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British Expeditionary Force
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British Expeditionary Force (BEF)

Home-based regular British army forces sent to northern France at the start of World Wars I and II to support the French armies. Britain wished to help France in case of a German attack, and the BEF was created in 1908 to ensure that British forces would be trained and ready to respond quickly. It consisted of six infantry divisions and one cavalry division. Five divisions sent to France at the outbreak of World War I sustained heavy losses and were succeeded by vast British armies. Divisions sent to France early in World War II (1939) returned to England when France fell the next year.
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They were among the last of the Old Contemptibles - Army regulars who were the first to be slaughtered in France and Belgium as they battled to stop German troops reaching the ports.
Road to Armageddon; That's what faced the of the Royal troops Welsh ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES Edmund Street, 0121 200 3310 Named after Kaiser Wilhelm's nickname for the first wave of British Troops in WWI, this was given a refurb a couple of years back but has happily retained its character, the selection of hand drawn ales and a decent food menu.
Eat, drink and be merry; DRINKING by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES Edmund Street, 0121 200 3310 Named after Kaiser Wilhelm's nickname for the first wave of British Troops in WWI, this was given a refurb a couple of years back but has happily retained its character, the selection of hand drawn ales and a decent food menu.
Eat, drink and be merry by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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