1914 replacements

[westkent5097]

Really enjoying the game and appreciate that you have things finely balanced for what you wanted to do. Looking forward to further titles.

But I'd like to dig a bit further on the BEF replacement issue. Why?
1. Because I can't help tinkering.
2. Because I think that the winnowing of the BEF in the early scenario at least might be overblown. I haven't done a study of replacement rates for all the BEF infantry yet but from my own research on 1st RWK I know they received 90 replacements on 5-6th September (these were reservists recalled back to the colours who had similar training to the BEF regulars) That's almost 10% of the battalion coming as replacements.

As far as the late scenario goes they had received well over 350 men in that time period (again some were reservists, some returning wounded and some new enlistees). But by and large most of them seem to have been just as well trained as the men who were in with the Bn on day 1, if a bit unseasoned for the long marches.
If this is typical of the replacement rate of a battalion in the BEF in 1914 then perhaps they should get some replacements as well as recovery? First Ypres is still going to put the nail in the coffin of the Old Army but potentially they should be a bit more durable upto that point.

I'm going to go away and wrangle all the various battalion experts I know to see what they have on replacement rates from the war diaries to see if 1st RWK was atypical. If it turns out that they are typical, what would I need to change to get the BEF infantry receiving replacements in the early scenario?