 36th was formed out of the Ulster
Volunteer Force, fanatically loyal Northern Irishmen who had bitterly
opposed British conciliatory efforts to the rebellious south Irishmen
in 1914.

Another experiment was the 'Bantam' division made up of men below the
regulation height. Weeding out the under-sized or unfit men caused delays
in the training program and it was not until late Spring 1916 that the
first 'bantams' were ready to move to the western front. The experiment
was not particularly successful and by 1918 the units had lost their
peculiar 'bantam' character.

36th (Ulster)
37th (Misc composition)
38th (Welsh)
39th (Misc comp - Northumberland Fus, Yorkshires, Sherwood Foresters, DLI)
40th (Bantam)
41st (Misc comp - later nicknamed the 'London Division' it included many
interesting units such as the Arts and Crafts battalion, 2nd
Public Works Pioneers and 2nd Football battalion - no kidding!)

36th (Ulster) Division - 107th (Royal Irish Rifles), 108th (Royal Irish),
109th (Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers)
MajGen C Powell (2) 1914
MajGen O Nugent (4) 1915
MajGen C Coffin VC (3) 1918
37th (New Army) Division - 110th (Leicesters), 111th (Midlands), 112th (Northwestern)
38th (Welsh) Division - 113th (Royal Welch Fusilliers), 114th (the Welsh Regt),
115th (South Wales Borderers)
MajGen I Philipps (2) 1915
MajGen C Blackader (3) 1916
MajGen T Cubitt (2) 1918
39th (New Army) Division - 116th (Royal Sussex), 117th (Sherwood Foresters),
118th (Southern)
40th (Bantam) Division - 119th (Welsh Bantams), 120th (Bantams), 121st (Bantams)
MajGen H Ruggles-Brise (2) 1915
MajGen Sir W Peyton (3) 1918
41st (New Army) Division - 122nd (Southeastern), 123rd (Eastern), 124th (Eastern)
MajGen S Lawford (3) 1915
The rest of the army divisions were TF units that, despite Kitchener's disapproval (his bias is shown by their being numbered as 'junior' to his own New Army formations), were needed to fight in this war where men and materiel were drained at an appaling rate. The poor showing of the French territorials in 1870 and the poor reputation of the militia/TF as 'Saturday Night Soldiers' created much negative bias on the part of the British High Command. The Territorial Force was formed in 1908.

42nd (East Lancashires) - first TF division to proceed overseas in 1914 for Egypt.
Brigades - Lancashire Fusilliers, East Lancashires, Manchesters (125-127)
MajGen W Douglas (3) 1913-1916
MajGen H Frith (3) 1915-1917
MajGen B Mitford (2) 1917
43rd (Wessex) - served in India throughout the war.
Brigades - Hampshire, Southwestern, Devon & Cornwall. (128-130)
MajGen C Donald (2)
44th (Home Counties) - this prewar TF division was used to supply garrisons and
its battalions replaced the ones being brought back to England to fight.
Brigades - Surrey, Middlesex, Kent (131-133)
MajGen J Young (1)
45th (2nd Wessex) - sent to India and used as drafts for divisions fighting in Mid East.
Brigades - 2/Hampshire, 2/Southwestern, 2/Devon & Cornwall. (134-136)
MajGen G Elliot (1)
46th (North Midlands) - moved to France in early 1915.
Brigades - Staffordshire, Lincoln & Leicester, Notts & Derby (137-139)
MajGen Hon. E Montagu Stuart-Wortley (2) 1914
MajGen W Thwaites (1) 1916
47th (2nd London) - moved to France in early 1915.
Brigades - 4/London, 5/London, 6/London (140-142)
MajGen C Barter (1) 1914
48th (South Midlands) - moved to France in mid 1915.
Brigades - Warwickshire, Gloucester & Worcester, South Midlands (143-145)
MajGen H Heath (1) 1914
MajGen R Fanshawe (2) 1915
MajGen J Steele (2) 1918
MajGen Sir H Walker (3) 1918
49th (West Riding) - moved to France in mid 1915.
Brigades - 1/West Riding (West Yorks), 2/West Riding (Duke of Wellingtons),
3/West Riding (146-148)
MajGen T Baldock (2) 1914 WIA
MajGen E Perceval (2) 1915
MajGen N Cameron (2) 1917
50th (Northumbrian) - moved to France in mid 1915.
Brigades - Northumberland, York & Durham, Durham Light Infantry (149-151)
MajGen B Burton (1) 1914
MajGen Sir W Lindsey (1) 1915
MajGen P Wilkinson (2) 1915
51st (Highland) - elements were used to reinforce BEF during winter 1914-15.
Moved as a complete division to France in mid 1915.

Brigades - 1/Highland, 2/Highland, 3/Highland (152-154)
CO - MajGen George Harper (2) OLD SCHOOL (famous for having refused the
support of tanks when the 51st participated in the
Cambrai offensive)
52nd (Lowland) - initially assigned to the defense of the Scottish coast it moved
to Gallipoli and fought there and in Palestine. Before overseas deployment
however some 400 men became casualties of the worst railway tragedy in
the British isles when a troop train crashed near Gretna Green.

Brigades - South Scottish, Scottish Rifles, Highland Light Infantry (155-157)
MajGen Hon H Lawrence (1) 1915
MajGen W Smith (1) 1916
MajGen J Hill (1) 1917
53rd (Welsh) - fought in Gallipoli and Egypt
Brigades - North Wales, Cheshire, Welsh Border (158-160)
MajGen Hon W Marshal (1) 1915
54th (East Anglian) - fought at Gallipoli and Palestine.
Brigades - Essex, East Midland, Norfolk & Suffolk (161-163)
MajGen S Hare (2) 1916
55th (West Lancashires) - fought in France. Renowned for its stubbornness.
Brigades - North Lancashire, Liverpool, South Lancashire (164-166)
MajGen J Forster (1) 1914
MajGen H Jeudwine (2) (from 3/1/1916)
56th (1st London) - fought in France. As an example of Kitchener's bias against the
Territorials the whole divisional artillery was transfered to the
36th (Ulster) Division in 1914-15. The division was reformed in 1916 in
time to serve on the Somme.

Brigades - 1/London, 2/London, 3/London (167-169)
MajGen C Hull (2) 1916
In mid August 1915 orders were issued to form a 2nd Line Territorial Force from the divisions that had volunteered 60% of their men for regular service. These were originally intended for 'Home Service' but by early 1915 they were raised to full strength and many
were sent overseas. The 2nd Line TF were the worst off regarding equipment, especially
artillery. Many units did not receive their Lee-Enfield .303" rifles until late 1915.

57th (2nd Lancashire) - moved to France in 1917.
Brigades - 2/North Lancashire, 2/Liverpool, 2/South Lancashire (170-172)
LtGen R Broadwood (2) 1916 Died of Wounds 1917
MajGen R Barnes (2)
58th (2/1st London) - formed from the cadre of the 1st London Division.
Brigades - 2/1st London, 3/1st London, 2/2nd London, 2/3rd London (173-175)
MajGen N Smyth VC (2) 1916
59th (2nd North Midlands) - cadre of 1st North Midlands Division
Brigades - 2/Staffordshire, 2/Lincoln & Leicestershire, 2/Notts & Derby (176-78)
MajGen R Reade (1) 1915
MajGen C Romer (2) 1917
60th (2/2nd London) - militia formation later raised to full strength for
service overseas. Fought in Egypt and Palestine and helped capture
Jerusalem.

Brigades - 2/4th London, 2/5th London, 2/6th London (179-181)
MajGen J Shea (2) 1917
61st (2nd South Midland) - militia formation later fought in France from 1916 on.
Brigades - 2nd Warwickshire, 2nd Gloucester & Worcs, 2nd South Midlands (182-84)
MajGen the Marquis of Salisbury (1) 1915
MajGen F Duncan (2) 1918
62nd (2nd West Riding) - fought in France from Jan 1917 onwards.
Brigades - 2/1st West Riding, 2/2nd West Riding, 2/3rd West Riding (185-187)
MajGen Sir J Trotter (2) 1915
MajGen W Braithwaite (3) 1915
MajGen Sir R Whigham (3) 1918
65th (2nd Lowland) - garrisonned Ireland for the duration of the war.
Brigades - (Royal Scots/KOSB), (Scottish Rifles), 2/Highland Lt Inf (194-196)

63rd (2nd Northumbrian) - another 2nd Line formation initially called
2nd Northumbrian. Served as coastal defense of Northeastern England and
used as drafts for first line units. Disbanded in July 1916.

Brigades - 2/1st Northumberland, 2/1st Yorks & Durham, 2/1st Durham Lt Inf
(188-190)
MajGen G Forestier-Walker (2) (early 1916)
66th (2nd East Lancashire) - the division was 'milked' to provide drafts for the
1st line TF division fighting in Gallipoli. It was sent to France in 1917.

Brigades - 2/Lancashire Fusilliers, 2/East Lancashires, 2/Manchesters.
(197-199)
MajGen C Beckett (1) 1914
MajGen N Malcolm (3) 1918 WIA
MajGen H Bethell (2) 1918

Miscellaneous Divisions:

Guards Division - formed from the units of the elite Guards Brigade. Served first
at the battle of Loos where the son of Rudyard Kipling, an officer in the
Irish Guards, was MIA, through 3rd Ypres, to Arras and the end of the war.

Brigades - 1st Guards (ex 4th Brigade 2nd Division) (Coldstream Gds)
1st Guards (ex 4th Brigade 2nd Division) (Grenadier Gds)
2nd Guards (Grenadier & Coldstream Guards)
2nd Guards (Scots & Irish Guards)
3rd Guards (Scots Guards)
3rd Guards (Welsh Guards)
COs: Maj-Gen. Earl of Cavan(18/8/1915)
Maj-Gen. G.Fielding (3/1/1916)
Maj-Gen. T.Matheson (11/9/1918)


73rd - formed for home service with a mixture of Provisional (Training) battalions
and a hodge-podge of other units. Part of the Southern Army, Home Forces,
it was a garrison and training/recuperation unit for the duration of WW1.

Brigades - 218th, 219th, 220th
74th (Yeomanry) - formed from the 2,3,4th Dismounted Yeomanry Brigades serving as
Suez Canal defenses. Fought on the Western Front.

Brigades - 229th (2nd Yeo), 230th (3rd Yeo), 231st (4th Yeo)
MajGen E Girdwood (2) 1916
75th - formed in Egypt and included units of the Indian Army and a brigade of
South African troops. Served in Egypt and Palestine (Gaza & Megiddo)

Brigades - 232nd, 233rd, 234th
MajGen E Palin (3) 1917
MajGen E Colston (2) 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) - the Royal Naval Division was the brainchild of the
brilliant Winston Churchill, formed out of the surplus of 20-30,000
naval reservists would could not or would not find jobs aboard warships.
This was enough to form two naval brigades and a brigade of marines.
The brigade defended Antwerp, fought at Gallipoli and the Western Front.

Brigades - 1st Royal Naval, 2nd Royal Naval, (3rd) Royal Marines
CO - MajGen A Paris (2) (from 1914-1916) WIA
MajGen C Shute (2) 1916
MajGen C Lawrie (2) 1917
MajGen C Blacklock (2) 1918

INDIAN ARMY UNITS

Commanders: Gen Sir Beauchamp Duff - CinC India
Gen Sir Percy Lake - CoGS India
LtGen H Watkis (2) - 3rd Lahore Division
LtGen Sir C Townshend VC (2) - 6th Poona Division
LtGen Sir C Anderson (2) - 7th Meerut Division
MajGen Sir G Gorringe (3) - 12th Indian Division
MajGen H Keary (3) - 3rd Lahore Division

District Commands:

Punjab Command (HQ at Murree)
Punjab Frontier Force Garrison
Punjab Cavalry Brigade
Corps of Guides

Bengal Command (HQ at Niani Tal)
Governor-General's Bodyguard (at Dehra Dun)
Bengal Lancers Brigade
Bengal Cavalry Brigade
Gurkha Rifles, Bengal Command

Madras Command (HQ at Ootacamund)
Madras Cavalry Brigade

Bombay Command (HQ at Poona)
Bombay Lancers Brigade
Bombay Cavalry Brigade
Hyderabad Contingent

Army HQ (1stC=1st Cavalry/2dC=2nd Cavalry/7thC=7th Cavalry/etc.):

Northern Army HQ (Bengal and Punjab) - HQ at Murree (LtGen Sir J Willcocks)
1st Peshawar Division - 1st (Peshawar), 2nd (Nowshera), 1stC (Risalpur)
MajGen C Blomfield
2nd Rawalpindi Division - 3rd (Abbottbad), 4th (Rawalpindi), 5th (Jhelum), 2dC (Sialkot)
MajGen G Kitson
3rd Lahore Division - 7th (Ferozepore), 8th (Jullundur), 9th (Sirhind),3dC (Ambala)
LtGen H Watkis
7th Meerut Division - 19th (Dehra Dun), 28th (Garwhal), 21st (Bareilly), 7thC (Meerut)
MajGen C Anderson
8th Lucknow Division - 22nd (Lucknow), Fyzabad Bde, Allahabad Bde,
Presidency Bde(Calcutta), 8thC (Lucknow)
LtGen R Scallon
Kohat Brigade - MajGen A Campbell
Bannu Brigade - MajGen O'Donnell
Derajat Brigade - MajGen G Younghusband
Punjab Frontier Force Brigade

Southern Army HQ (Bombay and Madras) - HQ at Ootacamund (LtGen Sir J Nixon)
4th Quetta Division - 1st (Quetta), 2nd (Quetta), Karachi Bde
LtGen H Grover, MajGen Sitwell, MajGen Mellis VC
5th Mhow Division - Nasirabad Bde, Jubbulpore Bde, Jhansi Bde
MajGen H Payne, MajGens Davison, Fanshawe, Townshend VC
6th Poona Division - 16th (Poona), 17th (Ahmednagar), 18th (Belgaum), Bombay Bde (Bombay) LtGen A Barrett,MajGen Atkins, MajGen Dobbie, MajGen Fry,MajGen Gorringe
9th Secunderabad Division - 1st (Secunderabad), 2nd (Secunderabad), Bangalore Bde,
Southern Bde (Wellington, Madras), Secunderabad Cav Bde
LtGen Woon, MajGens Wilkinson, Rodwell, Wapshare, W Hamilton, Wadeson

Burma Army HQ (Rangoon)
Burma Division - Rangoon Bde, Mandalay Bde
MajGen T Pilcher, MajGens Johnstone, Raitt

Colonial and Imperial Stations (indicated percentage means only a battalion or several battalions are present in the garrison):

India Assignments:
9/12th Lancers Cavalry Brigade (Rawalpindi)
80th Bde, 27th Div (Meerut)
81st Bde, 27th Div (Poona)
83rd Bde, 28th Div (Kamptee/Jubbulpore)
84th Bde, 28th Div (Sabathu/Chaktra)
85th Bde, 28th Div (Cawnpore)
86th Bde (Lancs Fusilliers), 29th Div (Karachi)
86th Bde (Dublin & Munsters), 29th Div (Madras)
87th Bde, 29th Div (Lucknow)
88th Bde, 29th Div (Mhow)

Halifax Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Halifax (Attd: Arty)
5th Bn, Royal Garrison Regt (Attd: Eng)
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,27,29th Divisions) - 30%

Bermuda Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Bermuda (Attd: Arty)
3rd Bn, West India Regt (Attd: Eng)
Bermuda Rifle Volunteer Corps
25th Bde, 8th Div - 30%

Barbados Garrison
Barbados Garrison Battalion
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,29th Divisions) - 30%

Jamaica Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Jamaica (Attd: Arty)
1st Bn, West India Regt

Gibraltar Command
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
3/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Arty)
Royal Engineers Fortress Brigade, Gibraltar (Attd: Eng)
2nd Bn, Royal Garrison Regt (Attd: Eng)

Malta Command
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Malta (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Malta (Attd: Arty)
Royal Engineers Fortress Brigade, Malta (Attd: Eng)
1st Bn, Royal Garrison Regt (Attd: Arty)
3rd Bn, Royal Garrison Regt (Attd: Arty)
4th Bn, Royal Garrison Regt (Attd: Arty)
23rd Bde, 8th Division

Crete Garrison
Crete Garrison Battalion
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,29th Divisions) - 30%

Egyptian Command
Egyptian Cavalry Brigade
Egyptian Garrison Brigade
20th Bde, 7th Div - 75%
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,28,29th Divisions) - 75%

Aden Garrison
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Aden (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Aden (Attd: Arty)
Aden Troop, Bombay Cavalry - 20%
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,28,29th Divisions) - 30%
1st Bn, Bombay Grenadiers
MajGen Bell

Somaliland Garrison
6th Bn, Kings African Rifles

Central African Garrison
1st Bn, Kings African Rifles
2nd Bn, Kings African Rifles

East African Garrison
3rd Bn, Kings African Rifles

Uganda Garrison
4th Bn, Kings African Rifles
5th Bn, Kings African Rifles

Sierra Leone Garrison
2nd bn, West India Regiment (Attd: Arty)
1st/West Africa Regiment
2nd/West Africa Regiment

Mauritius Garrison
1/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Mauritius (Attd: Arty)
2/Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Mauritius (Attd: Arty)
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,29th Divisions) - 30%
Indian Infantry Brigade

Ceylon Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Ceylon (Attd: Arty)
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,29th Divisions) - 30%
26th Madras Infantry

Burma Command
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Burma (Attd: Arty)
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,29th Divisions) - 60%
Burmese-Indian Infantry Brigade
Burmese Infantry Brigade
Gurkha Rifles Brigade

Singapore Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Singapore (Attd: Arty)
(1 British Regular Brigade - pick from 7,8,28,29th Divisions) - 30%
Indian Infantry Brigade - 60%

Hong Kong Garrison
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Hong Kong (Attd: Arty)
82nd Bde, 27th Div - 60%
33rd Burmese Infantry

Shanghai Garrison
Punjab Brigade
Bombay Light Infantry Brigade

[Richmond516]

IMPERIAL GERMAN FLAG OFFICERS
STATE SECRETARY, NAVY OFFICE
Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz
3.16 - Admiral Eduard von Capelle
10.18 - Vice Admiral Paul Behncke
10.18 - Vice Admiral Ernest Mann Edler von Tiechler
HEAD, KAISER'S NAVAL CABINET
Admiral Georg Muller
CHIEF OF ADMIRALTY STAFF
Admiral Hugo von Pohl
(3) CAUTIOUS
2.15 - Admiral Gustav Bachmann
9.15 - Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff
8.18 - Admiral Rheinhard Scheer
NB The Kaiser exercised control of the Navy through the above three officers who
had overlapping and conflicting duties.
SUPREME COMMANDER, BALTIC 1914-1917
Grand Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia
Chief of Staff - Rear Admiral von Uslar
8.18 - Admiral Frhr Walter von Keyserligk
CINC BALTIC NAVAL STATION
Vice Admiral Gustav Bachmann
2.15 - Admiral Freidrich von Ingenohl
(2) POOR LEADER
9.15 - Admiral Gustav Bachmann
8.18 - Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
(4) BLOCKADE RUNNER, SPOTTER
Kiel Naval Base 1914 - Vice Admiral Henkel-Gebhardi
5th Squadron 1914 - Vice Admiral Grepow
6th Squadron 1914 - Rear Admiral Echermann
Baltic Coast Defence 1914 - Rear Admiral Mischke
Baltic Recce Force - 1916 - Rear Admiral Langemarck
12.16 - Rear Admiral Hopman
12.16 - Rear Admiral Hopman-12.17
CINC NORTH SEA NAVAL STATION
Vice Admiral Gunther Krosigk [served in this post for whole of the war years]
Wilhelmshaven Naval Base 1914 - Rear Admiral Engelhard?
Cuxhaven Naval Base 1918 - Rear Admiral Engelhard
COMMANDER FLANDERS COAST 1914-1918
Admiral Ludwig von Schroder
CINC MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON
Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
9.17 - Vice Admiral Rebeur-Paschwitz
CINC BLACK SEA
1.18 - Vice Admiral Albert Hopman
CINC FAR EAST SQUADRON 1914
Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf Spee
(4) BLOCKADE RUNNER, SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
THE HIGH SEA FLEET 1914-1918
Admiral Friedreich von Ingenohl
2.15 - Admiral Hugo von Pohl
1.16 - Admiral Rheinhard Scheer
(4) SEAWOLF
8.18 - Vice Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper
(5) BLOCKADE RUNNER, SUPERIOR TACTICIAN
Chief of Staff 1.16-11.18 - Rear Admiral von Trotha
1st SQUADRON
Vice Admiral Lans
By 5.16 - Vice Admiral E Schmit
By 11.18 - Vice Admiral Boedicker
(4) SPOTTER
2nd SQUADRON
Vice Admiral Scheer
By 5.16 - Rear Admiral Mauve
(3)
3rd SQUADRON
Rear Admiral Funks
.15 - Vice Admiral Scheer
1.16 - Vice Admiral Paul Behncke
by 11.18 - Vice Admiral Kraft
4th SQUADRON
Vice Admiral E Schmidt
Later - Vice Admiral Mauve
9.17 - Vice Admiral Souchon
8.18 - Vice Admiral Meurer
(3) SPOTTER
1st SCOUTING GROUP/Cmdr Recce Forces
Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper
8.18 - Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter
(4) SEAWOLF, BLOCKADE RUNNER
2nd SCOUTING GROUP/Cmdr Destroyers
Rear Admiral Maas
By 5.16 - Rear Admiral Boedicker
By 1917 - Rear Admiral Reuter
1.18 - Rear Admiral Levetszow
3rd SCOUTING GROUP
Rear Admiral Tapken 1914-?
4th SCOUTING GROUP
1915 - Rear Admiral Scheidt
by 5.16 - Commodore Reuter
by 11.18 - Commodore Karpf
TORPEDO BOATS
7.15 - Commodore Andreas Michelsen
(4) SEAWOLF, BLOCKADE RUNNER
6.17 - Commodore Heinrich
(4) SEAWOLF
CHIEF OF U BOATS
6.17 - Commodore Andreas Michelsen to 11.18


FOR AUSTRIA-HUNGARY -
George Ritter Von Trapp
(4) SEAWOLF

[Richmond516]

BRITISH MILITARY DISTRICTS 1914:

For the various British military districts, to simplify things, assign the majority of the BEF (1-5th Regular divisions) to the Aldershot, Woolwich, Thames and Home districts of England. 6th Regular would be assigned to Ireland and maybe a few brigades from 7th and 8th would be garrisonning South Africa. The remaining districts would be garrisonned by the TF (Territorial Force) later 42nd to 56th Divisions (see above) - 2nd Line territorials would not be in existence yet or only as a cadre (1 brigade only - 20% strength). All Depot Bns should be classified as Militia with NO ATTACHMENTS and operating at 50% strength only (were training and recruitment units only) - alternatively you could dispense with the Depot Bns (more accurately they should be called 'Reserve Battalions') entirely and consider their strength as part of the TF/Kitchener training scheme (actually I included them in this OOB mainly to show the unit home county assignments). All Guards units except the 4th Bde, 2nd Div should be at 40% establishment strength. This OOB was created by tracing the original battalions to their 1914 initial location and first subsequent attachment. You may choose to refer to the TF by its original numberless designation or by its wartime numbering (I would suggest the latter so that the British player doesn't have to do any renaming). Any unattached brigades should be divided up between the United Kingdom, Ireland and India as well as the Imperial garrisons mentioned above with unknown British regular brigade assignments. The Kitchener armies, 63rd Royal Naval Division and Yeomanry divisions have not yet been formed, though as an alternative the elements of the Royal Naval Division may be assigned to Portsmouth, Scapa and Rosyth (Inverness) and the elements of the Yeomanry Division may be assigned anywhere in England.

Aldershot District (Southampton Area)
1st Bde,1st Div
2nd Bde, 1st Div
5th Bde, 2nd Div
6th Bde, 2nd Div
1 Brigade of Cavalry
Woolwich District (Southampton Area)
Royal Artillery Brigade, Woolwich District (Attd: Arty)
19th Bde
8th Bde, 3rd Div
1 Brigade of Cavalry
Eastern District (Coventry Area)
11th Bde, 4th Div - 60%
16/5th Lancers Brigade
East Anglian Division T.F. - later the 54th (Eastern) Div
Home District
Horse Guards Cavalry Brigade
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier & Coldstream Guards
Scots & Irish Guards
Scots Guards
Welsh Guards
4th Bde, 2nd Div (Coldstream Guards)
4th Bde, 2nd Div (Grenadier Guards)
Home Counties Division - later the 44th (Home Counties) Div
1st London Division - later the 56th (London) Div
2nd London Division - later the 47th (London) Div
Depot Bn, The London Regiment
Depot Bn, Queens Own (Royal West Kents)
Depot Bn, Royal Fusilliers
Depot Bn, Royal Sussex
North-Eastern District (Newcastle Area)
18th Bde, 6th Div
North Midland Division - later the 46th (North Midland) Div
West Riding Division - later the 49th (West Riding) Div
Northumbrian Division - later the 50th (Northumbrian) Div
Depot Bn, Green Howards
Depot Bn, Durham Light Inf
Depot Bn, East Yorkshires
Depot Bn, Lincolnshires
Depot Bn, Northumberland Fusilliers
Depot Bn, West Yorkshires
Depot Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Depot Bn, Yorks & Lancashires
North-Western District (Birmingham)
East Lancashire Division - later the 42nd (East Lancs) Div
West Lancashire Division - later the 55th (West Lancs) Div
Depot Bn, East Lancashires
Depot Bn, Lancashire Fusilliers
Depot Bn, Manchester Regiment
Depot Bn, South Staffordshires
Scottish District
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Scottish District (Attd: Arty)
17th Lancers Cavalry Regt
Highland Division - later the famous 51st (Highland) Div
Lowland Division - later the 52nd (Lowland) Div
Depot Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Depot Bn, Black Watch Highlanders
Depot Bn, Cameronians
Depot Bn, The Gordon Highlanders
Depot Bn, Highland Light Infantry
Depot Bn, Kings own Scottish Borderers
Depot Bn, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Depot Bn, Royal Scots Fusilliers
South-Eastern District (Dover Area)
3rd Bde, 1st Div
10th Bde, 4th Div
12th Bde, 4th Div
Southern District (Portsmouth Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Southern District (Attd: Arty)
9th Bde, 3rd Div
Depot Bn, Hampshire Regiment
Depot Bn, Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Depot Bn, Rifle Brigade
Thames District (London Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Thames District (Attd: Arty)
South Midland Division - later the 48th (South Midlands) Div
Depot Bn, Middlesex Regiment
Depot Bn, East Surreys
Depot Bn, Queens (Royal West Surreys)
Depot Bn, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Western District (Cornwall Area)
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Western District (Attd: Arty)
Wessex Division - later the 43rd (Wessex) Div
Depot Bn, DCLI
Wales Military District
Welsh Division - later the 53rd (Welsh) Div
Depot Bn, Royal Welch Fusilliers
Depot Bn, South Wales Borderers
Depot Bn, The Welsh Regiment
Belfast District
16th Bde, 6th Div
Depot Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusilliers
Cork District
17th Bde, 6th Div
Dublin District
21st Lancers Cavalry Regt
13th Bde, 5th Div
Depot Bn, Royal Dublin Fusilliers
Curragh District
Provisional Cavalry Brigade
14th Bde, 5th Div
Depot Bn, Royal Munster Fusilliers
Channel Islands
Royal Garrison Artillery Brigade, Channel Islands (Attd: Arty)
Channel Islands Garrison Corps (30%)
21st Bde, 7th Div
South Africa
South African Provisional Cavalry Brigade
22nd Bde, 7th Div - 70%
24th Bde, 8th Div - 70%
(Any 3 Brigades drawn from 1-8th Divisions)

unboats = Basic naval unit type of the late 19th century mainly used to 'show the flag'.
- required for Gunboat ship (DD01)

Protection to vitals = use of superior hardened steel to protect vital areas only.
- Sea Defense +1

"Living Coastal Defense" Concept = battleships are only for coastal defense.
- required for coastal defense battleship activation (BB01)

Crew Subdivision - crews are now organized into technical divisions (engineering, gunnery, etc)
- required for level 2 naval tech
- all ships org +10

"Jeune Ecole" theory = more emphasis on use of commerce raiders and torpedo craft with
battleships only as coastal defense ships.
- more expensive BBs, cheaper TBs, SS

Triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines = better ship propulsion
- all ship types increase speed by a knot. (UPGRADE REQUIRED)

Quadruple-expansion reciprocating steam engines = better ship propulsion
- faster BBs, CAs, TRANSPORTS (UPGRADE REQUIRED)

Experimental Submersible Craft - primitive submarines
- required for experimental submarines (SS01)

Protected Cruisers = small, fast unarmoured warships for commerce raiding purposes.
- required for protected cruisers (CA01)

Shell Hoists = faster, safer, more efficient means to deliver shells to the guns.
- attack of BB, CA types +1

Cruiser Rules - laid down by the Hague convention these defined the laws of war at sea.
Cruisers and submarines (CA/SS) affected.

'Risk Theory' - If a minor navy can threaten to dimish a major naval power it will decline.
Activates Open Seas Doctrine.

The Decisive Battle Concept - Idea that the war will be won in a single decisive action.
Activates Decisive Battle Doctrine.

Fleet Maneuvers - emphasis more on line of battle tactics and organization.
- BB speed -1 / BB and CA org +10

Line of Battle Tactics - more rigid emphasis on traditionalist orders and organization.
- all ships except SS and Transport speed -2 / all ships except SS and Transport org +10

GERMAN EVENT - Kaiser Wilhelm II reads Mahan
Kaiser supports the navy
Kaiser supports the army

GERMAN EVENT - Kaiser Wilhelm's pipe dream
(requires Kaiser Wilhelm II supports navy EVENT and German BB04 (Dreadnought) Research)
Tirpitz submits to Kaiser's wishes - 50% chance Germany designs Dreadnought Armd Cruiser
Tirpitz politely refuses - all German BB and CA gain +10 org

GERMAN EVENT - German parliament grants funds for military and naval expansion
Occurs mid-1906, mid-1908, mid-1912

Accept - German port cities (Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Kiel) get +2 INDUSTRY each.
60% chance that British parliament will counter with their own expansion
in which case London, Portsmouth, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Inverness gain +1 INDUSTRY each.

Reject - Status quo, no change on either side.

Better, Bigger Cruiser Guns - 7.5" and larger weapons designed (7.5/8.2/9.2")
- required for CA04 (Armoured Cruiser) design

Single calibre main armament - capital ships are armed with only one caliber of main guns.
- required for Centralized Fire Control Research
- required for BB04 (Dreadnought) design

Huge Guns - 13" and larger weapons designed. (13.5")
- required for BB05 (2nd Generation Dreadnought) and CA06 (Battlecruiser) design

Super Guns - 15" and larger weapons designed. (14/15/16/18")
- required for BB06 (Super Battleships), BB07 (Fast Battleships)
- required for CA07 (Large Light Cruiser), CA08 (Super BC)

Armour Piercing Shot - pre-1905 designs
- All BB, CA chips have +1 attack and defense.

Armour Piercing Fuses - better shell fuses that enable shot to penetrate armor before exploding.
- All BB, CA chips have +3 attack and defense.

Range Taking Machines - more accurate shell fire

Range Finding Optics - vastly more accurate shell fire

The Gunnery Clock - a primitive computer to assist fire control

Russo-Japanese war analysis - lessons of the war are discussed.
- required for BB04 (Dreadnought) design

Centralized Fire Control - centralized fire control and gun direction
for more accurate and long range fire.

- required for BB04 (Dreadnought) design

Fire Control Training - gunnery drills and better fire discipline. Takes a while.
- required for BB04 (Dreadnought) design

Directed Salvo Firing - the epitome of fire controlling.
- All BB and CA type ships +5 Attack / +5 Defense

The Dreadnought Battleship - a revolution in naval ship design rendering all others obsolete.
- BB04 (Dreadnought) design now possible
- Required for CA05 (Dreadnought Armoured Cruiser)

NOTES: HMS Dreadnought range was 5 days steaming at 20kts.

Assembly line techniques - useful for building anything from Model-T's to Dreadnoughts.
- increases industrial/tech output.

Krupp system of prefabrication - increases industrial/tech output for artillery and naval guns.
- automatically occurs for Germany if Britain achieves BB04 (Dreadnought) design.

Reaction Naval Race - political and social groups protest vast naval expenditures.
- BACK DOWN TO PROTESTS - the nation's naval provinces are reduced by 2 / dissent -1
- HOLD FAST AGAINST THEM - required consumer goods +4 / dissent +5

Rotary Turbine Driven Engines - better, more efficient ship propulsion
- faster DDs (UPGRADE REQUIRED)

Rotary Turbine Driven Cruisers - requires Dreadnought Research
- faster CAs (UPGRADE REQUIRED)

Rotary Turbine Driven Battleships - requires Dreadnought Research
- faster BBs (UPGRADE REQUIRED)

Oil Fired Turbines - requires 2nd Generation Dreadnought Research
- BB07 (Fast Battleships) requirement

NOTES: Oil increased the range of battleships by 40%

Improved Construction Methods - less time is needed to build warships

Improved Internal Subdivision - better hull integrity for ships. Increases survivability.

Honeycomb Subdivision - better hull integrity for ships. Increases survivability.

Improved Honeycomb Subdivision - better hull integrity for ships. Increases survivability.

Thicker Armour for Capital Ships - better armor at cost of speed. Affects BB and CA types only.

Gunnery Drills - training the gun crews for faster and more accurate salvoes
- All ships except SS and Transport ships +5 attack / +5 defense

Magazine Safety - better proceedures and discipline of magazine and gun crews.
- Increased protection for all ships.

Anti-Flash Devices - better protection against the risk of sudden fire.
- Increased protection for all ships.

Thicker Turret and Barbette Armour - better protection against heavy shell fire.
- Increased protection for capital ships BB and CA types.

NOTES: "We had competent administrators, brilliant experts of every description, unequalled navigators, good disciplinarians, fine sea officers, brave and devoted hearts; but at the outset of the conflict we had more captains of ships than captains of war."
- Winston S Churchill 1918

Naval War College - improves the command capacity of your ship commanders.
- requires Russo-Japanese war analysis.
- required for Modern Naval Tactics

Modern Naval Tactics - training in modern naval tactics.
- requires Naval War College
- required for Modern Fleet Maneuvers

Modern Fleet Maneuvers - more modern innovative approach to naval combat
- requires Modern Naval Tactics
- all ships except SS and Transport +10 organization.
- required for Torpedo Boat tactics
- required for Aggressive Battle tactics
- required for Disciplined Battle tactics

Torpedo Boat Tactics - proper utilization of torpedo boat class warships in naval combat.
- requires Modern Fleet Maneuvers
- DD class ships get +2 attack / +1 defense / +15 organization.
- required for Aggressive Torpedo Defense

Aggressive Torpedo Defense - use of DD and SS type ships offensively during a fleet action.
- requires Torpedo Boat Tactics
- DD and SS class ships get +2 attack / +1 defense / +15 organization.
- required for Battle Turn Away

Aggressive Battle Tactics - more aggressive and daring use of warships, less rigidity.
- requires Modern Fleet Maneuvers.
- all BB and CA type ships get +8 attack / -30 organization

Battle Turn Away - special maneuver where all ships of the line turn away
- requires Aggressive Torpedo Defense and Aggressive Battle Tactics

Disciplined Battle Tactics - more aggressive but controlled use of warships.
- requires Modern Fleet Maneuvers.
- all BB and CA type ships get +4 attack / +2 defense / +10 organization

Wireless Technology - electronically powered signalling.
- required for W/T Training

W/T Training - training fleet signals in the use of wireless telegraphy
- required for Improved Signals
- this should take long

Improved Signals - use of wireless telegraphy and signal lamps.
- all ships have an org improvement of +40

Naval Discipline - better organization and seakeeping
- all ships have an org improvement of +5

Spirit of Sacrifice - your men are more willing to fight to the death
- all ships have an org improvement of +15

Mercantile Sailors - drawing from the merchant marine's reserve of manpower
- all transport ships have an org improvement of +2

Long Sea Watches - training the crew on long ocean voyages
- all transport ships have an org improvement of +2

Duties on Colonial Stations - training young officers for independent command at far flung bases
- all DD type ships have an org improvement of +5

Serving the Sea - the final step before developing a 'naval tradition'
- all ships have an organizational loss (-40)

Naval Tradition - developed by decades of devotion to the sea it finally pays off.
- all ships have an org improvement of +80

BRITISH EVENT - The British Blockade of Germany
CLOSE BLOCKADE - Ports of Dover, Portsmouth, London, Harwich get +2 coastal defense
DISTANT BLOCKADE - Ports of Scapa Flow, Inverness, London get +2 coastal defense

GERMAN EVENT JAN 1916 - Admiral von Pohl's replacement
ADMIRAL SCHEER - Germans automatically get Aggressive Torps & Aggressive Battle Tactics.
UNDECIDED - All ships get an org improvement of +10

NOTES: Oil fired turbines

NOTES: If the British battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 30 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the German battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 20 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the American battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 20 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the French battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 15 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the Japans battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 15 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the Russian battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 10 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the Austrian battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 10 then Dissent increases (+40)

NOTES: If the Italian battleship strength as of 1914 falls below 10 then Dissent increases (+40)

[ptan54]

A lot of this is useful but at this late late stage we wouldnt be able to incorporate new events. Much of this could actually fit into the Entente thread as well.

[MRAKoris]

Amazing work, i can only applaud

[Steele]

This would have been hugely useful about 8 months ago. At this point, we either already have or somehow cannot use most of this.

Steele

[Richmond516]

I thought I sent these to Elisson before but just in case I didn't... well, perhaps in time for the patch?

Richmond

[Steele]

I wouldn't worry about that. We will be needing lots of patches...

Steele

[Richmond516]

NEW BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH EVENTS

POLITICAL

NAVAL

EVENT (ENG) Open Letter to the Times (Jan-May 1914)
Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Britain's gunnery expert wrote
a highly controversial letter to the Times in which
he predicted that 'submarines and aircraft have entirely
revolutionized naval warfare'. Despite fierce debate and
opposition from distinguished admirals, Scott was called upon
to head the Anti-Submarine Department of the Admiralty where
he conceived the concept of bombs dropped on submerged
enemy submarines - the depth charge.

OPTIONS
Shut him up!
Scott to head Anti-Submarine Department
(SLEEP LEADER Sir Percy Scott +1 Tech in Anti-Submarine Warfare)
Scott to head Naval Aircraft Department
(SLEEP LEADER Sir Percy Scott +1 Tech in Naval Aviation)

EVENT (ENG) Madden's Depth Bomb (Oct-Dec 1914)
Admiral Sir Charles Madden as well as a Captain Colomb were
working on an underwater bomb that utilized a hydrostatic charge
that would trigger an explosion at a certain depth. This was
eventually developed into the depth-charge, the weapon of choice
against submarines for half a century.

RANDOM CHANCE
We have received Admiral Madden's plans
We need more information to finish this 'depth bomb'

EVENT (ENG) Call Jack Back! (wartime)
Admiral Sir John "Jackie" Fisher was one of the most visible
mavericks of the naval world. A stubborn, tough-minded, no-nonsense man
who was nevertheless prone to flights of imaginative naval fancy.
Fisher was obsessed with preparing England for the day when her
rule of the waves was challenged by an adversary.

WAKE LEADERS
Sir Percy Scott
Admiral John Jellicoe

EVENT (ENG) Improved Battlecruiser Rate of Fire (Oct 1914-Dec 1915)
The British battlecruiser force was the point of the Grand Fleet's spear
and they were expected to engage not only lighter enemy cruisers
but their enemy counterparts and even battleships if the
opportunity presented itself.

To make the most of their heavy armament, the commander Battlecruiser Force
allowed his gunners and ammunition handlers to remove their magazine's
rudimentary flash protection in order to increase rate of fire.

OPTIONS
Very well. Let the Man on the Spot make his own rules
No! I must insist on proper proceedures for safety's sake

EVENT (ENG) D'Eynecourt's Memoires.
The renowed Director of Naval Construction, doubtless reminding
himself of the failure of the Royal Navy to deal with the persistent
submarine threat prepares a 'secret and personal memoir' calling
for the construction of more patrol boats, destroyers and submarines
to protect the Atlantic shipping which he saw as the key to Britain's
survival.

"In view of what we are doing in the direction of very fast ships
carrying large caliber guns... the question of Battle Cruisers might
be left out of account in connection with the War programme."

EVENT (German) The All Highest's Doodles (Jan-Dec 1914)
His Imperial Majesty, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was an avid naval enthusiast
who had fully supported his nation's desire to become a true blue-water navy
and challenge the supremacy of his English cousins. He would sometimes draw
warship designs and show them to his naval advisers including Admiral Tirpitz
who would gently disabuse His Majesty's flights of fancy. However there was
a chance that the 'enthusiastic amateur' could find the design that eluded
the closed-minded professionals...

OPTIONS
I fear this design would sink upon launching
There seems to be some promise in this design

EVENT (USA) Manifest Destiny
From little more than a third rate naval power in the aftermath of a bloody
Civil War and western expansion, the United States made a grand entry on
the world stage by defeating the elderly Spanish empire and winning
several key territories and valuable concessions during the Spanish-American War.

EVENT (USA) Prophet of Doom (Jan 1914 - Dec 1916)
Admiral William S. Sims, America's foremost gunnery proponent and an
experienced veteran of many campaigns, warns the president that the
United States Navy is terribly deficient in gunnery skills. That he pulls political
strings to bypass the chain of command has not gone unnoticed, however.

"I wish to bring to your attention, namely, the extreme danger of the present
very inefficient condition of the Navy, considered as a fighting force."

OPTIONS
Where is your discipline Admiral?
This is a revolutionary step in target practice and naval ordnance.

EVENT (USA) The US Navy studies Abroad (Jan 1914 - Dec 1916)
In an effort to improve Naval thought and design, the Secretary of the Navy
sends a select group of young officers to Europe's finest naval and
maritime colleges to learn the art of naval architecture and contemporary tactics.

EVENT (ENG) The Pollen Rangefinder (Jan-Dec 1914)
Arthur Hungerford Pollen, an inventor has previously come to
us with designs for a fire control system which we found
deficient. We don't believe it will be any different this time
but some of our experts believe that it shows some promise.

OPTIONS
Accept the Pollen System
(80% chance of success receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)
Reject the Pollen System
(you get nothing)

EVENT (USA and GER) The Pollen Rangefinder (Jan - May 1914)
Our experts believe that a Range-finding device invented by
English designer Arthur Pollen is superior to all other range
finding designs. We offered to buy his invention in 1906 but
were refused. We would like to make another offer.

CONDITIONAL
(Germany is in British ally) - Pollen has agreed to supply rangefinders to our navy.
(80% chance of success receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)
(America is in British ally) - Pollen has agreed to supply rangefinders to our navy.
(80% chance of success receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)

EVENT (USA) Sperry Rangefinder (Dec 1914 - Jan 1920)
The gyroscope was developed by an American, Elmer Sperry, who, in 1914,
invented a fire control system which would use his gyrocompass and
a primitive computer to deliver accurate naval gunfire.

GET TECH
(Automatic receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)

EVENT (USA) The Diving Shell (Oct 1914)
Inventive American Admiral Bradley Fiske meets with the Secretary of the Navy and
describes a 'diving shell' invented by Mr.Isham which, instead of striking a target
directly, dives into the water close to the target ship and explodes underwater
rupturing the hull. Adm.Fiske believes it could be very valuable against destroyers,
submarines or even battleships if it could be made to work.

OPTIONS
Interesting. Conduct further experiments and investigations.
Fiske you're mad!

EVENT (USA and GER) The Pollen Rangefinder (Jan - Dec 1917)
Our experts believe that a Range-finding device invented by
English designer Arthur Pollen is superior to all other range
finding designs. We offered to buy his invention in 1906 but
were refused. We would like to make another offer.

CONDITIONAL
(Germany is in British ally) - Pollen has agreed to supply rangefinders to our navy.
(Automatic Receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)
(America is in British ally) - Pollen has agreed to supply rangefinders to our navy.
(Automatic Receive Experimental Director Fire Control and Experimental Gunnery Computer)

EVENT (ENG) The Dreyer Fire Control System
Invented by Frederic Dreyer this system was accurate at intermediate ranges
and speeds but under combat conditions proved unable to accurately direct fire
at longer ranges and higher speeds.

We will adapt it.
(Automatic receive Experimental Director Fire Control for all large ships under 23 kts.)
There must be something better than this

EVENT (USA) Naval War College Analysis

EVENT (USA) Senate Hearing on Naval preparedness (Jan-Dec 1920)
Maverick Admiral William Sims accuses the Chief of Naval Operations and the
Department of the Navy of neglect and says that the navy was not ready
when war started, lacking personnel, materiel and even war plans. He has
made rather outrageous claims before but this shakes the very foundations
of the naval institution.

Enforced Retirement for Sims
Courts-Martial for Sims
Reform the Navy Now!

NAVAL TECHS

TECH Crew Specializations
Crews are now organized into technical subdivisions depending on their
specialization. This differed greatly from the 19th century navies where
one man could do the work of another.

TECH Spotting of Shot
With the increases in size and range of naval artillery came the need for
effective spotting of shot. Officers in director stations on the ship's mast
or superstructure would observe the flight of a salvo and relay its
accuracy to the gun stations. This was the time-honoured method of firing
on an enemy.

TECH Localized Fire Control
The concept of Localized Fire Control came with the development of barbettes
and revolving gun turrets. Each turret was now an enclosed world of steel and
means for their accurately spotting and hitting an enemy vessel had to be
deviced. Each turret commander was responsible for his own guns and would spot
and target their enemy on their own.
TECH Direction Finding Device
This device helped the localized fire control of individually aimed turrets.
TECH Barr and Stroud Range Finders
Developed by two Glasgow professors Barr and Stroud, this range finder vastly
improved the performance of ship's gunnery at intermediate ranges and was used
during the Russo-Japanese war. It was not very useful at longer ranges, however,
and with continued developments in naval gunnery more powerful range-finders
were needed.
TECH Turret Range Finder
In an effort to maximize the accuracy of each turret and bring about
the maximum concentration of accurate fire, the Turret Range Finder was
developed.
TECH Centralized Fire Control
The idea of a centralized fire control which would fire until
the target was bracketted then unleash deadly salvoes was pursued
by several nations, notably the United States and Great Britain.
TECH Experimental Director Fire Control
The first trials with primitive fire control devices are succesful
and subsequent firing tests proved that ships with director-controlled fire
were much more accurate even the best trained crews without them.
TECH Experimental Gunnery Computer
This primitive analog computer greatly aided the gun director
in accurately placing fire on the enemy. The spotters posted high on
the ship's masts would relay information to the computer which would
automatically make compensations for various factors.
TECH Retrofit all Capital Ships with Director Fire Control
It took plenty of time to retrofit all existing capital ships with gun directors.

TECH Wind Tunnels
These inventions were critical to testing aerodynamics and structural
behavior of the new aeroplanes.

TECH Radio Guided Torpedoes
Experimental in nature these torpedoes were first proposed by the dynamic
Admiral Bradley Fiske in 1912. Using a radio transmission as a guidance
system this allowed torpedoes to be fired at extreme angles and still
reach their target. Of course it didn't always work.

NAVAL DOCTRINE

DOCT Living Coastal Defense Concept
Battleships are now primarily for coastal defense.

DOCT La Jeune Ecole
'The Young School' was a development of naval thought that put less emphasis on battleships
and traditional line-of-battle tactics in favor of long range interdiction of enemy supplies,
commerce raiding by fast cruisers and protection of territorial waters by torpedo boats and
coastal submarines. This was particularly popular with smaller maritime nations with limited
naval budgets.

DOCT The New Navy
As the great powers maneuvered to expand their empires and open up new markets the need for
ships suited to global power projection became even greater. Thus the new navy was born which
emphasized greater speed and endurance for warships.

DOCT Gunboat Diplomacy
By the turn of the century, warships were being built less as ships of war but as symbols of national
prestige and power. They were thought to be capable of cowing rebellious colonies and impressing
potential enemies.

DOCT Cruiser Rules
As laid down by the Hague convention, these defined the laws of war at sea.
These particularly applied to commerce raiders such as cruisers and later submarines.

DOCT Alfred Thayer Mahan
Admiral of the US Navy, his ground-breaking work, The Influence of Seapower on History,
would shape naval thought for decades to come. He believed that control of the seas was
the dominant factor in warfare and that no nation could become a major power without it.

DOCT Update Naval College Curriculum
In the midst of a rapidly changing world some institutions of naval education
doggedly stuck to age-old drills, parade ground discipline and ceremony
rather than expanding and focusing on contemporary developments.
However, a gradual professionalization of these colleges and
introduction of more up-to-date subjects in naval architecture, design and tactics,
led to a greater professionalization of the naval officer corps.

DOCT Lessons of the Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese war was in many ways the proving ground of contemporary naval theories.
Ship designs of rival nations were tested in the crucible of battle and new tactics for the
age of steam power were developed, practiced, executed and observed by naval analysts in
preparation for future wars at sea.

DOCT The Naval Theoreticians
They may well have been the father's of their nation's modern navy. Men like Tirpitz, Fisher,
and Mahan influenced their nation's naval thought and helped build from the keel up, a modern
fighting navy.

DOCT The Risk Theory
This theory stated that if a minor navy can threaten to diminish a major naval power,
the latter will decline. This was especially attractive to up and coming naval powers
like Germany who might probably face the British naval giant.

DOCT Decisive Battle Concept
This is the idea that the war at sea will be won in a single decisive action.

DOCT Professional Naval Engineering
By the end of the second decade of the new century, the age of the
inspired amateur was over. New professional engineers and scientists
straight out of university were raising the standards of naval design and thought.

DOCT Wartime Experience Analysis
By this time the hard lessons of modern warfare have forced
radical changes in naval thought and design.

[Richmond516]

British Colonial Administration faces native exploitation Scandal (UK VP -15)
French Indochina Plantation-worker Exploitation (France VP -10)
Belgian Congo Native-worker Exploitation (Belgium VP -10)
German missionaries speak out against South-west African Slave Labour (German VP -10)
Italian colonial abuses in Africa (Italy VP -10)
Russian expatriates speak out against peasant exploitation (Russia VP -5)
Austro-Hungarian Exploitation of Minorities (Austro-Hungarian VP -5)
Ottoman Turkish Exploitation of Minorities (Turkey VP -5)

[Richmond516]

BRITISH EVENTS

INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT

Government is LC (Liberal Coalition)

Head of State - King George V
Head of Govt - Henry Herbert Asquith (LC)
Foreign Minister - Lord Grey (LC, Biased Intellectual, High)
Armament Minister - Lord Haldane (LC, Theoretical Scientist, Low)
Security Minister - Andrew Bonar Law (LC, Silent Lawyer, High)
Head of Intel - Sir Henry Oliver (LC, Naval Intelligence, Medium)
Chief of Staff - Sir Archibald Hunter (LC, School of Psychology, Very High)
Chief of Army - Sir John French (LC, Decisive Battle, Medium)
Chief of Navy - Prince Louis of Battenberg (LC, Decisive Battle, Undying)
Chief of Air - Sir David Henderson (LC, Air Superiority, Very High)

EVENT
Coalition Government
Under incumbent PM Henry Asquith, the opposing political parties form a coalition government dedicated to the singular purpose of defeating the enemy.

Date: Jan 1, 1914
Stay with incumbents
Alternatives:

Security Minister - Winston S Churchill (LC, Efficient Sociopath, Very High)
Armament Minister - Lord Milner (LC, Resource Industrialist, High)
Armement Minister - Lord Northcliffe (LC, Theoretical Scientist, Low)
Armament Minister - Winston S Churchill (LC, Theoretical Scientist, Very High)
Armament Minister - Reginald McKenna (LC, Battlefleet Proponent, Undying)
Armament Minister - Maurice Hankey (LC, Tank Proponent, Very High)

Rather have the Conservatives
Head of State - King George V
Head of Govt - Andrew Bonar Law
Foreign Minister - Lord Milner (CE, Iron Fisted Brute, Undying)
Armament Minister - Lord Derby (CE, Resource Industrialist, Undying)
Security Minister - Lord Northcliffe (CE, Back Stabber, Very High)
Head of Intel - Sir Henry Oliver (LC, Naval Intelligence, Medium)
Chief of Staff - Sir Henry Wilson (CE, School of Fire Support, High)
Chief of Army - Sir John French (CE, Decisive Battle, High)
Chief of Navy - Prince Louis of Battenberg (CE, Decisive Battle, Medium)
Chief of Air - Lord Rothermere (CE, Army Aviation, High)

Alternatives:

Foreign Minister - Arthur Balfour (CE, Ideological Crusader, High)
Armament Minister - Arthur Balfour (CE, Infantry Proponent, High)
Armament Minister - Lord Milner (CE, Resource Industrialist, Undying)
Armament Minister - Lord Haldane (CE, Theoretical Scientist, High)

EVENT
Wartime
Once more, England and the Empire are at war. May the Almighty guide our steps in the fiery trial that is before us.

EVENT
What is the Ariadne's Thread?
The prolific British novelist John Buchan's "The Thirty-Nine Steps" is serialized by Blackwoods magazine. Its theme of German espionage stalking the streets of England seems uncannily real.

Date: July 1914
Dissent +3
Relationship with Germany -5
Trigger Event: The Hun Scare

EVENT
Wartime changes
As officers went off to wartime commands the Imperial General Staf was reorganized.

Trigger: Wartime
We need to make a few changes
Head of Intel - Gen Thomas MacDonough (LC, Logistics Specialist, Very High)
Chief of Staff - Gen Sir Archibald Murray (LC, School of Maneuver, Medium)
We don't need to make any changes
No Change in Government

EVENT
The Hun Scare
As paranoia swept the country everything remotely German became immediately suspect. German stores were ransacked by crowds, daschunds were lynched, even the Royal Family changed its name.

There is nothing we can do
Relationship with Germany -25
Manpower -10
Dissent +5
Sleep Leader: Prince Louis of Battenberg
This madness must stop
Relationship with Germany -10
Dissent +20
String them all up the traitors!
Relationship with Germany -40
Manpower -15
Dissent -10
All IC's -1
Sleep Leader: Prince Louis of Battenberg

EVENT
The Welshman's coup
Disatisfaction at the highest levels of government has placed the incumbent government on shaky ground indeed. After its perceived failure to solve the nation's problems a new Labour government is formed.

Date: Nov - Dec 1916
Support the Labour Party
CHANGES:

Government is now RS (Labour Party)

Head of State - King George V
Head of Govt - David Lloyd George
Foreign Minister - Arthur Balfour (RS, Ideological Crusader, High)
Armament Minister - Lord Milner (RS, Resource Industrialist, Very High)
Security Minister - Andrew Bonar Law (RS, Silent Lawyer, High)
Head of Intel - Sir John Charteris (RS, Dismal Enigma, Very High)
Chief of Staff - Sir William Robertson (RS, School of Defense, Very High)
Chief of Army - Sir Douglas Haig (RS, Decisive Battle, Very High)
Chief of Navy - Sir John Jellicoe (RS, Power Projection, Very High)
Chief of Air - Sir Edward Ashmore (RS, Air Superiority, Very High)

Alternatives:

Armament Minister - Lord Northcliffe (RS, Theoretical Scientist, Very High)
Armament Minister - Maurice Hankey (RS, Tank Proponent, Very High)
Armament Minister - Sir E Tennyson D'Eyncourt (RS, Battlefleet Proponent, Very High)
Head of Intel - Sir George MacDonough (RS, Logistics Specialist, Very High)
Head of Intel - Sir William Hall (RS, Naval Intelligence, Undying)
Chief of Navy - Rosslyn Wemyss (RS, Open Seas, High)

Trigger Event: Northcliffe's reward

Support the Liberal Coalition Incumbents
Incumbent Government Remains
Sleep leader: David Lloyd George
Sleep leader: Andrew Bonar Law
Security Minister: Winston S Churchill (LC, Efficient Sociopath, Medium)

Support the Conservatives (CE)

Head of State - King George V
Head of Govt - Andrew Bonar Law
Foreign Minister - Lord Milner (CE, Iron Fisted Brute, Undying)
Armament Minister - Lord Derby (CE, Resource Industrialist, Undying)
Security Minister - Lord Northcliffe (CE, Back Stabber, Very High)
Head of Intel - Sir John Charteris (CE, Dismal Enigma, Very High)
Chief of Staff - Sir William Robertson (CE, School of Defense, Very High)
Chief of Army - Sir Douglas Haig (CE, Decisive Battle, Very High)
Chief of Navy - Sir John Jellicoe (CE, Power Projection, Very High)
Chief of Air - Lord Rothermere (CE, Army Aviation, High)

Alternatives:
Chief of Navy - Sir George Hope (CE, Decisive Battle, High)


Northcliffe's Reward
For his part in the Lloyd-George coup, newspaper baron Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe and his brother Harold, Lord Rothermere, were given high positions in the cabinet.

The Harmsworth Brothers take charge
Security Minister - Lord Northcliffe (RS, Back Stabber, Very High)
Chief of Air - Lord Rothermere (RS, Army Aviation, High)

[Richmond516]

I revised the British Land OOB and have suggestions for events for Kitchener, the New Army formations and the Territorial Forces. Please refer to my previous postings above for more details.

NEW BRITISH LAND ORGANIZATION Jan 1914

Advance Notes:
RGA = Royal Garrison Artillery, usually manning heavy howitzers and siege guns
Garrison Divisions/Garrison - Fortress Troops
T.F. = Territorial Force unit (high quality militia actually but I would consider them equal to regular infantry)
Alternatively T.F. units can be either building (they WERE present as cadres pre-war and had done some
limited training) or non-existant in which case the only unit in a district would often be the
District HQ Garrison which would be composed of T.F. and Regimental Depot troops (recruitment and HQ staff)
Backslash (/) between unit names indicates early 1914 designation and future (Aug 1915 onwards) designation.
R.E. = Royal Engineers
KAR = King's African Rifles
Regular Brigades are distinguished by automatic presence of Artillery attachment

On unit sizes: Generally I have placed Specialist troops (RGA, RE units) at 50%, Active Divisions and
overseas Garrisons (division level) at 70%, Cavalry Brigades at 90%, Guards Brigades at 60%,
District HQ Garrison Troops at 30%, and T.F. units and other battalion size units at 20%.

While the T.F. units may be dispensed with until formed via a special event or built up from the force pool
I would recommend that the other units listed particularly the overseas garrisons be allowed at
face value, particularly the Indian deployment. These represent the Indian army which should be
very high quality - I would rather not have them classified as Militia divisions. Perhaps they
could be classed as Mountain Divisions as they had extensive experience with mountain warfare on
the Northwest Frontier? To make allowance for naming conventions and the game the wartime
designations of the 4th to 8th and 27th to 29th (Regular) Infantry Divisions have been used so
they will not need to be renamed afterwards. Their previous titles are for reference only.

Due to their sterling performance I would also recommend that the Guards Division and the
'incomparable' 29th (Regular) Infantry Division be represented at Brigade level. The 29th and
one other division constituted the entire northern flank at the Somme while other corps were
composed of 3 or more divisions on the average.

Special events such as the He Wants You (1st New Army), The Second Hundred Thousand (2nd New Army), One More Push to Victory (3rd,4th New Army), the Derby Scheme - Pals and Chums (5th, 6th New Army) and finally Call Out the Territorials (T.F.) should automatically add the New Army Divisions and the Territorial force as In Development Units (BUILDING).

The New Army Units may be classified as Militia and I would support an idea to start numbering the ENG Militia type units from 9th (Scottish) to 26th (New Army) and then again 30th (Manchester and Liverpool) to 41st (New Army).

The Territorial Forces, despite their reserve status performed superbly, some even being more famed than regular units such as the 51st (Highland) Division and the 55th (West Lancashire) Division. As such I would recommend they be represented as regular infantry.

UNITED KINGDOM

Aldershot District
Aldershot District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
1st (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)
2nd (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)
4th (Guards) Brigade (60%)
1st Cavalry Brigade (90%)

Area: Southampton


Woolwich District
Woolwich District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
3rd (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)
RA HQ Woolwich + Arty Bde (50%)

Area: Southampton

Eastern District
Eastern District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
54th (Eastern) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Coventry

Home District
Home District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
Horseguards Cavalry Brigade (60%)
44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
56th (1st London) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
47th (2nd London) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: London

Thames District
Thames District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
RGA Thames District + Siege Art (50%)
48th (South Midlands) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: London

North-Eastern District
North-Eastern District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
46th (North Midland) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
5th Cavalry Brigade (90%)

Area: Newcastle

North-Western District
North-Western District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
42nd (East Lancs) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)
55th (West Lancs) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Birmingham

Inverness Military District
Inverness Military District Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)
51st (Highland) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Inverness

Scottish District
Scottish District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
RGA Scottish District + Siege Art (50%)
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Edinburgh

Southern District
Southern District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
South-Western District HQ Garrison Division + HQ Troops (30%)
RGA Southern District + Siege Art (50%)
4th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)
4th Cavalry Brigade (90%)

Area: Portsmouth/Dover

NOTE: (actually combines South-Eastern and Southern District Commands)

Western District
2nd Cavalry Brigade (90%)
RGA Western District + Siege Art (50%)
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Plymouth/Cornwall

Wales Military District
Wales Military District Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division T.F. (20%)

Area: Cardiff

Curragh Military District
Curragh Military District Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)
3rd Cavalry Brigade (90%)
5th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)

Area: Belfast

Dublin Military District
Dublin Military District Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)

Cork Military District
Cork Military District Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)
6th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (70%)

Area: Cork

Channel Islands Military District
RGA Channel Islands + Siege Art (50%)
Channel Islands Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)

Area: Ouessant(?)

INDIA ASSIGNMENTS

Punjab Command
Punjab Cavalry Brigade (90%)
Punjab Brigade (30%) - militia quality
British Troops Karachi / 1/29th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)

Area: Karachi

Northwest Frontier Force
Punjab Frontier Force Garrison (90%) - militia quality
Corps of Guides Cavalry Division (90%)
Kohat Brigade + Eng (60%) - militia quality
Bannu Brigade + Eng (60%) - militia quality

Area: Gilgit

Quetta Division
4th (Quetta) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality


Northern Army HQ
1st (Peshawar) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality
2nd (Rawalpindi) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality
Derajat Brigade (60%) - militia quality
21st Lancers Cavalry Brigade (30%)

Area: Rawalpindi

Delhi HQ
7th (Meerut) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality
British Troops Meerut / 27th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)

Area: Meerut

Lucknow HQ
Lucknow Presidency Garrison + HQ Troops (70%) - militia quality
8th (Lucknow) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality
British Troops Lucknow / 3/29th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)

Area: Lucknow

Bengal Command
Governor-General's Bodyguard (60%)
Bengal Lancers Cavalry Brigade (90%)
Gurkha Rifles Bengal Command (60%) - Guards quality

Area: Simla

Madras Command
British Troops Madras / 2/29th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)
Madras Cavalry Brigade (90%)

Area: Madras

Bombay Command
Bombay Grenadiers (30%)
Bombay Cavalry Brigade (90%)

Area: Bombay

Cawnpore Garrison
British Troops Cawnpore / 28th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)

Area: Cawnpore

Mhow Division
5th (Mhow) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality
British Troops Jubbulpore (30%)

Area: Jabalpur

Poona Division
6th (Poona) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality

Area: Poona

Hyderbad Contingent
Nizam of Hyderabad's Cavalry Division (90%) - militia quality
Nizam of Hyderabad's Infantry Contingent (70%) - militia quality

Area: Hyderbad

Southern Army HQ
9th (Secunderabad) Indian Division (70%) + Arty Bde - militia quality

Area: Bangalore

AMERICAN ASSIGNMENTS

Halifax Garrison
RGA Halifax + Siege Art (50%)
5th Royal Garrison Regt R.E. + Eng (50%)
Halifax Garrison + Arty Bde (70%)

Area: Halifax

Bermuda Garrison
RGA Bermuda + Siege Art (50%)
3rd West India Regiment + Eng (20%) - Militia Quality
Bermuda Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)

Area: The Bahamas

Barbados Garrison
Barbados Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)

Area: Bridgetown

Jamaica Garrison
Jamaica Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)
RGA Jamaica + Siege Art (50%)
1st West India Regiment + Eng (20%) - Militia Quality

MEDITERRANEAN ASSIGNMENTS

Gibraltar Command
Gibraltar Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)
2nd Royal Garrison Regiment R.E. + Eng (50%)
R.E. Fortress Brigade Gibraltar + Eng (50%)
1st RGA Gibraltar + Siege Art (50%)
2nd RGA Gibraltar + Siege Art (50%)
3rd RGA Gibraltar + Siege Art (50%)

Area: Gibraltar

Malta Command
Malta Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)
1st RGA Malta + Siege Art (50%)
2nd RGA Malta + Siege Art (50%)
R.E. Fortress Brigade Malta + Eng (50%)
1st Royal Garrison Regiment R.E. + Eng (50%)
3rd Royal Garrison Regiment R.E. + Eng (50%)
4th Royal Garrison Regiment R.E. + Eng (50%)

Crete Garrison
Crete Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)

Area: Iraklion

MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN ASSIGNMENTS

Egyptian Command
British Cavalry Brigade Egypt (90%)
Cairo Garrison + Arty Bde (70%)
Egyptian Army + Arty Bde (100%) - Militia Quality

Area: Alexandria

Aden Garrison
1st RGA Aden + Siege Art (50%)
2nd RGA Aden + Siege Art (50%)
Aden Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)
1st Bombay Grenadiers + Art (20%)

Area: Aden

Somaliland Garrison
Somaliland Garrison KAR (20%) - Militia Quality

Area: Berbera

East African Garrison
East Africa Garrison KAR (20%) - Militia Quality

Area: Bur Sudan

Central African Garrison
Central Africa Garrison KAR (40%) - Militia Quality

Area: Lagos

Uganda Garrison
Uganda Garrison KAR (40%) - Militia Quality

Area: Entebbe

Sierra Leone Garrison
2nd West India Regiment + Eng (20%) - Militia Quality
Sierra Leone Garrison KAR (40%) - Militia Quality

Area: Freetown

South African Military District
South African Military District HQ Garrison + HQ Troops (30%)
6th Cavalry Brigade (90%)
South African Provisional Cavalry Brigade (90%)
7th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)
8th (Regular) Infantry Division + Arty Bde (30%)

Area: Capetown

FAR EASTERN ASSIGNMENTS

Mauritius Garrison
1st RGA Mauritius + Siege Art (50%)
2nd RGA Mauritius + Siege Art (50%)
Mauritius Garrison + HQ Troops (70%) - militia quality

Area: Mauritius

Ceylon Garrison
RGA Ceylon + Siege Art (50%)
Ceylon Garrison + HQ Troops (70%) - militia quality

Area: Colombo

Singapore Garrison
RGA Singapore + Siege Art (50%)
Singapore Garrison + HQ Troops (70%)
Indian Infantry Brigade Singapore (70%) - militia quality

Area: Singapore

Hong Kong Garrison
RGA Hong Kong + Siege Art (50%)
Hong Kong Garrison + HQ Troops (70%) - militia quality

Area: Hong Kong

Shanghai Garrison
Shanghai Garrison + HQ Troops (70%) - militia quality
Punjabi Infantry Brigade Shanghai (30%) - militia quality
Bombay Light Infantry Brigade Shanghai (30%) - militia quality

Area: Shanghai

AUSTRALIASIAN ASSIGNMENTS

Note: All these may be either building or unbuilt at the start of 1914.

Australian Mounted Corps
1st (New South Wales Volunteers) Australian Lt Horse (30%)
2nd (Queensland Volunteers) Australian Lt Horse (30%)
3rd (Western Australia Volunteers) Australian Lt Horse (30%)
4th (Southern and Victoria Volunteers) Australian Lt Horse (30%)

New Zealand Mounted Corps
New Zealand Mounted Brigade (70%)

WARTIME UNIT ACTIVATIONS

BRITISH CORPS FORMATIONS

I Corps
I Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Area: Southampton
CO: Sir Douglas Haig

II Corps
II Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Area: Coventry
CO: Sir James Grierson

III Corps
III Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Sept 1914
Area: Portsmouth
CO: Pulteney

IV Corps
IV Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Oct 1914
Area: Portsmouth
CO: Rawlinson

V Corps
V Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Jan 1915
Area: Portsmouth

VI Corps
VI Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: May 1915
Area: Portsmouth

VII Corps
VII Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: July 1915
Area: Portsmouth

VIII Corps
VIII Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime + Constantinople Expedition Approved
Activated: May 1915
Area: Alexandria

IX Corps
IX Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime + Constantinople Expedition Approved
Activated: July 1915
Area: London

X Corps
X Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: July 1915
Area: London

XI Corps
XI Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Aug 1915
Area: London

Guards Division
Guards Divisional HQ + HQ Troops (20%)

Activated: Aug 1915
Area: London
CO: Earl of Cavan

XII Corps
XII Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Sept 1915
Area: London

XIII Corps
XIII Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Nov 1915
Area: London

XIV Corps
XIV Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Jan 1916
Area: London

XV Corps
XV Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger1: Wartime + Constantinople Expedition Approved + No Gallipoli Evacuation
Activated: Jan 1916
Area: Alexandria

Trigger2: Wartime
Activated: April 1916
Area: London

DOMINION CORPS FORMATIONS

Australia-New Zealand Army Corps
ANZAC HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger1: Wartime + Constantinople Expedition Approved
Activated: Feb 1916
Area: Alexandria

Trigger2: Wartime
Activated: Feb 1916
Area: Melbourne

Indian Corps
Indian Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Sept 1914
Area: Portsmouth
CO: Sir James Willcocks

Canadian Corps
Canadian Corps HQ Division + HQ Troops (20%)

Trigger: Wartime
Activated: Sept 1916
Area: London

EVENTS

Kitchener Events

EVENT Territorials Bah!
The British Territorial Army was formed in 1908 as a special reserve to the
existing regular army forces. Civilian volunteers trained on weekends with
old weapons under old officers put out to pasture. Their poor and undeserved
reputation as 'Saturday Night Soldiers' created a negative bias on the part
of the British High Command, led by no less than the hero of Khartoum and
the Boer War, Lord Kitchener.

Disband 'em all! We have better use for 'em
Gain IC's in major industrial centers as the territorials spend more time at work.
All territorial divisions (building or otherwise) are dissolved.
We will need them in a crisis
No change.

EVENT K of K
He was a living legend, the very embodiment of the British empire, the epitome
of courage, service and devotion to duty. His very name inspired his countrymen
in the midst of bitter struggle. He was Field Marshal the Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener
of Khartoum or "K of K" as he was popularly called.

War has been declared and there is probably no better man qualified to take
the office of Minister of War as K of K who has already predicted, in the face of
popular opinion, that the war will not be as short as everyone hopes.

We want K!
Kitchener becomes Armament Minister.
Trigger for HE Wants You EVENT and The Wolf Who Never Sleeps EVENT
Nonsense! This scrap will be over by Christmas.
No change.
Trigger The Wolf Is Back!

EVENT "The Wolf Who Never Sleeps"
Another living legend whose name has endured while others faded away was the
hero of the siege of Mafeking, Lord Robert Baden-Powell. When war began he
immediately offered his services to Lord Kitchener who was reluctant to
employ the elderly general and suggested that he would serve his country better
by expanding his 'Boy Scouts' organization.

Just focus on your Boy Scouts
Sleep Leader Baden-Powell
IC +1
Dissent -20
Relationship with USA +30 (Baden-Powell establishes an American branch of the Scouts)
The Wolf Is Back!
Wake Leader Baden-Powell
All British Infantry and mountain units +1 ground defense and +1 speed.

EVENT "HE Wants You!"
Legendary Field Marshal the Lord Kitchener calls for volunteers for his so-called
"New armies". The response is overwhelming to say the least. Hundreds of thousands
of volunteers across the empire respond to the stern faced poster of Kitchener
and head for the recruiting stations. This naturally has some effect on the economy
as workers leave machine lathes for machine guns.

Raise First New Army
Automatically get 9th-14th New Army Divisions (Militia)
IC -2 in all British home territories, Manpower -60
Trigger EVENT A Second Hundred Thousand
We can spare these men
Dissent +20

EVENT "A Second Hundred Thousand!"
Kitchener is convinced that this will be a long and bloody war and one that can
only be won by superiority in numbers. The volunteer spirit of the tough
British yeoman which bested continental foes at Cressy, Agincourt and Waterloo
is still the best weapon with which to win through.

Raise Second New Army
Automatically get 15th-20th New Army Divisions (Militia)
IC -2 in all British home territories, Manpower -60
Trigger EVENT One More Push to Victory
We can spare these men
Dissent +10

EVENT "One More Push to Victory!"
As news of the war reaches the homefront, more and more people are coming to the
realization that this war will last longer than a few months. The grim realization
leaves them unfazed and an overwhelming surplus of volunteers has been flooding
the recruiting stations.

Raise Third New Army
Automatically get 21st-26th New Army Divisions (Militia)
IC -4 in all British home territories, Manpower -120
We have more than enough, thanks.
Dissent +10

EVENT Edging K out
In spite of Kitchener's vast influence and his status as the idol of the people
there were numerous instances when the old marshal could just not grasp the realities
of the war that had encompassed them. While he remained very active as the
Minister of War there were moves to replace him or at least take most of the
responsibilities out of his hands.

Let Lord Derby take over
Lord Derby as Armament's Minister
Trigger EVENT A Surplus of Heroes
Trigger EVENT Pal's and Chums
Let's keep Lord K
Kitchener as Armament's Minister
Trigger EVENT A Surplus of Heroes

EVENT "A Surplus of Heroes"
There were so many volunteers from the raising of the Third New Army that
there are enough men to equip six more divisions. However the Ministry of War
decided that the 4th New Army units would be the strategic reserve for the
fighting battalions already at the front.

I'm afraid you chaps aren't going to the front just yet.
Manpower +60.
Send them to the front immediately!
TRIGGER Fourth New Army Delayed
We can send them home.
IC+2 in all British home territories. Dissent +10

EVENT "The Derby Scheme"
By this time the flood of volunteers had slowed to little more than a trickle.
As the hungry mouth of death consumed more victims at the front and the issue
of conscription hung over the heads of England's war cabinet other alternative
schemes were considered. The Earl of Derby's recruitment scheme proved very
popular as it encouraged men from the same district or occupation to enlist
together with the promise that they would be kept together as a unit. This led
to interesting units such as those in the 41st 'London' Division, among them
the Artist's Rifles, the Arts and Crafts Battalion, the Public Works Pioneers
and the 2nd Football Battalion!

Sign up, you and your pals too!
Automatically get the 30th-35th New Army Divisions (militia)
IC -2 in all British home territories, Manpower -60
Trigger EVENT Pals Chums and Bantams
Dissent +5
We will look into other options
No change.

EVENT "Pals, Chums and Bantams"
The Pals and Chums scheme succeeded in raising still more New Army divisions
but this proved to be tragic when these units were decimated in combat and
whole villages lost all or most of their menfolk.
Another scheme was the 'bantam' scheme which accepted men below the required
height and, sometimes, below the required standards. The experiment was not a
success however and by the war's end these units lost their peculiar 'bantam'
character.

Form the Sixth New Army
Automatically get the 37th-41st New Army Divisions (militia)
IC -2 in all British home territories, Manpower -60
Dissent +5
We will look into other options
No change.

EVENT "Fourth New Army Delayed"
Due to bureaucratic muddles the divisions of the Fourth New Army were delayed in
training and outfitting. Kitchener is furious but there's nothing to be done.
Instead of taking the numbers 30-35 they have been assigned the numbers 67-72.

At last they're here!
Automatically get 67th-72nd New Army Divisions (Militia)
We can send them home.
IC+2 in all British home territories. Dissent +30

EVENT Call out the First Line Territorials
The first line territorial force (T.F.) were filled out by volunteers, yeomanry and militia
and it was not long before they were ready for action. However, such was Kitchener and the
High Command's bias against them that they were given numbers 'junior' to that of the
New Armies. Nonetheless they would render sterling service at the front.

We're really going!
Automatically receive 42nd-56th Divisions T.F. (Infantry)
IC-5 in all British home territories. Manpower -150
We don't need those Saturday Night Soldiers
Manpower +100
Dissent +20

EVENT Call out the Second Line Territorials
There was a further incentive to the territorial forces to join the regular armies and
many took advantage of this, bringing the some territorial divisions below strength.
By the end of the first year of war it was decided to form a 2nd Line Territorial Force
from divisions that had volunteered 60% or more of their men for regular service.
Originally meant only for Home Service or as reserves for units at the front they soon
were raised to full strength and many were sent overseas. Many of these units lacked
adequate equipment especially artillery and many did not receive modern rifles until
well into the second year of the war.

Blimy! Are we goin' ta fight with pitchforks?
Automatically receive 9 more Divisions T.F. (Infantry)
IC-5 in all British home territories. Manpower -150
We don't need those Saturday Night Soldiers
Manpower +40
Dissent +20

[Richmond516]

When I say "Automatically get XX to XX New Army or TF Divisions" that should mean it's just building - Development (can this be scripted?)

Thanks,
Richmond

[Richmond516]

When I say "Automatically get XX to XX New Army or TF Divisions" that should mean it's just building - Development (can this be scripted?)

If cavalry brigades are out of the question just disregard any references to them in the preceeding post and add one cavalry division for every two brigades in a theater at around 60-70% initial strength.

BTW My humble suggestion - please make the British Regulars(1-8th, 27-29th Divisions), Canadian and Australia-New Zealand and the South African Brigade (if represented) GUARDS units - perhaps Guards should be termed Elite Units so it can represent a wider array of troops. This will reflect their superior performance to the line units - Territorials should be classed as regulars, not militia given their actual performance in the war, though New Army formations should be definitely Militia Quality. Indian Army troops should NOT be militia quality contrary to what I said in my preceeding post but should be REGULAR infantry quality (what was I thinking!)

Best regards,
Richmond

Thanks,
Richmond

[Shadow Knight]

Richmond, as I am still under the effects of a cold I did not read all of your posts. However it would seem that some of your ideas are already implemented, and also it would help if you posted your ideas to the correct thread. See the metathread for links to them.