BEF 1914 - number of vehicles & horses

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I'm trying to find the number of horses & vehicles with the BEF in August 1914 - I can find 53,000 horses mentioned but I can't locate the number of vehicles, can anyone help ?

Craig

[DavidOwen]

Motor vehicles on Peace Time establishment as in 1914 were Lorries, Tractors etc 807 (of which 727 subsidized, 80 WD property), 20 cars and vans, zero ambulances and 15 motorcycles. On mobilisation there were an additional 334 Lorries/Tractors etc., 133 cars and vans, zero ambulances, 116 motor cycles. https://archive.org/details/statisticsofmili00grea/page/876

 

Struggling to find the number of horse drawn vehicles, should be somewhere in there!

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5 minutes ago, DavidOwen said:

Motor vehicles on Peace Time establishment as in 1914 were Lorries, Tractors etc 807 (of which 727 subsidized, 80 WD property), 20 cars and vans, zero ambulances and 15 motorcycles. On mobilisation there were an additional 334 Lorries/Tractors etc., 133 cars and vans, zero ambulances, 116 motor cycles. https://archive.org/details/statisticsofmili00grea/page/876

 

Struggling to find the number of horse drawn vehicles, should be somewhere in there!

Perfect - thanks David. The number of motor vehicles will suffice

Craig

[Ron Clifton]

Hello Craig

 

Some years ago I compiled tables of all the transport the BEF (of six divisions) would have needed, according to War Establishments 1914. There were supposed to be 55,073 horses and the following vehicles:

2,330 bicycles

107 one-horse carts

1,426 two-horse carts

2,822 two-horse wagons

657 four-horse wagons

2,304 six-horse wagons (excluding gun carriages)

510 gun carriages

291 motor-cycles

190 motor cars

17 vans

1,164 lorries

75 tractors

101 trucks

 

Ron

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3 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said:

Hello Craig

 

Some years ago I compiled tables of all the transport the BEF (of six divisions) would have needed, according to War Establishments 1914. There were supposed to be 55,073 horses and the following vehicles:

2,330 bicycles

107 one-horse carts

1,426 two-horse carts

2,822 two-horse wagons

657 four-horse wagons

2,304 six-horse wagons (excluding gun carriages)

510 gun carriages

291 motor-cycles

190 motor cars

17 vans

1,164 lorries

75 tractors

101 trucks

 

Ron

Brilliant - Thanks Ron.

Craig