Strength of the British Army in France (1914-18)

	British	Australian	New Zealand	Canadian	South African	Indian	Total
1914
December	229,782	-	-	-	-	39,929	269,711

1915
January	298,384	-	-	-	-	34,698	333,082
February	270,542	-	-	18,808	-	65,400	354,750
March	308,221	-	-	20,034	-	70,677	398,932
April	382,902	-	-	15,759	-	65,442	464,103
May	451,012	-	-	17,091	-	65,307	533,410
June	518,238	-	-	16,410	-	66,850	601,498
July	516,873	-	-	17,425	-	69,505	603,803
August	675,472	-	-	19,266	-	68,955	763,693
September	749,791	-	-	36,931	-	72,103	858,825
October	874,448	-	-	36,700	-	71,373	982,521
November	830,125	-	-	38,287	-	70,518	938,930
December	911,989	-	-	38,644	-	35,556	986,189

1916
January	899,351	-	-	51,005	-	43,012	993,368
February	945,030	-	-	57,209	-	27,403	1,029,642
March	1,059,742	-	-	62,847	-	23,768	1,146,357
April	1,066,318	39,326	<-	73,929	-	22,971	1,202,544
May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
June	1,247,256	<-	<-	73,922	-	22,279	1,343,457
July	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
August	1,268,329	108,800	<-	80,619	6,232	19,935	1,483,915
September	1,304,943	99,013	<-	99,456	6,516	19,663	1,529,591
October	1,320,111	97,806	<-	102,291	6,796	19,470	1,546,474
November	1,310,997	104,581	<-	93,281	5,971	19,824	1,534,654
December	1,293,381	122,483	<-	93,271	5,423	20,173	1,534,731

1917
January	1,335,791	125,517	<-	104,538	5,327	20,572	1,591,745
February	1,448,622	132,763	<-	110,504	5,393	20,988	1,718,270
March	1,521,995	132,728	<-	120,691	5,781	20,853	1,802,048
April	1,597,172	139,353	<-	130,255	6,175	20,919	1,893,874
May	1,603,882	139,040	<-	127,143	6,196	20,817	1,897,078
June	1,605,653	141,054	<-	126,919	5,516	22,498	1,901,640
July	1,659,160	139,536	<-	138,697	6,368	23,074	1,966,835
August	1,721,056	147,091	<-	144,837	8,049	23,594	2,044,627
September	1,711,770	141,913	<-	148,337	7,794	24,653	2,034,467
October	1,710,384	151,195	<-	148,974	7,371	20,181	2,038,105
November	1,698,971	129,228	<-	148,690	6,719	20,694	2,004,302
December	1,678,467	135,086	<-	135,204	7,620	22,016	1,978,393

1918
January	1,517,361	140,056	<-	141,230	7,402	22,567	1,828,616
February	1,550,251	118,066	28,085	140,817	6,852	30,854	1,874,925
March	1,561,055	118,451	28,116	140,060	6,997	25,394	1,880,073
April	1,524,163	120,416	29,579	142,423	7,104	22,886	1,846,571
May	1,507,515	117,561	28,886	158,599	6,220	11,661	1,830,442
June	1,542,439	118,749	29,641	160,314	5,164	11,808	1,868,115
July	1,576,425	110,549	29,978	161,262	4,716	10,398	1,801,328
August	1,578,111	112,032	29,171	161,871	4,693	11,320	1,899,439
September	1,592,725	108,434	28,732	163,635	5,946	13,554	1,916,464
October	1,579,104	100,799	26,270	155,813	6,154	13,753	1,883,435
November	1,531,370	93,708	25,287	153,828	6,003	16,042	1,859,249

Notes:

(1) Due to poor quality of scan, some numbers may be slightly off and may not add up. Some numbers also did not add up in original.

(2) Figures for Australia before February 1918 include New Zealand.

(3) Figure for Britain on June 1916 includes Australia and New Zealand.

(3) Indian contingent includes both British and Indian.

Source: Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920.

Last modified: 10 December 2022