Scoured my resources but to no avail. I know RAF HQ departed St. Omer in July 1918 but to where?

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

In October 1918, RAF HQ was located at St-Andre-au-Bois, just west of Hesdin. But they had established an advanced headquarters in a group of wooden huts abandoned by the Germans and located near Bapaume. There is a reference to it in RFC HQ by Maurice Baring at page 300.

Cheers,

Raine

Perfect!

Gen Rawlinson on a camouflaged Train at Montigny Farm, now Gen. Salmond in abandoned huts. What a war!
Red Tabs living rough at the end here.

Many thanks Raine.

First Army
Headquarters locations

26 December 1914: Hinges
27 December 1914: Lillers
1 February 1915: Aire-sur-la-Lys
7 May 1915: Merville
3 June 1915: Chocques
26 June 1915: Aire-sur-la-Lys
5 August 1915: Hinges
5 February 1916: Aire-sur-la-Lys
26 June 1916: Chocques
16 August 1916: Lillers
4 April 1917: Ranchicourt
29 March 1918: second echelon of First Army HQ (offices of Director of Medical Services, Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, etc) moved to Matringhem; main body of Army HQ remained at Ranchicourt
9 May 1918: second echelon of First Army HQ moved to Heuchin
17 October 1918: Duisans
26 October 1918: Auberchicourt

Second Army
Headquarters locations

26 December 1914: Bailleul
2 January 1915: Hazebrouck
6 May 1915: Chateau de Jardin at Oxelaere
23 October 1915: Cassel
14 April 1918: Blendecques
1 September 1918: Cassel
23 October 1918: Chateau Ternynck at Roubaix

Third Army
Headquarters locations

13 July 1915 : St Omer
19 July 1915 : Beauquesne
20 March 1916 : St Pol sur Ternoise
1 May 1917 : Noyelle Vion
1 July 1917 : Albert
23 March 1918 : Beauquesne
8 April 1918 : Hesdin
30 July 1918 : Villers l’Hopital
21 October 1918 : Masnieres

Fourth Army
Headquarters locations

5 February 1916 : Tilques
24 February 1916: Querrieu
15 April 1917: Villers Carbonnel
5 July 1917: Malo-les-Bains
25 October 1917 : Rosendael (Dunkirk)
5 November 1917 : Dury
9 November 1917: staff and HQ of Fourth Army takes over from Second Army at Cassel. On 20 December 1917 what had been Second Army was renamed as Fourth Army. On 13 March 1918 the units under Fourth Army were placed under command of the reconstituted Second Army and four days later what had been Fourth Army was renamed as Second Army.
22 March 1918 : Querrieu
25 March 1918 : Picquigny-sur-Somme
27 March 1918 : Abbeville. Next day, Fourth Army took over command of Fifth Army. The latter ceased to exist on 2 April 1918.
30 March 1918 : Auxi-le-Chateau
31 March 1918 : Flixecourt
2 April 1918 : Dury
5 April 1918 : Flixecourt
30 August 1918 : Bertangles
25 September 1918 : Eterpigny
14 October 1918 : Montigny Farm (Roisel, HQ located in a train)
3 November 1918 : Honnechy (in a train)

Fifth Army
Headquarters locations

22 May 1916: Regnières-Ecluse
12 June 1916: Daours
2 July 1916: Toutencourt
28 March 1917: Albert
2 June 1917: La Lovie, near Poperinghe
15 November 1917: Dury
13 December 1917: Villers-Bretonneux
15 February 1918: Nesle
22 March 1918: Villers-Bretonneux
25 March 1918: Dury
… after reconstitution …
23 May 1918: Crécy-en-Ponthieu
27 June 1918: Upen d’Aval
21 October 1918: Labuissière
26 October 1918: advanced Army HQ at Lille
29 October 1918: whole Army HQ at Lille


Cheers,
shredward

Great Stuff Shredward. I've cut and pasted than into a doc but the info will undoubtedly be useful to others for future reference.

Thanks!

Yes Herr Shredder

Thank you for the details and precise location information...

We've dispatched an armada of Gotha an Zeppelin-Stakken heavy bombers to address the Krumpet nuisance once and for all.

Bye-bye!!

C'mon Ted - you've obviously not put too much effort into researching this

Mike

You are quite right ! I was remiss.

BEF GHQ
HQ locations

October 1914: Saint Omer
March 1916 to EoW: Montreuil-sur-Mer (even though it's not even close to the sea)

Cheers,
shredward