Kitchener.27s New Army British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
as regular army s strength declined, numbers made up, first territorial force, volunteers field marshal kitchener s new army. end of august 1914, had raised 6 new divisions , march 1915, number of divisions had increased 29. territorial force expanded, raising second , third line battalions , forming 8 new divisions, supplemented peacetime strength of 14 divisions. third army formed in july 1915 , influx of troops kitchener s volunteers , further reorganisation, fourth army , reserve army, became fifth army in 1916.
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